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CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT
P. Sam Koshy, J.
Insurance Company – Appellant
Versus
Commissioner for Employee's Compensation - cum - Labour Court – Respondent


1. The present is an appeal by the insurance company under S.30 of the Employee's Compensation Act, 1923. The challenge is to the award dated 25.10.2016 passed by the Commissioner for Employee's Compensation - cum - Labour Court, Bilaspur in Case No. 184 / ECAct / 2006 - Fatal. Vide the impugned order the Commissioner has awarded compensation of Rs. 4,92,650 with interest at 12 per cent per annum. The liability of payment of compensation has been fastened upon the insurance company which had insured the Trailer (truck) bearing registration No. CG 10 - G 1341 owned by respondent No. 5. The deceased - Beerbal Das Manikpuri, at the time of accident, was aged around 35 years and he was basically a driver working with respondent No. 5. It is said that in the course of his employment the respondent No. 5 had directed the deceased to drop one of his vehicles, i.e., Trailer (truck) bearing registration No. CG 10 - G 1341 from Baloda Bazar to Raigarh. The deceased took the vehicle and is said to have dropped the same at the destination at Raigarh. Thereafter, while he was returning from work, en route he did not feel well and immediately he was taken to a hospital near Baloda Bazar where he






















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