2025:CGHC:58292 AVINASH SHARMA NAFR AVINASH SHARMA Date: 2025.12.02

16:10:56 +0530 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MAC No. 965 of 2022

1. Smt. Lakhmi Bai W/o Dayaprasad Aged About 47 Years.

2. Dayaprasad Son of Danu Ram Yadav, aged about 49 years.

Both R/o Bade Dhemali, Post Majhi Athgaon, Tahsil Keshkal District Kondagaon Chhattisgarh. (Claimants)

... Appellants.

versus

1 - P. Senthil Kumar S/o R. Palni Yappan, Resident Of 2/226, Jamukkalan Kadu, Devankuruchi Sankri, Tahsil And District Selam (Tamilnadu). 2 - National Insurance Company Limited Through Branch Manager, Branch Office, Near R.M.S Office, Jagdalpur Chhattisgarh.

... Respondents.

For Appellants : Shri Praveen K. Dhurandhar, Advocate.

For Respondent No.2 : Shri Akash Shrivastava appears on behalf of Shri RN Pusty, Advocates.

Hon'ble Shri Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari Judgment on Board

02/12/2025

1. With the consent of the parties, the matter is heard finally.

2. This Appeal preferred under Section 30 of the Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923 (hereinafter “the Act, 1923”) was admitted for hearing on 05.09.2022 on the following substantial question of law:-

“Whether the court below was justified in awarding the interest on the compen