JUDGEMENT

1. This is an appeal preferred under Section 30 of the Employees Compensation Act1 by the appellant/insurance company assailing the impugned judgment dated 27.08.2019 passed by the learned Commissioner, Employee‟s Compensation (South)2 whereby the claimant/respondent No.1 has been awarded total compensation of Rs. 8,28,096/- payable with interest @ 12% per annum within 30 days in case No. CEC/SD/I/65/2018/2986.

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, it is stated that the respondent no.1/claimant was employed as driver on truck bearing No. HR-38X-

6878 which met with an accident when the same was being driven by 1 Act, 1923 2 Commissioner him on 29.03.2018 resulting in injuries to his left leg. The ill-fated truck was evidently insured with the appellant/insurance company and respondent no. 1/claimant was admittedly holding a valid driving licence. Further, respondent No.2 was in agreement with the fact that the injuries sustained by respondent no. 1 were during the course of employment.

3. The claim petition was allowed by the learned Commissioner vide impugned judgment/award, which is assailed in the present appeal primarily on the grounds that the learned Commissioner erron