Reserved On : 20/03/2026 Pronounced On : 02/04/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 656 of 2011 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J. C. DOSHI ==========================================================

Approved for Reporting Yes No ==========================================================

EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION Versus SUDHABEN RAMANBHAI PATEL & ORS.

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Appearance:

MR SACHIN D VASAVADA(3342) for the Appellant MS ASHA H GUPTA(1025) for the Respondent ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J. C. DOSHI

CAV JUDGMENT

1. Being aggrieved by the Judgment and Order dated 3.12.2010 passed by the ESI Court, Ahmedabad in ESI Application No.78 of 2005, the appellant – ESI Corporation has preferred this first appeal u/s 82 of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (in short “the Act”).

2. Brief facts of the case are as under:-

2.1 Deceased Ramanbhai Shivabhai Patel was covered under the insurance being No.37/4060376 and he was working as Fitter mechanic in Bajaj Processors. On 6.9.2004, deceased Ramanbhai, while was working in second shift