IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 4849 of 2010 ==========================================================

ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD Versus DEPENDANTS OF BHUPATBHAI UKABHAI GITABEN BHUPATBHAI GHODASA & ORS.

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Appearance:

MR RITURAJ M MEENA(3224) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR N P PANDYA(11241) for the Defendant(s) No. 1 RULE SERVED for the Defendant(s) No. 2,3,4,5,6 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J. C. DOSHI Date : 12/03/2026

JUDGMENT

1. The solitary issue involved in the matter is that whether the Workmen Commissioner can grant the interest from the date of the accident or from the date of the petition.

2. The Appeal is a Admitted vide order dated 29.12.2010. No substantial question in view of Section 30 of the Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923 was framed at the relevant time. Thus, aforesaid question of law fixed as a substantial question of law.

2.1 The brief factual aspects are that the dependents of the deceased Bhupatbhat Ukabhai filed a W.C application (fatal) No. 5 of 2007 before the Workmen Commissioner, Amreli interalia on the averments