DAIVSHALA vs THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. DIVISIONAL MANAGER — C.A. No. 6986/2015
Case under Labour and Industrial Laws : Payment of Wages, Bonus, Provident Fund, Gratuity, Service Benefits, Benefits Under Esic Act, 1948, Compensation Under Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (Now Employees Compensation Act, 1923)and Payment of Overtime Wages and Minimum Wage. Section III. Status: Disposed.
CNR: SCIN010119492012
Filing Date
07-Apr-2012
Registration No
C.A. No. 6986/2015
Diary Number
11949/2012
Order Date
29-Jul-2025
Document Type
Judgement - of Main Case
Neutral Citation
2025 INSC 904
Disposal Type
Appeals Allowed
Last updated 05-Jul-2026
Acts & Sections
Petitioner(s)
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1.DAIVSHALA
Adv. ATUL BABASAHEB DAKH
Respondent(s)
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1.THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. DIVISIONAL MANAGER
Adv. M. J. PAUL (Dead / Retired / Elevated) AMRREETA SWAARUP[R-1]
Case History
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Case disposedDisposed
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29-Jul-2025
Judgement - of Main CaseView PDF
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29-Jul-2025
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
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29-Jul-2025
Fixed Date by Court
Hon'ble Mrs. Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.V. Viswanathan
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03-Apr-2025
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
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03-Apr-2025
Ordinary
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Manoj Misra and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.V. Viswanathan
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27-Mar-2025
First hearing
Initial hearing scheduled
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07-Sep-2015
Office Report - of Main CaseView PDF
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31-Jul-2015
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
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31-Jul-2015
Office Report - of Main CaseView PDF
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31-Jul-2015
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
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03-Jul-2015
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
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03-Jul-2015
Office Report - of Main CaseView PDF
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03-Jul-2015
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
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06-Apr-2015
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
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06-Apr-2015
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
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16-Feb-2015
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
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16-Feb-2015
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
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28-Sep-2012
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
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07-Aug-2012
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
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08-May-2012
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
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07-Apr-2012
Case filed
Registration No. C.A. No. 6986/2015
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[ 2025 INSC 904 ]
Judgement - of Main CaseView PDF
Case Summary: DAIVSHALA v. ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Court Decision: The Supreme Court allowed the appeal, ruling that a watchman's fatal motorcycle accident while commuting 5km to work constituted an employment injury under the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923. The court restored the trial court's award of Rs 3,26,140 with 12% interest to the deceased's family and rejected the High Court's reversal. Key Reasoning: The Court interpreted "accident arising out of and in the course of employment" to include commuting accidents, treating Section 51E of the ESI Act (enacted 2010, covering commuting accidents) as clarificatory legislation with retrospective effect applicable to the EC Act, which uses identical statutory language. Since the employee was a night watchman proceeding to his 3am shift with clear nexus between accident timing, location, and employment, compensation was warranted. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.
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