IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2024
(ARISING OUT OF SLP (Civil) No. OF 2024)
(@ Diary NO.4189 OF 2024)
GENERAL MANAGER, SATYANARAYANA PLANTATION, INDRAVATI ESTATE, APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
SHANTHI & ANR. RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
Delay condoned.
2. Leave granted.
3. Heard Mr. Vinay P Tripathi, learned counsel appearing for the
appellant. Also heard Mr. Sandeep Gupta, learned counsel appearing
for respondent no.2 (Insurance Company). The notice was served on
respondent no. 1 (claimant), but none has entered appearance on her
behalf.
4. Respondent no.1 was employed as a coolie in the plantation of
the appellant. While she was travelling in the employee’s pickup
vehicle, due to the negligent driving of the driver, the vehicle
overturned, and the employee suffered severe injuries, resulting in
the amputation of her middle, ring, and little fingers.
5. The injured employee set up a claim for compensation against
her employer, under the provisions of the Employee Compensation
Act, 1923. While the original forum rejected the claim, the High
Court, in the impugned judgment, opined that the claimant is
entitled to Rs. 3,00,000/- as compensation, under the Employee
Compensation Act, 1923. Given that the vehicle in question was
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insured with respondent no.2, ...