Compensation Act, 1923 , the person entitled to
compensation may without prejudice to the provisions of
Chapter X claim such compensation under either of those Acts ... Compensation Act deals with 'Amount of
compensation'. It lays down the statutory scheme for
computing the compensation payable in cases of the types
compensation both under the Motor
Vehicles Act and also under the Workmens Compensation Act,
1923 . However, under Section 167 of the Motor Vehicles ... choice either to claim
compensation under that Act or under the Workmens
Compensation Act . The appellants having chosen to invoke
the provisions of the Motor
tort or special law in Motor Vehicles Act or
Workman Compensation Act may provide a remedy for damages.
The coverage of insurance under ... various countries in relation to compensation to the
workman under the respective workman compensation statutes.
New Zealand Workmen's compensation system, pursuant
held that the deceased
was "workman" under Section 2(1)(n) of the Workmen's
Compensation Act. Relevant portion of the said ... envisaged in the definition of
"workman" under section 2(1)(n) of the Workmen's
Compensation Act.
9. Under item (viii
eldest surviving dependent of the workman towards the expenditure of the funeral of such workman or where the workman did not have a dependent ... down the principle while considering the claims of the workmen under the Workmen's Compensation Act . The judgment rendered by the Supreme Court
Workmen's Compensation Act a right to compensation for personal injury arises in favour of every workman whenever injury is caused ... injured workman in cases in which the workman would not be entitled to payment of compensation by reason of the situations mentioned in the proviso
Compensation Act, 1923 . The aforesaid
provisions are accordingly being extracted hereunder :
“8. Distribution of compensation.—(1) No payment of compensation in
respect of a workman ... Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 , can be invoked only by
the employer for depositing compensation with the Workmen’s Compensation
Commissioner. Consequent upon such
instance, when the
claim could also fall under the Workmens Compensation
Act, 1923 . That section provides that death or bodily
injury arising ... Compensation Act . So far as
additional amount of compensation by way of penalty
imposed on the insured employer by the Workmens
Commissioner under Section
also provides for more compensation than
what a workman would get under the Workmen's
Compensation Act . The benefits which an employee ... Even if it is
assumed that the workman had a better right under the
Workmen's Compensation Act in this behalf it was open
amount payable under
the Act on the principles embodied in the Workman
Compensation Act. Mr. Hakim also contended that said
ratio has been followed ... liability of
the insured is on the principles embodied under the
Workman Compensation Act irrespective of negligence. It
was contended that when insurer accepts additional
