Employer Admission Restores Workmen Compensation Award

Panganti Vijaya Vs United India Insurance Company Ltd. & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) Employer’s Subsequent Admission Restores Compensation: High Court Cannot Reappreciate Facts in Workmen’s Compensation Appeals The Supreme Court set aside the High Court’s judgment which had reversed the award of compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923, holding that the High Court erroneously interfered with well-reasoned findings of fact recorded by the Commissioner. The Court reaffirmed that in appeals under the Act, the High Court’s jurisdiction is limited to substantial quest...