2026 LLR WEB 657 (CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT)
Employer's failure to prove non-employment of deceased worker attracts penalty under Employees' Compensation Act despite insurance coverage.

EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT, 1923 - Section 4A(3)(b) - Penalty - Burden of proof - Adverse inference - Appellants challenged the award of the Commissioner imposing compensation liability on the insurance company and penalty upon them under Section 4A(3)(b) of the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 - The deceased worker died in a fatal accident at a stone crushing plant - The widow and children of the deceased filed a claim petition stating that the deceased was working in the crusher plant on daily wages and died during the course of employment when crushed to death owing to debris of rocks and earth... subscribe to read more..