2026 LLR WEB 903 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT Disputed identity of employer does not defeat a workman's compensation claim where death during course of employment is undisputed. EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION - Workman - Course of employment - Disputed employer-employee relationship - Gratuitous passenger - Liability under Employees Compensation Act - Section 30(1) of the Employ...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 902 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT Section 4(1)(b) of the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 applies only to permanent total disablement; applying it to partial disablement is a manifest error of law. EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION - Permanent partial disablement - Section 4(1)(b) - Section 4(1)(c) - Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 - Manifest error of law - Claimant/driver suffered permanent par...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 901 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT Death of employee proceeding to workplace is an accident arising out of and in course of employment under Employees Compensation Act. EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION - Section 10 - Course of employment - Proceeding to workplace - Contradictory findings - Attendance register - FIR and police records - Remand - Deceased Electrician died i...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 900 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT Domestic enquiry for a workman's purely private transaction not defined as misconduct under applicable regulations is unwarranted. MISCONDUCT - DOMESTIC ENQUIRY - PRIVATE TRANSACTION OF WORKMAN - Second show cause notice - Criminal proceedings - Acquittal - Delay in raising industrial dispute - Condonation of delay - Industr...... read full judgement