2026 LLR WEB 779 - JAMMU & KASHMIR HIGH COURT Commissioner cannot restrict compensation to wife alone when other dependants under Section 2 of Employees' Compensation Act are identifiable from evidence on record. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION Dependants Apportionment Section 2, Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 Deceased workman died in accident during course of employment Wife filed claim before Co...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 778 - HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT Daily dietary allowance paid to a workman forms part of monthly wages for computation of compensation under the Employees' Compensation Act, and statutory interest runs from one month after the accident till deposit. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION Monthly wages Daily dietary allowance Section 4A(3)(a) of the Employees' Compensation Act Statutory interest Period of interest Insurer''s liability Indemni...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 777 - HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT A workman's self-serving affidavit alone, uncorroborated by any other evidence, is insufficient to establish employer-employee relationship. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES Employer-employee relationship Contractor and principal employer Burden of proof Control test Multiple factor test Self-serving affidavit Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 ...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 776 - HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT Daily wage service prior to regularization cannot be excluded while computing gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. GRATUITY Daily wage service Regularization Computation Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, Section 2A The respondent, employed as a daily wage Class-IV employee whose services were subsequently r...... read full judgement