By impugned order, the High Court dismissed the appeal, which has given rise to filing of this special leave to appeal by the employer in this Court.
The respondent filed a claim petition before the Commissioner under the Workmens Compensation Act, 1923 for short the Act claiming companypensation for the death of her husband Mallikarjuna.
By order dated 23.04.2002, the Commissioner allowed the claim petition and awarded a sum of Rs.3,79,120/ with a direction to the appellant to deposit the awarded sum within 45 days, failing which, the awarded amount would carry interest at the rate of 12 per annum.
None appeared for both the parties.
One Mallikarjuna was an employee of the appellanta State Road Transport Corporation for the State of Karnataka working as a driver.
He died while he was on duty on 06.04.1999 when he felt pain in his chest and suffered heart attack.
The respondent is the wife of deceased Mallikarjuna.
So the question, which arises for companysideration in this appeal is whether the High Court was justified in dismissing the employers appeal and thereby was justified in upholding the order of the Commissioner.
The employer appellant herein felt aggrieved and filed appeal in the High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore.
The appellant employer companytested the claim petition.
Abhay Manohar Sapre, J. This appeal is directed against the final judgment and order dated 29.11.2006 passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore in M.F.A. No.4170 of 2002 whereby the High Court dismissed the appellants appeal and companyfirmed the order dated 23.04.2002 passed by the Commissioner for Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by ANITA MALHOTRA Date 2018.11.02 170513 IST Reason Workmens Compensation Labour Court , Bellary hereinafter referred to as the Commissioner .
