NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. NITU SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) PRAMOD Kumar Singh was employed as driver on the trekker (BR -13. P -3495) belonging to his uncle Jagdish Singh. He was 26 years old and his monthly salary was more than Rs. l,000/ -.

(2.) ON 12.3.1994, the said trekker was going from Ramgarh to Hazaribagh. On the way a truck coming from opposite direction dashed it and as a result thereof the driver sustained serious injuries and died on spot.

(3.) UNDER the provision of Section 4 of the Workmens Compensation Act, 1923 (hereinafter to be referred to as the Act) a sum of Rs. 86,112/ - was calculated as compensation payable to the widow, minor daughter and mother of the deceased driver.