Western Railway:- Grant of compensation under W.C. Act Shri E.L. Regheline, Assistant Foreman Foundry shop, Dohad. The case of Shri E.L. Regheline, Foundry shop Foreman, Dohad, W.R. after receipt of information that an employee was assaulted, Shri Regheline went to site of the incident to make inquiries and was himself assaulted. The Railway administration's held the view that the employee was not entitled to compensation under the Workman's Compensation Act, in as much as he came within purview of Sech. II of the Act and his emoluments exceeded the limit of Rs. 500/- mentioned therein. The employee filed and application before the commissioner for workman's compensation whose decision was in favour of the employee. The Railway want to the High Court, but the High court upheld the decision of the workman's compensation commissioner. The Railway sought Board's approval to take the case to the Supreme Court, which was given. The Railway thereafter filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court against the High Court's judgement

Keywords	Shri A.K. Sinha Bombay Pay Commission
Department	Ministry of Railway
Branch	Establishment Labour Legislation
From Year / Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1973
To Year / Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1973
Identifier	PR_211200031582
File No.	E/LL/73AT/WC/1-15/1-5
Location	Repository-4
File Size	25.0 MB
Pages	39
Collection	Digitized Public Records Ministry of Railway
Language	English