The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd v. K.Ravi And ANR

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.SHANKAR NARAYANA CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.890 OF 2009 JUDGMENT:

The present appeal is preferred by Opposite Party No.2 - Oriental Insurance Company Limited in W.C.No.110 of 2005 on the file of the Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation and the Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Kadapa (for short 'Commissioner') challenging the order, dated 19.05.2008, passed by the Commissioner. Heard Sri C. Narender Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for the appellant.

The only question agitated in the present appeal is that the Commissioner cannot fasten liability on the Insurance Company to pay interest from the date of accident. Learned Standing Counsel, though, contends as such, now the law is well settled that interest be granted from the date of accident. The dispute is no more res integra in view of the law declared by the Honourable Supreme Court in the Oriental Insurance Company v. Siby George1. The present appeal was preferred in the year 2009 as per law then existing. There is no merit in the present appeal.

Hence, the Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is dismissed confirming the order under challenge.

Miscellaneous petitions if any pending in the present appeal stand closed. No order as to costs.

_________________________________ JUSTICE A.SHANKAR NARAYANA Dt: 18.06.2018 v v 1 (2014) 2 SCC 298