workmen compensation
awadhesh kumar gupta khadiwala
(Querist) 07 June 2008
This query is : Resolved
wheather a man who was working as a daily wages worker in the construction of a private residence buildingand fell down from first floor and sustaind injuries is a workman under W.C. ACT.?
H. S. Thukral
(Expert) 09 June 2008
No. The workman was employed in the work of a residential building. It does not meet the requirements of law. I will suggest you read the Supreme Court in the matter Om Prakash Batish v Ranjit, a case decided in 2008.