Married Daughter Cannot Claim Compensation as Dependant Under Employees’ Compensation Act: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court decided two connected appeals concerning the death of Padum Bahadur Soni, who allegedly died after a factory boundary wall collapsed on him on 26 April 2015. His widow, Suraji Bai Soni, had filed a compensation claim under the Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923, but she died while the case was still pending. Her married daughter, Smt. Nanda Soni, was then substituted as the claimant and the Labour…