{"id":55731,"date":"2008-10-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-oriental-insurance-co-ltd-vs-baby-george-on-30-october-2008"},"modified":"2017-12-15T19:25:01","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T13:55:01","slug":"the-oriental-insurance-co-ltd-vs-baby-george-on-30-october-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-oriental-insurance-co-ltd-vs-baby-george-on-30-october-2008","title":{"rendered":"The Oriental Insurance Co Ltd vs Baby George on 30 October, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">The Oriental Insurance Co Ltd vs Baby George on 30 October, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nMACA.No. 1725 of 2004()\n\n\n1. THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO LTD.,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. BABY GEORGE, S\/O.VARKEY,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. V.C.SEBASTIAN, S\/O.CHACKO,\n\n3. THRESSIAMMA SEBASTIAN,\n\n4. MERIN SEBASTIAN, D\/O.V.C.SEBASTIAN,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.VPK.PANICKER\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.DILEEP P.PILLAI\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice HARUN-UL-RASHID\n\n Dated :30\/10\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                    C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR &amp;\n                           HARUN-UL-RASHID, JJ.\n               ....................................................................\n                          M.A.C.A. No.1725 of 2004\n               ....................................................................\n                Dated this the 30th day of October, 2008.\n\n                                      JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>Ramachandran Nair, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>      Appeal is filed challenging the award granting compensation of<\/p>\n<p>Rs.1,63,000\/- for the death of a 32 year old driver of a jeep which<\/p>\n<p>capsized leading to his death.                  We have heard Standing Counsel<\/p>\n<p>appearing for the appellant and counsel appearing for the respondents.<\/p>\n<p>      2. Even though counsel for the appellant contended that<\/p>\n<p>compensation cannot be claimed for the death of a driver under Section<\/p>\n<p>163A of the Motor Vehicles Act, we have in other cases taken the view<\/p>\n<p>that the driver is covered, if not as an employee, but as a third party as<\/p>\n<p>the insured is authorised to have the insured vehicle driven by a paid<\/p>\n<p>employee. Even as an employee, compensation is payable under the<\/p>\n<p>Workmen&#8217;s Compensation Act for the driver. Even though counsel for<\/p>\n<p>the appellant submitted that the quantum of compensation under the<\/p>\n<p>Workmen&#8217;s Compensation Act and under the Motor Vehicles Act are<\/p>\n<p>different, we do not think there is any scope for interference because in<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                   2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>absolute terms the compensation of Rs.1,63,000\/- cannot be held to be<\/p>\n<p>high. We, therefore, dismiss the appeal.<\/p>\n<p>                                  C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR<br \/>\n                                  Judge<\/p>\n<p>                                  HARUN-UL-RASHID<br \/>\n                                  Judge<br \/>\npms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court The Oriental Insurance Co Ltd vs Baby George on 30 October, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM MACA.No. 1725 of 2004() 1. THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO LTD., &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. BABY GEORGE, S\/O.VARKEY, &#8230; Respondent 2. V.C.SEBASTIAN, S\/O.CHACKO, 3. THRESSIAMMA SEBASTIAN, 4. MERIN SEBASTIAN, D\/O.V.C.SEBASTIAN, For Petitioner :SRI.VPK.PANICKER [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Oriental Insurance Co Ltd vs Baby George on 30 October, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-oriental-insurance-co-ltd-vs-baby-george-on-30-october-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Oriental Insurance Co Ltd vs Baby George on 30 October, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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