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Delhi High Court upholds compensation for worker who lost leg at construction site

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The Hindu Bureau
Delhi High Court upholds compensation for worker who lost leg at construction site
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The Delhi High Court upheld a compensation award for a construction supervisor who lost his leg in an accident during a lunch break. The court ruled that the accident occurred in the course of employment, rejecting the insurer's attempt to deny liability.

The Delhi High Court has upheld compensation of over ₹7.86 lakh awarded to a construction site supervisor who lost his left leg after an iron rod being lifted by a mobile crane fell on him, holding that an accident during a lunch break at the work site arose “out of and in the course of employment.”

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