Employee's Compensation Act, 1923

Act No. 8 of 1923 47 sections

Text as published by the Legislative Department, from the copy archived on 31 March 2020. Amendments made after that date and before the repeal may be missing; check the official Gazette for them.

Repealed and replaced by the Code on Social Security, 2020 from 21 November 2025. It still governs matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides, which is why the judgments below apply it.

80 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.

• Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Mohd. Nasir and Anr.
  2009 INSC 80112 May 2009Disposed of
• Central Bank of India v. State of Kerala and Ors.
  2009 INSC 28627 February 2009Dismissed
• Mallikarjuna G. Hiremath v. Branch Manager, Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.& Anr.
  2009 INSC 16812 February 2009Appeal(s) allowed
• Asraf Alli v. M/S. Naveen Hotels Ltd. & Anr.
  2008 INSC 150319 December 2008Partly allowed
• United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Santro Devi & Ors.
  2008 INSC 13842 December 2008Dismissed
• Kamla Chaturvedi v. National Insurance Co. & Ors.
  2008 INSC 131118 November 2008Partly allowed
• Ramprasad Balmiki v. Anil Kumar Jain & Ors.
  2008 INSC 11131 October 2008Dismissed
• Harijan Mangri Siddakka and Ors. v. Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. and Anr.
  2008 INSC 83816 July 2008Allowed
• Rajesh Kumar @ Raju v. Yudhvir Singh & Anr.
  2008 INSC 65513 May 2008Dismissed
• Union of India v. Prabhakaran Vijaya Kumar & Ors.
  2008 INSC 5775 May 2008Dismissed
• Om Parkash Batish v. Ranjit @ Ranbir Kaur and Others
  2008 INSC 52524 April 2008Allowed
• The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. v. Sorumai Gogoi and Ors.
  2008 INSC 18914 February 2008Allowed
• Smt. Thokchom Ongbi Sangeeta@ Sangi Devi and Anr. v. Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. and Ors.
  2007 INSC 109623 October 2007Disposed of
• National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Cholleti Bharatamma and Ors.
  2007 INSC 108612 October 2007Disposed of
• Morgina Begum v. Managing Director, Hanuman Plantation Ltd.
  2007 INSC 97926 September 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• A.P.S.R.T.C. Rep. by Its Chief Law Officer v. M. Pentaiah Chary
  2007 INSC 88330 August 2007Disposed of
• Oriental Insurance Company Limited v. Meena Variyal and Ors.
  2007 INSC 3592 April 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Goitumukkala Appala Narasimha Raju and Ors. v. National Insurance Co. Ltd. and Anr
  2007 INSC 17520 February 2007Dismissed
• National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Mubasir Ahmed and Anr.
  2007 INSC 871 February 2007Partly allowed
• Shakuntala Chandrakant Shreshti v. Prabhakar Maruti Garvali and Anr.
  2006 INSC 83310 November 2006Dismissed
• Zila Sahakari Kendra Bank Maryadit v. Shahjadi Begum and Ors.
  2006 INSC 67429 September 2006Partly allowed
• Jyothi Ademma v. Plant Engineer, Nellore and Anr.
  2006 INSC 41311 July 2006Disposed of
• New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Harshadbhai Amrutbhai Modhiyand Anr.
  2006 INSC 26328 April 2006Appeal(s) allowed
• National Insurance Company Ltd. v. Mastan and Anr.
  2005 INSC 6119 December 2005Appeal(s) allowed
• Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd. v. Ramu Pasi and Anr.
  2005 INSC 6088 December 2005Disposed of
• National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Prembai Patel and Ors.
  2005 INSC 21218 April 2005Disposed of
• National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Ajit Kumar and Ors.
  2003 INSC 4462 September 2003Appeal(s) allowed
• M/S. Bharagath Engineering v. R. Ranganayaki and Anr.
  2002 INSC 57220 December 2002Appeal(s) allowed
• Roshandeen v. Preetilal
  2001 INSC 5502 November 2001Appeal(s) allowed
• M/S. Sunil Industries v. Ram Chander Pradhan and Anr.
  2000 INSC 52114 November 2000Dismissed
• Smt. Rita Devi and Ors. v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd. and Anr.
  2000 INSC 26327 April 2000Allowed
• Kerala State Electricity Board and Anr. v. Valsala K. and Anr. Etc. Etc.
  1999 INSC 41216 September 1999Dismissed
• Deputy Labour Commissioner, Orissa Bhubaneswar v. Abhimanyu Gouda and Anr.
  1997 INSC 7174 November 1997Appeal(s) allowed
• Ved Prakash Garg Etc. v. Premi Devi and Ors. Etc.
  1997 INSC 67125 September 1997Partly allowed
• Mr. A Trehan v. M/S. Associated Electrical Agencies and Anr.
  1996 INSC 67110 May 1996Dismissed
• Anand Bihari and Ors v. Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation, Jaipur Through Its Managing Director and Anr. Etc.
  1990 INSC 39520 December 1990Disposed of
• G.S. Dhara Singh v. E.K. Thomas & Ors.
  1988 INSC 2109 August 1988Dismissed
• Motor Owners Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Jadavji Keshavji Modi & Ors.
  1981 INSC 17429 September 1981Dismissed
• Lalji Haridas v. State of Maharashtra and Another
  1964 INSC 317 February 1964Dismissed
• General Manager, B. E. S. T. Undertaking, Bombay v. Mrs. Agnes
  1963 INSC 15210 May 1963Dismissed