VINA DEVI & ORS vs SUDHIR NARWAL & ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 13th May, 2025 FAO 592/2016 VINA DEVI & ORS .....Appellants Through: Mr. Anshuman Bal, Adv. versus SUDHIR NARWAL & ORS .....Respondents Through: None for R-1 Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi and Mr. Arjun Basra, Advs. for R-2 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DHARMESH SHARMA DHARMESH SHARMA, J. (ORAL) 1. The appellants, who are the widow, two children and the mother of the deceased Vikash Kumar, aged about 25 years at the time of the accident, have preferred the present appeal under Section 30 of the Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923 [‘E.C. Act’], challenging the judgment-cum-award dated 19.08.2016 passed by the learned Commissioner, Employees’ Compensation, Labour Department, New Delhi, whereby the claim petition filed by the appellants under Section 22 of the E.C. Act on account of the death of deceased Vikash Kumar in a road accident on 23.12.2014 was dismissed. 2. No one appeared on behalf of the respondent No.1 when the matter was called. 3. Having heard the learned counsel for the appellants as well as the learned counsel for respondent No.2/Insurance Company, and upon perusal of the record, this Court has no hesitation in holding that 4