FA/1784/2003

NEUTRAL CITATION C/FA/1784/2003 JUDGMENT DATED: 09/04/2026 2026:GUJHC:25520 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 1784 of 2003 ========================================================== REGIONAL DIRECTOR Versus RAJU SIPAHIRAM ========================================================== Appearance: MR HEMANT S SHAH(756) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR NITIN S PANCHAL(3273) for the Defendant(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J. C. DOSHI Date : 09/04/2026 JUDGMENT 1. This Appeal under Section 82(2) of the Employees Insurance Company, 1948 questions the legality and propriety of the judgment and order dated 29.07.2003 passed by the ESI Tribunal in ESI Second Appeal No.36 of 2000 whereby appeal filed by the respondent was partly allowed and it was held that the appellant was held to have permanent disability. 2. The factual aspects borne out from the record read as under: 2.1 The original claimant – respondent herein was the employee in M/s.Rajesh Enterprises and during the working hours on 07.10.1996 he met with an accident which causes injuries on four fingers of his right hand. Thereafter he was referre