UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO LTD vs JASPREET KAUR AND ANOTHER

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 125 CR-3538-2026 Date of decision:12.05.2026 UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. ...PETITIONER VERSUS JASPREET KAUR AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PARMOD GOYAL Present: Mr. Harsh Aggarwal, Advocate for petitioner-Insurance Company. *** PARMOD GOYAL, J. (ORAL) Present Civil Revision Petition has been filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India by petitioner-Insurance Company, for quashing of order dated 07.04.2026 passed by learned Employee Compensation Commissioner-cum-ALC, Bathinda, whereby application under Order I Rule 10 read with Section 151 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (‘CPC’) preferred by petitioner-Insurance Company to implead Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (‘ESIC’) as a necessary party for proper adjudication of claim preferred by respondents-claimants was dismissed. 2. Respondents-claimants are parents of deceased-Lakhveer Singh, who had died in fire, which broke on 17.09.2024 in the premises of respondent No.3. The claimants have sought compensation on account of death of their son. The employer admitted material facts stated by respondents-claimants, however, petitioner-Insurance