MAMTAJ BI BAPUSAB NADAF vs UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. .

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision that the Insurance Company was not liable for the deaths of two workmen who died from asphyxia while cleaning a grocery pit, as there was no proximate connection between the accident and the insured vehicle. The Court emphasized that the mere presence of the vehicle at the site of the incident does not establish liability under the Workmen's Compensation Act. The ruling clarified that the cause of death was unrelated to the operation of the vehicle, thus affirming the High Court's modification of the Commissioner's order.