Bar against receiving or recovery of compensation or damages under any other law.
53. An insured person or his dependants shall not be entitled to receive or recover, whether from the employer of the insured person or from any other person, any compensation or damages under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 or any other law for the time being in force or otherwise, in respect of an employment injury sustained by the insured person as an employee under this Act.
COMMENTS
Section 53 of the ESI Act does not bar the remedy under s. 110A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939.-- Deputy General Manager KSRTC v. Gopal Mudaliar 1983 (46) FLR 194. |