Supreme Court Allows Compensation Claim for Bus Driver's Accidental Death Under Employee's Compensation Act - Notional Extension of Employment Applied to Death Occurring After Duty Hours at Bus Terminus. The court held that a bus driver's death from falling off the bus roof after a meal at the terminus was in the course of employment due to the requirement to stay with the bus 24 hours, applying the doctrine of notional extension under Section 3 of the Employee's Compensation Act, 1923.
22 Jan 2019The appellants, Leela Bai and another, are the legal heirs of the deceased bus driver who died in an accident on 18.07.2010 at Burhanpur bus stand. Th...
