Madras HC – Bench constituted to clarify Amendment to Employees Compensation Act, 1923 – A brief discussion
A brief answer to the question of whether the 2009 Amendment to the Employees Compensation Act, 1923, introduced a provision u/s 4(1B) to provide the Central Govt. with the power to fix cap on maximum amount awardable as compensation irrespective of whether the salary was higher at the time of the incident.
