The Madhya Pradesh High Court (“High Court”) single bench of Justice Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia held that the Assistant Labour Commissioner is not a competent authority to decide the claims arising out.
After forming an opinion that driving these poor petitioners to the competent authorities under the Workmen Compensation Act, at this length of time, would cause greater hardship and the issue would be further prolonged and protracted, and the right of the parties could not be crystallised in the near future, the judge himself decided the case.Unfortunately, during the pendency of the writ petition, Kamalakannans wife and father had also died.