“The distance covered was around 1,800km. The driver was headed back to Mumbai when the incident occurred. While the employer said the death was not due to work pressure, the court observed that the truck had left Mumbai for Ranchi 17-18 days prior to the death. The court made note of the “stress and strain associated with long distance driving for almost 18 days”. 3 lakh payout for trucker who died after driving non-stop for 18 days Nearly two decades after a 54-year-old truck driver died on the job due to heart disease, his family was granted relief with the Bombay high court directing the employer and insurance firm to pay Rs 3 lakh, along with interest. “Any other view of the matter would defeat the beneficial object of the provisions contained in Section 3 of the Employees Compensation Act,1923,” the HC bench held on January 17. MUMBAI: The Bombay HC has directed an employer and an insurance firm to pay Rs 3 lakh with interest as compensation to the kin of a 54-year -old truck driver who died of a coronary condition in 2003, saying the death was “accelerated due to stress and strain associated with long-distance driving for almost 18 days in trying circumstances’’.
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