In Brief
A widow and heirs of a man killed in a 1993 road accident sought workers' compensation from the jeep owner (allegedly their employer) from 1923 onwards, but filed their application with the Commissioner over 9 years later in 2004, after failing to recover compensation from the vehicle insurer under motor accident law. The Supreme Court dismissed their appeal, finding that the employer-employee relationship was inadequately proved (they were relatives with a common ration card, and no independent employment records existed), and that no sufficient cause justified the 9-year delay, especially since the applicants had deliberately withheld the claim against the alleged employer during earlier proceedings.
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