Bedridden man moves HC for compensation
MADURAI, FEBRUARY 05, 2019 00:00 IST
A 50-year-old bedridden man has filed a contempt petition before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court after the Centre failed to consider his plea for compensation after he suffered a life-threatening fall while working abroad.
The petitioner, P. Singadurai of Sivaganga, was working with Khalifa Al Fahad contracting company in Abu Dhabi. He suffered a serious injury after a fall during the course of his employment in 2016. Initial treatment was provided by his employer and he was sent back to India.
Bedridden, he moved the High Court Bench seeking a direction to the Centre and State to provide support and arrange for proper compensation from his employer. The company had failed to respond to his communication, he claimed.
The court had earlier directed the Centre to consider the plea of the petitioner. However, with no steps initiated in the case, he filed the contempt petition.
He claimed that he had so far spent over Rs. six lakh for treatment, obtained as loans at a high rate of interest.
He sought a direction to the Centre to take up the issue with his employer for providing compensation.
Justice K. Kalyanasundaram ordered notice to the Centre in the contempt petition and adjourned hearing in the case until February 19.
MADURAI, FEBRUARY 05, 2019 00:00 IST
A 50-year-old bedridden man has filed a contempt petition before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court after the Centre failed to consider his plea for compensation after he suffered a life-threatening fall while working abroad.
The petitioner, P. Singadurai of Sivaganga, was working with Khalifa Al Fahad contracting company in Abu Dhabi. He suffered a serious injury after a fall during the course of his employment in 2016. Initial treatment was provided by his employer and he was sent back to India.
Bedridden, he moved the High Court Bench seeking a direction to the Centre and State to provide support and arrange for proper compensation from his employer. The company had failed to respond to his communication, he claimed.
The court had earlier directed the Centre to consider the plea of the petitioner. However, with no steps initiated in the case, he filed the contempt petition.
He claimed that he had so far spent over Rs. six lakh for treatment, obtained as loans at a high rate of interest.
He sought a direction to the Centre to take up the issue with his employer for providing compensation.
Justice K. Kalyanasundaram ordered notice to the Centre in the contempt petition and adjourned hearing in the case until February 19.
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