https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169218 Section 17 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 renders any agreement by which a workman gives up compensation rights void, and Sections 28 and 29 require compliance with the statutory procedure for compensation agreements. Where a compromise-based dismissal is alleged to have been procured by fraud, the Commissioner may recall the order to secure adjudication on merits, because a tribunal is not powerless to correct an order founded on misrepresentation. Supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 should not be used to preserve an order tainted by fraud. The High Court should not have restored the compromise dismissal, and the challenge to the recall order failed. en-us Fri, 02 Nov 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 02 Oct 2025 10:34:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169218 Section 17 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 renders any agreement by which a workman gives up compensation rights void, and Sections 28 and 29 require compliance with the statutory procedure for compensation agreements. Where a compromise-based dismissal is alleged to have been procured by fraud, the Commissioner may recall the order to secure adjudication on merits, because a tribunal is not powerless to correct an order founded on misrepresentation. Supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 should not be used to preserve an order tainted by fraud. The High Court should not have restored the compromise dismissal, and the challenge to the recall order failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 02 Nov 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169218