https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272653 A lessor may be treated as an employer where the lease deed and surrounding evidence show that the workman was to be retained and paid by the proprietor, and the remuneration formed part of the lease consideration; withholding the original deed and not entering the witness-box justified an adverse inference, so liability for compensation extended to the lessor. On appellate scope, Clause 10 of the Letters Patent allowed interference with an erroneous factual finding, and the phrase "substantial question of law" under the Workmen's Compensation Act was read broadly to cover cases where material evidence was ignored or adverse inference was wrongly withheld, making the appeal maintainable. en-us Thu, 26 May 1960 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 10 May 2018 17:58:31 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272653 A lessor may be treated as an employer where the lease deed and surrounding evidence show that the workman was to be retained and paid by the proprietor, and the remuneration formed part of the lease consideration; withholding the original deed and not entering the witness-box justified an adverse inference, so liability for compensation extended to the lessor. On appellate scope, Clause 10 of the Letters Patent allowed interference with an erroneous factual finding, and the phrase "substantial question of law" under the Workmen's Compensation Act was read broadly to cover cases where material evidence was ignored or adverse inference was wrongly withheld, making the appeal maintainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 26 May 1960 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272653