https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295903 An insurer's appeal under the Workmen's Compensation Act cannot enlarge the limited statutory defences available under Section 149(2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, so a challenge to compensation quantum outside those grounds is not maintainable. The note also treats the amended Explanation II to Section 4 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, which raises the deemed monthly wage limit to Rs. 2,000, as a procedural and beneficial amendment applying to pending claims on the date of commencement. The compensation award was therefore sustained on both maintainability and wage-computation grounds. en-us Tue, 15 Dec 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 24 Jun 2021 09:41:57 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295903 An insurer's appeal under the Workmen's Compensation Act cannot enlarge the limited statutory defences available under Section 149(2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, so a challenge to compensation quantum outside those grounds is not maintainable. The note also treats the amended Explanation II to Section 4 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, which raises the deemed monthly wage limit to Rs. 2,000, as a procedural and beneficial amendment applying to pending claims on the date of commencement. The compensation award was therefore sustained on both maintainability and wage-computation grounds. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 15 Dec 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295903