Central Act

51A

Section 51A. Presumption as to accident arising in course of employment.

The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948

Act no. 34 of 19481948Repealed 21 November 2025All India (Central Act)

This Act was repealed on 21 November 2025 by the Code on Social Security, 2020 (36 of 2020), s.164(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

51A. Presumption as to accident arising in course of employment.—For the purposes of this Act, an accident arising in the course of 7[an employee’s] employment shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, also to have arisen out of that employment.