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Section 53. Bar against receiving or recovery of compensation or damages under any other law.
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This Act was repealed on 21 November 2025 by the Code on Social Security, 2020 (36 of 2020), s.164(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.
1[53. Bar against receiving or recovery of compensation or damages under any other law.—An insured person or his dependants shall not be entitled to receive or recover, whether from the employer of the insured person or from any other person, any compensation or damages under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 (8 of 1923), or any other law for the time being in force or otherwise, in respect of an employment injury sustained by the insured person as an employee under this Act.]