Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923
13. Remedies of employer against stranger
Where a workman has recovered compensation in respect of any
injury caused under circumstances creating a legal liability of some person
other than the person by whom the compensation was paid to pay damages in
respect thereof the person by whom the compensation was paid and any person who
has been called on to pay an indemnity under section 12 shall be entitled to be
indemnified by the person so liable to pay damages of aforesaid