Dependent :

“Dependent” under Section 2(6A) of the Act (as amended by the Employees’ State Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2010) means any of the following relatives of a deceased insured person namely:

(i) a widow, a legitimate or adopted son who has not attained the age of twenty-five years,, an unmarried legitimate or adopted daughter,

(ia) a widowed mother,

(ii) if wholly dependent on the earnings of the insured person at the time of his death, a legitimate or adopted son or daughter who has attained the age of 25 years and is infirm;

(iii) if wholly or in part dependent on the earnings of the insured person at the time his death:

(a) a parent other than a widowed mother,

(b) a minor illegitimate son, an unmarried illegitimate daughter or a daughter legitimate or adopted or illegitimate if married and minor or if widowed and a minor,

(c) a minor brother or an unmarried sister or a widowed sister if a minor,

(d) a widowed daughter-in-law,

(e) a minor child of a pre-deceased son,

(f) a minor child of a pre-deceased daughter where no parent of the child is alive or,

(g) a paternal grand parent if no parent of the insured person is alive.