Who among the following relatives of a deceased insured person is not “dependent” under the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948?

The correct answer is Legitimate son who has attained the age of twenty five, he is not “dependent” under the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948.

Key Points 

• As per section 2(6A) dependent includes His widow, a son under the age of 25, an unmarried daughter, and his widowed mother are among his dependents.
• A son or daughter who is more than 25 years old and fully dependent on the worker may also qualify as a dependent.
• In some circumstances, dependents can also include a minor sister, minor child, parent other than a widowed mother, etc.

Additional Information

• Traditionally, the term legitimate child is defined as a child conceived or born during a marriage or to parents who are legally married to each other, and has complete filial rights and obligations by birth.
• This means that the child was lawfully begotten.
• The reason behind the expression ‘lawfully begotten’ was because marriage was considered a sacred and lawful union. 

Therefore, as per the explanation stated above the correct answer is Legitimate son who has attained the age of twenty-five.