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Case: M/s. Bectors Food Specialities vs. Regional Provident Fund Commissioner & Anr.Cr. MMO No. 498/2018 Court and Date: Himachal Pradesh High CourtDecided on: 23 June 2025Hon’ble Judge: Mr. Justice Rakesh Kainthla Relevant Law: Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme, 1952 Background: The Provident Fund Inspector filed a criminal complaint against M/s. Bectors Food Specialities Limited and its […]

Case: Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) vs. Minaxi Textiles LimitedR/FA No. 4970 of 2007 Court and Date: Gujarat High CourtDecided on: 13 June 2025Hon’ble Judge: Mr. Justice Hemant M. Prachchhak Relevant Law: Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 – Section 2(12)Defines a “factory” as premises where ten or more persons are employed, and a manufacturing process […]

Case: Gurdaspur Co-operative Sugar Mills Ltd. vs. Presiding Officer & AnotherC.W.P. No. 13652 of 1994 Court and Date: Punjab & Haryana High CourtDecided on: 28 May 2013Hon’ble Judge: Ms. Ritu Bahri, J. Relevant Law: Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 — Section 16(1), Explanation II This section provides exemption to new establishments from payment of bonus […]

Case Inland Waterways Authority of India v. Employees’ Provident Fund Organization, Kolkata & Ors.WPA 30900/2024Date of Judgment: 14 January 2025Hon’ble Judge: Mr. Justice Aniruddha RoyCourt: Calcutta High Court Relevant Law Background The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) filed a writ petition challenging an order passed by the Employees’ Provident Fund Authority (EPFO). Legal Issue […]

Case Employees’ Provident Fund Organization v. M/s Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.CA No. 6870/2024 in W.P. No. 2793/2024 Court and Date Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ravindra V. GhugeHon’ble Mr. Justice R.M. JoshiBombay High CourtDate of Order: 26 July 2024 Relevant Law Background Legal Issue When an employer deposits 75% of the assessed amount as per Section 7-O […]

Case Sree Sakthi Paper Mills Limited (Cella Space Limited) v. The Regional Provident Fund CommissionerWP(C) No. 5972/2022 Court and Date Hon’ble Mr. Justice N. NagareshKerala High CourtDate of Order: 10 January 2025 Relevant Law Background Legal Issue Whether various allowances (conveyance, special, washing, incentive, High BF, etc.) paid uniformly to all employees are part of […]

Case Satishkumar Induprasad Chaturvedi & Ors. v. SVM Institute of Technology & Anr.R/LPA No. 1028/2019 in R/SCA No. 12638/2013 Court and Date Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.S. SupehiaHon’ble Mrs. Justice Mauna M. BhattGujarat High CourtDate of Order: 27 September 2024 Relevant Law Background Employees of SVM Institute of Technology contributed to the Provident Fund (PF) based […]

Case Central Board of Trustees v. Nutan Pushpak Premises Co-op. Society Ltd.C.A.J. W.P. No. 4173/2015 with C.A. No. 541/2016 Court and Date Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.C. GupteBombay High CourtDate of Order: 29 April 2016 Relevant Law Background The Nutan Pushpak Premises Co-operative Society Ltd. is a registered cooperative society under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, […]

Case S. Balasundram v. State represented by The Sub-Inspector of PoliceCrl. O.P. No. 25819/2017 Court and Date Hon’ble Mr. Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, Madras High CourtDate of Order: 25 June 2025 Relevant Law Background S. Balasundram, a public servant employed with Andrew Yule & Company Ltd., a Government of India undertaking, was implicated during a […]

Case Appeal from Original Order No. 4/2008Date of Judgment: May 1, 2012Case No.: E.S.I. Case No. 12 of 2003 Court and Date Patna High CourtPresided by: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Shailesh Kumar SinhaJudgment delivered on: 1st May 2012 Relevant Law Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 Background Legal Issue Whether the demand for ESI contributions by the […]