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Case M/s. MRF Limited v. Employees’ Provident Fund Organization and AnotherWrit Petition No. 4182 of 2025 Court and Date Madras High CourtHon’ble Mr. Justice M. DhandapaniDate: 20 February 2025 Relevant Law Background M/s. MRF Limited, a registered establishment under the EPF Act, engaged a contractor (Respondent No. 2) for certain work. Both the principal employer […]
Case Emerson Climate Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd. (now Copeland India Pvt. Ltd.) v. Bharatiya Kamgar Karmachari MahasanghWrit Petition No. 3761 of 2025 Court and Date Bombay High Court (Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep V. Marne)Decision: 5 May 2025(Impugned Industrial Tribunal Award dated 30 March 2024) Relevant Law Background Legal Issue Key Legal Findings Judgment Conclusion The […]
Case Campari Exports Pvt. Ltd. v. Presiding Officer, Industrial-cum-Labour Court-II, Gurgaon & Anr.CWP No. 20464/2018 (O&M) Court and Date Punjab and Haryana High CourtBench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Harsimran Singh SethiDecision: 14 July 2025 Relevant Law Background Phool Chand Mishra, employed as a Production Manager at Campari Exports Pvt. Ltd., earning ₹70,000 per month, alleged that […]
Case Regional Provident Fund Commissioner v. M/s Pal’s Continental Exports (P) Ltd.Civil Appeal No. 7345 of 2000 Court and Date Supreme Court of IndiaBench: Dr. Arijit Pasayat, J.; Lokeshwar Singh Panta, J.Decision: 7 March 2007 Relevant Law Background Legal Issue Whether the respondent-company was a “department or branch” of the proprietorship (thereby liable to be […]
Case C.E.S.C. Limited & Ors. v. Subhash Chandra Bose & Ors.Civil Appeal Nos. 3197–98 of 1988 Court and Date Supreme Court of India — Decided on 15 November 1991Coram: Ranganath Misra, C.J.; M.M. Punchhi & K. Ramaswamy, JJ. Relevant Law Background CESC engaged electrical contractors to excavate, convert overhead lines, lay underground cables, and maintain […]
Case: M/s. Prima Beverages Private Ltd. vs. Regional Provident Fund Commissioner-II (C&R) and OthersWP (C) No. 35307 of 2024 Court and Date: Kerala High CourtDecided on: 16 January 2025Hon’ble Judge: Mr. Justice Murali Purushothaman Relevant Law: Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 – Section 7AThis section empowers the Provident Fund authorities to determine […]
Case: Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) vs. M/s. Treads Direct Limited and AnotherW.P. (C) No. 29145 of 2014 Court and Date: Kerala High CourtDecided on: 5 June 2025Hon’ble Judge: Mr. Justice S. Manu Relevant Law: Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 Background: The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) initiated an enquiry under Section […]
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 […]