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Case Study: Bombay High Court Rules EPF Act Not Applicable to Cooperative Housing Society

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, […]

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Case Study: Madras High Court Quashes Section 168 IPC Charges in S. Balasundram v. State (2025)

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 […]

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Case Study: Principal Employer Liable to Pay Gratuity for Contract Employees.

⚖️ Case WPA No. 3503/2025 – Shibaparsad Sutradhar vs. State of West Bengal & Ors. 🏛 Court and Date Calcutta High CourtHon’ble Justice: Ms. Shampa Dutt (Paul)Date of Judgment: 30.06.2025The principal employer is liabl… 📜 Relevant Law Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 📁 Background ⚖️ Legal Issue Whether the principal employer (Mother Dairy) is liable […]

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Case Study: Trainee Nurses Not Employees Under EPF Act

🧾 Case Sivagiri Sree Narayana Medical Mission Hospital vs. Regional Provident Fund Commissioner (RPFC) 🏛 Court and Date Kerala High CourtW.P.(C) Nos. 14751/2017 & 11852/2011Date: 07.06.2018Justice: Hon’ble Mr. Alexander Thomas 📜 Relevant Law Section 2(f) and Section 2(b) of the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 🧩 Background The Medical Mission Hospital had […]

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Case Study: Sundays & Paid Holidays in Service Calculation

📜 Case Lal Chand Jindal vs. Bank of Baroda 🏛 Court and Date Rajasthan High CourtHon’ble Justice Anoop Kumar DhandCWP No. 1334/2015 | Date: 19th March 2025 📂 Relevant Law 📖 Background ❓ Legal Issue Whether Sundays and paid holidays should be included while calculating the 240 days of continuous service under Section 25B(2) of […]

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Case Study: EPF Liability of Consultant Doctors

📜 Case Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation vs. Employees’ Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal 🏛 Court and Date Kerala High CourtHon’ble Mr. C.N. Ramachandran Nair (CJ) & Hon’ble Mr. P.S. Gopinathan (J)Date: 21st October 2011Citation: W.A. No. 1502/2011 📂 Relevant Law 📖 Background ❓ Legal Issue Whether consultant doctors engaged by a hospital qualify as “employees” under […]

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Case Study: Bombay High Court on ESIC Liability for Coolies & Hamalies

📌 Case Regional Director, E.S.I. Corporation, Goa vs. Farmacia Ananta, Goa ⚖️ Court and Date Bombay High CourtHon’ble Mrs. Justice R.P. SondurbaldotaDate: 2nd May 2013Appeal under ESI No. 2/2007 📜 Relevant Law 🏢 Background Farmacia Ananta, a partnership firm dealing in medicines, employed more than 31 workers during 1990–92. The firm challenged this demand before […]

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Case Study: Employer or Not? Madras High Court Clarifies ESIC Liability on Contract Job Work

No ESIC Liability Without Supervision Over Contract Labour 🧑‍⚖ Case Dy. Director, Insurance v. India Pistons Repco Ltd. 🏛 Court and Date Madras High CourtDate of Judgment: Refer to internal recordCitation: Based on document titled “Work done outside the premises not attract ESIC” 📜 Relevant Law Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948Key Provision: Definition of “employee” […]