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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 […]

🧾 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 […]

📌 Case Alok Kumar Agarwal vs. Union of India 🏛 Court and Date Delhi High CourtJustice: Hon’ble Ms. Prathiba M. SinghYear: 2021 ⚖ Relevant Law 📚 Background ❓ Legal Issue Is the EPFO justified in denying interest on a PF account if the member delays claiming it beyond 36 months post-retirement? 🔍 Key Legal Findings […]

📜 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 […]