Employees' Provident Funds Act

The respondent, a supervisor at New Victoria Mills, applied for the Modified Voluntary Retirement Scheme (MVRS) by submitting a resignation on 12 July 2002. He later requested that his resignation be kept suspended until his provident fund dues were cleared, but the employer accepted his resignation on 28 May 2003, sim…

The appellants, employees of Air India, were dismissed after disciplinary proceedings and were paid one month's salary reduced by Rs.10-15 for tax deducted under the West Bengal State Tax Act, 1979. Air India sought approval of the dismissal under Section 33(2)(b) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, which was rejecte…

The All India Trade Union Congress and affiliated unions filed a writ petition seeking regularisation and statutory benefits for casual workers employed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in Uttarakhand. The High Court initially granted the petition and, on appeal, directed the Union of India to frame a detailed sc…

VST Industries Ltd., a cigarette manufacturing company, operated a canteen for its workers under Section 46 of the Factories Act, 1948. After 1982 the canteen was managed by private contractors, but the workers continued to be employed and received wages, ESI and PF benefits through the contractors, while the company s…