Employees State Insurance Act

The Occupational Health and Safety Association filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking directions for the framing of occupational safety and health guidelines for workers in coal‑fired thermal power plants (CFTPPs) and compensation for occupational diseases. The Court examined whether the right to health and a s…

New India Assurance Co. Ltd. denied a claim by M/s Abhilash Jewellery for loss of gold that occurred while the jewellery was in the custody of an apprentice. The insurance policy covered loss while in the custody of the insured, his partner or his employees. The dispute turned on whether an apprentice qualifies as an "…

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…

The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner appealed against a Karnataka High Court order that had held Raj's Continental Exports (P) Ltd was not a branch of Mis. Continental Exporters, a proprietorship owned by the same individual who was also the Managing Director of the company. The respondent claimed infancy protectio…

Prem Singh, a welder, worked for about 37 years in a work‑charged establishment of the Uttar Pradesh government and was later regularised before superannuation. He claimed that the period spent in the work‑charged establishment should be counted as qualifying service for pension under the Uttar Pradesh Retirement Benef…

The State of Goa filed a complaint alleging that the respondent's professional laundry service operated as a factory without a valid licence, violating the Factories Act, 1948. A Judicial Magistrate First Class issued summons on the basis of the complaint, but the High Court quashed the process, holding that dry‑cleani…