Bombay High Court
EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE CORPORATIONversusRAJESH SHARMA
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The interim application is disposed, NBCC is added as Respondent No.3, and re‑verification is dispensed with.
Summary
The petitioner, Rajesh Sharma, filed a contempt petition against the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). ESIC filed an affidavit-in-reply and an interim application seeking to implead National Building Construction Company (India) Ltd (NBCC) as a third respondent. The court disposed of the interim application, permitting the addition of NBCC as Respondent No.3 and dispensing with re‑verification. The Additional Solicitor General indicated that instructions would be taken regarding the timeline for completing a hospital construction for ESIC employees. The court ordered that the petition be listed on 1 September 2026 in the Urgent Supplementary Board.
Issues considered
- Whether NBCC can be impleaded as a third respondent in the contempt petition
- Procedural propriety of dispensing with re‑verification
- Timeline for completion and functional handover of the hospital to ESIC
Subjects
- contempt petition
- impleadment
- third party
- hospital construction
- ESIC
- NBCC
- urgent supplementary board
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CONTEMPT PETITION NO.436 OF 2026
Rajesh Sharma .. Petitioner
Vs.
ESI Corporation, Mumbai
Through the Director General and Ors. .. Respondents
ALONG WITH
INTERIM APPLICATION (STAMP) NO.24930 OF 2026
Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, Mumbai .. Applicant
Mr. Rahul Kamerkar, Advocate for the Petitioner.
Mr. Shailesh S. Pathak, Advocate for Respondent Nos.1 and 2 – ESIC.
Mr. Anil Singh, Additional Solicitor General for the Respondent-UOI.
CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, ACJ. &
GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J.
DATE : 25th August, 2026.
P.C. :
1. The learned advocate representing the ESIC, has filed an
affidavit-in-reply, as also an Interim Application praying for impleading
the ‘National Building Construction Company (India) Ltd’. (NBCC)
which is a Central Government PSU.
2. In view of the above, Interim Application (Stamp)
No.24930 of 2026 is disposed off. The Petitioner is permitted to array
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‘NBCC (India) Limited’, through its General Manager, 406, Arun
Chambers, Tardeo Main Road, Mumbai – 400 034, as Respondent No.3.
Addition be carried out forthwith. Re-verification is dispensed with.
3. The learned Additional Solicitor General of India,
Shri Singh, graciously submits that he would take instructions in this
matter keeping in view that a larger object of catering to the health of the
ESIC employees is at issue. He submits that the instructions would be
taken as to the period within which the construction of the hospital can
be completed.
4. The learned advocate for the ESIC submits that within one
month after the completion of the construction and handing over of the
hospital to the ESIC, the hospital would become functional.
5. In view of the above, list this Petition on 1st September,
2026 in the ‘Urgent Supplementary Board’.
[ GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J. ] [ ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE ]
Digitally
signed by
SNEHA SNEHA
ABHAY DIXIT
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