Supreme Court of India

Regional Director Employees State Insurance Corporation Trichur v. Ramanuja Match Industries

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Reported as [1985] 2 S.C.R. 119

Bench Amarendra Nath Sen J.

Decided 27 November 1984

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the three partners were not employees, on the admitted fact the total number of employees would be less than 20, the Act would not be applicable to the establishment in question.

Judgment, page 10

Where later benches applied it

2011 Union of India and Ors. v. M/s Nitdip Textile Processors Pvt. Ltd. and Another relied on
2025 Dhanasingh Prabhu v. Chandrasekar & Another referred to
2016 Lanco Anpara Power Limited v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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