Supreme Court of India

The Daily Pratap v. The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner

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Reported as [1998] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 482
Bench S.B. Majmudar and M. Jagannadha Rao JJ.
Decided 29 October 1998

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Employees' Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1959: Preamble-Held, Act is a beneficial social welfare legislation. Section 2(b) Exception (ii) and Section 6-Definition of"basic wages"­ Applicability of-Production Bonus Scheme-Extra payment made to workmen under Production Bonus Scheme-Employer under Exception (ii) of Section 2(b) and hence no provident fund contribution was required to be payable on such extra payment-Held, extra payment under the Sr;heme made at a flat rate and not on sliding scale proportionate to extra output-Such payment was not exempted from provident fund

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