Supreme Court of India
Hindustan Times Ltd. v. Union of India and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
For the aforesaid reasons, this appeal fails and is dismissed.
Judgment, page 16
From the headnote
Labour Law: Employees' Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952: Section-14- -Employees' provident fund contributions-Delay in remittance-Damages-Recovery of-Period of limitation---Applicability He/d : The Act does not prescribe a period of limitation for assessment or recovery of damages. Section 14- -Damages-Levy of-Delay in passing the order- Irretrievable prejudice arising due to-Plea of-Held: Such a plea must be taken before the department and proved-If the plea is rejected the same cannot be raised before the High Court unless clearly pleaded-Mere delay in initiating
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Where later benches applied it
- 2021 Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Maharashtra and Others
- 2013 M/s. Shree Mahavir Carbon Ltd. v. Om Prakash Jalan (financer) & Anr.
- 2013 Ankush Shivaji Gaikwad v. State of Maharashtra
- 2012 Oma @ Omprakash and Anr. v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2015 A.P. Power Coordination Committee & Ors. v. Mis. Lanco Kondapalli Power Ltd. & Ors.
Of those, 4 relied on · 1 referred to
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