Supreme Court of India

Express Publications (madurai) Ltd. and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr.

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Reported as [2004] 2 S.C.R. 1098
Bench Y.K. Sabharwal and D.M. Dharmadhikari JJ.
Decided 11 March 2004

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid discussion, we find no merit in the contentions D urged on behalf of the petitioners.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Labour Laws: Employees' Provident Fund Scheme, 1952: Paragraph 80(2)-Excluded employees-Newspaper industry­ Emp/oyees of newspaper industry did not come in the category of "excluded employees" and were entitled to all benefits of the Scheme irrespective of pay-Test of income had been excluded by keeping the newspaper industry and employees as a class apart-Petitioners challenged the constitutionality of Para 80(2) alleging that there was no valid basis to single out newspaper industry for additional burden-Held: Para 80(2) which applied exclusively to employees of newspaper industry did not

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Of those, 2 referred to

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