Supreme Court of India

M/s. Arcot Textile Mills Ltd. v. The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner and Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 11 S.C.R. 371
Bench Anil R. Dave and Dipak Misra JJ.
Decided 18 October 2013

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What the Court ordered

We hold that an objection can be filed challenging the computation in a limited spectrum which shall be dealt with in a summary manner by the Competent Authority.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1950: c s. 71 and 7Q - Appeal u/s. 71 - Against the order passed uls. 7Q - Maintainability of - Held: An order is amenable to appeal u/s. 71 if it is passed as a composite order u/ss. 7 and 7Q - But if the order is an independent order uls. 7Q alone, such order is not appealable. s. 7Q - Demand uls. 7Q - Applicability of principie of natural justice (Audi alteram partem) - Held: The principle of natural justice is applicable to the demand uls. 7Q only in a narrow manner i.e. limited to the realm of computation which is statutorily

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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