Supreme Court of India

Mcleod Russel India Limited v. Reg. Provident Fund Commissioner, Jalpaiguri

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Reported as [2014] 9 S.C.R. 162
Bench T.S. Thakur and Vikramajit Sen JJ.
Decided 2 July 2014

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From the headnote

EMPLOYEES' PROVIDENT FUND AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT, 1952: ss. 14-8, 178 rlw ss. 7 and 2(e) - Default by employer in payment of contribution - Damages - Liability in case of transfer of establishment - Held: The Act is a beneficent legislation and any interpretation facilitating the evasion of its provisions should be abjured - Imposition of punitive damages can be resorted to even in civil proceedings to deter wilful wrongdoing by making an admonished example of the wrongdoer - This is the essential purpose of s. 148, and an imposition within its confines does not assume criminal

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