Supreme Court of India
The Bangalore Turf Club Ltd. v. Regional Director, Employees State Insurance Corporation
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What the Court ordered
Held as under: B "The mere literal construction of statute ought not to prevail if it is opposed to the intentions of the Legislature as apparent by the statute and if the words are sufficiently flexible to admit of some other construction by which that C intention can be better effectuated.
Judgment, page 33
From the headnote
EMPLOYEES' STATE INSURANCE ACT, 1948: c s. 1 (5) - 'Establishment' - 'shop' - Turf Club - Held: 'shop' is a business establishment where a systematic or organised commercial activity takes place with regard to the sale or purchase of goods or services, and includes an establishment that facilitates these transactions as well - An establishment being a place of business and a shop being a business establishment, it can be said that a 'shop' is indeed covered under, and may be called a sub-set of the term 'establishment' -- The activities of appellant-Turf Clubs are in the nature of organised
Authorities it was built on
- 1990 Krishena Kumar and Anr. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1980 Waman Rao & Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1994 Directorate of Enforcement v. Deepak Mahajan and Anr.
- 1978 Bangalore Water-supply & Sewerage Board, Etc v. R. Rajappa & Others
- 2009 Bombay Anand Bhavan Restaurant v. The Deputy Director, Esi Corporation and Anr.
- 2013 State of U.P. v. Hari Ram
- 1996 S. Gopal Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- 1963 The Buckingham and Carnatic Co. Ltd. v. Venkatiah and Anr.
- 2011 Shanker Raju v. Union of India
- 1992 Regional Director, E.S.I. Corpn. and Anr. v. Francis De Costa and Anr.
- 1993 Shriram Chits and Investment (p) Ltd. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1993 Employees State Insurance Corporation v. R.K. Swamy and Ors. Etc.
- 1999 Transport Corporation of India v. Employees State Insurance Corporation and Anr.
- 1987 International Ore & Fertilizers (india) Pvt. Ltd. v. Employees State Insurance Corporation
- 1987 Hindu Jea Band, Jaipur v. Regional Director, Employees State Insurance Corporation, Jaipur Etc.
- 1992 Cochin Shipping Co. Etc. Etc. v. E.S.I. Corporation
- 1965 Sheikh Gulfan and Others v. Sanat Kumar Ganguli
Where later benches applied it
- 2023 The Esi Corporation v. M/s. Radhika Theatre
- 2022 Board of Control for Cricket in India v. Regional Director Employees’ State Insurance Corporation and Anr
- 2025 State of Kerala & Another v. Asianet Satellite Communications Ltd. & Others
- 2022 Regional Transport Authority & Anr. v. Shaju Etc
- 2020 State of Gujarat v. Mansukhbhai Kanjibhai Shah
- 2017 Ms. Eera through Dr. Manjula Krippendorf v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi) & Anr.
Of those, 2 relied on · 4 referred to
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