Supreme Court of India

The Employees Provident Fund Organisation & Anr. Etc. v. Sunil Kumar B. & Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [2022] 11 S.C.R. 959
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit, Aniruddha Bose and Sudhanshu Dhulia JJ.
Decided 4 November 2022

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the time limit for cover age beyond the ceiling amount should be extended by a further period of four months from today to enable all the members of the pension fund drawing more than Rs.6500/- to exercise the joint option as contemplated in paragra ph 11(4) of the pension scheme (post 2014 amendment).

Judgment, page 39

From the headnote

Service Law: Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provis ions Act, 1952: ss. 6A, 7 - Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 – Par as 3, 6, 11, 12 and 14 – Certain amendments and modifications made by the Central Government to the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 – Legality of – Changes sought be effected in paragrap hs 3, 6, 11, 12 and 14 of the 1995 scheme, whereby s. 6A was introduced to the said Act, which contemplated formulation of a scheme for employee s’ pension and the pension fund was to comprise of depo sit of 8.33 per cent of the employers’ contribution made towards providen t fund

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