Supreme Court of India

Horticulture Experiment Station Gonikoppal, Coorg v. The Regional Provident Fund Organization

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Reported as [2022] 16 S.C.R. 485
Bench Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka JJ.
Decided 23 February 2022

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, the view expressed by this Court in Employees State Insurance Corporation (supra) may not be of binding precedent on the subject and of no assistance to the appellant(s).

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Employees Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions ct, 1952: ss. 7A, 14B – Power to recover damages – Mens rea and actus reus, if essential element for imposition of damages – Appellant’s establishment failed to comply with the provisions of the Act – There was delay in payment of employees provid ent fund- EPF amount – Levy of damages for the period – Chall enge to – High Court held that once default in payment of con tribution is admitted, damages u/s. 14B are consequential, and e mployer is under obligation to pay damages for delayed in paym ent of contribution of EPF u/s. 14B – Held: Any

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