LAKSHMANI STONE PRODUCTS vs UNION OF INDIA

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision that the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 applies to stone quarries, as established by notifications under Section 1(3)(b) and Section 7(1) of the Act. The Court found that the appellant's activities of quarrying and processing stones are integral and form a continuous manufacturing process, thus falling within the ambit of the Act. Consequently, the appeal was dismissed, affirming the applicability of the Act to the appellant's operations.