EXPRESS PUBLICATIONS(MADURAI) LTD. vs UNION OF INDIA

The Supreme Court examined the constitutionality of paragraph 80(2) of the Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme, 1952, which excludes employees in the newspaper industry from the category of excluded employees despite their pay exceeding the prescribed limit. The Court held that the Central Government's power to frame the Scheme under Section 5 of the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, is valid and that the definition of 'excluded employee' in paragraph 2(f) is constitutional. The judgment affirmed the applicability of the Scheme to the newspaper industry employees, thereby upholding the provisions of the PF Act.