Supreme Court of India · 2021-09-28
E.S.I CORPORATION vs KAKINANDA MUNICIPALITY AND ORS. COMMISSIONER
- Citation / case number
- SC 2009/32369
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- E.S.I CORPORATION
- Respondent
- KAKINANDA MUNICIPALITY AND ORS. COMMISSIONER
- Author
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.M. JOSEPH
- Bench
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.M. JOSEPH
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed the applicability of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 to the Kakinada Municipality's Water Works Department. The court examined whether the municipality, as a local self-government, could claim exemption from the Act based on providing superior benefits to its employees. Ultimately, the court upheld the applicability of the Act, emphasizing the importance of uniformity in employee benefits under the legislation.