Definition of Wages, under the ESI Act –Supreme Court reaffirms that the definition of ‘wages’ as defined in Section 2(22) of the ESI Act, would include Conveyance Allowance-
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Special Leave Petition (C.) No.811/2021 The Employees State Insurance Corporation ...Petitioner (s) Versus M/s Texmo Industries …Respondent (s) O R D E R 1. This Special Leave Petition is against a judgment and order dated 8 th October 2020 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras, dismissing the appeal being C.M.A. No.1527 filed by the Employees State Insurance Corporation, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Petitioner Corporation’, under Section 82(2) of the Employees State Insurance Act, and affirming the order dated 31st July 2020 passed by the Employees State Insurance Court, Coimbatore allowing E.S.I.O.P No. 1/2016 filed by the Respondent Company under Section 5 of the Employee State Insurance Act, 1948 (for short, ‘ESI Act’). 2. The Respondent Company manufactures different kinds of agricultural pumps and other products and has ten branches in 1 Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The...