Director with Control Over Day-to-Day Affairs is an Employer Under EPF Act

Yash Pal Ashok Vs Regional Provident Fund Commissioner-1 And Ors. (Delhi High Court) In the case of Yash Pal Ashok vs Regional Provident Fund Commissioner-1 and Ors., the Delhi High Court reviewed a petition challenging the initiation of recovery proceedings under the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (EPF Act). The petitioner, Yash Pal Ashok, had served as a director of M/s YPA Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. for a brief period between 2011 and 2011 and was later involved in the company as an authorized signatory. Following the company’s failure to remit prov...