Directors receiving remuneration is employee under ESI Act: SC

Employees State Insurance Corporation Vs Venus Alloy Pvt. Ltd. (Supreme Court) 2. The short question calling for determination in this appeal by special leave against the judgment dated 17.02.2014 passed by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Bench at Indore in Miscellaneous Appeal No. 1213 of 2006 is as to whether the Directors of respondent-Company, who are receiving remuneration, come within the purview of “employee” under sub-section (9) of Section 2 of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (‘the ESI Act’)? 3. Put in brief, the relevant background aspects of the matt...