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The Honble Supreme Court while allowing appeal held that merely because the reinstatement order was under challenge and there was a stay of the order of reinstatement during the pendency of the proceedings before the High Court, it cannot be a ground to deny the wages to the employee when ultimately the order of reinstatement came to be confirmed and attained the finality.
Explore the impact of the Supreme Court’s judgment dated 04.11.2022 on higher pension under EPS-95, with detailed illustrations of estimated revised pension and differential amount payable. Understand the background, key provisions, and implications of the decision for employees eligible for pension under the Employees’ Pension Scheme-1995 (EPS-1995) of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO).
The Honble Supreme Court held that in the event of Slum Sale, the appellant would not be liable for any tax obligations before the date on which Agreement was executed as the appellant was neither a dealer nor a manufacturer before the date of execution of Agreement.
The Honble Supreme Court while decreasing the awarded compensation under Land Acquisition Act, held that the compensation determined on the basis of the Notification 5 years later, cannot be a yardstick for determining the compensation for the land which is acquired five years before and therefore, the claimants shall not be entitled to the same compensation as awarded with respect to the lands acquired after 5 years from the date of acquisition.
The Honble Supreme Court directed Insurance Company to process the complainants insurance claim and remit the payable sum as all formalities on behalf of deceased was completed. Further, a complete malafide intention was deciphered out from the sequence of events through which Insurance Company was trying to deny all benefits.
The Honble Supreme Court while allowing appeal observed that there is no provision under Section 10 of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 that the workers/employees employed by the contractor automatically become the employees of the appellant and/or the employees of the contractor shall be entitled for automatic absorption and/or they become the employees of the principal employer.
The Honble Supreme Court observed that effecting transfer subject to a condition of providing the basic amenities and basic physical needs to the transferor – senior citizen is sine qua non for applicability of sub-section (1) of Section 23. In the present case, it was not even pleaded by respondent no.1 that the release deed was executed subject to such a condition.
The Hon’ble Supreme Court determined compensation under Motor vehicles Act, 1988 on basis of Income Tax Return which was held to be a statutory document on which reliance be placed, where available, for computation of annual income.
Whether an insurance company even after receiving the insurance premium, can refuse to honour its contract when the insured person dies immediately after taking the home loan.
Union government must now take all expeditious steps to ensure that filing by the Union government of all appeals and proceedings before the High Courts as well as the revenue tribunals, including the CESTAT and the ITAT should take place in the e-filing mode.
