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2006 (7) TMI 580 - SUPREME COURTNotification dated 23.12.1996 challenged which was issued by the Union of India by which the Central Government amended Rules 50, 51 and 54 of the Employees State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950, pursuant to which the wage limit for coverage of an employee under Section 2(9)(b) of the Employees State Insurance Act was enhanced from Rs.3,000/- to Rs.6,500/- instead of the existing wage ceiling of Rs.3,000/- p.m. Held that:- The ESI Act has enacted to provide for certain benefits to employees in case of sickness, maternity and employment injury. Under the scheme of the Act, function of the ESI Corporation is to derive insurance fund from the contribution from employees and workmen. The employer is entitled to recover workmen's share from the wages of the workmen concerned. The act of Court can prejudice no party either the ESI or the respondent-companies. We, therefore, relieve the respondents from making any contributions for the period in question and direct them to make the contribution as directed by the Division Bench of the High Court. It is stated that some of the respondents have already filed exemption applications and that the appellant-Corporation has also granted them necessary relief. We also permit the other respondents who have not filed any exemption application may now file the same and if such application for exemption is filed, it is for the authorities to consider the same on merits and in accordance with law. For the foregoing reasons, we dismiss all the appeals filed by the appellant-Corporation in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the cases. The High Court while upholding the Notification has held that the same would apply from the date of the judgment.
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