From the Judgment and order dated the 6th/7th September, 1971 of the Gujarat High Court at Ahmedabad in Special Civil Application No.
However this exemption was withdrawn with effect from May 31, 1969 by a numberification of the Government.
Chapter V A was inserted by s. 20 of Act No.
In the present case the appellant companypany which was formed in 1965 and went into production the same year, was exempted from the provisions of Chapter V A of the Act until the provisions of Chapter V of the Act were enforced in the area where the appellant s factory was situated.
It applies to all factories including factories belonging to the Government other than seasonal factories.
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764 of 1972.
53 of 1951.
B. Pai, D.N. Misra, A.N. Ditia and Miss Meera Mothur, for the Appellant.
1088 Abdul Khader, S.T. Desai, Girish Chandra, N.L. Kekar, Subba Rao, R.N. Poddar for the Respondents.
1489 of 1969.
The principal Act was enacted in 1948.
The provisions of the Chapter, however, have ceased to have effect on and from July l, 1973.
The judgment of the Court was delivered by CHINNAPPA REDDY, J. The question raised in this appeal companycerns the vires of Chapter V A of the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948.
It is a legislation which companyes directly under entries 23 and 24 of list III of the Vllth schedule of the Constitution, which are, social security and social insurance employment and unemployment, and welfare of labour including companyditions of work, provident funds, employers liability, workmens companypensation, invalidity and old age pensions and maternity benefits.
