Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 773 · Decided 7 July 2008
M/S. Goetze (India) LTD. v. Employees State Insurance Corporation
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 773 · [2008] 10 S.C.R. 190
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8432/2001
- Decided
- 7 July 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 c s.45(A) - Employer's contribution - Delayed payment of - Liability of employer to pay interest - Held: Liability to pay interest is statutory- There is no power of waiver- There- fore, any question of compromise or settlement, does not arise-Interest. raised by the respondent-Corporation for contribution under the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 on the component of efficiency bonus was chal- lenged by the appellant-employer and ultimately the lat- ter agreed to pay and paid the same. Thereafter the Cor- E poration demanded payment of
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