SC: Employers must pay late payment penalties from their own pockets

SC: Employers must pay late payment penalties from their own pockets

NEW DELHI: Holding that welfare legislation enacted to extend benefits to a class of society should be given a “liberal and purposive interpretation” in favor of the beneficiaries, the Supreme Court said employers must pay penalty for late payment under the Employees’ Compensation Act even if the amount of compensation in case of an accident … Read more