Pune: Employer convicted for avoiding payment of PF dues
Contents News/Article Date:9th February 2023
Relating to which Act: The Employees Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
Applicable to which State: All the establishments in the States with PF coverage
Type: Punekar news report
Pertains to: Establishments and Members of PF Fund
Relevance of this news: Karma Global is in the business of HR Services, Payroll, Outsourcing, and Regulatory Compliances right from its inception in 2004 and since then, has brought in a lot of efficiencies and technological upgradations with experts on its roll, to ease the hassles of Payroll Processing, Temp Staffing, On-boarding, Employee Life Cycle, Statutory, Regulatory and Payroll compliances by providing customized solutions to all its elite clients.
Now Karma Management is also fully into labour compliances for nearly 18 years and is helping both establishments and workers for fulfillment of obligations as per the laws of the land. It has over 200 staff, both direct and indirect on its rolls and operates on pan India basis. Recently, it has diversified into foreign shores as well, into countries like the US, UK, UAE, Canada, Philippines, and Asia for handling payroll, outsourcing, recruitment, and governance.
And in this instance: Pune, 9th February 2023: The Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Pune has convicted Aditya Multi Services and its employer, Vikramaditya Varnekar for the offense punishable under Section 14 of the EPF & MP Act, 1952 for non-payment of EPF dues of its employees.
The Court sentenced the employer to undergo imprisonment till the rising of the Court and to pay a fine of Rs 5000 in default to the office of Provident Fund Commissioner, Pune under Section 357 of Cr. P.C.
Subject : Pune: Employer convicted for avoiding payment of PF dues
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Pune: Employer convicted for avoiding payment of PF dues
Pune, 9th February 2023: The Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Pune has convicted Aditya Multi Services and its employer, Vikramaditya Varnekar for the offence punishable under Section 14 of the EPF & MP Act, 1952 for non-payment of EPF dues of its employees.
The Court sentenced the employer to undergo imprisonment till rising of the Court and to pay a fine of Rs 5000 in default to the office of Provident Fund Commissioner, Pune under Section 357 of Cr. P.C.
PF Commissioner’s Office, Pune filed the prosecution case against Aditya Multi Services, Navi Peth, Pune and the employer Vikramaditya Varnekar for avoiding payment of provident fund dues of Rs 9.45 lakh and thereby committing offence punishable under Section 14 of the Employees’ Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.
The case was heard in the Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Pune. During the proceedings, the accused plead guilty before the Court.
The Court considering deposit of entire amount in two instalments by the accused, took a lenient view and imposed punishment of imprisonment till raising of the Court and fine.