https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=282049 Section 73 of the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 protects an employee from dismissal, discharge, reduction or other punishment while in receipt of sickness benefit or within the statutory protection period, but that protection cannot be extended beyond the language enacted. The Supreme Court held that a certified Standing Order deeming service terminated after eight consecutive working days of unauthorised absence could still operate where the statutory protection did not clearly apply. A liberal construction of a welfare provision must remain within its text and cannot be used to override the employer's rights under the Standing Orders. The employer's action was therefore not illegal on the basis of Section 73, and the award restoring the workman was set aside. en-us Fri, 02 Aug 1963 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:15:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=282049 Section 73 of the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 protects an employee from dismissal, discharge, reduction or other punishment while in receipt of sickness benefit or within the statutory protection period, but that protection cannot be extended beyond the language enacted. The Supreme Court held that a certified Standing Order deeming service terminated after eight consecutive working days of unauthorised absence could still operate where the statutory protection did not clearly apply. A liberal construction of a welfare provision must remain within its text and cannot be used to override the employer's rights under the Standing Orders. The employer's action was therefore not illegal on the basis of Section 73, and the award restoring the workman was set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 02 Aug 1963 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=282049