T.P. ABDULLA vs E.S.I. CORPORATION — C.A. No. 6450/2000

Summary: T.P. Abdulla v. E.S.I. Corporation (C.A. No. 006450/2000) The Supreme Court allowed T.P. Abdulla's appeal and set aside the High Court and ESI Court orders that held his 10-employee hotel in Kottayam was covered under the Employees' State Insurance Act. The Court relied on a 1976 Kerala Notification exempting hotels with fewer than 20 employees from the Act's scope, finding that while Clause 1 ordinarily covered establishments with 10+ workers using power, Clause 3 specifically required hotels to employ 20+ persons for coverage. Since Abdulla employed only 10 persons, his establishment fell outside the Act's application. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.