For filing appeal under the ESI, pre deposit is required: SC

Supreme Court in The Director, Employees State Insurance Health Care & Ors. vs. Maruti Suzuki India Limited & Ors. C.A. No. 3464 of 2022, while examining the question of requirement of pre-deposit for filing appeal under Section 45-AA of the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948 (“ESI Act”) held that once the statute has fixed the condition of pre-deposit before filing an appeal, such condition is required to be satisfied.