ESI Act Applicable To BCCI As Its Activities Are Commercial In Nature
Case: The Board of Control for Cricket in India Versus Regional Director Employees State Insurance Corporation and anr
Coram: Justice Bharati Dangre
Case No.: First Appeal St No.25980 Of 2021
Court Observation: “It can be seen that the BCCI is carrying out a business, commercial activity and earn money out of the said activity. Furthermore, it’s activities are not only restricted to providing entertainment, but TV broadcasting rights are also sold by the Board to TV companies by auction, which is again a systematic commercial activity. By conducting Indian Premier League (IPL) and exercising control over this tournament, founded by the BCCI in the year 2007, which is the most attended cricket league in the world and ranked 6th by average attendance amongst all sports leagues is the major sporting event in the world to be broadcast live on various channels,”
“So all above stated facts clearly show that applicant board is engaged in systematic commercial activities and profit earning institution. It is working in entertainment industry and providing entertainment to its customers at price i.e. by selling tickets. Therefore, it is liable to pay ESI contribution on the wages paid to the coverable employees.”
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Keywords
ESI Act, BCCI
