Tamil Nadu: Holding the provisions of the ESI Act, the Madras High Court has directed the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment raise standards of the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)-run medical colleges and hospitals in the state and bring them at par to premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
The court further suggested to the Ministry to get assistance from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to implement the changes necessary for the improvement of the infrastructure.
Addressing the fact that ESI Act can be applied to both aided as well as unaided educational institutions since it was socio-economic welfare-oriented legislation, the first all-women bench that included justices Pushpa Sathyanarayana, Anita Sumanth, and PT Asha made the suggestion. Read More
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