{"id":52298,"date":"2018-04-12T10:40:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T05:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=52298"},"modified":"2018-04-12T10:40:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T05:10:14","slug":"bombay-high-court-gives-relief-builder-niranjan-hiranandani-non-depositing-provident-fund-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bombay-high-court-gives-relief-builder-niranjan-hiranandani-non-depositing-provident-fund-case","title":{"rendered":"Bombay High Court  gives relief to builder Niranjan Hiranandani in non-depositing of provident fund case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/niranjan-hiranandani.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-attachment-id=\"52306\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bombay-high-court-gives-relief-builder-niranjan-hiranandani-non-depositing-provident-fund-case\/niranjan-hiranandani\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/niranjan-hiranandani.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"niranjan-hiranandani\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/niranjan-hiranandani.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/niranjan-hiranandani.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-52306\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/niranjan-hiranandani.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/niranjan-hiranandani.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/niranjan-hiranandani.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/niranjan-hiranandani.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/niranjan-hiranandani.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/niranjan-hiranandani.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Bombay High Court today quashed a CBI charge-sheet against prominent city-based builder Niranjan Hiranandani in a case related to alleged non-depositing of provident fund (PF) dues of his employees.<\/p>\n<p>Hiranandani, 61, approached the HC earlier this year and sought quashing of the charge-sheet filed in September 2010 by the CBI&#8217;s Anti-Corruption Bureau for allegedly not depositing PF dues of over Rs 9 crore of the employees of his group.<\/p>\n<p>A division bench headed by Acting Chief Justice V K Tahilramani today set aside the charge-sheet.<\/p>\n<p>The court said that a prior enquiry contemplated under section 7A of the Provident Fund Act was not conducted, hence further prosecution was illegal.<\/p>\n<p>The CBI had charged Hiranandani with criminal conspiracy and cheating under the provisions of IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act.<\/p>\n<p>According to the CBI, the Hiranandani Group didn&#8217;t deposit provident fund of its employees with the PF authority between 2003 and 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The non-payment, as per a report submitted by the Employees&#8217; Provident Fund Organisation during its departmental enquiry, was to the tune of Rs 9.36 crore.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from Hiranandani, two employees of the group and four EPFO officials were named as accused in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Hiranandani, in his petition, had argued that he could not be held responsible vicariously merely because he is a director of the company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bombay High Court today quashed a CBI charge-sheet against prominent city-based builder Niranjan Hiranandani in a case related to alleged non-depositing of provident fund (PF) dues of his employees. 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