JUDGMENT -D.R. DHANUKA, J.:---Sakal Papers Private Limited, Pune has preferred this a appeal against order dated 30th October, 1979 passed by the Employees State Insurance Court, Pune in Application (ESI) No. 21 of 1978. This appeal raises consideration of the questions as to whether the Directors of the appellant company liable to be considered as employees of the appellant company within meaning of section 2(9) of Employees State Insurance Act, 1948 and as to whether the amount of remuneration paid to them is liable to be considered as wages within meaning of the expression wages as defined in section 2(22) of the Act. The appellant publishes a newspaper by name Daily Sakal from Pune. Several professionals and other eminent persons from different walks of life are appointed on Board of Directors of the Company herein so as to benefit from their expert advice if an occasion so arises.

2. At the material time, Mrs. Shantapai Parulekar, Mr. Jaswantlal Mathubhai and Col. V.V. Joshi and Mrs. Banubai Koyajee were the directors of appellant company. On 14th December, 1974, it was resolved by the Board of Directors of Appellant Company that the directors named therein be paid remunera

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