ESI Act 78Chapter VI · Adjudication of Dispute and Claims
Section 78 · Powers of Employees' Insurance Court
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(1) The Employees' Insurance Court shall have all
the powers of a Civil Court for the purposes of summoning and enforcing the attendance of witnesses,
compelling the discovery and production of documents and material objects, administering oath and
recording evidence and such Court shall be deemed to be a Civil Court within the meaning of 1[section
195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).]
(2) The Employees Insurance Court shall follow such procedure as may be prescribed by rules made by the State Government.
(3) All costs incidental to any proceeding before an Employees' Insurance Court shall, subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf by the State Government, be in the discretion of the Court.
(4) An order of the Employees Insurance Court shall be enforceable as if it were a decree passed in a suit by a Civil Court.
(2) The Employees Insurance Court shall follow such procedure as may be prescribed by rules made by the State Government.
(3) All costs incidental to any proceeding before an Employees' Insurance Court shall, subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf by the State Government, be in the discretion of the Court.
(4) An order of the Employees Insurance Court shall be enforceable as if it were a decree passed in a suit by a Civil Court.
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