E.S.I.C. vs Sri Krishna Bottlers (P) Ltd. on 6 December, 1973
In Chanan Singh & Sons v. Employees' State Insurance Corporation (1962) 24 FJR 371, the Punjab High Court held on the facts of that case, that the members of the line staff of an electric supply company were employees within the meaning of Section 2(9)(i) of the Act, as they were employed by the principal employer and their work was incidental to and connected with the work of the factory.