Supreme Court of India

H.gangahanume Gowda v. Karnataka Agro Industries Corpn. Ltd.

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Reported as [2003] 1 S.C.R. 832
Bench Shivaraj V. Patil J.
Decided 5 February 2003

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Service Law: Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972-Ss. 7 and 8-Gratuity-lnterest on belated payment of-Denial by Court in exercise of its discretion-Propriety of-Held, denial not correct-Payment of gratuity with or without interest does not lie in the domain of discretion, but it is a statutory compulsion­ Specific benefits expressly given in a social beneficial legislation cannot be ordinarily denied. Suspension of appellant was withdrawn, but on his superannuation, no order was passed regarding regularization of the suspension period and settlement of salary and allowances payable to him on

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