Supreme Court of India

Grand Kakatiya Sheraton Hotel & Towers Employees & Workers Union v. Srinivasa Resorts Ltd. & Ors.

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Reported as [2009] 3 S.C.R. 668
Bench Lokeshwar Singh Panta and V.S. Sirpurkar JJ.
Decided 27 February 2009

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we concur with the judgment of the High Court and confirm the same.

Judgment, page 38

From the headnote

c Andhra Pradesh Shops and Establishments Act, 1988 - s. 47 (3) and (4) - Constitutional validity of - Held: The provisions are unconstitutional, discriminatory and violative of Articles 14 and 19 (1) (g) of the Constitution - On lifting the veil from s. 47 (3), it is clear that the 'service compensation' is in fact 'gratuity' - The Act being a State Act is in conflict .. with the Central Act i.e. Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 as both, operate in the common field - The Act cannot be saved by virtue of Article 254(2) unless shown that while obtaining Presidential asset for the State Act,

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