Supreme Court of India

P. Rajan Sandhi v. Union of India

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Reported as [2010] 11 S.C.R. 584
Bench Markandey Kat Ju and T. S. Thakur JJ.
Decided 21 September 2010

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SERVICE LAW: WORKING JOURNALISTS AND OTHER NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEES (CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT, 1955: s.5(1) - Payment of gratuity - Assistant Editor in a printing and publishing company - Dismissed from service after a disciplinary inquiry - Claim for gratuity - Held: Not maintainable - There is a difference between the provisions for denial of gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act and in the Working Journalists Act - Under the Working Journalists Act, gratuity can be denied if the service is terminated as a punishment inflicted by way of disciplinary act, as

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