Supreme Court of India
Union Bank of India and Others v. C.G. Ajay Babu and Another
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that either contract has to be given effect to or the statute.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972: s.4(5) and (6) – Forfeiture of gratuity is not automatic on dismissal from service. Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972: s.4 sub-sections 5 an d 6 – Forfeiture of gratuity – Bipartite settlement prevailing in the appellant bank – Respondent, an employee of appellant-bank – Di sciplinary proceedings – Dismissal from service – Order of forfeiture of gratuity on account of proved misconduct involving moral turpitude – High Court held that respondent was entitled to gratuity as th ere was no financial loss caused to bank and that as per biparti te settlement, forfeiture
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Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Western Coal Fields Ltd. v. Manohar Govinda Fulzele & Anr.
- 2020 Bch Electric Limited v. Pradeep Mehra
- 2019 Prahlad Raut v. All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Of those, 3 referred to
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