Supreme Court of India

Birla Institute of Technology v. The State of Jharkhand & Ors.

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Reported as [2019] 2 S.C.R. 963
Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre and Indu Malhotra JJ.
Decided 7 March 2019

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In view of the above, it is considered necessary to bring the present Bill. 973.

Judgment, page 10

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Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972: s.2(e) – Appellant is a premier technical educational Institute of repute in the country – Respondent no.4 joined t he appellant- Institute as Assistant Professor – On superannuation , he made a claim for payment of gratuity amount – Entitlement for gratuity – Held: The definition of “employee” as defined under s.2(e) was amended with effect from 03.04.1997 retrospectively by Paym ent of the Gratuity (Amendment) Act, 2009 (No. 47 of 2009) published on 31.12.2009 – In the light of the amendment made, the benefit of t he Payment of Gratuity Act was extended to the

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