Supreme Court of India

Uco Bank & Anr. v. Vijay Kumar Handa

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Reported as [2025] 5 S.C.R. 389
Bench Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan JJ.
Decided 2 April 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that such of the employees who are otherwise entitled to superannuation benefits under the Regulations if visited with the penalty of removal from service with superannuation benefits shall be entitled for those benefits and such of the employees though visited with the same penalty but are not eligible for superannuation benefits under the Regulations shall not be entitled to that.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration The appellant-Bank dismissed the respondent from the services. Whether the respondent was entitled to receive the terminal benefits for the period of service he had rendered. Headnotes† Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 – Industrial Disputes (Central) Rules, 1957 – Bipartite Settlement dated 19.10.1966 – Clause 19.5(c) – UCO Bank (Employees’) Pension Regulations, 1995 – Respondent was serving as a Clerk in the appellant Bank – Respondent was dismissed from the services on the charges of indulging in riotous, disorderly and indecent behaviour within the premises of the Bank

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