Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | 1972 Payment of Gratuity Act ss.1(3)(c) and 14 applicability of act to local bodies |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Act(s) Referred | Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (39 of 1972) General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Dismissed |
Headnote | Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 – ss.1(3)(c) and 14 – Retirement and Benefits and General Provident Fund Regulations, 1962 – r.4(1) – Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959 – s.548 – Employees of Municipal Corporation claimed gratuity by invoking the jurisdiction of the controlling authorities under the Act, 1972 – Controlling authorities allowed the petition for gratuity in favour of the employees – Appellant contended that gratuity is payable in terms of r.4(1) of the 1967 Regulations published under the Act, 1959 – Therefore, the employees of the Municipalities were entitled to gratuity only in terms of such Regulations and not under the Act, 1972 – High Court held that employees of Municipalities were entitled to the gratuity in terms of the provisions of the Act, 1972 – On appeal, held: Central Government had published a notification dated 8.1.1982 in terms of s.1(3)(c) of the Act, 1972 which made it clear that the Act is applicable to the local bodies i.e. the Municipalities – s.14 of the Act, 1972 has given an overriding effect over any other inconsistent provision in any other enactment – In view of s.14, the provision in the State Act contemplating payment of Gratuity will be inapplicable in respect of the employees of the local bodies – Thus, there is no error in the orders passed by the controlling authorities under the Act and as maintained by the High Court – General Clauses Act, 1987 – s.3(31) |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta |
Neutral Citation | 2019 INSC 449 |
Petitioner | Nagar Ayukt Nagar Nigam, Kanpur |
Respondent | Sri Mujib Ullah Khan And Another |
SCR | [2019] 6 S.C.R. 1028 |
Judgement Date | 2019-04-02 |
Case Number | 2628 |
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