Supreme Court of India

Ch. Cum Man. Director Mahanadi Coalfield Ltd. v. Rabindranath Choubey

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Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan J.
Decided 29 October 2013

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Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 - s.4(6)(a) and (b) - Employer's right to withhold gratuity pending departmental enquiry - Held: three Judge Bench judgment of Supreme Court passed in *Ram Lal Bhaskar's case is contrary to the dicta laid down in ** Jaswant Singh's case passed by a Division Bench of Supreme Court which laid down that employer does not have right to withhold gratuity pending departmental enquiry - Hence matter refe"ed to larger Bench.

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