Supreme Court of India

Independent Schools’ Federation of India (regd.) v. Union of India and Another

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Bench Sanjiv Khanna and Bela M. Trivedi JJ.
Decided 29 August 2022

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons mentioned above, the aforesaid appeals, transfer case and the writ petitions are dismissed.

Judgment, page 32

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Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972: ss.1(3)(c), 2(e), 13, 13A – Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act, 2009 – Amendment to s. 2(e) and insertion of s. 13A to the 1972 Act with retrospective effect from 3.04.1997 vide the Amendment Act of 2009 whereby benefit of gratuity to the teachers of private schools who have rendered continuous service for not less than 5 years, on their superannuation, retirement or resignation, or on their death or disablement due to accident or disease – Constitutional validity of – High Court dismissed the petitions of the several private schools challenged the…

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