Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1324 · Decided 5 December 2019
Bses Yamuna Power LTD. v. SH. Ghanshyam Chand Sharma & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1324 · [2019] 14 S.C.R. 546
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9076/2019
- Decided
- 5 December 2019
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, HRISHIKESH ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Service Rules
Headnote
Service Law: Pension - Claim for - Denied on the ground that the employee had forfeited his past services, by resigning - Challenged - High Court held that the employee was entitled to pensionary benefit as he years of service' the legal effect of his resignation letter would amount to voluntary retirement - Appeal to Supreme Court - Held: There is distinction between 'resignation' and 'voluntary retirement' - As per Pension Rules resignation entails
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