Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 179 · Decided 27 March 2001
E.L.D. Parry (I) LTD v. G. Omkar Murthy and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 179 · [2001] 2 S.C.R. 807
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5956/1999
- Decided
- 27 March 2001
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, S.N. VARIAVA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 40(3)
Headnote
B .. Labour Laws : Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972-Section 2( e )-Andhra Pradesh Shops and Establishments Act, 1966-Sec~ion 40( 3 )-Gratuity-Claim of-Under the c State Act-Permissibility of-Central Act not applicable to the claimants- State Act more beneficial than the Central Act-Held, the claim is under Payment of Gratuity Act (Central Act). At the time of the retirement their wages was more than Rs. 1600. Thereafter, they filed D application under Section 44 of Andhra Pradesh Shops and Establish- ments Act (State Act), claiming difference of gratuity between the Central Act and the State
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