Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 109 · Decided 9 February 2023
State of U.P. & ORS. v. SMT. Priyanka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 109 · [2023] 1 S.C.R. 385
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3639/2022
- Decided
- 9 February 2023
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law: Death-cum-Retirement gratuity - Payment of - To heirs/dependent of deceased employee, when employee died before he could exercise the option of retirement - Respondent- wife of deceased employee applied for payment of gratuity due to her husband, but the same was at the age of 60 years - Writ proceedings - High Court held that respondent would be entitled to the benefit of Government Order dated 16.9.2009 and to the benefit of death- cum-retirement gratuity being heir of the deceased employee - Justification of - Held: Justified
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