Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 233 · Decided 16 February 2025
Western Coal Fields LTD. v. Manohar Govinda Fulzele & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 233 · [2025] 3 S.C.R. 183
- Case number
- No. 2608/2025
- Decided
- 16 February 2025
- Bench
- SUDHANSHU DHULIA, K. VINOD CHANDRAN
Headnote
Whether forfeiture of gratuity is permissible in the event of termination of service on misconduct, which can be categorised as an act constituting an offence involving moral turpitude; without there being any conviction in a criminal case or even a criminal Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 - s.4(6)(b)(ii) - Interpretation: Held: Under the Act, for forfeiture of gratuity, conviction in a criminal proceeding is not necessitated, if the misconduct alleged and proved constitutes an offence involving moral turpitude
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