Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972

Act No. 39 of 1972 19 sections

Text from the copy of this central Act that the Government of Tamil Nadu uploaded to India Code. It may not include every amendment made before the repeal; check the official Gazette for them.

Repealed and replaced by the Code on Social Security, 2020 from 21 November 2025. It still governs matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides, which is why the judgments below apply it.

57 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.

• Ashok Kumar Dabas (Dead Through Legal Heirs) v. Delhi Transport Corporation
  2025 INSC 14049 December 2025Partly allowed

  The High Court has upheld the orders passed by the Tribunal by which the claim of the predecessors-in-interest of the appellant, for release of the pensionary benefits of the deceased employee, was declined.

• Vikram Bhalchandra Ghongade v. The Headmistress Girls High School
  2025 INSC 82414 July 2025Appeal(s) allowed

  Issue arose as to whether the legal heirs of a deceased teacher in an aided school would be entitled to gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 or under the Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension Rules), 1982.

• The Reserve Bank of India v. M.T. Mani and Another
  2025 INSC 76923 May 2025Appeal(s) allowed

  RBI issued Administration Circular No.1 on 14.09.2020 opening a last option for the serving and retiring employees to switch over to pension scheme from CPF scheme. Whether the fixing of the cut off date i.e. 01.07.2020 for grant…

• Western Coal Fields Ltd. v. Manohar Govinda Fulzele & Anr.
  2025 INSC 23316 February 2025

  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…

• State Bank of India & Ors. v. The Consortium of Mr. Murari Lal Jalan
  2024 INSC 8527 November 2024Appeal(s) allowed

  Whether the Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG) could have been adjusted against the first tranche payment which was to be made under the Resolution Plan, within 180 days from the Effective Date, in contravention of the order of…

• Jagdish Prasad Saini & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors.
  2022 INSC 102326 September 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• Independent Schools’ Federation of India (Regd.) v. Union of India and Another
  2022 INSC 87929 August 2022Dismissed
• All Kerala Distributors Association, Kottayam Unit, Represented by Its Secretary v. The State of Kerala & Anr.
  2022 INSC 75227 July 2022Dismissed
• Maniben Maganbhai Bhariya v. District Development Officer Dahod & Ors.
  2022 INSC 47325 April 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• Chairman-Cum-Managing Director Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd. and Anr. v. Rajesh Chandra Srivastava and Ors.
  2022 INSC 4037 April 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• Chairman-Cum-Managing Director, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited v. Sri Rabindranath Choubey
  2020 INSC 40727 May 2020Disposed of
• Bch Electric Limited v. Pradeep Mehra
  2020 INSC 37929 April 2020Appeal(s) allowed
• Dhansai Sahu v. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors.
  2020 INSC 7421 January 2020Matter referred to larger bench
• Nagar Ayukt Nagar Nigam, Kanpur v. Sri Mujib Ullah Khan and Another
  2019 INSC 4492 April 2019Dismissed
• Sr. Superintendent of Post Offices v. Gursewak Singh & Ors.
  2019 INSC 38715 March 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Birla Institute of Technology v. The State of Jharkhand & Ors.
  2019 INSC 187 January 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Union Bank of India and Others v. C.G. Ajay Babu and Another
  2018 INSC 70814 August 2018Dismissed
• Netram Sahu v. State of Chhattisgarh & Anr.
  2018 INSC 25823 March 2018Appeal(s) allowed
• State of Uttar Pradesh and Others v. Dhirendra Pal Singh
  2016 INSC 102915 November 2016Disposed of
• Ch. Cum Man. Director Mahanadi Coalfield Ltd. v. Rabindranath Choubey
  2013 INSC 73029 October 2013Disposed of
• General Manager, Karnataka State Financial Corporation v. General Secretary, Mysore Division Industrial Workers General Union and Ors.
  2013 INSC 2113 April 2013SLP dismissed.
• Y.K. Singla v. Punjab National Bank & Ors.
  2012 INSC 61914 December 2012Disposed of
• Sudhir Kumar Consul v. Allahabad Bank
  2011 INSC 14421 February 2011Dismissed
• P. Rajan Sandhi v. Union of India
  2010 INSC 62821 September 2010Dismissed
• Allahabad Bank & Anr. v. All India Allahabad Bank Retired Emps. Assn.
  2009 INSC 130315 December 2009Disposed of
• Grand Kakatiya Sheraton Hotel & Towers Employees & Workers Union v. Srinivasa Resorts Ltd. & Ors.
  2009 INSC 28127 February 2009Dismissed
• M.C. Chamaraju v. Hind Nippon Rural Industrial (P) Ltd.
  2007 INSC 86324 August 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Jaswant Singh Gill v. M/S. Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. and Ors.
  2006 INSC 82110 November 2006Appeal(s) allowed
• Management of Ksrtc Th. Chief Law Officer v. R. Krishna Reddy
  2006 INSC 7771 November 2006Dismissed
• Beed District Central Co-Operative Bank Ltd. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
  2006 INSC 68229 September 2006Appeal(s) allowed
• Union of India and Anr. v. Manik Lal Banerjee
  2006 INSC 46926 July 2006Appeal(s) allowed
• Secretary, O.N.G.C. Ltd. and Anr. v. V.U. Warrier
  2005 INSC 21720 April 2005Appeal(s) allowed
• Rajasthan Welfare Society v. State of Rajasthan
  2005 INSC 1927 April 2005Dismissed
• Ahmedabad Pvt. Primary Teachers' Association v. Administrative Officer and Ors.
  2004 INSC 3213 January 2004Dismissed
• H.Gangahanume Gowda v. Karnataka Agro Industries Corpn. Ltd.
  2003 INSC 625 February 2003Appeal(s) allowed
• T.I. Cycles of India, Ambattur v. M.K. Gurumani and Ors.
  2001 INSC 39224 August 2001Appeal(s) allowed
• D.T.C. Retired Employees' Association and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Delhi Transport Corporation, Etc.
  2001 INSC 2648 May 2001Dismissed
• E.L.D. Parry (I) Ltd v. G. Omkar Murthy and Ors.
  2001 INSC 17927 March 2001Dismissed
• Balbir Kaur and Anr. v. Steel Authority of India Ltd. and Ors.
  2000 INSC 2925 May 2000Appeal(s) allowed
• Uptron India Ltd. v. Shammi Bhan and Anr.
  1998 INSC 746 February 1998Dismissed