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Supreme Court Rules Resignation Forfeits Pension, but Upholds Statutory Right to Gratuity

The Supreme Court of India has ruled that an employee who resigns from service forfeits all past service for the purpose of pensionary benefits. However, the Court simultaneously held that such a forfeiture does not strip an employee of their statutory right to gratuity or leave encashment. The case involved a conductor who joined the…

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Amit Sharma
Amit Sharma
Amit Sharma is the Content Editor at JurisHour. He has been writing about the Indian legal market. He has covered tax & company litigation stories from the Supreme Court, High Courts and Various Tribunals. Amit graduated from MLSU Law College with B.A.LL.B. and also holds an LL.M. from MLSU, Udaipur, Rajasthan. An Advocate in Taxation, and practised in Tribunals as well as Rajasthan High Court and pursued Masters in Constitutional Law. He started out small with little resources but a big plan to take tax legal education to the remotest locations across India and eventually to the world. His vision is to make tax related legal developments accessible to the masses.

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