A single-judge bench of Allahabad High Court while hearing a petition filed by Ajit Kumar Srivastava said that the Petitioner's claim for gratuity shall not be rejected only on the ground that "Option Form" has not been filled by the petitioner's wife.
The Allahabad High Court has recently held that an employee cannot be deprived of his right due to delay in filling the option for gratuity a year before retirement. The division bench of Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Justice Piyush Agrawal passed this order while hearing the petition filed by one Muharpal Singh.
The Tripura High Court has directed the Tripura State Co-operative Consumers' Federation Ltd to pay gratuity to the employees within a period of three months with statutory interest.
The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (OSH) was introduced in Lok Sabha on September 19 and passed on September 22. It was introduced and passed in Rajya Sabha on September 23.