Case Law Analysis
|Gauhati High Court
Payment of Gratuity Act | Gratuity & Pension Cannot Be Withheld During PMLA Probe Absent Termination or Statutory Forfeiture : Gauhati HC
Gauhati High Court rules that pending ED investigations under PMLA do not justify withholding gratuity or pension unless the employee is named in an FIR, terminated, or statutory forfeiture grounds exist. The judgment reinforces that retirement benefits are protected under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, even during financial irregularity probes, absent clear statutory violations.