Calcutta High Court: Controlling Authority Cannot Deny Interest on Delayed Gratuity: Kolkata, India – In a significant ruling for employees awaiting their gratuity payments, the Calcutta High Court has clarified that the controlling authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, has no discretion to deny interest on delayed gratuity. Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul) directed…
The Calcutta High Court recently held that Kolkata’s Eden Gardens cricket stadium is not a public space under the law [The Calcutta Municipal Corporation & Ors v The Cricket Association of West Bengal & Ors]. A Division Bench of Justices Arijit Banerjee and Kaushik Chanda observed that neither the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 nor…
Calcutta High Court stays stipend payment to tainted non-teaching staff: The Calcutta High Court on Friday stayed the State government’s scheme offering a stipend to the 2016 batch non-teaching staff who had lost their jobs after the Supreme Court held their selections to be tainted [Prokash Mandal & Anr v The State of West Bengal…
