https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189861 Customary bonus was held to remain outside the statutory bonus scheme after the 1976 amendments to the Payment of Bonus Act. The Act continued to govern profit-based and, after amendment, production or productivity-linked bonus, while customary bonus rested on long usage and not on statutory profit orientation. Section 17, which still referred to puja bonus and other customary bonus, indicated that such claims were preserved. Section 31A was confined to productivity-linked bonus in lieu of profit bonus, and section 34 did not override a separate customary bonus claim because no inconsistency existed. en-us Wed, 11 Apr 1979 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 23 Jan 2017 18:51:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189861 Customary bonus was held to remain outside the statutory bonus scheme after the 1976 amendments to the Payment of Bonus Act. The Act continued to govern profit-based and, after amendment, production or productivity-linked bonus, while customary bonus rested on long usage and not on statutory profit orientation. Section 17, which still referred to puja bonus and other customary bonus, indicated that such claims were preserved. Section 31A was confined to productivity-linked bonus in lieu of profit bonus, and section 34 did not override a separate customary bonus claim because no inconsistency existed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 11 Apr 1979 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189861