https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=377872 A retrospective amendment to the Payment of Gratuity Act expanded the definition of "employee" to include teachers from 03.04.1997, so the earlier exclusionary precedent could no longer govern entitlement. The Court noted that the amendment had direct bearing on the dispute and that reliance on the prior decision was misplaced because it had not considered the amended definition. Teachers were therefore entitled to claim gratuity under the Act from the date the retrospective amendment took effect. en-us Thu, 07 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 09 May 2022 18:22:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=377872 A retrospective amendment to the Payment of Gratuity Act expanded the definition of "employee" to include teachers from 03.04.1997, so the earlier exclusionary precedent could no longer govern entitlement. The Court noted that the amendment had direct bearing on the dispute and that reliance on the prior decision was misplaced because it had not considered the amended definition. Teachers were therefore entitled to claim gratuity under the Act from the date the retrospective amendment took effect. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 07 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=377872