Supreme Court of India · 2008-02-18
CENTRAL MINE PL & DESGN INST.LTD. vs JAYANT .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2007/28967
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- CENTRAL MINE PL & DESGN INST.LTD.
- Respondent
- JAYANT .
- Bench
- S.H. KAPADIA & B. SUDERSHAN REDDY
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the Bombay High Court's decision regarding the recovery of House Rent Allowance (HRA) from non-executive employees, emphasizing that the management's claim of overpayment was not substantiated. The Court noted that the employees had already received the amount of Rs. 9,56,036/- and had paid taxes on it, thus ruling that the management must pay this amount back to the employees within eight weeks. The Court clarified that this decision is specific to the case at hand and does not set a precedent for other pending cases regarding wage agreements.