Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
Section 14: Act to override other enactments, etc
The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 was repealed and replaced by the Code on Social Security, 2020 from 21 November 2025. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.
The provisions of this Act or any rule made thereunder shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any enactment other than this Act or in any instrument or contract having effect by virtue of any enactment other than this Act.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 14
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Jyotirmay Ray v. The Field General Manager, Punjab National Bank & Ors.
Whether the denial of employer’s contribution of Provident Fund and non-payment of gratuity to the employee-appellant because of the order of compulsory retirement, as directed by the impugned order, is justified.…
- Chairman-Cum-Managing Director, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited v. Sri Rabindranath Choubey
- Y.K. Singla v. Punjab National Bank & Ors.
- Allahabad Bank & Anr. v. All India Allahabad Bank Retired Emps. Assn.