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2026 Supreme(Online)(Cal) 36

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Lanusungkum Jamir, Rai Chattopadhyay, JJ
Food Corporation of India – Appellant
Versus
Joydeb Dutta – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Kamal Kr. Chattopadhyay, Mr. Rimi Chatterjee
For the Respondents: Mr. Samiran Mandal, Mr. Abhinaba Dan, Ms. Sremoyee Dutta

Table of Content
1. background of multiple appeals regarding gratuity (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. history of supreme court orders on ccl wages (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7)
3. controlling authority's decisions on gratuity (Para 8 , 9 , 10)
4. fci's arguments against interest on gratuity (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14)
5. respondents' claim to interest as statutory right (Para 15 , 19 , 20 , 21)
6. legal obligations regarding interest on gratuity (Para 22 , 23)
7. clarity on definition of employee under gratuity act (Para 24 , 26 , 27)
8. entitlement based on employment context and compliance (Para 28 , 30)
9. modification of interest rate in judgment (Para 31 , 32)

Rai Chattopadhyay, J. :-

1. The impugned judgment is dated June 23, 2025 passed by the writ Court simultaneously in various writ petitions, which is under challenge in the intra Court appeals, as noted above.

2. The lis is related to the disputed question of applicability of interest on gratuity paid to the respondents. All the appeals as mentioned above involve the same issue, hence were taken up together for hearing analogously and are being disposed of by dint of the instant common judgment.

3. It is necessary that the factual background of the cases may

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