1982 (12) TMI 151 - SUPREME COURT

It provides that no gratuity payable to an employee employed in any establishment, factory, mine, oilfield, plantation, port, Railway Company or shop exempted under Section 5 shall be liable to attachment in execution of any decree or order of any civil, revenue or criminal court - Held that gratuity is a social welfare measure rendering socio economic justice by providing economic security in the fall of life when physical and mental prowess is ebbing, corresponding to ageing process and when, once falls back on savings. Such payments cannot be withheld unless specifically permitted by any statutory provision.