{"id":28531,"date":"2026-07-27T06:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T06:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/?p=28531"},"modified":"2026-07-27T07:33:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T07:33:48","slug":"applicability-of-rafiq-masih-judgment-salary-pension-gratuity-provident-fund-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/applicability-of-rafiq-masih-judgment-salary-pension-gratuity-provident-fund-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"White Washer Case and When is it applicable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/span>Applicability of Rafiq Masih<\/em> to Recovery from Salary, Pension, Gratuity and Provident Fund<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Whether the principle enunciated by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in State of Punjab & Ors. v. Rafiq Masih (White Washer) & Ors., (2015) 4 SCC 334<\/em>, protecting employees from recovery of monetary benefits erroneously extended by the employer, applies uniformly across all sources from which recovery may be effected\u2014including salary, pension, gratuity, or Provident Fund dues\u2014or whether its applicability instead depends on the substantive character of the amount sought to be recovered and the circumstances in which the excess arose, including cases of long delay.<\/p>

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