M/S. GRASIM INDUSTRIES LTD. SUVADIP BHATTACHARJEE vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANR. — WPA/23673/2025

CASE SUMMARY: WPA/23673/2025 The High Court at Calcutta set aside the Industrial Tribunal's award that had reinstated a worker based on a corrected date of birth. Justice Shampa Dutt found the worker's date of birth had been consistently recorded as 1962 in employment documents since 1985, but he produced a birth certificate dated only 7 days before superannuation claiming his birth year was 1966. Applying Supreme Court precedent, the court held that late corrections of date of birth on the eve of retirement are impermissible and that documents like Aadhar cards are not conclusive proof of age. The tribunal's reliance on the belatedly-produced birth certificate was therefore erroneous. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.