The Supreme Court observed that once an employee gets married, the nomination made in favor of a parent would cease to exist, and the General Provident Fund (“GPF”) amount will be equally distributed between the deceased employee's wife and parents.

A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh set aside the Bombay High Court's decision, while restoring the Central Administrative Tribunal's decision to direct the distribution of the GPF amount to the deceased's wife and mother.

“The nomination in favour of the respondent no.1 (deceased's mother) would become invalid upon him (deceased employee) acquiring a family (marriage or otherwise) …” , the bench said.

The Court reiterated the settled legal position that a nomination does not confer a superior claim over the General Prov

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