ITEM NO.14 COURT NO.4 SECTION XI-A
(HEARING THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING)
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) Nos.8658-8659/2019
(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018in WPC No.602/2015, 12-10-2018 in WPC No.13120/2015 passed by theHigh Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam)
THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. Petitioner
(s) VERSUS
SUNIL KUMAR B & ORS. Respondent(s)
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD EPS 95 CASES ORDER DATED 15.04.2021
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Date : 15-04-2021 These petitions were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE INDIRA BANERJEE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.M. JOSEPH
Counsel for the Parties: Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Attorney General, Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG, Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG, Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. Adv.Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv., Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv., Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv., Mr. Suvesh Kumar, Adv., Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR, Mr. R. Venkataramani, Sr. Adv., Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv., Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR, Mr. Mohan Parasaran, Sr. Adv., Mr. Ashwin Kumar DS, Adv.Ms. Aditi Dani, Adv., Mr. Vishnu Kumar, Adv.Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR, Mr. R. Basant, Sr. Adv., Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv.Ms. Rasna Kalkat, Adv., Mr. Vishnu Pazhangana, Adv., Mr. Akshay Sahay, Adv.Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR, Mr. P.N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv., Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv.Ms. Reena Roy, Adv.Ms. Seema Jain, Adv., Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR, Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv., Mr. Neeraj Chaudhary, Adv.Ms. Pooja Dhar, AORMs. Rashmi Verma, Adv., Mr. R. Venkataramni, Sr. Adv., Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv.Mohd. Maroof, Adv., Mr. M.Z. Chaudhary, Adv., Mr. Ali Safeer Farooqi, Adv., Mr. Syed Imtiyaz Ali, Adv.,
Mr. Shadab Husain Khan, Adv.Ms. Tehsheena Z. Hussain, Adv., Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR, Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr. Adv.Ms. Sneha Kalita, AORMs. Briti Rekha Mahanta, Adv. , Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv.Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR, Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv., Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv., Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv., Mr. Harpreet Singh, Adv., Mr. Ajay Chandra, Adv., Mr. Pranjal Saran, Adv., Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR, Mr. Anip Sachthey, Sr. Adv., Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv.Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv.Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv.M/s. ARS Associates, AOR, Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv., Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR, Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv., Mr. Jamshed Pesi Cama, Sr. Adv., Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv., Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR, Mr. Jayanth Muthuraj, Sr. Adv., Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR, Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv.,
Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv., Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR, Mr. Mahesh Menon, Adv.Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv.Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR, Mr. Mahesh Menon, Adv., Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv.Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv.Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR, Ms. V.P. Seemandini, Sr. Adv., Mr. M.R. Anisan, Adv., Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AORMs. Anu K. Joy, Adv., Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv., Mr. Arijit Prasad, Sr. Adv., Mr. Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, Adv., Mr. Meenesh Kumar Dubey, Adv., Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR, Mr. Sachin Datta, Sr. Adv., Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR, Ms. Bhuvneshwari Pathak, Adv.Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv. , Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv.Mohd. Maroof, Adv., Mr. M.Z. Chaudhary, Adv., Mr. Ali Safeer Farooqi, Adv., Mr. Syed Imtiyaz Ali, Adv., Mr. Shadab Husain Khan, Adv.Ms. Tehsheena Z. Hussain, Adv., Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AORMd. Shahid Anwar, AOR, Mr. Zuliqar Ali Khan, Adv.Dr. Bhim Pratap Singh, Adv.Mohd. Naseem Mughal, Adv., Mr. Intakhab Alam, Adv., Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Adv.Mohd. Sadique, AORMs. Anu K. Joy, Adv., Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv., Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Adv., Mr. S.K. Bhargava, Adv., Mr. M.K. Pandey, Adv., Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Adv., Mr. Umakant Mishra, Adv., Mr. Niranjan Sahu, Adv., Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR,
Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv.Ms. Aruna Mathur, AOR, Mr. Paramjeet Benipal, Adv., Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv., M/s. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR, Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv., Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR, Mr. Neelmani Pant, Adv., Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv., Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR, Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv.Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv., Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv., Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Adv., Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR, Mr. Kafeel Ahmed, Adv., Mr. Raghvendra Shukla, Adv., Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv., Mr. D.P. Mohanty, Adv.Ms. S. Lakshmi Iyer, Adv., Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv., Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv.M/s. Parekh & Co., AOR, Mr. Keshav Mohan, Adv., Mr. R.K. Awasthi, Adv., Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv.Ms. Ritu Arora, Adv., Mr. Santosh Kumar-I, AOR, Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv., Mr. Raghvendra Upadhyay, Adv., Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv., Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv., Mr. Atul Khaneja, Adv., Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AORMs. Nandini Gore, Adv.Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv.Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv., Mr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Adv.M/s. Karanjawala & Co., AOR, Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv., Mr. N.M. Varghese, Adv.Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv., Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR, Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, AORMs. Lalit Mohini Bhat, Adv., Mr. Anuj Kapoor,
Adv., Mr. Abhijmanyu Verma, Adv., Mr. Rahul Jain, Adv., Mr. Anirudh Bhat, Adv., Mr. Santosh Krishnan, Adv.Mohd. Sadique, AORMs. Anu K. Joy, Adv., Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv., Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR, Mr. L.K. Paonam, Adv.Ms. Tomthinnganbi Koijam, Adv., Mr. Niraj Bobby Paonam, Adv., Mr. A.P. Singh, Adv.Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv.M/s. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR, Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv.Ms. Padma Priya, Adv., Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv.Ms. Shreya Gupta, Adv., Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR, Mr. Mohit Rohatgi, Adv., Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv., Mr. Kaustub Narendran, Adv., Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR, Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv., Mr. Shifaz R. Dheen, Adv., Mr. K. Panmei, Adv.Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR, Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv.Ms. Ikshita Singh, Adv., Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AORDr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR, Mr. Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv., Mr. Romil Pathak, Adv.Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv., Mr. Rohit Ghosh, Adv.M/s. Khaitan & Co., AOR, Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR, Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Adv.Ms. Deeksha Gaur, Adv., Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR, Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv., Mr. Manmohan Singh, Adv.Ms. Laxmi, Adv. , Mr. Tabrez Malawat, Adv., Mr. SPM Tripathi, Adv., Mr. V.K. Shukla, Adv., Mr. Sugam Mishra, Adv.Ms. Swagoti Batchas, Adv., Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR, Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR, Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv.Md. Ghulam Akbar, Adv., Mr. Jeemon Raju K., Adv., Mr. Avinash Singh, Adv., Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AORMs. Giffara S., Adv., Mr. Bilal Niamathulla, Adv.Ms. Ruxana P.N., Adv., Mr. R.R. Kumar, Adv., Mr. Amrendra Kumar, Adv.Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR, Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv.Ms. Rasna Kalkat, Adv.Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR, Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv.Debarati Sadhu, Adv., Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR, Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR, Mr. Abhay Singh, Adv., Mr. Y. Rajagopala Rao, AOR, Mr. K. Pramod Kumar, Adv., Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv.Ms. Pooja Dhar, AORMs. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR, Mr. Atanu Saikia, Adv., Mr. Anand Varma, AOR,
Ms. Astha Ahuja, Adv., Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv., Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR, Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR, Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv.Eshna Kumar, Adv., Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AORMs. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv., Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR, Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR, Mr. R.K. Gupta, Adv., Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Adv., Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv.Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR, Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Adv., Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR, Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR, Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR, Mr. Anil Nag, AOR, Mr. Rahul Pratap, AORMrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR, Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR, Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR, Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR, Mr. Siddharth, AOR, Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AORMs. Vandana Sehgal, AOR, Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR, Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR, Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR.
CODE A
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
ORDER
List on 22.04.2021.
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