K. Chandrasekaran vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.11 Court 2 (Video Conferencing) SECTION XI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 8658-8659/2019

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 602/2015 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam)

THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

SUNIL KUMAR B & ORS. Respondent(s)

WITH

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W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) (IA No. 26357/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY)

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W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) Digitally signed by Signature Not Verified

Indu Marwah

W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) Date: 2021.08.13 14:43:32 IST Reason:

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SLP(C) No. 3287/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10568/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11699/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Diary No(s). 46219/2019 (XIV) (IA No. 8907/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 6618/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 6619/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS IA No. 6620/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 6621/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 1218/2020 (X) SLP(C) No. 1366/2021 (XIV) (IA No. 9495/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 43588/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12062/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 9494/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 1459/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.134289/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 1332/2020 (X) SLP(C) No. 3290/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12571/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12572/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 86/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) No. 1738/2021 (XIV) (IA No. 12492/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12575/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 1701/2021 (XIV) (IA No. 40330/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 69729/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 39682/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 69732/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 69717/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 76487/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 49239/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 40085/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION

IA No. 39672/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 40332/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN. IA No. 70979/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN. IA No. 12234/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 40084/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 69726/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 69714/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 39667/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 76485/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 49234/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 12486/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12233/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES IA No. 70981/2021 - SETTING ASIDE AN ABATEMENT) W.P.(C) No. 414/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.) SLP(C) No. 8547/2021 (XI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.74627/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.74628/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) W.P.(C) No. 477/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 767/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.80978/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.80976/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.80977/2021-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) Date : 12-08-2021 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY RASTOGI For Parties: Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Advocate Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. Pranesh, AOR Ms. Aparajita Singh Sr. Adv, Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR

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Mr. Prasenjit Keswani, Advocate Mr. Upmanyu Tewari, Advocate Ms. Sonia Dube, Advocate Ms. Kanchan Yadav, Advocate Ms. Surbhi Anand, Advocate M/S. Legal Options, AOR Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Ritin Rai (Sr.Adv) Mr.Neeraj Chaudhari (Adv) Ms. Pooja Dhar (Aor) Ms. Rashmi Verma (Adv.) Mr.Rohan Thawani(Adv.) Ms.Pooja Dhar (Aor) Mr. lqram Govind Singh(Adv) Mr. Kushal Daga(Adv) Mr. Gopal Shankarnarayan (Sr.Adv.) Ms. Pooja Dhar (Aor) Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj (Adv.) Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv, Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr Raghvendra Shukla Adv Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Advocate Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Advocate Mr. Harpreet Singh, Advocate Mr. Ajay Chandra, Advocate Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Dr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR Mr.Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr.Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.-on-Record Kirti Aggarwal, Adv.

Mr. R.R.Kumar, Adv. Mr. Amrendra Kumar, Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Atanu Saikia Advocate Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Ag Mr. Vikaramjit banerjee, Asg Mr. R. Bala, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Suvesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Advocate Mr. R.Anand Padmanabhan, Advocate Mr. Debarati Sadhu, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Md Shahid Anwar, Aor Mr. Intakhab Alam, Adv. Mohammad Naseem Mughal, Adv. Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Khan, Adv. Mr. Aamir Naseem, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr.Gopal Sankaranarayanan Mr.A.Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr.C.M.Sundaram Iyer, Advocate Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Ms. Padma Priya, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Shreya Gupta, Adv

Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, Aor Mr. S.D. Singh, Adv Mr. Harsh Nandwana, Adv Mr. Rahul Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Jitender Singh, Adv Ms. Meenu Singh, Adv Mr. Ram Kripal Singh, Adv Mr. Kamla Prasad, Adv Mr. Hem Kumar, Adv Ms. Shweta Sinha, Adv Ms. Bharti Tyagi. AOR Mr. C. Aryama Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr.V.N. Koura, Advocate Mr. Paramjeet Benipal, Advocate Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Advocate M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vijay Pal, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Advocate Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Ms. Ikshita Singh, Adv. Mr. Kapil Raghav, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv. Mr. Rohit Ghosh, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Arijit Prasad (Sr. Adv) Mr. Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad (Adv) Mr. Meenesh Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms.Laxmi Kumari, Adv. Mr. Manmohan Singh, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv

M D .Ghulam Akbar, Adv Mr. Jeemon Raju K, Adv Mr. Avinash Singh, Adv Mr. Kumar Law, Adv Mr. Ashish Kumar Sinha, 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. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Sachin Datta, Senior, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Ms. Bhuvneshwari Pathak, Adv Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv Mr.Ashish Bhan, Advocate Mr.Syed Jafar Alam, (AOR) Mr.Mohit Rohatgi, Advocate Mr.Rajendra Dangwal, Advocate Mr.Kaustub Narendran ,Advocate Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Advocate(R Nos.5 & 6) Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Advocate Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Advocate Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Ms.Neetica Sharma, Advocate Mr. Shreyansh Rathi, Advocate M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Mr.Manoj V George,Advocate Mr. Philomena Thomas,Advocate Ms.Bhavika, Advocate Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Mr. A. N. S.Nadkarni, Senior Advocate Mr. P. S. Sudheer, Advocate-on-Record Mr. Bharat Sood, Advocate

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Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv. Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Maheshwari, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., Aor Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Thampan Thomas, Advocate Mr. N.M.Varghese, advocate Ms.Tessy Varghese, advocate Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR Mr. R Venkatramani, Senior Advocate Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Advocate Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Ashwin Kumar DS, Advocate Ms. Aditi Dani, Advocate. Mr. Vishnu Kumar, Advocate Mr. R. Basant, Senior Advocate Mr. Raghenth Basant, Advocate Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Advocate Mr. Vishnu Pazhangana, Advocate Mr. Akshay Sahay, Advocate Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. P. N. Ravindran Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham Adv Ms. Reena Roy Adv Ms. Samitharani Adv. Mr. Nikhil Roy Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR

Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR

Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR

Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR

Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR

Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR

Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR

Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR

Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

List on 17.08.2021 as first item on Board.

COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)

(INDU MARWAH) (BEENA JOLLY)