Prakash Madhukar Pathak vs. Union Of India

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA 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.

WITH

$W.P.(C)$ No. 233/2018 (X)

W.P.(C) No. $69/2018$ (X) (IA No. 14965/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY)

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

$W.P.(C)$ No. 118/2018 (X)

$W.P.(C)$ No. 250/2018 (X)

$W.P.(C)$ No. 380/2018 (X)

W.P.(C) No. $406/2018$ (X)

$W.P.(C)$ No. 368/2018 (X)

W.P.(C) No. $393/2018$ (X)

W.P.(C) No. $395/2018$ (X)

W.P.(C) No. $371/2018$ (X)

W.P.(C) No. $374/2018$ (X)

$W.P.(C)$ No. 372/2018 (X)

P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X)

W.P.(C) No. $367/2018$ (X)

W.P.(C) No. $369/2018$ (X)

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W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (X) (IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 884/2018 (X) (IA No. 170508/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 146221/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (X) (IA No. 69081/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 170449/2018 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (X) (IA No. 44627/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 1149/2018 (X) (IA No. 117553/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 144028/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1134/2018 (X) (IA No. 51450/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT IA No. 51446/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1917-1918/2018 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) (IA No. 85695/2019 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT IA No. 147085/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 147082/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) W.P.(C) No. 1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 390/2019 (X) (IA No. 43954/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 269/2019 (X)

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(FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 875/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 349/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 327/2019 (X) (IA No. 43329/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 84636/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 352/2019 (X) (IA No. 46449/2019 - STAY APPLICATION) SLP(C) No. 16721-16722/2019 (XI-A) (IA No. 6498/2021 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 109139/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 109137/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 6497/2021 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS) W.P.(C) No. 512/2019 (X) (IA No. 92886/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 511/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 500/2019 (X) (IA No. 62534/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 86926/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 86923/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 619-620/2019 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016(XIV-A) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 601/2019 (X) (IA No. 73827/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 1312/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 832/2019 (X) (IA No. 98935/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION) SLP(C) No. 3289/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10606/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11707/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 2465/2021 (XV) (IA No. 16619/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION

IA No. 11703/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 9097/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) 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) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.9495/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and 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) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12575/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12492/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 1701/2021 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12234/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.12233/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12486/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Date : 23-03-2021 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 For Petitioner(s) Mr Girijesh Pandey Adv Mr . Ramjee Pandey,Adv. AOR Mr. Kafeel Ahmad Adv Mr. Raghvendra Shukla Adv Mr.Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv Mr.Rajesh Gupta, Advocate Mr.Harpreet Singh, Advocate Mr.Ajay Chandra, Advocate Mr.Pranjal Saran, Advocate Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR M/S Ars Associates, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Mr. Abhishek Prasad, Advocate MS. Astha Ahuja Advocate Mr. Shashank Shekhar,Advocate Ms. Sheetal Rajput, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Advocate Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. K K Venugopal, LD AG Mr. Vikramjit Basnerjee, LD ASG Mr. Sanjay Jain, Ld ASG. Mr. R Bala, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Suvesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Advocate Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Gopal Shankarnarayan(Sr.Adv.) Ms. Pooja Dhar (Aor) Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj (Adv.) Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR MR. BAHAR .U. BARQUI, ADV. MR. MOHD. MAROOF ADV. MR. ALI SAFEER FAROOQI ADV. MR. M.Z. CHAUDHARY ADV. MR. SYED IMTIYAZ ALI ADV. MR. SHADAB HUSAIN KHAN ADV. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv, Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. R.R. Kumar, Advocate (Mb. 9999596281) Mr Amrendra Kumar, Advocate Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Dr.K.P.Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr.Advocate ii. Mr.A.Venayagam Balan, AOR iii. Mr.Mahesh Menon, Advocate Mr. Gaurav Agarwal,Adv Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR

Ms. Anu K Joy, Adv

Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv

Mr. Jamshed Pasi Cama, Sr. Adv. Ms. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. RISHABH SANCHETI, Adv. Ms. PADMA PRIYA, Adv. Mr. ANCHIT BHANDARI, Adv. Ms. SHREYA GUPTA, Adv. Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. Naveen R. Nath, AOR Mr. A. N. S. Nadkarni, Senior Advocate Mr. Jayanth Muthuraj, Senior Advocate Mr. P. S. Sudheer, Advocate-on-Record; Mr. Bharat Sood, Advocate Ms. Shruti Jose, Advocate Mr. Kapil Sibal Senior Advocate Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi (AOR) Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash (Advocate) Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh (Advocate) Mr. Abhishek Tripathi (Advocate)

Mr. Raghav Tankha (Advocate) Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Mr. Upasana Singh Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. R Venkatramani, Senior Advocate Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Advocate Mr. Ankur S Kulkarni, Advocate –on-Record Mr. S.Parthasarathi, Advocate Mr. R. Basant, Senior Advocate Mr. Raghenth Basant, Advocate Ms. Rasna Kalkat, Advocate Mr. Vishnu Pazhangana, Advocate Mr. Akshay Sahay, Advocate Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr.Mohan Parasaran, Senior Advocate. Mr.Ashwin Kumar DS, Advocate Mr. Aditi Dani, Advocate. Mr. Vishnu Kumar, Advocate Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. P.N.Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham Adv Ms. Reena Roy, Adv Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Akhil Abraham Adv. Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Thampan Thomas, Advocate Mr. N.M.Varghese, advocate Ms.Tessy Varghese, advocate Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, Aor Mr. Abhinav Kaushik,Adv Mr. R.K. Gupta,Adv

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

List 25.03.2021.

(INDU MARWAH) (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER (SH) BRANCH OFFICER