Prakash Madhukar Pathak vs. Union Of India

<pre>Court 3 (Video Conferencing)</pre> ITEM NO.28 SECTION XI-A

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.

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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)

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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) (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 : 25-03-2021 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, 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 Mr. Anip Sachthey, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. M/S Ars Associates, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr.Atanu Saikia Adv. Ms. Srija Choudhury Adv. 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. Tushar Mehta, LD SG Mr. Suryaprakash V. Raju, LD ASG Ms. Sonia Mathur, Sr.Adv. Mr. SWA Qadri, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Binu Tamta. Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv. Mr. S.V Raju, Ld. ASG Mr. Prashant singh B, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, Adv.

Mr. Annam Venkatesh, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv. Mr. Balbir Singh, LD ASG Ms. Aakanksha Kaul, Adv. Mr. Balendu Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Suryaprakash V. Raju, LD ASG Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv. Mr. Manan Popli, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv. 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. R. Anand Padmanabhan,Adv. Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. K. Pramod Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr.Aparajita Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr.Rohan Thawani(Adv.) Ms. Pooja Dhar (Aor) Mr. Gopal Shankarnarayan(Sr.Adv.) Ms. Pooja Dhar (Aor) Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj (Adv.) Mr. Ritin Raj, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar (AOR) Mr. Neeraj Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Mr.Mohan Parasaran, Senior Advocate. Mr.Ashwin Kumar DS, Advocate Ms. Aditi Dani, Advocate. Mr. Vishnu Kumar, Advocate

Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Akash Kakade, Advocate Mr. Somanath Padhan AOR Mr. Neelmani Pant, Advocate Mr Swetab Kumar, Advocate Mr. R. Venkataramni, Sr. Adv 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. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv Mr. R.R. Kumar, Advocate Mr Amrendra Kumar, Advocate Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR For Respondent(s) Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mr.Zulfiqar Ali Khan Dr. Bhim Pratap Singh, Adv. Mohd Naseem Mughal, Adv. Mr. Intakhab Alam, Adv. Dr.K.P.Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr.Advocate Mr.A.Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr.Mahesh Menon, Advocate Mr. Gaurav Agarwal,Adv Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K Joy, Adv Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv Mr. Devashish Bharukha, Adv. Md. Sadique, 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 Mr. S.D. Singh, Adv Mr Harsh Nandwana, Adv Mr. Rahul Kumar Singh, Adv Mr. Jitender Singh, Adv Mr. Ram Kripal Singh, Adv Ms. Meenu Singh, Adv Mr. Dhiraj Kumar, Adv Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr.S K Bhargava Adv Dr. M K. Pandey adv Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr.V.N. Koura, Advocate Ms. Aruna Mathur, Advocate on Record Mr. Paramjeet Benipal, Advocate Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Advocate M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr.Shantanu Sharma, Advocate Ms.Deeksha Gaur, Advocate Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Ms. Ikshita Singh, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. D.P Mohanty, Adv. Ms. S.Lakshmi Iyer, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Gaur, 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. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr Tabrez Malawat, Adv: Ms Arina Bhattacharjee, Adv Ms Swagoti Batchas, Adv Mr V K Shukla, Adv Mr Sugam Mishra, Adv Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr.Rakesh Sinha, Adv, MD. Ghulam Akbar, Adv Mr.Jeemon Raju K, Adv MrAvinash Singh, Adv for Respondent No. 3 & 4 M/s. Arijit Prasad (Sr. Adv) Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad (Adv) Meenesh Kumar Dubey (Adv) Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms.Laxmi Kumari Advocate Mr Adarsh Tripathi, Advocate Mr. Manmohan Singh Narula, Adv. Ms. Somya, Adv. Mr.Mohit Rohatgi Advocate Mr.Rajendra Dangwal Advocate Mr.Kaustub Narendran Advocate Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Sachin Datta, Senior, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, Aor Ms. Bhuvneshwari Pathak, Adv Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Advocate Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Advocate Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Advocate Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. A.P. Singh, Advocate Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv.

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M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. Keshav Mohan, Advocate Mr. R.K Awasthi, Advocate Mr. Prashant Kumar, Advocate Ms. Ritu Arora, Advocate Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. Naveen R. Nath, Aor Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, Adv. Ms. Lalit Mohini Bhat, Adv. Mr.Abhimanyu Verma, Adv. Mr.Rahul Jain, Adv. 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. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Dr.K.P.Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr.Advocate Mr.A.Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr.Mahesh Menon, Advocate 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. Roy Abraham Adv Ms. Reena Roy, Adv Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Akhil Abraham Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate Mr. Raghuvendra Upadhyay, Advocate Mr. Atul Khaneja, Advocate Ms.. Madhubala, Advocate Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi Mr. Rakesh Mishra, Aor Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv. ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Adv. 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. R.K. Gupta, Adv. Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, Advocate Mr. L. K. Paonam, Advocate Ms. Tomthinnganbi Koijam, Advocate Mr. Niraj Bobby Paonam Advocate Dr. Ashwani Bharadwaj, AOR Mr. Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

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