Prakash Madhukar Pathak vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.11 COURT NO.2 SECTION XI-A (HEARING THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING)

SUPREME COURT OF 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 12-10-2018) 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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Date : 17-08-2021 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY RASTOGI

Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Attorney General Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, 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. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. C. Aryama Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. R. Venkataramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Raghav Tankha, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Ms. Sujata Muni, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. L. Nidhiram Sharma, Adv. Mr. R. Basant, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Vishnu Pazhangana, Adv. Mr. Akshay Sahay, Adv. Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Mr. P.N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Ms. Samitharani M.R., Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR

Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Ms. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Chandra, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr. Adv. Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR Ms. Briti Rekha Mahanta, Adv. Mr. Jamshed Pesi Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. A.N.S. Nadkarni, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Mr. Sachin Datta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Ms. Bhuvneshwari Pathak, Adv. Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv. Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Mr. R. Venkataramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR

Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Adv. Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Mahesh Menon, Adv. Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Menon, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pilay, Sr. Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Menon, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Ms. V.P. Seemanthini, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Reenu, Adv. Ms. Aparajita Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, Adv. Mr. Meenesh Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. 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. Ashwin Kumar DS, Adv. Ms. Aditi Dani, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mr. Intakhab Alam, Adv. Mohd. Naseem Mughal, Adv. Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Khan, Adv. Mr. Aamir Naseem, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. Manoj Pandey, Adv. Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv. Mr. Paramjeet Benipal, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, AOR M/s. Arputham Aruna & 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. 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. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Satyam Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ram Anugarh Singh, Adv. Mr. Ramesh Vasishtha, Adv. Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv. Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Shreyash Maheshwari, Adv. M/s. Karanjawala & Co., AOR

Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv. Mr. N.M. Varghese, Adv. Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv. Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. L.K. Paonam, Adv. Ms. Tomthinnganbi Koijam, Adv. Mr. Niraj Bobby Paonam, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Ms. Padma Priya, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Shreya Gupta, Adv. Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR Mr. Tabrez Malawat, Adv. Mr. SPM Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Toliya, Adv. Mr. V.K. Shukla, Adv. Mr. Sugam Mishra, Adv. Ms. Swagoti Batchas, Adv. Ms. Sangeetha MR, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Prasenjit Keswani, Adv. Mr. Upmanyu Tewari, Adv. Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv. Ms. Kanchan Yadav, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Anand, Adv. M/s. Legal Options, AOR Mr. Rishi K. Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Piyush Vatsa, Adv. Ms. Ritu Arora, Adv. Mr. Sumit Raj, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar-I, AOR Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Raghvendra Shukla, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv. Mr. Rohit Ghosh, Adv. Ms. Smriti Nair, Adv. M/s. Khaitan & Co., AOR

Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Ms. Giffara S., Adv. Mr. Bilal Niamathulla, Adv. Ms. Ruxana P.N., Adv. Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Ms. Devarati Sadhu, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms. Laxmi Kumari, Adv. Mr. Manmohan Singh, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv. Md. Ghulam Akbar, Adv. Mr. Jeemon Raju K., Adv. Mr. Avinash Singh, Adv. Mr. Kumar Law, Adv. Mr. Ashish Jumar Sinha, Adv. Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Iqram Singh, Adv. Mr. Kushal Daga, Adv. Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Ms. Ikshita Singh, Adv. Mr. Kapil Raghav, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. M/s. ARS Associates, AOR Mr. Ashish Bhan, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Mohit Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Kaustub Narendran, Adv. Mr. Devashish Bharukha, Adv. Mohd. Sadique T.A., AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.

Mr. Santosh Krishnan, Adv. Mohd. Sadique, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv. Mr. K. Panmei, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vijay Pal, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Adv. Parul Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Das, Adv. M/s. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. R.R. Kumar, Adv. Mr. Amrendra Kumar, Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Ms. Mehak Kanwar, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Ms. Astha Ahuja, Adv. Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Atanu Saikia, Adv. Dr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR Mr. Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Y. Rajagopala Rao, AOR Ms. Vismai Rao, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. Anurag Kr. Singh, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv. Ms. Eshna Kumar, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Ms. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. C.K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. Pranesh, AOR

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

Heard in part.

For further hearing, list these matters on 18.08.2021.

(MUKESH NASA) (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER BRANCH OFFICER