Bhel Superannuated Executive Forum (Delhi) vs. Union Of India

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 12-10-2018 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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• CONMT.PET.(C) Nos.1917-1918/2018 in C.A. Nos.10013-10014/2016 (XIV-

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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, AOR Ms. 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, AOR Ms. 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, AOR Ms. 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, AOR Md. 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, AOR Ms. 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, 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, Adv. Mr. N.M. Varghese, Adv. Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv. Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR

Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Ms. 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, AOR Ms. 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, AOR Dr. 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, AOR Ms. 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, AOR Ms. 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, AOR Ms. 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, AOR Mrs. 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, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR

Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR

Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR

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

List on 22.04.2021.

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