International Union Of Food Agr. vs. Union Of India Ministry Of Law And Justice Secretary

ITEM NO.2 COURT NO.4 SECTION PIL-W S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

CONMT. PET. (C) No. 16/2012 In W.P.(C) No. 365/2006

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF FOOD AGR. & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE SECRETARY & ORS. Respondent(s)

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Date : 31-01-2023 This matter was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.R. SHAH HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Ms. Mugdha, Adv. Mr. Umesh Kr., Adv. Mr. Purbayan Chakraborty, Adv. Ms. Satya Mitra, AOR Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR For Respondent(s) Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG

• Ms. V.D. Makhija, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shashank Bajpai, Adv. Mr. S.K. Singhania, Adv. Ms. Rekha Pandey, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR
• Ms. Taruna Ardhendumauli Prasad, AOR

Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv.

• Mr. Sanjay Basu, Adv.
• Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR
• ` Mr. Ravinder Singh, Adv.
  • Mr. Srisatya Mohanty, Adv.
  • Ms. Raveesha Gupta, Adv.
  • Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv.
  • Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Adv.
  • Mr. Shreyas Awasthi, Adv.

Mr. Himanshu Chakravarty, Adv. Mr. Devvrat Singh, Adv. Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. M/s. PLR Chambers And Co., AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Arnav Singh Deo, Adv. Mr. Sai Shashank, Adv. Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. D. Kumanan, AOR Mrs. Deepa S., Adv. Mr. Sheikh F. Kalia, Adv. Ms. Divya Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Jhamba, Adv. Mr. Thonpinao Thangal, Adv. Mr. Shivam Prashar, Adv. Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. T. R. B. Sivakumar, AOR M/S. Mitter & Mitter Co., AOR Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Ms. Tessy Vaghese, Adv. Mr. K. V. Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR Mr. Aneesh Mittal, AOR Mr. M. P. Vinod, AOR Mr. Atul Shankar Vinod, Adv. Mr. Dileep Pillai, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kumar Jain, Adv. Ms. Manshu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas, AOR Mr. A. Karthik, AOR Mr. Arsh Khan, Adv. Ms. Smrithi Suresh, Adv. Mr. Partha Sil, AOR Mr. Tavish Bhushan Prasad, Adv. Ms. Sayani Bhattacharya, Adv.

Dr. P. George Giri, AOR Ms. Jasmin Kurian Giri, Adv. Mr. Shaji Sebastian, Adv. Ms. Mary Scaria, Adv. Mr. Pushkar Anand, Adv. Mr. Naveen Kumar Dass, Adv. Mr. Ginesh P., Adv.

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

Pursuant to our order dated 03.11.2022, the Committee headed by Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.M. Sapre, has submitted the Report.

It appears that so far as the Assam Tea Gardens are concerned, the enquiry has been fully completed and the amount due and payable by 25 Companies, out of which 15 Companies belong to Assam Government has been ascertained.

Therefore, now the amount due and payable to the concerned workers, as determined by Justice Sapre Committee, has to be paid by the concerned Tea Gardens/Companies. It is reported that so far as the private Tea Gardens/Companies are concerned, substantial amount has been paid.

Learned counsel appearing for the State of Assam prays for time to go through the Report. Shri Colin Gonsalves, learned Senior Advocate, appearing on behalf of the petitioner also prays for time to go through the Report.

We request Shri Gaurav Agrawal, learned counsel representing the Committee, may furnish a copy of the Report so far as the Assam Tea Gardens are concerned to the concerned Advocates appearing on behalf of the State of Assam as well as Shri Colin Gonsalves.

Put up on 06.02.2023 for appropriate further orders.

(R. NATARAJAN) (NISHA TRIPATHI) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

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