(J. Chelameswar and S. Abdul Nazeer, JJ.)
United Raws Joint Action _____________________________ Appellant
v.
Union of India & Others ___________________________ Respondent(s)
Civil Appeal No. 12013 of 2016, decided on July 3, 2017
With
Civil Appeal No. 12014-12019 of 2016, Civil Appeal No. 12020-12025 of 2016 and Civil Appeal No. 12026-12027 of 2016
The Judgement of the court was delivered by
Order
1. When these matters were taken up for hearing, it was submitted by the learned counsel appearing for the respondents that the matter is required to be referred to a larger Bench in view of the pendency of some connected matter before a Constitution Bench1 of this Court or the hearing of these matters may be deferred until the Constitution Bench decides the various questions referred to it.
2. On the other hand, the learned counsel for the appellants vehemently objected to such a process and submitted that the questions involved in the instant appeal are no way connected to the issues involved in the matter referred to the Constitution Bench. Therefore, there is neither any need to refer this matter to the Constitution Bench nor to await the decision of the Constitution Bench.
3. In the abovementioned background, we decided to examine the tenability of the abovementioned submissions of the respondents. We indicated that after hearing both the sides, in the event of our not agreeing with the submissions made by the learned counsel for the respondents, we would proceed to hear the instant appeal on merits.
4. Accordingly, elaborate submissions were made by the learned counsel for both the sides indicating the questions involved in this appeal and the matter referred to the Constitution Bench.
5. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, we are of the opinion that the instant appeal need not be referred to the Constitution Bench or deferred till the decision of the Constitution Bench. Therefore, the Registry is directed to list these appeals for hearing on merits.
Civil Appeal No(s). 12013/2016
United Raws Joint Action _____________________________ Appellant
v.
Union of India _____________________________________ Respondent
WITH
C.A. NO. 12014-12019/2016
C.A. NO. 12020-12025/2016
C.A. NO. 12026-12027/2016
(Before J. Chelameswar and S. Abdul Nazeer, JJ.)
Date : 03-07-2017 These appeals were called on for pronouncement of order today.
For Appellant(s) Mr. Paras Kuhad, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Jitin Chaturvedi, Adv.
Mr. Aditi Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR
Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR
For Respondent(s) M/s. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Aor, AOR
Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR
Mr. Sidharth Sethi, AOR
Dr. A.M. Singhvi, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Anupam Verma, Adv.
Mr. Nikhil Sharma, Adv,.
Mr. Rahul Kinram, Adv.
Mr. Dheeraj Nair, AOR
6. Hon’ble Mr. Justice J. Chelameswar pronounced the order of the Bench consisting of His Lordship and Hon’ble Mr. Justice S. Abdul Nazeer.
7. In terms of the signed order, list these appeals for hearing on merits.
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1 Civil Appeal No. 2357/2017 – referred to a Constitution Bench by order dated 15.02.2017
