Authority: Supreme Court of India
Order Date: 14-10-2026
Case Overview
- Petitioners: Rajpal Singh filed Review Petition (R.P.(C) No.134/2025) and Review Petition (R.P.(C) No.135/2025) seeking review of the Supreme Court’s final judgment dated 22‑02‑2024 in Civil Appeal No.2897/2024.
- Respondents: State of Uttar Pradesh & others, including M/s Modi Rubber Limited (respondent no.8).
- Background: The review petitions arise from the disposal order of Civil Appeal No.2897/2024 delivered by Hon’ble Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah on 22‑02‑2024.
- Interlocutory Applications: Two applications were filed – one by 55 workmen and another by 70 workmen – seeking exemption from filing O.T. and permission to file additional documents/annexures.
- Counsel for Petitioners: Ms. Resmitha R. Chandran, Sr. Adv. V.N. Sinha, Adv. Arindam Mukherjee, Adv. Abhishek Kumar, Adv. Navin Kumar Singh, Adv. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Manish Chaurasia, Adv. S.K. Verma, AOR Varun Katiyar, Adv. Pranjal Rai, Adv. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. Emad Sarfaraz, Adv. Priya Kumari, Adv. Shipra Chaudhary, among others.
- Counsel for Respondents: Dr. S. Muralidhar (Senior Counsel), Sr. Adv. Prantik Hazarika, Adv. Deepak Chawla, and others.
- Key Submission: Dr. S. Muralidhar submitted that Mr. S.K. Bajpai, Company Secretary of Modi Rubber Ltd, will examine each workman’s claim and file an affidavit either accepting, in whole or in part, or refusing the claims.
Final Outcome
- The Court directed Mr. S.K. Bajpai to file the affidavit within six weeks from the date of this order.
- The review petitions together with the interlocutory applications are to be listed eight weeks thereafter.
- The matters are to be placed before the Chief Justice of India for an appropriate order of assignment to a bench presided over by Hon’ble Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah, to avoid inconvenience to a large section of litigants.
Topics: Legal Procedure, Labor Dispute