Steno Patna Civil Court Steno Dictation No. 816

The Supreme Court today (June 25) deprecated the practice of suppressing material facts by lawyers in Special Leave Petitions. The Court imposed a cost of Rs. 25,000/- on the petitioners and expressed that such harsh measures were necessary. The vacation bench of Justices AS Oka and Rajesh Bindal was hearing a challenge against the interim order dated March 20 of the Delhi High Court by the All India EPF Staff Federation. The main grievance of the petitioner was that without granting interim relief, the case was adjourned to September. During the hearing, the bench observed that the petitioner had wilfully suppressed the order of May 3 which recorded that the counsel of the petitioners did not press for the application for an early hearing before the High Court.