In Brief
This appeal challenged an order by the High Court's Division Bench directing the Food Corporation of India to regularize workmen within four months. The original single judge order (2001) had granted one year to frame a scheme for absorbing workmen. Contempt petitions followed, with the final order merely accepting undertakings rather than ensuring actual absorption. The Supreme Court held that orders attaining finality must be complied with in pith and substance, not through nominal undertakings. It upheld the Division Bench's decision to direct compliance within a defined timeframe, dismissing FCI's appeal and directing compliance within three months with court monitoring.
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