In Brief
The Employees Provident Fund Organisation challenged a Kerala High Court decision that set aside a 2014 amendment to the Employees' Pension Scheme and allowed employees to exercise pension contribution options without a cut-off date. The Supreme Court found the matters involved fundamental questions: whether a cut-off date exists under the Pension Scheme rules and whether the R.C. Gupta precedent governs. As these questions were substantial and required detailed examination, the two-judge Bench referred the consolidated cases to a larger three-judge Bench for appropriate adjudication on the merits.
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