Pay ₹70 crore to clear dues of ATCL workers: SC to Assam

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Assam government to pay ₹70 crore in two equal installments of ₹35 crore each to cash-strapped Assam Tea Corporation Ltd to clear long-pending dues of its workers. A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said, "It took some time till the state government came around.”

It accepted the proposal of the state government to pay the amount in two tranches and said the first installment would be paid by June 30. The second installment would be deposited with the competent authorities of the ATCL by June 30, 2026.