SC orders Assam govt to pay Rs 70 cr to clear dues of tea corp workers

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The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Assam government to pay Rs 70 crore in two equal installments of Rs 35 crore each to cash-strapped Assam Tea Corporation Ltd to clear long-pending dues of its workers.

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.

A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said, "It took some time till the state government came around.