<h1>Interim pay for employees vs. sale of 88 corporate properties; ministries and regulator ordered to file responses</h1> The Supreme Court will hear interim pleas by employees seeking payment of long-pending salaries from a corporate group while also considering the group's application to sell 88 prime properties to a purchaser company. The court has directed central ministries and the market regulator to file responses, appointed an amicus to collate details on the properties (including whether they are clean or disputed), and asked the corporate group to examine workers' salary and arrears claims. The bench indicated it will decide whether the properties may be sold piecemeal or together and has listed all related pleas for further consideration at the next hearing.