The Supreme Court considered the Union of India’s contentions seeking transfer of writ petitions that challenged constitutional validity of Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015 filed before various High Courts to the Supreme Court in the Union of India and Ors. vs. The United Planters Association of Southern India and Ors. It however declined the transfer of the cases from the High Court with a direction to the courts to proceed on the matters expeditiously and on priority.