Bengal told to clear tea dues

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Bengal and three other states to pay an interim amount of Rs 127 crore to hundreds of thousands of tea garden workers whose legal dues have remained unpaid for over 15 years. The bench of Justices S.A. Bobde and L. Nageswara Rao asked the governments of Bengal, Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu to pay the amount within 60 days, saying it wouldn't brook any further delay.