The Supreme Court has ordered the sugar mill owners to pay their dues to sugarcane growers by Friday.

A three-member SC bench headed by Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed heard the case.

The court ordered the mill owners to hand the cheques of amounts in favour of the deputy commissioners of relevant districts, over to the Sugarcane Commissioner.

Justice Azmat Saeed warned of a strict action if cheques of sugar mills owners are bounced.