Ajay Jose vs. The State Of Tamil Nadu

ITEM NO.13+14 COURT NO.3 SECTION PIL-W

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 880/2020

DR. JOE JOSEPH & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

STATE OF TAMIL NADU & ORS. Respondent(s)

([TO BE TAKEN UP AT 2:00 P.M.] IA No. 34931/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 115585/2020 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 79129/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) WITH SLP(C) No. 3924/2021 (XI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.32597/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

W.P.(Civil) No(s). 771/2021

Mr. G. Prakash, AOR

Date : 28-10-2021 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH MAHESHWARI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.T. RAVIKUMAR

For parties:

Mr. Dr. S. Gopakumaran Nair, Sr. Adv. Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR Mr. Sooraj T. Elanjickal, Adv. Ms. Priya Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. Aswin Kumar M.J. Mr. Nirmal Kumar Ambastha, Adv. Mr. Wills Mathews, Adv. Mr. D.K. Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Garg, Adv. Mr. Ashish Gopal Garg, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. Mathen Joseph, Adv. Ms. Shweta Garg, AOR Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Jishnu M L, Adv. Ms. Anandita Mitra, Adv. Ms. Priyanka Prakash, Adv. Ms. Beena Prakash, ADv.

Mr. Tushar Mehta, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Jain, Adv. Ms. Shardha Deshmukh, Adv. Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR

Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Sr. Adv. Mr. V. Krishnamurthy, Sr. Adv. Mr. N.R. Elango, Sr. Adv. Mr. G. Umapathy, Adv. Mr. D.Kumanan, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

For the time being, hearing of these matters is deferred till 11.11.2021, to be taken up at 2:00 p.m. to enable the State of Kerala to file a better affidavit, especially to deal with the issue on rule curve and about the correct approach in that regard.

The State of Kerala to file affidavit on or before 08.11.2021.

Advance copy thereof be made available to the learned counsel for the opposite parties.

It will be open to the parties to file affidavits/pleadings through e-filing before the next date.

To assuage the apprehension of the parties we place on record, for the time being, the parties will abide by

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the water level notified by the Expert Committee.

Needless to observe that it will be open to the Committee to review its decision from time to time including on hour to hour basis, if the situation so warrants.

(DEEPAK SINGH) (VIDYA NEGI)

COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)