Sunita Tiwari vs. Union Of India Ministry Of Law And Justice Secretary

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ITEM NO.1501 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W (For Judgment)

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

R.P.(C) No.3358/2018 in W.P.(C) No.373/2006

KANTARU RAJEEVARU Petitioner(s)

INDIAN YOUNG LAWYERS ASSOCIATION THR. Respondent(s) ITS GENERAL SECRETARY MS. BHAKTI PASRIJA AND ORS.

VERSUS

WITH R.P.(C) No. 3359/2018 in W.P.(C) No. 373/2006 (PIL-W)

(With appln.(s) for oral hearing and intervention)

Diary No(s). 37946/2018 (PIL-W)

(With appln.(s) for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment, listing of review petition in open court, stay and permission to file review petition)

R.P.(C) No. 3469/2018 in W.P.(C) No. 373/2006 (PIL-W)

(With appln.(s) for listing of review petition in open court) Diary No(s).38135/2018 (PIL-W)

(With appln.(s) for listing of review petition in open court and permission to file review petition)

Diary No(s).38136/2018 (PIL-W)

(With appln.(s) for listing of review petition in open court, exparte stay, exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment and permission to file review petition)

R.P.(C) No.3449/2018 in W.P.(C) No. 373/2006 (PIL-W)

(With appln.(s) for listing of review petition in open court) W.P.(C) No.1285/2018 (PIL-W)

R.P.(C) No.3470/2018 in W.P.(C) No. 373/2006 (PIL-W)

(With appln.(s) for listing of review petition in open court, exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment and appointment of Commr./Receiver)

R.P.(C) No.3380/2018 in W.P.(C) No. 373/2006 (PIL-W)

(With appln.(s) for oral hearing and exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment)

R.P.(C) No.3379/2018 in W.P.(C) No. 373/2006 (PIL-W)

(With appln.(s) for oral hearing and exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment)

R.P.(C) No.3444/2018 in W.P.(C) No. 373/2006 (PIL-W) Signature Not Verified

(With appln.(s) for oral hearing and stay) Digitally signed by CHETAN KUMAR

R.P.(C) No.3462/2018 in W.P.(C) No. 373/2006 (PIL-W) Date: 2019.11.14 20:02:19 IST Reason:

(With appln.(s) for listing review petition in open court) Diary No(s).38764/2018 (PIL-W)

(With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition and listing of review petition in open court)

Diary No(s).38769/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for oral hearing and permission to file review petition) Diary No(s).38907/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition, oral hearing) R.P.(C) No.3377/2018 in W.P.(C) No. 373/2006 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for oral hearing and exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment) Diary No(s).39023/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition and listing of review petition in open court) Diary No(s).39135/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition and oral hearing, and permission to file addl. documents/facts) Diary No(s).39248/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition and listing of review petition in open court) Diary No(s).39258/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition and oral hearing) Diary No(s).39317/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition and listing of review petition in open court) W.P.(C) No.1323/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for appropriate orders/directions) W.P.(C) No.1305/2018 (X) (With appln.(s) for appropriate orders/directions) Diary No(s).39642/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition and listing of review petition in open court and permission to file addl. documents/facts) R.P.(C) No.3381/2018 in W.P.(C) No. 373/2006 (PIL-W) Diary No(s).40056/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition and listing of review petition in open court and ex-parte stay) Diary No(s).40191/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition) Diary No(s).40405/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition) Diary No(s).40570/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition and exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment and stay) Diary No(s).40681/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition and oral hearing) Diary No(s).40713/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition) Diary No(s).40840/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition) Diary No(s).40885/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition and c/delay in filing review petition) Diary No(s).40887/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition and oral hearing) Diary No(s).40888/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition) Diary No(s).40898/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition and oral hearing) R.P.(C) No.3457/2018 in W.P.(C) No. 373/2006 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for oral hearing) Diary No(s).40910/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition and oral hearing) Diary No(s).40924/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition and listing of review petition in open court) Diary No(s).40929/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition and listing of review petition in open court) Diary No(s).41005/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition and oral hearinglisting of review petition in open court) Diary No(s).41091/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition, c/delay in filing review petition and permission to file addl. documents/facts) W.P.(C) No.1339/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for appropriate orders/directions) Diary No(s).41264/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for c/delay in filing review petition and listing of review petition in open court) R.P.(C) No.3473/2018 in W.P.(C) No. 373/2006 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for listing of review petition in open court and c/delay in filing review petition) Diary No(s).41395/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition, c/delay in filing review petition and exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment) Diary No(s).41586/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition, c/delay in filing review petition, stay) R.P.(C) No.3480/2018 in W.P.(C) No. 373/2006 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for listing of review petition in open court and c/delay in filing review petition) Diary No(s).41896/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition, c/delay in filing review petition) Diary No(s).42085/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition and listing of review petition in open court and c/delay in filing review petition)

Diary No(s).42264/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition) Diary No(s).42337/2018 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to file review petition) MA 3113/2018 in W.P.(C) No. 373/2006 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for clarification/direction) Diary No(s).44021/2018 (PIL-W) Diary No(s).44991/2018 (PIL-W) Diary No(s).46720/2018 (PIL-W) Diary No(s).47720/2018 (PIL-W) Diary No(s).2252/2019 (PIL-W) R.P.(C) No.345/2019 in W.P.(C) No. 373/2006 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for c/delay in filing review petition and listing of review petition in open court) Diary No(s).2998/2019 (PIL-W)

Date : 14-11-2019	These matters were called on for pronouncement<br>of Judgment today.
For Petitioner(s)	Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Adv.<br>Mr. Suvidutt M.S., AOR<br>Anu B., Adv.<br>Ms. Radhika Menon, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankit Tripathy, Adv.
	Mr. Avinash Sharma, Adv.<br>Ms. Smita Pandey, Adv.<br>Mr. Yogesh Sikri, Adv.
	Petitioner-in-person
	Mr. M. T. George, AOR
	Ms. Prachi Bajpai, AOR
	Mr. K. V. Muthu Kumar, AOR
	Mr. M. A. Chinnasamy, AOR<br>Mr. C. Rubavathi, Adv.<br>Mr. P. Raja Ram, Adv.<br>Mr. V. Senthil Kumar, Adv.
	Mr. Jose Abraham, AOR
	Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR
	Mr. Gopal Sankara Narayanan, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR
	Mr. A.C. Philip, Adv.<br>Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR

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Mr. Kylashnatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, Adv. Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhani, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. Renjith B. Marar, Adv. Ms. Lakshmi N. Kaimal, AOR Mr. Mahendra Kumawat, Adv. Mr. P.R. Kovilan, Adv. Mrs. Geetha Kovilan, AOR Ms. Lakshmi, Adv. Mr. Anil V. Katarki, Adv. Mr. Anil C. Nishani, Adv. Mr. P. Prasanna Kumar, Adv. Mr. L. Chandrashekar, Adv. Mr. S. Kiran Kumar, Adv. Mr. T. R. B. Sivakumar, AOR Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Mr. K.V. Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anoop Prakash Awasthi, AOR Mr. G. Sivabalamurugan, AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mrs. V.S. Lakshmi, Adv. Mr. Bhavanishankar Gadnis, Adv. Mr. Vishwanath Gadnis, Adv. Mr. S.M. Popli, Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Mrs. Mayuri Nayyar Chawla, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. C.R. Jaya Sukin, Adv. Ms. Baby Devi Bonia, Adv. Ms. Divya Mishra, Adv. Ms. Savita Devi, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Yadav, Adv. Mr. K.R. Satheesh, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Sinha, Adv. Mr. Rahul Sharma, Adv. Mr. Tarun Kant Samantaray, Adv. Mr. Surajita Pattanaik, Adv.

Karri Venkata Reddy, Adv. Mr. Narender Kumar Verma, AOR Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Sr. Adv. Mr. B. Vinodh Khanna, Adv. Mr. Sayooj Mohandas M., Adv. Mr. Seemant Kumar, Adv. Mr. V. Abhilash M.R., Adv. Mr. Vishal Arun, AOR Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Piyush Dwivedi, AOR Ms. Akanksha Mehra, Adv. Ms. Malini Poduval, AOR Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Mr. Anish R. Shah, AOR Mr. Venkataramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ranbir Singh Yadav, AOR Ms. Ritu Reniwal, Adv. Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mohan Parasaran, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR Mr. Ashish Kr. Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, Adv. Mr. Y. Lokesh, Adv. Mr. Babul Kumar, Adv. Mr. P. Abinesh Karthik, Adv. Mr. Arun Singh, Adv. Ms. V. Keerthana, Adv. Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, Adv. Mr. Jitendra Kumar Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Gunratan Pandey, Adv. Mr. Gopal Jha, Adv. Mr. Shishir Pinaki, AOR Mr. Rajiv Kumar Sinha, Adv. Mr. Sajith. P, AOR Mr. R. Venkataramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anzu. K. Varkey, AOR Mr. N.P. Rakeesh Panicker, Adv. Mr. B. Rajesh, Adv. Mr. Siva Kumar A., Adv.

Mr. Yashraj Singh Bundela, Adv.

Mr. V. Shyamohan, AOR Mr. V. K. Biju, AOR Mr. Shaji George, Adv. Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Jawahar Lal Singh, Adv. Mr. Kuriakose Varghese, Adv. Mr. Abir Phukan, Adv. Mr. V. Shyamohan, Adv. Mr. Surya Prakash, Adv. for Kmnp Law Mr. Ranjan Kumar, AOR Mr. Deepak Prabhakaran, Adv. Mr. Prakash Gautam, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kr. Singh, Adv. Mr. Shymal Kumar, Adv. Ms. Savita Singh, Adv. Mr. Sujeet Kumar, Adv. Mr. G.R. Pandey, Adv. Mr. Jitendra Kr. Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Singh, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kr. C., Adv. Mr. Dinesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar Pandey, AOR Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Krishna Kumar Singh, AOR Mohammad Sadique T.A., Adv. Ms. Svadha Shankar, Adv. Mr. Amrith Krishnan, Adv. Mr. K. Rajeev, AOR Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR Mrs. Chandy Oommen, Adv. Ms. Swati Setia, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankara Narayan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ravindra Srivastav, Sr. Adv. Mr. M.K.S. Menon, Adv. Ms. Usha Nandini. V, AOR Mr. Biju P. Raman, Adv. Ms. Vishnu Shankar, Adv. Mrs. Athira G.N., Adv. Mr. Tom Joseph, Adv.

Mr. Balaji V., Adv. Mr. S. Beno Bencigar, Adv. Mr. Parijat Kishore, AOR Ms. Shobha Ramamoorthy, AOR Mr. Shantanu Jugtawat, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. V. Balaji, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. Sagar Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ikshit Singhal, Adv. Mr. P. Munisubramanian, Adv. for M/s. Mukesh Kumar Singh And Co. Mr. Deepak Anand, AOR Mr. Debasis Misra, AOR Mr. Jagdev, Adv. Mr. Suhas Kadam, Adv. Mr. R.C. Paul Kanakraj, Adv. Ms. Pareena Swarup, Adv. Dr. Sanatan Ray Choudhari, Adv. Mr. M.K. Vinayak, Adv. Mr. Binay Kumar Jha, Adv. Mr. Vishaal S. Jogdand, Adv. Ms. Nanita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Manav, Adv. Mr. R. Sharath, Adv. Ms. Alpana Sharma, Adv. Choudhari Samsuddin Khan, Adv. Mr. Jay Prakash Somani, Adv. Ms. Meera Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Renjith B. Marar, Adv. Ms. Lakshmi N. Kaimal, Adv. Mr. Manoj C. Nair, Adv. Mr. Robin Khokhar, AOR Mr. Kumar Gaurav, Adv. Mr. B.N. Dubey, Adv. Ms. Ritu Reniwal, Adv. Mr. A. Raghunath, AOR Mr. Sanand Ramakrishnan, AOR Mr. Abhilash M.R., Adv. Mr. Sayooj Mohandas M., Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Adv.

For Respondent(s) Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prasanth P., AOR Ms. Nehmat Kaur, Adv. Ms. Ajita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Adv. Mr. P.B. Suresh, Adv. Mr. Venkita Subramoniam T.R., AOR Mr. Likhi Chand Bonsel, Adv. Rahat Bansal, Adv. Mr. P. V. Dinesh, AOR Ms. Sindhu T.P., Adv. Mr. Mukund P. Unny, Adv. Mr. Bineesh K., Adv. Mr. Ashwini Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. P.V. Surendranath, Sr. Adv. Ms. Resmitha R. Chandran, AOR Ms. Lekha Sudhakran, Adv. Mr. Sawan Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. A. Rajarajan, Adv. L. Vasuki Rajarajan, Adv. Mr. R. Suryanar Maheshan, Adv. Mr. Ravi Prakash Gupta, Adv. Mr. Anubhav, Adv. Mr. G. Prakash, Adv. Mr. Jishnu M.L., Adv. Mrs. Priyanka Prakash, Adv. Mrs. Beena Prakash, Adv.

Hon'ble the Chief Justice (for himself, Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Hon'ble Ms. Justice Indu Malhotra) pronounced the majority judgment of the Bench comprising His Lordship, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Hon'ble Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Hon'ble Ms. Justice Indu Malhotra.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman (for himself and Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud) pronounced a separate judgment.

In terms of the signed reportable judgment, the review petitions as well as the writ petitions may remain pending until determination of the questions by a Larger Bench as may be constituted by the Hon'ble the Chief Justice of India.

(Chetan Kumar) (Anand Prakash) A.R.-cum-P.S. Court Master (Two Signed Reportable Judgments are placed on the file)