Jeevan Kumar vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.501 COURT NO.1 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 (Civil) No.55/2019

JANHIT ABHIYAN Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA Respondent(s)

(IA NO.118321/2019- FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.78059/2020 - FOR IMPLEADMENT; IA NO.78060/2020 - FOR PERMISSION TO FILE IMPLEADMENT; IA NO.78062/2020 - FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ATTESTED AFFIDAVIT; IA NO.78063/2020 - FOR TAGGING/DETAGGING; IA NO.78064/2020 - FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ATTESTED AFFIDAVIT; IA NO.96450/2020 - FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ATTESTED AFFIDAVIT; IA NO.126497/2022 - FOR INTERVENTION; IA NO.129021/2022 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; IA NO.130318/2022 – FOR INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT; IA NO.130328/2022 - FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; IA NO.130333/2022 - FOR INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT; IA NO.130607/2022 - FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; IA NO.132368/2022 - FOR INTERVENTION; IA NO.133670/2022 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; IA NO.134125/2022 - FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.137541/2022 – FOR INTERVENTION; IA NO.137595/ 2022 – FOR DIRECTIONS; and, IA NO.137597/2022 – FOR INTERVENTION)

WITH T.C.(C) No. 8/2021 (XVI-A) (IA NO.132213/2022 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.596/2019 (X) (IA NO.87113/2019 – FOR IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.446/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.130350/2021- FOR IMPLEADMENT ) W.P.(C) No.427/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.55546/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.331/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.343/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.45038/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.798/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.91170/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.732/2019 (PIL-W) Digitally signed by NEETU KHAJURIA Date: 2022.09.24 15:58:34 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

(IA No.86439/2020 – FOR STAY)

W.P.(C) No.854/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No.85373/2019 – FOR STAY) T.C.(C) No.12/2021 (XVI-A) T.C.(C) No.10/2021 (XVI-A) T.C.(C) No.9/2021 (XVI-A) W.P.(C) No.73/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No.12600/2019 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES; and, IA No.12602/2019 – FOR STAY; IA No.35286/2019 – FOR IMPLEADMENT, IA No.42250/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.49600/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.55246/2019 – FOR IMPLEADMENT; IA No.111355/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.111356/2019 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.; and, IA No.130366/2021 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.72/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; IA No.12370/2019 – FOR STAY; IA No.35234/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; and, IA No.130372/2021 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.76/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; IA No.13320/2019 – FOR STAY; IA No.35236/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; and, IA No.130397/2021 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.80/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.13950/2019 – FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON) W.P.(C) No.222/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.33408/2019 – FOR STAY) W.P.(C) No.249/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; IA No.35491/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY; and, IA No.35492/2019 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No.341/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) T.P.(C) No.1245/2019 (XVI-A) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.97310/2019 – FOR STAY) T.P.(C) No.2715/2019 (XVI-A) T.P.(C) No.122/2020 (XVI-A) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.12236/2020 – FOR STAY)

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SLP(C) No.8699/2020 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.; IA No.65946/2020 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT; IA No.65948/2020 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT; and, IA No.65949/2020 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) T.C.(C) No.7/2021 (XVI-A) T.C.(C) No.11/2021 (XVI-A) W.P.(C) No.69/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.11705/2019 – FOR STAY) W.P.(C) No.122/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No.106/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No.95/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.15973/2019 – FOR STAY) W.P.(C) No.133/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.21662/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.178/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.28123/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.182/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No.146/2019 (X) (IA No.23606/2019 – FOR STAY) W.P.(C) No.168/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.26432/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.212/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; IA No.32228/2019 – FOR STAY; and, IA No.32231/2019 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No.162/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No.419/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.54583/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.473/2020 (X) (IA No.48460/2020 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT; IANo.50680/2020 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING NOTARISED/ATTESTED AFFIDAVITAND COURT FEE; and, IA No.52700/2020 - FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ATTESTED/NOTARIZED AFFIDAVIT)

W.P.(C) No.493/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No.62215/2019 – FOR STAY)

Date : 21-09-2022 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH MAHESHWARI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE BELA M. TRIVEDI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA

Counsel for the Parties:

Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Attorney General Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. Adv. Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Kurup, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Padmesh Mishra, Adv. Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, Adv. Mr. Digvijay Dam, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Sr. Adv. Mr. D. Kumanan, AOR Mr. Sheikh F. Kalia, Adv. Ms. Racheedha, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Dash, Adv. Ms. Farah Hashmi, Adv. Mr. Kumar Mitakshar, Adv.

Dr. Prashant Pratap, Adv.

Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. Ms. Naghma Imtiaz, Adv. Mr. Ahmed Zargham, Adv. Mr. Saif Naseem, Adv. Ms. Aadya Mishra, Adv. Ms. Asifa Rashid Mir, Adv. Ms. Maria Kousar, Adv. Ms. Shaikh Baby Khan, Adv. M/s. Equity Lex Associates, AOR Mr. Jayanth Muth Raj, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Malavika Jayanth, Adv. Ms. Seema Jain, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abrahim Roy, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Jayanth Muth Raj, Sr. Adv. Mr. Jaimon Andrews, Adv. Mr. Piyo Harold Jaimon, Adv. Mr. Firdouse C.P., Adv. Prof. (Dr.) Ravi Verma Kumar, Sr. Adv. Dr. M.P. Raju, Adv. Dr. K.S. Bhati, Adv. Mr. Manoj Swarup, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Verma, Adv. Mr. Subash Chandra Sagar, Adv. Mr. S. S. Nehra, AOR Prof. (Dr.) Ravi Verma Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. A.D.N. Rao, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, AOR Mr. Abhishek Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Amit P. Shahi, Adv. Mr. Rajshri A. Dubey, Adv. Mr. D. Shiva Shankar, Adv. Ms. Agrimaa Singh, Adv. Mr. Manish Dhingra, Adv. Ms. Ritambhara, Adv. Mr. H.B. Dubey, Adv. Dr. K.S. Chauhan, Sr. Adv. Prof. (Dr.) K. Elumalai, Adv. Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, AOR Mr. Ravi Prakash, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Ajit Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shashank Singh, AOR Ms. Disha Wadekar, Adv. Mr. Adil Sharfuddin, Adv. Mr. Anupam Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Satwik Parikh, Adv. Mohd. Asad Khan, Adv. Mr. Ajay Prabhu, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sourabh Mishra, AAG Mr. Yashraj Singh Bundela, GA Mr. Sunny Chaudhary, AOR Mr. Anjani Kumar Rai, Adv. Mr. Ravi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ajay Awasthi, Adv. Ms. Mugdha Pande, Adv. Wedo Khao, Adv. Mr. S. Niranjan Reddy, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv. Mr. Shaik Mohamad Haneef, Adv. Mr. T. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv. Mr. K.V. Girish Chowdary, Adv. Ms. Rajeswari Mukherjee, Adv. Ms. Akhila Palem, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sahil Raveen, Adv. Ms. Vibha Datta Makhija, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prashant Shukla, Adv. Mr. Praveen Gour, Adv. Ms. Sampriti Baksi, Adv. Mr. Suyash Shrivastava, Adv. Ms. Baani Khanna, Adv. Ms. Shreya Mishra, Adv. Mr. Shankar Singh, Adv. Ms. Aaina Walia, Adv. Mr. Karan Mamgain, Adv. Mr. Satyajeet Kumar, AOR Mr. Soumya Chakarborty, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shobhit Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Lal Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Umesh Pratp Singh, Adv. Mr. Vishal Singh, Adv. Mr. R. C. Kohli, AOR

Mr. P. Wilson, Sr. Adv. Mr. R. Nedumaran, AOR Mr. Apoorv Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Ravi K. Deshpande, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anshu R. Deshpande, Adv. Prof. (Dr.) G. Mohan Gopal, Adv. Mr. Shishir Pinaki, Adv. Mr. Muzaffar Khan, Adv. Mr. Vijendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. V. Ramchander Gour, Adv. Ms. Mallika Das, Adv. Mr. B. Ramakrishna Rao, Adv. Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, AOR Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Mr. Bharat Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shourya Dasgupta, Adv. Ms. Hrishika Jain, Adv. Mr. Aman Naqvi, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Bhatnagar, Adv. Ms. Ujwala Uppaluri, Adv. Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj, Adv. Ms. Thulasi K. Raj, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Ms. Diya Kapur, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Siddharth Nath, Adv. Mr. Raghav Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Lodha, Adv. Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv. Ms. Vasudha Jain, Adv. Ms. Khushboo Hora, Adv. Mr. Sachin Patil, Adv. Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv. Mr. Durgesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Kailas Bajirao Autade, AOR Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Ashok Anand, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Sukhada Kakade, Adv. Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv.

Mr. A. Selvin Raja, AOR Mr. A. Raja Mohamed, Adv. Mr. A. Mohamed Yusuf, Adv. Ms. V. Shahira Banu, Adv. Mr. S.A.S. Alandeen, Adv. Ms. Nikita Kumari, Adv. Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Mr. K.P. Mohamad Shareef, Adv. Ms. Giffara S., Adv. Mr. Abdul Shukoor, Adv. Shereef K.A., Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Mr. A.N. Rajan Babu, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham Roy, Adv. Mr. Yaduinder Lal, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Varun Thakur, Adv. Mr. Shashank Ratnoo, Adv. Mr. Brajesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. K.K.L. Gautam, Adv. Ms. Saroj Bala, Adv. Ms. Vaishali Nariyala, Adv. Mr. Kaushal Jeet Kait, Adv. Mr. Kritagya Kumar Kait, Adv. Mr. Manoj Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rahul Mohod, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gurawa, Adv. Ms. Vasundhara Rana, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupam Ngangom, Adv. Mr. Wahengbam Immanuel Maitei, Adv. Dr. M.P. Raju, Adv. Mr. M. Vijaya Bhaskar, AOR Mr. Murari Lal, Adv. Mr. R.S.M. Kalky, Adv. Mr. S.P. Singh, Adv. Mr. Randhir Singh, Adv.

Mr. Ramesh Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Vishnu Sharma, AOR Ms. Anupama Sharma, Adv. Mr. Amar Jyoti Sharma, Adv. Mr. Bir Inder Singh Gurm, Adv. Mr. Milind Singh, Adv. Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR Mr. Raunak Vuttsya, Adv. Mr. Abhisar Thakral, Adv. Mr. O. Venkata Krishna, Adv. Ms. M. Venmani, Adv. Mr. Sudhansu Palo, AOR Mr. Budhadev Palo, Adv. Mr. Raj Kumar Yadav, Adv. Mr. Gautam Das, Adv. Mr. Dhiren Kr. Jha, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Adv. Ms. Ipsita Behura, Adv. Dr. Charu Mathur, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Dubey, Adv. Mr. Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. Malak Bhatt, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Haris Beeran, Adv. Mr. Mustaq Salim, Adv. Mr. Usman Ghani Khan, Adv. Mr. Azhar Assees, Adv. Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR Mr. V. K. Biju, AOR Ms. Swathi H. Prasad, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. Mr. Chetanya Singh, Adv. Mr. Amlendu Kumar Akhilesh Kumar Jha, Adv. Dr. Ranjeet Bharti, Adv. Ms. Rubina Jawed, Adv. Mr. Parthsarathi M. Saraf, Adv. Mr. Siddharath Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Dinesh P. Rajbhar, Adv. Mr. Kasoju Mahesh Chary, Adv. Ms. Anzu. K. Varkey, AOR

Mr. Himanshu Tyagi, AOR Mr. Ayush Negi, Adv. Ms. Disha Mittal, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Yadav Narender Singh, AOR Mr. Abhishek Yadav, Adv. Mr. Vijay Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Mr. K.V. Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ravi A., Adv. Mr. Amol B. Karande, AOR Mr. Rajasaheb Patil, Adv. Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, AOR Mr. Sajal Singhai, Adv. Mr. Nirmal Kumar Ambastha, AOR Ms. Ashmita Bisariya, Adv. Mr. Pratik R. Bombarde, AOR Mr. Reepak Kansal, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Sudhakar Deshmukh, Adv. Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR Mr. Rahul Narayan, AOR Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S, AOR Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Rakesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Namit Saxena, AOR Ms. Niranjana Singh, AOR Mr. Annam Venkatesh, AOR Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Gaurav Sharma, AOR

Ms. Savita Singh, AOR Mr. Subodh S. Patil, AOR Mr. A. Karthik, AOR

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

Mr. K.K. Venugopal, learned Attorney General for India resumed his arguments at 10.30 a.m. and concluded at 2.15 p.m.; Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, learned Senior Advocate appearing for the State of Madhya Pradesh commenced his arguments at 2.15 p.m and continued till 3.45 p.m.; and, Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General appearing for Union of India and States of Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Assam commenced his arguments at 3.45 p.m. and was on his legs when the Court rose for the day.

For further hearing, list the matters on 22.09.2022 at 10.30 a.m., as Part Heard.

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