Nagarjuna Reddy Somula vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.31 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).1216/2020

ASHWINI KUMAR UPADHYAY Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (IA No. 57693/2022 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 157932/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 157928/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 22777/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 15147/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 15116/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 157927/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 150788/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 15838/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) WITH W.P.(C) No. 1226/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 1403/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 175/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) Date : 12-08-2022 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. BOPANNA Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Adv. (A.C.) Mr. Justine George, Adv. Mr. Sarushree, Adv. Mr. Abhijeet Singh, Adv. For Petitioner(s) Mr. Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar Umrao, Adv. Ms. Asha Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG Reason:

Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.

Digitally signed by Sanjay Kumar Date: 2022.08.13 12:36:31 IST Signature Not Verified

Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Durga Dutt, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Akhil, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Aman Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shivika Mehra, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kr.Sharma, Adv Mr. Harsh Singhal, Adv. Ms. Priyanka Sharma, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Prahil Sharma, Adv. Mr. Harender Singh, Adv. Mr. Ambuj Saraswat, Adv. Ms. Monica, Adv. Mr. Suvigya Ram Mishra, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makkar, AOR Mr. A.K. Sharma, AOR Mr. Pinaki Misra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajesh P, AOR Mr. Manoranjan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Deeptanshu Jain, Adv. Mr. Pravin Bahadur, Adv. Ms. Ruby Singh Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Alabhya Dhamija, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Thapa, Adv. Mr. Japparpreet Hora, Adv. M/s Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR Ms. Ragini Pandey, Adv. Ms. Kristideepa Choudhury, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Hamza Tariq, Adv. Mr. Vijay Babu, Adv. Mr. S. C. Verma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR. Mr. Arjun Nanda, Adv. Mr. Devashish Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Prannoy Joe Sebastian, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mrs. Bihu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Pratishtha Vij, Adv.

Mr. Akshay C. Shrivastava, Adv. Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Arpit Parkash, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Arunabh Chowdhury, Sr. Adv/AAG Ms. Pragya Baghel, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Ray, Adv. Mr. Aditya Kumar, Adv. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Sunny Choudhary AOR Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR. Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv. Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, Adv. Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv. Ms. Shewtal Shepal, Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. K.V. Kharlyngdoh, Adv. Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv. Ms. Shaurya Sahay, Adv. Ms. Rekha Bakshi, Adv. Mr. Kiran Kumar Patra, AOR Mr. Somesh Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Surjendu Sankar Das, AOR Ms. Annie Mittal, Adv. Mrs. G. Indira, AOR Mr. Vaibhav Niti, AOR Mr. G. Prakash, AOR, Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amol Chitale, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR

Ms. Taruna Ardhendumauli Prasad, AOR Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mishra, Adv. Ms. Nishi Sangtani, Adv. Ms. Vani Vandana Chhetri, Adv. Ms. Yeshi Rinchhen, Adv. Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, AOR Mr. Mahfooz A. 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. Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv. Mr. Nihar Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Mr. V.V.V.M.B. Pattabhiram, DAG Mr. Pashupati Nath Razdan, AOR Ms. Rashmi Singhania, Adv. Mr. Mirza Kayesh Begg, Adv. Mr. Prakhar Srivastav, Adv. Ms. Ayushi Mittal, Adv. Mr. Vipul Abhishek, Adv. Mr. Anand Sanjay M. Nuli, Adv. Mr. T. Dharm Singh, Adv. Ms. Akhila Wali, Adv. For M/S. Nuli & Nuli, AOR Mr. Anil Grover, Sr. AAG Mr. Neeraj, AAG Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv. Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv. Mr. Vedansh Anand, Adv. Mr. Rudra Paliwal, Adv. Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv. Ms. Monika Gosain, AOR Ms. Jaspreet Gogia, AOR Mr. Karanvir Gogia, Adv. Mr. V. Krishnamurthy, Sr. Adv./AAG, Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., AOR Ms. Nupur Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shobhit Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Mahara, Adv. MS. Richa Vishwakarma, Adv.

Mr. Nikhil Majithia, AOR Mr. Piyush Gautam, Adv. Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A, AOR Ms. Thulasi K. Raj, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Arnav Singh Deo, Adv. Mr. Naresh K. Sharma, AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. P. Venkat Reddy, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kr. Tyagi, Adv. Mr. P. Sriniwas Reddy, Adv. M/s Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR

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

• 1 In the status report, which has been submitted by Mr Devashish Bharuka, amicus curiae, a four-fold bifurcation of the States and Union Territories has been made for analysis, which is as follows:

  • (i) Group A consists of States and Union Territories where agreements for sale have not been notified;
  • (ii) Group B consists of States and Union Territories where there are no deviations in agreements for sale in comparison to the Model (Delhi) Agreement for Sale;
  • (iii) Group C consists of States and Union Territories where there are deviations from the model agreement but no justifications have been provided in terms of the order dated 18 April 2022; and

• (iv) Group D consists of States and Union Territories where there are deviations and justifications have been provided in terms of the order dated 18 April 2022.

• 2 The amicus curiae has, in addition, prepared a comprehensive chart containing instances of deviations and variations covering several areas.

• 3 At this stage, we first deem it appropriate to direct, within a period of three weeks, all States and Union Territories to respond to the status report which has been submitted by the amicus curiae. Responses shall be filed with the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on or before 2 September 2022.

• 4 We have requested Ms Aishwarya Bhati, Additional Solicitor General and the amicus curiae to prepare a road map for the future after considering the responses which may be submitted by the States/Union Territories so that, to the extent it is feasible, a model agreement for sale can be uniformly made applicable to the States/UTs while leaving a certain degree of flexibility open based on the individual needs and exigencies as they emerge in the respective States/UTs. However, the core of the model agreement must be uniformly followed to protect the interests of home buyers.

• 5 List the proceedings on 16 September 2022.

DEPUTY REGISTRAR COURT MASTER

(SANJAY KUMAR-I) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR)