ITEM NO.22 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.1216/2020

ASHWINI KUMAR UPADHYAY Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(With IA No.57693/2022 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No.157932/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.22777/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No.157928/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No.157927/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.184019/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.150788/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.15147/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.15116/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No.15838/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

WITH W.P.(C) No.1226/2020 (X) W.P.(C) No.1403/2020 (X) W.P.(C) No.175/2021 (X)

Date : 08-07-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA

Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Sr. Adv. (Amicus Curiae) Ms. Sarvshree, AOR

• For Petitioner(s) Mr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR
  • Mr. Chandra Shekhar, Adv.

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For Respondent(s) Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Durga Dutt, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Akhil, Adv. Mr. Pratyush Srivastava, Adv. Mrs. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. M.K. Maroria, AOR Mr. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mrs. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Pratysh Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Durga Dutt, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Anand Sanjay M Nuli, Sr. Adv. Mr. Suraj Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Dharam Singh, Adv. Mr. Shiva Swaroop, Adv. M/s. Nuli & Nuli Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Pinaki Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pravin Bahadur, Adv. Ms. Ruby Singh Ahuja, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Thapa, Adv. Mr. Jappanpreet Hora, Adv. M/s. Karanjawala & Co. Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Nalin Kohli, Sr. A.A.G. Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR Ms. Nimisha Menon, Adv. Mr. Arijit Dey, Adv. Ms. Apurva Sachdev, Adv. Mr. Anshul Malik, Adv.

Ms. Shruti Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Ayuushman Arora, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Ravi Shanker Jha, Adv. Mr. Prafful Bharat, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prashant Singh, AOR Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mrs. Prerna Dhall, Adv. Mr. Piyush Yadav, Adv. Mr. Surjendu Sankar Das, AOR Ms. Annie Mittal, Adv. Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Mr. Alok Sangwan, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Neeraj, A.A.G. Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv. Mr. Sumit Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv. Mr. Rajat Sangwan, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Tallapragada, Adv. Mr. Vedansh Anand, Adv. Mr. Rudra Paliwal, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Yadav, Adv. Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR Mr. Gaurav Prakash Pathak, Adv. Mr. Anubhag Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Raj, Adv. Mr. Nishant Kumar, AOR Mr. Bishal Mazumder, Adv. Mr. Arunabh Chowdhary, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR Ms. Mythili S, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv.

Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, A.A.G. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Mr. Raghvendra Shukla, Adv. Mr. Mirza Kayesh Begg, Adv. Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi,, Adv. Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Tomar,, Adv. Mr. Argha Roy, Adv., Adv. Ms. Ojaswini Gupta,, Adv. Ms. Ruby, Adv. Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Preet S. Phanse, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv. Ms. Akshata Chhabra, Adv. Mr. K N Balgopal, Adv. Gen., Nagaland Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Kiran Kumar Patra, AOR Mr. Chandan Maity, Adv. Ms. Nupur Kumar, AOR Ms. Niharika Tanwar, Adv. Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, AAG Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, Adv.

Mr. Amogh Bansal, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Basava Prabhu S. Patil, Adv. Gen., Sikkim, Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Kushagra Aman, Adv. Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR M/s. Venkat Palwai Law Associates Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Mrinal Elker Mazumdar, Adv. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Nikhil Majithia, AOR Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj, Adv. Ms. Thulasi Kraj, Adv. Ms. Aparna Menon, Adv. Ms. Chinnu Maria Antony, Adv. Ms. Devahuti Pathak, Adv. Mr. Pinaki Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajesh P., AOR Mr. Manoranjan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Deeptanshu Jain, Adv. Mr. Amol Chitale, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Mr. Vikram Hegde, AOR Mr. Sammith S., Adv. Mr. Abhinav Hansaraman, Adv. Mr. B. K. Satija, AOR

Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, Adv.

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

• 1 The report which has been prepared by Mr Devashish Bharuka, learned Amicus Curiae in consultation with the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has not been placed on the record. The Registry shall ensure that this is done by the next date of listing.
• 2 Any counsel appearing in the matter who desires digital copies of the report of the Amicus Curiae, shall be at liberty to obtain copies from the Registry.
• 3 List the Petitions on 19 July 2024.

(CHETAN KUMAR) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR) A.R.-cum-P.S. Assistant Registrar