Nagarjuna Reddy Somula vs. Union Of India

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)

(Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Advocate (Amicus Curiae) 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. 184019/2022 - 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 : 20-12-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN

Amicus Curiae	Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Sarvshree, AOR<br>Ms. Soumya Sandilaya, Adv.
For Petitioner(s)	Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR

For Respondent(s)	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. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Durga Dutt, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Akhil, Adv. Mrs. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Pravin Bahadur, Adv. Ms. Ruby Singh Ahuja, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Thapa, Adv. Mr. Jappanpreet Hora, Adv. Ms. Uzma Sheikh, Adv. M/s. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Tribhuvan Narain Singh, Adv. Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Arunabha Ganguli, Adv. Mr. Anand Sanjay M Nuli, Sr. Adv. Mr. Suraj Kaushik, Adv. Mrs. Samina S, Sr. Adv. Mrs. Samina S, Adv. Mr. Abhishekh Singh, Adv. M/s. Nuli & Nuli, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Nalin Kohli, Sr. A.A.G. Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR Ms. Nimisha Menon, Adv. Ms. Apurva Sachdev, Adv. Ms. Shruti Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Ayuushman Arora, Adv. Mr. Piyush Vyas, Adv. Ms. Purvat Wali, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mrs. Prerna Dhall, Adv. Mr. Piyush Yadav, Adv. Mr. Prashant Singh, AOR Ms. Ankasha Singh, Adv. Mr. M N Gopinadh, Adv. Mr. Surjendu Sankar Das, AOR Ms. Annie Mittal, Adv. Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR

Mr. Anubhav Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Prakash Pathak, Adv. Mr. Nishant Kumar, AOR Mr. Arunabh Chowdhary, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Mr. Sujeet Kumar Chaubey, Adv. 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. Abhimanyu Singh, Adv. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Mr. Raghvendra Shukla, Adv. Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. P.S. Negi, Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Daniel Lyngdoh, Adv. Mr. Vikas Bansal, Adv. Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv. 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. Preetish Sahu, Adv. Ms. Nupur Kumar, AOR Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR

Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aryan Srivastava, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. P Gandepan, Adv. Mr. Ashwini Kumar, Adv. Mr. Subhash S. Kadam, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Mahipal Singh, Adv. Mr. Shashank Kumar Srivastava, Adv. M/s. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. K. Parameshwar, Sr. Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Ms. Mrinal Elker Mazumdar, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Adv. Mr. Vineet Singh, Adv. Mr. Praveen Swarup, Adv. Mr. Parthiv Goswami, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Kurup, Adv. Ms. Seema Bengani, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Amol Chitale, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Mr. Vikram Hegde, AOR Mr. Sammith S., Adv. Mr. Abhinav Hansaraman, Adv. Mr. B. K. Satija, AOR Mr. Nikhil Majithia, AOR Mr. Neeleshwar Pavani, Adv. Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj, Adv. Ms. Thulasi Kraj, Adv. Ms. Aparna Menon, Adv.

Ms. Chinnu Maria Antony, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.a., AOR Mr. Rajesh P., AOR Mr. Alok Sangwan, Sr. AAG Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Mr. Sumit Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajat Sangwan, Adv. Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Fateh Singh, Adv. Mr. Neeraj, AAG Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv. Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv. Mr. Vedansh Anand, Adv. Mr. Rudra Paliwal, Adv. Mr. Yash Tyagi, Adv. Ms. Jyotsna Vyas, Adv. Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR

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

1. Learned Amicus Curiae has submitted the third status report on 05.07.2024.

2. During the course of hearing, he points out that he has been apprised some more information, which will have bearing on the issue involved, for which he seeks and is granted eight weeks' time to place on record the next status report.

3. A copy thereof may be circulated among the learned senior counsel/counsel at the time of filing.

4. Post the matters on 04.03.2025 (NMD).

(ARJUN BISHT) (PREETHI T.C.) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

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