State Of Punjab Thr. Secretary vs. The State Of Haryana

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

ORIGINAL SUIT NO. 1 OF 2007

STATE OF PUNJAB Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

STATE OF HARYANA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(With appln(s) for interim injunction and exemption from filing O.T. and vacation/variation of ad-interim order and permission to file additional documents)

WITH

ORIGINAL SUIT NO. 3 OF 2007 (With appln(s) for interim injunction and vacation/variation of the ad-interim order dated 17.8.2008) (for directions)

Date: 21/04/2010 These Petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK VERMA HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE B.S. CHAUHAN

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For Petitioner(s)

Dr.	Rajeev Dhawan, Sr. Adv.
Mr.	R.S. Suri, Sr. Adv.
Mr.	Mohan V. Katarki, Adv.
Mr.	Arun Kathpalia, Adv.
Mr.	Jagjit Singh Chhabra, Adv.
Mr.	Vinay K. Shailendra, Adv.
Mr.	K.K. Venugopal, Sr. Adv.
Dr.	Manish Singhvi, Addl. Adv. General,
Mr.	Devanshu Kumar Devesh, Adv.
Mr.	R. Gopalakrishnan, Adv.

Mr. Manjit Singh, Adv. Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, Adv.

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For Respondent(s)

Mr.	Mohan Jain, ASG
Mr.	S.W.A. Quadri, Adv.
Mr.	D.K. Thakur, Adv.
Ms.	Rohini Mukherjee, Adv.
Ms.	Anil Katiyar, Adv.
Mr.	D.S. Mehra, Adv.
Mr.	Ron Bastian, Adv.
Ms.	Saima Bakshi, Adv.
Mr.	Vinod A. Bobde, Sr. Adv.
Mr.	Mukul Rohtagi, Sr. Adv.
Dr.	A.M. Singhvi, Sr. Adv.
Mr.	K.K. Lahiri, Adv.
Mr.	Ejaz Maqbool, Adv.
Ms.<br>Ms.	Sakshi Banga, Adv.<br>Garima Kapoor, Adv.

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

The plaintiffs, States of Punjab and Rajasthan,

are directed to file affidavits of their respective witnesses (examination-in-chief) on or before 11th May 2010. Two weeks thereafter, the respondent State of Haryana may file its affidavit (examination-in-chief) before Mr. Sunil Thomas, Registrar of this Court, who is authorized to record evidence in this case.

After the exchange of affidavits, parties would be at liberty to cross-examine the witnesses, if so desire, in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

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The Registrar may give tentative dates for the presence of the witnesses which the parties seek to crossexamine. To the extent possible, evidence may be completed during this summer vacation, so that the suits be ripe for hearing arguments.

Post the matter for 16th July 2010, for directions.

IA No. 3 of 2008

Heard both sides.

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No order is required to be passed in this application for the time being.

Court Master Court Master

(N.S.K. Kamesh) (R. K. Sharma)