S. G. Vombatkere vs. Union Of India Ministry Of Home Affairs Secretary

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).494/2012

JUSTICE K.S.PUTTASWAMY(RETD) AND ANR. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. Respondent(s)

WITH

T.C.(C) No.151/2013 (XVI -A) T.C.(C) No.152/2013 (XVI -A) W.P.(C) No.833/2013 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No.829/2013 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No. 932/2013 (PIL-W) CONMT.PET.(C) No.144/2014 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W) T.P.(C) No.313/2014 (XVI -A) T.P.(C) No.312/2014 (XVI -A) SLP(Crl) No.2524/2014 (II-A) W.P.(C) No.37/2015 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No.220/2015 (PIL-W) CONMT.PET.(C) No.674/2015 In W.P.(C) No.829/2013 (PIL-W) T.P.(C) No.921/2015 (XVI -A) CONMT.PET.(C) No.470/2015 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W) CONMT.PET.(C) No.444/2016 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W) CONMT.PET.(C) No.608/2016 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No. 797/2016 (PIL-W) (FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 4/2016 FOR [DIRECTIONS] ON IA 5/2017 FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 6/2017) CONMT.PET.(C) No.844/2017 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W) W.P.(C)No.342/2017 (PIL-W) (For interim prayers for grant of interim relief on IA 1/2017)) W.P.(C) No.372/2017 (X)

Date : 27-07-2017 These Matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

Digitally signed by SANJAY KUMAR Date: 2017.07.27 17:08:50 IST Reason:

Signature Not Verified

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J. CHELAMESWAR
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.A. BOBDE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.K. AGRAWAL
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE
HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. ABDUL NAZEER

ITEM NO.901 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W

For Petitioner(s)<br>In WP 494/2012	Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr. R.K.Rajwanshi, Adv.<br>Mr. Chandrashekhar Suman, Adv.<br>Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Singh, Adv.<br>Mrs. Rita Gupta, Adv.<br>Ms. Deepshikha Bharati, Adv.
For Petitioner(s)<br>In TC 151/2013	Ms. Geetha Kovilan, Adv.
For Petitioner(s)<br>In TC 152/2013	Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Rahul Narayan, Adv.<br>Mr. Apar Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv.<br>Ms. Ananya, Adv.<br>Mr. Shashwat Goel, Adv.<br>Ms. Bhavna, Adv.<br>Ms. Kritika, Adv.
For Petitioner(s)<br>In WP 833/2013	Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Shadan Farasat, Adv.<br>Ms. Tripti Tandon, Adv.<br>Mr. Lorraine Misquith, Adv.<br>Mr. S. Rao, Adv.<br>Ms. Priyam Liz Cherian, Adv.<br>Mr. Suraj S., Adv.<br>Mr. Vijayant singh, adv.<br>Mr. Anindo Mukherjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Nipun Saxena, Adv.<br>Ms. Rudrakshi Deo, Adv.
For Petitioner(s)<br>In WP 829/2013,<br>WP220/15,CP 674/<br>2015,WP 797/2016	Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv.<br>Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Prasanna S, Adv.<br>Ms. Niharika, Adv.<br>Mr. Anuj Sharma, Adv.<br>Ms. Kanika Kalaiyarasan, Adv.<br>Ms. Sameeksha G., Adv.<br>Ms. Kritika Bhardwaj, Adv.<br>Mr. Apar Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv.<br>For M/s K.J.John & Co., Adv.
In WP(C) 342/2017	Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr.Adv.<br>Mr. Vipin Nair, Adv.<br>Mr. P.B.Suresh, Adv.<br>Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.<br>Mr. S.Prasanna, Adv.<br>Ms. Samiksha Godiyal, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Govind Manoharan, Adv.

Mr. V.K.Biju, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Khanna, Adv. Ms. Kritika Bhardwaj, Adv. For Petitioner(s) Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. In WP 932/2013, Mr. Ravindra Lokhande, Adv. CP 470/2015 For Petitioner(s) Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Adv. In CP 144/2014, Mr. Jaideep Singh, adv. 444/2016, 608/2016 Ms. Neha Meera, Adv. in WP Ms. Heena Khan, Adv. 494/2012 For Petitioner(s) M/s Meharia & Co., AOR In TP 313 & 312/ 2014 For Petitioner(s) Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Sr. Adv. In WP 37/2015 Mr. Jaideep Singh, Adv. Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, AOR Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, Adv. Mr. Ankur Kashyap, Adv. Mr. Prateek Chadha, Adv. Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Adv., Mr. Zulnoor Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Saxena, Adv. Mr. Jayavardhan Singh, Adv. Mr. Eklavya Vasudev, Adv. For Petitioner(s) Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR In CP 844/2017 For Petitioner(s) Mr. Chitta Ranjan Mishra, Adv. in WP 372/2017 Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Rahul Baid, Adv. For Mr. Pranaya Kumar Mohapatra, AOR Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Adv. Ms. Julien Gorge, Adv. Mr. Yatinder Garg, Adv. Mr. Arjun Ranganathan, Adv. Mr. Yashwant Prasad, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. K.K.Venugopal, Attorney General for India (UOI) and for Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG petitioner(s) in Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Adv. TP 921/2015 & SR Ms. Aarti Sharma, Adv. 2524/2014 Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv. Ms. Devika Jain, Adv.

Mr. Piyush Goyal, Adv. Mrs. Anil Katiyar, Adv.

For State of Mr. C.A. Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Maharashtra Mr. Nishant R. Katneshwarkar, Adv. Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Zafar Inayat, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Tripathy, Adv. Mr. Arpit Rai, Adv. State of Gujarat Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv. Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Ms. Jesal Wahi, Adv. Ms. Shodhika Sharma, Adv. Mr. Apoorva Garg, Adv. Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv. IA 51252&51253/2017 Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. In WP 494/2012 Mr. Dipesh Sinha, Adv. Ms. Ayiala Imti, Adv. IA 5/2014 in WP Mr. Sajan Poovayya, Sr. Adv. 833/2013 Mr. Priyadarshi Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Pratibhanu S. Kharola, Adv. Mr. Saransh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Saransh Jain, Adv. For E.C. Agrawala, AOR For RBI Mr. Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kuldeep S. Parihar, Adv. Mr. H.S. Parihar, Adv. State of UP Mr. D.K. Singh, AAG Mr. Adarsh Upadhyay, Adv. Miss Komal Mundra, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Agrawal, Adv. State of Himachal Mr. J.S. Attri, Sr. Adv. Pradesh Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Chandra Nand Jha, Adv. For IRDA Mr. Parmanand Gaur, Adv. NCT of Delhi Mr. J.M. Kalia, Adv. Mr. D. S. Mahra, AOR IA No. 31/2015 Mr. Lalit Bhasin, Adv. In WP(C) 494/12 Ms. Nina Gupta, Adv. Mr. Mudit Sharma, Adv.

For State of W.B.	Mr. Soumitra G. Chaudhuri, Adv.<br>Mr. Chanchal K. Ganguli, Adv.
	Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR<br>Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv.
	Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR
State of Telangana	Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR
	Mr. Mrityunjai Singh, Adv.
For State of<br>Meghalaya	Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv.
	Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR
	Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv.
	Mr. Zeeshan Diwan, Adv.
	Ms. Savita Singh, AOR
	Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR
For TRAI	Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR
	Ms. Megha Karnwal, Adv.
	Ms. Mansi Kapur, Adv.
	Ms. Shubhra Kapur, Adv.
For State of	Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR
Mizoram	Ms. Nitya Madhusoodhanan, Adv.
For Govt. of	Mr. V. G. Pragasam, AOR
Puducherry
For State of Pb.	Mr. Karan Bharihoke, Adv.
	For Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR
For State of	Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR
Uttarakhand	Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR
	Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG
	Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR
	Mr. Ankit Kumar Lal, Adv.
	Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, Adv.
	Mr. Manish Vashishtha, AOR
For State of	Mr. Anil Grover, AAG
Haryana	Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR
	Mr. Piyush Hans, Adv.

	Mr. B.S. Gutam, Adv.
	Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR
In I.A.32/15<br>In WP(C) 494/12	Mr. S. Mukerjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, AOR<br>Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv.
For State of<br>Sikkim	Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv.<br>Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv.<br>Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv.<br>For M/s Arputham Aruna & Co, AOR
	Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR<br>Mr. Charudatta Mahindrakar, Adv.<br>Mr. A. Selvin Raja, Adv.<br>Mr. A.M. Oza, Adv.
	Mr. Garvesh Kabra, AOR
In I.A.No.16	Mr. Harish Pandey, AOR
IN WP(C)494/12	Mr. R. Sudhinder, Adv.<br>Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR<br>Ms. Amrita Sarkar, Adv.
	Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR
	Applicant-in-person, AOR
	Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR
	Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR
For State of<br>Manipur	Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Adv.
For Andaman &	Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.
Nicobar Admn.	Mrs. G. Indira, Adv.
	Mr. J. Hillson Angam, Adv.
For State of	Mr. C.D. Singh, AAG
Chhatisgarh	Mr. Prateek Rusia, Adv.
	Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, Adv.
	Mr. Anirudh P. Mayee, Adv.
	Mr. Avnish M. Oza, Adv.
	Mr. Chirag Jain, Adv.
For State of	Mr. Joseph Aristotle S., Adv.
Karnataka	Mrs. Priya Aristotle, Adv.

	Mr. Ashish Yadav, Adv.
	Ms. Romsha Raj, Adv.
For State of	Mr. Tapesh K. Singh, Adv.
Jharkhand	Mr. Mohd. Waques, Adv.
	Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv.
	Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv.
	Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv.
	Mr. Edward Belho, Adv.
	Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv.
	Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv.
	Mr. Amit Kr. Singh, Adv.
	Mr. K. Luikand Michael, Adv.
	Ms. Eliz Gangmei, Adv.
For State of	Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv.
Tripura	Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
	Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv.
	Mr. Pranab Prakash, Adv.
	Mr. Shivam Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Aditya Raina, Adv.
	Mr. Shreyas Jain, adv.
	Mr. Kumar Milind, Adv.
	Ms. Ambika Gautam, Adv.
For U.T. Chandigarh	Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR
	Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv.
	Mr. Paran Bhushan, AOR
Applicant (S) in	Mr. Pardeep Gupta, Adv.
WP No.494 of 2012	Mr. Parinav Gupta, Adv.
	Mrs. Mansi Gupta, Adv.
	Mr. Moazzam Ali, Adv.
	Dr. Mrs. Vipin Gupta, Adv.
For State of Goa	Mr. Shishir Deshpande, Adv.
	Ms. Ruchira Gupta, Adv.
	Mr. Santosh Rebello, Adv.
	Mr. Anurag Sharma, Adv.

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

Mr. K. K. Venugopal, learned Attorney General for India representing the Union of India, resumed his arguments at 10.30 A.M. and concluded at 12.45 P.M. Thereafter, Mr. C. A. Sundaram, learned Senior Counsel representing the State of Maharashtra (Respondent No.18 herein) commenced his arguments and was on his legs when the Court rose for the day. The matter remained part-heard.

For further hearing, list the matter again on 01.08.2017 as part-heard.

(SANJAY KUMAR-II)	(SATISH KUMAR YADAV)	(RENUKA SADANA)
COURT MASTER	AR-CUM-PS	ASST.REGISTRAR

(INDU KUMAR POKHRIYAL)	(SARITA PUROHIT)	(PARVEEN KUMAR)
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