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) & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

([FOR FURTHER HEARING] [TO BE TAKEN UP AS ITEM NO.501 ]IA No.141212/2017-impleading party and IA No.141215/2017-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No.5311/2018-impleading party and IA No.5312/2018-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No.5890/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No.10105/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No.10355/2018-impleading party and IA No.13628/2018-impleading party) WITH W.P.(C) No.833/2013 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No.829/2013 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No.932/2013 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No.37/2015 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No.220/2015 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No.231/2016 (PIL-W) (For on IA 1/2016 (Direction) for on IA 2/2016 (permission to amend writ petition and raising additional grounds) 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) W.P.(C) No.342/2017 (PIL-W) (FOR INTERIM PRAYERS FOR GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF ON IA 1/2017 and IA No.129017/2017-impleading party and IA No.129021/2017-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No.129027/2017-impleading party and IA No.129032/2017-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No.1551/2018-impleading party and IA No.6537/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No.6666/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.372/2017 (X) W.P.(C) No.841/2015 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.119235/2017-AMENDMENT OF THE PETITION) W.P.(C) No.1058/2017 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No.966/2017 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.102155/2017-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No.1014/2017 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.107091/2017-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF and IA No.122999/2017-impleading party) W.P.(C) No.1002/2017 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No.1056/2017 (X) (and IA No.6196/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS) S.L.P.(Crl) No.2524/2014 (II-A) T.C.(C) No.151/2013 (XVI -A) T.C.(C) No.152/2013 (XVI -A) Digitally signed by SATISH KUMAR YADAV Date: 2018.02.03 14:00:30 TLT Reason: Signature Not Verified

T.P.(C) No.1797/2013 (XVI -A) T.P.(C) No.1796/2013 (XVI -A) T.P.(C) No.313/2014 (XVI -A) T.P.(C) No.312/2014 (XVI -A) T.P.(C) No.921/2015 (XVI -A) CONMT.PET.(C) No.144/2014 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W) CONMT.PET.(C) No.674/2015 In W.P.(C) No.829/2013 (PIL-W) 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) CONMT.PET.(C) No.844/2017 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W) CONMT.PET.(C) No.34/2018 In W.P.(C) No.1014/2017 (FOR ADMISSION Contempt. Pet.(C)No.34/2018 is to be shown in W.P. (C)No.1014/2017)

Date : 01-02-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.K. SIKRI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK BHUSHAN

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv. Mr. Prasanna S., Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Anuj Sarma, Adv. Ms. Niharika, Adv. Ms. Samiksha Bodiyal, Adv. Ms. Kanika Kalaiyarasan, Adv. Ms. Kritika Bharadwaj, Adv. for M/s. K J John And Co., Advs. [AOR] Mr.Shyam Diwan, Sr.Adv. Dr.Abhishek Atrey, Adv. Mr.Ravinder Lokhande, Adv. Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR Mr. Koshy John, Adv. Mr.Gopal Subramaniam, Sr.Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, AOR Gp. Capt. Karan Singh Bhati, Adv. Ms. Vaidruti Mishra, Adv. Ms. Wimbie V.T. Sangama, Adv. Mr.Anitben Sen, Adv. Mr.P.Sriram, Adv. Mr. Gopal Thiruman, Adv. Ms.Ritu Apporva, Adv.

Ms.Tanuja Manjari Patra, Adv. Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, AOR

Mr.Avdhesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Chandra Shekhar Suman, Adv. Mr. R.K. Rajwanshi, Adv. Ms. Rita Gupta, Adv. Mr.Rajendra Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Deepshikha Bharti, Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR Mr. Pranaya Kumar Mohapatra, AOR Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Ms. Stuti Vatsa, Adv. Ms. Priyam Liz Cherian, Adv. Ms. Shrinidhi Rao, Adv. Ms. Nehmat Kaur, Adv. Mr. Prasanna S., Adv. Mr. Nipun Saxena, Adv. Mr. Namit Saxena, Adv. Mr. Devanshu Sailan, Adv. Mr. Aditya P. Arora, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Pratap, Adv. [AOR]

Mrs. Nappiani, Adv. Mr. Apar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Prasanna S., Adv. Mr. Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. Deepayan Mandal, AOR Mr.Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv.

Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv. Mr. N. Sai Vinod, Adv. Mr. T. V. S. Raghavendra Sreyas, AOR

Petitioner-in-person

Mr. Rahul Narayan, AOR Mr. Apar Gupta, Adv. Ms. Annanya Ghosh, Adv. Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv. Ms. Bhabna Das, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Goel, Adv. Mr. Amit Mohan Meharia, Adv. Ms. Tanishtha Singh, Adv.

Ms. Ayushi Gupta, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Kumar, Adv. For M/s. Meharia & Company, Advs. [AOR] Mr.Prashant Bhushan, AOR Mr. Muhammad Khan, Adv. Mr. R.V. Prabhat, Adv. Mr.Rajesh Inamdar, Adv. Mr. Vikramaditya Singh, Adv. Mr.Omar Huda, Adv. Mr. Abishek Jebraj, Adv. Mr. Gautam Talukdar, AOR Mr.P.R.Kovilan, Adv. Ms. Geetha Kovilan, Adv. Ms.Aswathi M.K., Adv. Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Adv.[AOR] Mr.Pavan Bhushan, Adv. Ms.Jayavardhan Singh, Adv. Ms.Talha Rahman, Adv. Ms.Anindita Pujari, Adv. Mr.K.Bharwaj, Adv. Mr.Chitta Ranjan Mishra, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr.Sarthak Choudhary, Adv. Mr.Rahul Baid, Adv. Mr.Neeraj Srivastav, Adv. Mr. Pranaya Kumar Mohapatra, Adv. For Respondent(s)/ Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG Applicant(s) Mr. Zoheb Hossain, AOR Ms. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Adeeba Mujahid, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Piyush Goyal, Adv. Mr. Palash Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Kanu Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Adv. Ms. Aarti Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Adv. Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur, Adv. Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hussain, Adv.

Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv. Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Ms.Shodhika Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sajan Poovayya, Sr. Adv. Mr. Priyadarshi Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Saransh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Pratibhanu S. Kharoza, Adv. Mr. Madhavam Sharma, Adv. For Mr. E.C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kuldeep S. Parihar, Adv. Mr. H. S. Parihar, AOR Mr.Tushar Bhushan, Adv. Mr. J.S. Attri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Chandra Nand Jha, Adv. Mr. A. Mariarputham, Sr. Adv. Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Ms. Simran Jeet, Adv. Ms.Vaishali Verma, Adv. For M/s. Lawyer S Knit & Co., Advs. [AOR] Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv. Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv. Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv. Mr. Dinkar Kalra, AOR Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. Mr.Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Mr. Mrityunjai Singh, Adv. Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv. Ms.Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR

Mr. Mohd. Waquas, Adv. Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. Ms. Savita Singh, AOR Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR Ms. Meenakshi Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR Ms. Megha Karnwal, Adv. Ms. Mansi Kapur, Adv. Ms. Shubhra Kapur, Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv. Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Adv. Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv. Ms. Nitya Madhusoodhanan, Adv. Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR Mr. V. G. Pragasam, AOR Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. Sampath Kumar C., Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR Mr. Manish Vashishtha, AOR Mr. Anil Grover, AAG Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv. Mr. Shivam Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Mr. S.S. Shamshery, AAG Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Singh, Adv. Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. [AOR] Mr. S. Mukerjee, Adv. Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, AOR

Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR Mr. Garvesh Kabra, AOR Mr. Harish Pandey, AOR Mr. R. Sudhinder, Adv. Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR Ms. Amrita Sarkar, Adv. Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Anip Sachthey, AOR Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, AOR Intervenor-in-person Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR Mr. Dipesh Sinha, Adv. Ms. Ayiala Imti, Adv. Applicant-in-person Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR Mr. Harsh Kaushik, AOR Mr. K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR Dr. Lalit Bhasin, Adv. Ms. Nina Gupta, Adv. Ms.Palak Chadha, Adv. Mr. Tushar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mudit Sharma, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajan Shonker, Adv. Mr. Manav Vohra, Adv. Mrs. Annu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Krishna Dev J., Adv. Mr. Amith Krishnan, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., Adv. Ms. Svadha Shankar, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv.

Mr. Edward Belho, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv. Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. Mr.Sayooj Mohandas M., Adv. Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv. Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Mrs. G. Indira, Adv. Mr. K.V.Vijayakumar, Adv. Ms.Maitreyee Mishra, Adv. Mr. Karan Bharihoke, Adv. Mr.Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, Adv. Ms.Ashima Mandla, Adv. Ms.Deepali Dwivedi, Adv. Ms.Pallavi Malhotra, Adv. Mr.Gaurav Bhargava, Adv. Mr.Kuber Boddh, Adv. Ms.Priyanka Aggarwal, Adv. Mr.Ibad Musthaq, Adv. Mr.Siddhant Sharma, Adv. Mr.A.F.Khan, Adv. Mr.Abdul Qudir, Adv. Mr. Soumitra G. Chaudhuri, Adv. Mr. Chanchal K. Ganguli, Adv. Ms. Shikha Aggrawal, Adv. Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Addl. Adv. Gen. Mr. Joseph Aristotle S., Adv. Mrs. Priya Aristotle, Adv. Mr. Ashish Yadav, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv. Mr. javedur Rehman, Adv. Mr. Aditya Bhat, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Wadhwa, Adv. Mr. Atul Shankar Vinod, Adv. Mr. Dileep Pillai, Adv. Mr. M.P. Vinod, Adv. Mr.Bhargav Thali, Adv. Mr.Hiresh Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Jayesh Gaurav, Adv. Mr. Ratan Kumar Chaudhuri, Adv. Mr. Sriram P., Adv.

Ms. Khushbu Jain, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Shankar M.S., Adv. Ms. Athira G. Nair, Adv. Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, Adv. Mr. Yogesh Kanna, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Manoj Kumar Goyal, Adv. Mrs.Vanita Bhargava, Adv. Mr.Ajay Bhargava, Adv. Ms.Swati Jain, Adv. For Khaitan & Co., Adv. Ms.Shashi Kiran, Adv. Mr.Sujit Kumar Jha, Adv. Dr.Satish Chandra, Adv. Mr.Manoj Gorkela, Adv. Ms.Priya Sharma, Adv. Mr.Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr.Sanjeev Kumar, Adv. Mr.Saikrisha Rajagopal, Adv. Ms.Julien George, Adv. Mr.Arjun Ranganathan, Adv. Ms.Arundhati Gopal, Adv. Ms.Vaneesha Jain, Adv. Mr.Nikhil Nayyar, Adv. Mr.Varinder K.Sharma, Adv.

Ms.Mandakini Singh, Adv. Ms.Parul Sharma, Adv.

Syed Jafar Alam, Adv. Ms.Shivani Khandekar, Adv. Mr.Aman Shukla, Adv.

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

Mr. Shyam Divan, learned senior counsel for the petitioners continued his arguments.

Let the matter be listed on 06.02.2018 for further hearing.

(Subhash Chander) (H.S.Parasher) AR-cum-PS Assistant Registrar