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

[ITEM NO.501.1 - T.C.(C) No.151/2013 (XVI -A)]; [ITEM NO.501.2 - T.C.(C) No.152/2013 (XVI -A)]; [ITEM NO.501.3 - W.P.(C) No.833/2013 (PIL-W)]; [ITEM NO.501.4 - W.P.(C) No.829/2013 (PIL-W)]; [ITEM NO.501.5 - T.P.(C) No.1797/2013 (XVI -A)]; [ITEM NO.501.6 - W.P.(C) No.932/2013 (PIL-W)]; [ITEM NO.501.7 - T.P.(C) No.1796/2013 (XVI -A)]; [ITEM NO.501.8 - CONMT.PET.(C) No.144/2014 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)]; [ITEM NO.501.9 - T.P.(C) No.313/2014 (XVI -A)]; [ITEM NO.501.10 - T.P.(C) No.312/2014 (XVI -A)]; [ITEM NO.501.11 - SLP(Crl) No.2524/2014 (II-A)]; [ITEM NO.501.12 - W.P.(C) No.37/2015 (PIL-W)]; [ITEM NO.501.13 - W.P.(C) No.220/2015 (PIL-W)]; [ITEM NO.501.14 - CONMT.PET.(C) No.674/2015 In W.P.(C) No.829/2013 (PIL-W)]; [ITEM NO.501.15 - T.P.(C) No.921/2015 (XVI -A)]; [ITEM NO.501.16 - CONMT.PET.(C) No.470/2015 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)]; [ITEM NO.501.17 - 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 ADDTIONAL GROUNDS))]; [ITEM NO.501.18 - CONMT.PET.(C) No.444/2016 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)]; [ITEM NO.501.19 - CONMT.PET.(C) No.608/2016 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)]; [ITEM NO.501.20 - 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)]; [ITEM NO.501.21 - CONMT.PET.(C) No.844/2017 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)]; Digitally signed by SUBHASH CHANDER Date: 2018.02.06 17:22:06 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

[ITEM NO.501.22 - 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)]; [ITEM NO.501.23 - W.P.(C) No.372/2017 (X)]; [ITEM NO.501.24 - W.P.(C) No.841/2017 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.119235/2017-AMENDMENT OF THE PETITION)]; [ITEM NO.501.25 - W.P.(C) No.1058/2017 (PIL-W)]; [ITEM NO.501.26 - W.P.(C) No.966/2017 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.102155/2017-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF)]; [ITEM NO.501.27 - 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)]; [ITEM NO.501.28 - W.P.(C) No.1002/2017 (PIL-W)]; [ITEM NO.501.29 - W.P.(C) No.1056/2017 (X) (IA No.6196/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS)]; [ITEM NO.501.30 - CONMT.PET.(C) No.34/2018 in W.P.(C) No.1014/2017 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION)]. Date : 06-02-2018 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. [AOR] Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Anuj Sarma, Adv. Mr. Prasanna S., Adv. Ms. Samiksha Godiyal, Adv. Ms. Niharika, Adv. Ms. Kanika Kalaiyarasan, Adv. for M/s. K.J. John And Co., Advs. [AOR] Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. Mr. Ravinder Lokhande, Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Cheryl D'Souza, Adv. Mr. O. Kuttan, Adv.

- 3 - Mr. Arvind Datar, Sr. Adv. Mrs. Nappiani, Adv. Mr. Apar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Prasanna S., Adv. Mr. Deepayan Mandal, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Koshy John, Adv. Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, Adv. Mrs. Pragya Baghel, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Mohd. Nizamuddin Pasha, Adv. Ms. Samten Doma, Adv. Mr. P. Chidambaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Piyush Sachdev, Adv. Mr. Adeel Ahmed, Adv. Ms. Runa Bhuyan, Adv. Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Singjh, Adv. Mr. Chandra Shekhar Suman, Adv. Mr. R.K. Rajwanshi, Adv. Mrs. Rita Gupta, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Deepshikha Bharati, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. C.R. Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Chaudhury, Adv. Mr. Pranaya Kr. Mohapatra, Adv. Dr. Anindita Pujari, Adv. Ms. Kavita Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. N. Sai Vinod, Adv. Mr. Gautam Bhati, Adv. Mr. T. V. S. Raghavendra Sreyas, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Jaideep Singh, Adv. Mr. Anirpen Sen, Adv. Ms. Chitrangada Rastravara, Adv. Mr. Gopal Thiruman, Adv. Ms. Vaidruti Mishra, Adv. Ms. Wimbie V.T. Sangama, Adv. Mr. Vishwajeet Singh, Adv. M/s. Meharia & Company, Advs. [AOR]

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	Mr. Muhammad A. Khan, Adv.
	Mr. R.V. Prashat, Adv.
	Mr. Vikramaditya Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Omar Hooda, Adv.
	Mr. Namrah Nasir, Adv.
	Mr. Gautam Talukdar, Adv. [AOR]
	Mr. Vipin Nair, Adv. [AOR]
	Mr. Shadan Farasat, Adv. [AOR]
	Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, Adv. [AOR]
	Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Adv. [AOR]
	Mr. P.R. Kovilan Pongkuntran, Adv.<br>Mrs. Geetha Kovilan, Adv. [AOR]
	Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Rahul Narayan, Adv. [AOR]
	Mr. Anando Mukherjee, Adv. [AOR]
	Ms. Ashima Mandla, Adv.
	Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, Adv. [AOR]
	Mr. Abdul Quadir, Adv.
	Mr. Pallavi Malhotra, Adv.
	Mr. Gaurave Bhargava, Adv.
	Mr. Kuber Boddh, Adv.
	Ms. Priyanka Aggarwal, Adv.
	Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv.
	Mr. Siddhanth Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. A. Faraz Khan, Adv.
	Petitioner-in-person
For Respondent(s)	Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG
	Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG
	Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv. [AOR]
	Mr. 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. Fahad Khan, Adv.
	Ms. Bhavita Kumar, Adv.
	Mr. R. Bala, Adv.
	Mr. S.S. Samshery, Adv.
	Ms. Aarti Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. Raj Bahadur, Adv.

- 5 - Mr. J.S. Attri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Chandra Nand Jha, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv. Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv. Ms. Shodhika Sharma, Adv. Ms. Apoorva Garg, Adv. Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv. Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar,Adv.[AOR] Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Mohd. Waquas, Adv. Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Avnish Moza, Adv. Mr. Chirag Jain, Adv. Mr. A. Selvin Raja, Adv. Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv. Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv. Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv. Mr. Wills Mathews, Adv. Mr. Ginesh P., Adv. Mr. Rabin Majumder, Adv. [AOR] Mr. V. G. Pragasam, Adv. [AOR] Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. S. Manuraj, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Mr. Anil Grover, AAG Ms. Nuupur Singhal, Adv. Mr. Shivam Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, Adv. [AOR] Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv. Ms. Nitya Madhusoodhanan, Adv. Mr. T.G. Narayanan Nair, Adv. [AOR]

Mr. K.V. Vijayakumar, Adv. [AOR] W.P.(C)No.494/12 etc. .... (contd.) - 6 - Ms. Maitreyee Mishra, Adv. Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Ms. Simran Jeet, Adv. for M/s. Arputham Aruna And Co., Advs. [AOR] Mr. Amit Mohaan Meharia, Adv. Ms. Tannishtha Singh, Adv. Ms. Ayushi Gupta, Adv. Ms. Rishita Mall, Adv. for M/s. Meharia & Company, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Gopal Sankarayanan, Adv. Ms. Veera Mahuli, Adv. Mr. Shrutunjay Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Savita Singh, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Adv. Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Jayant Mohan, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Meenakshi Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Soumitra G. Chaudhuri, Adv. Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Shikha Aggrawal, Adv. Dr. Lalit Bhasin, Adv. Ms. Nina Gupta, Adv. Ms. Palak Chadha, Adv. Mr. Mudit Sharma, Adv. [AOR] Mrs. Vanita Bhargava, Adv. Mr. Ajay Bharagava, Adv. Ms. Abhisaar Bairagi, Adv. Ms. Swati Jain, Adv. for M/s. Khaitan & Co., Advs. [AOR] Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Jayant bhushan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kuldeep S. Parihar, Adv. Mr. H.S. Parihar, Adv. [AOR] Mr. S. Mukerjee, Adv. Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, Adv. [AOR]

Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv. W.P.(C)No.494/12 etc. .... (contd.) - 7 - Mr. Sajan Poovayya, Sr. Adv. Mr. Priyadarshi Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Pratibhanu S. Kharola, Adv. Mr. Saransh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Madhavam Sharma, Adv. for Mr. E. C. Agrawala, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, Adv. Ms. Shivani Khandekar, Adv. Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Mr. R. Sudhinder, Adv. Mr. Ashok Mathur, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Amrita Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Sriram P., Adv. Ms. Khushbu Jain, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Shankar M.S., Adv. Ms. Athira G. Nair, Adv. Mr. Saikrishna Rajagopal, Adv. Mr. Julien George, Adv. Mr. Arjun Ranganathan, Adv. Ms. Arundhati Gopal, Adv. Ms. Vaneesha Jain, Adv. M/s. Lawyer S Knit & Co., AOR Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, AOR Mr. Dinkar Kalra, AOR Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mr. S.. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR Mr. Manish Vashishtha, AOR Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR M/s. Corporate Law Group, AOR Mr. Garvesh Kabra, AOR Mr. Harish Pandey, AOR

- 8 - Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Anip Sachthey, AOR Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR Dr. (Mrs. ) Vipin Gupta, AOR Intervenor-in-person Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR Applicant-in-person Ms. Pallavi Pratap, AOR Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR Mr. Harsh Kaushik, AOR Mr. K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR Mr. M. P. Vinod, AOR Mr. Ajay Bansal, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Adv. Mr. Sumit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Kuldip Singh, Adv. Mr. Jayesh Gaurav, Adv. Mr. Ratan K. Chaudhuri, Adv. Mr. Ajay Marwah, Adv. Mr. Gudipati G. Kashyap, Adv. Mr. Karan Thakur, Adv. Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv. Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Mrs. G. Indira, Adv. Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Addl. Adv. Gen. Mr. Joseph Aristotle S., Adv. Mrs. Priya Aristotle, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv. Mr. Ashish Yadav, Adv. Mr. Javedur Rehman, Adv. Mr. Aditya Bhat, Adv. Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv. Mr. Edward Belho, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv. Mr. Jawaher, Adv. Mr. Raja, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Adv.

Ms. Rahat Sharma, Adv.

W.P.(C)No.494/12 etc. .... (contd.)

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Mr. Karan Bharihoke, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajan Shonker, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Annu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Manav Vohra, Adv. Mr. Krishna Dev J., Adv. Mr. Amith Krishnan, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., Adv. Ms. Avadha Shankar, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.

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

Mr. Shyam Divan, learned senior counsel resumed and concluded his arguments. Thereafter Mr. Kapil Sibal, learned senior counsel started his submissions.

List for further hearing tomorrow, the 07th February 2018.

(Subhash Chander) (H.S. Parasher)

AR-cum-PS Assistant Registrar