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: 2018.02.08 17:17:06 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 : 08-02-2018 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. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. In WP(C)No.966/17 Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv. Mr. Koshy john, Adv. Ms. Anusha Nagarajan, Adv. Mr. Adit Pujari, Adv. Mrs. Pragya Baghel, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, Adv. Ms. Samtan Doma, Adv. In WP(C)No.841/17 Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Runa Bhuyan, Adv. Mr. Piyush Sachdev, Adv. Mr. Adeel, 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. P.R. Kovilan, Adv. Mrs. Geetha Kovilan, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Rahul Narayan, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Shadan Farasat, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Prasanna S., Adv. Mr. Anuj Sarna, Adv. Ms. Niharika, Adv. Ms. Samiksha Godiyal, Adv. Ms. Kritika Bharadwaj, Adv. Ms. Kanika Kalaiyarasan, Adv. for M/s. K.J. John And Co., Advs. [AOR] Mr. Amit Meharia, Adv. Ms. Tannishtha Singh, Adv. Ms. Ayushi Gupta, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Kumar, Adv. for M/s. Meharia & Company, Advs. [AOR] Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Ravinder Lokhande, Adv. Mr. Harshit Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Vidyottmay, Adv. Mr. Gopal Subramaniniam, Sr. Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Jaideep Singh, Adv. Mr. Anirben Sen, Adv. Mr. Gopal Thiruman, Adv. Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Jayarvardhan Singh, Adv. Ms. Vaidruti Mishra, Adv. Ms. Wimbie V.T. Sangma, Adv. Ms. Chitrangada Rashtraverde, Adv. Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Adv. [AOR] - 4 -

Mr. Muhammad Khan, Adv. Mr. R.P. Prabhai, Adv. Mr. Vikram Aditya Singh, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv. Mr. Gautam Talukdar, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Cheryl D'Souza, Adv. Mr. Omanakuttan K.K., Adv. Mr. Suahaker T., Adv. Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vipin Nair, Adv. [AOR] Mr. P.B. Suresh, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv. Mr. S. Prasanna, Adv. Ms. Samiksha Godiyal, Adv. Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. V.K. Biju, Adv. Mr. Prithu Garg, Adv. Mr. Govind Manoharan, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Pranaya Kumar Mohapatra, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Sarthak Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Prasanna S., Adv. Ms. Stuti Vatsa, Adv. Ms. Srinidhi Rao, Adv. Ms. Priyam Lezlie Cheriian, Adv. Mr. Kumar Shivam, Adv. Ms. Nehmat Kaur, Adv. Mr. Anando Mukherjee, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Nappiani, Adv. Mr. Apar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Prasanna S., Adv. Mr. Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. Deepayan Mandal, Adv. [AOR] Mr. T.V.S. Raghavendra Sreyas, Adv. [AOR] Petitioner-in-person Dr. Anindita Pujari, Adv. Ms. Kavita Bhardwaj, Adv. 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.

- 5 - 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. Kanu Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Adv. Mr. R. Balasubramaniyam, Adv. Ms. Aarti Sharma, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur, Adv. [AOR] Mrs. Anil Katiyar, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv. Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv. Ms. Shodhika Sharma, Adv. Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Adv. [AOR] Mr. J.S. Attri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Chandra Nand Jha, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Adv. Mr. V. G. Pragasam, Adv. [AOR] Mr. S. Prabhu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. S. Manuraj, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Mishra Saurabh, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Manish Vashishtha, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Garvesh Kabra, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Anip Sachthey, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Savita Singh, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Sanjay Kapur, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Mansi Kapur, Adv.

Ms. Megha Karnwal, Adv.

Ms. Shubhra Kapur, Adv.

- 6 - Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv. Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar,Adv.[AOR] Mr. Jayant Mohan, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Meenakshi Chatterjee, Adv. Ms. Radhika Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.K. Rajara, Adv. Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. M/s. Corporate Law Group, Advs. [AOR] Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Anil Grover, AAG ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv. Mr. Shivam Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, Adv. [AOR] Mohd. Waquas, Adv. Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Avnish M. Oza, Adv. Mr. Chirag Jain, Adv. Mr. A. Selvin Raja, Adv. Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv. Ms. Nitya Madhusoodhanan, Adv. Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, Adv. [AOR] 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. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Soumitra G. Chaudhuri, Adv. Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Shikha Aggrawal, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Rashmi Singhania, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Dinkar Kalra, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Mohit D. Ram, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Kuldeep S. Parihar, Adv. Mr. H.S. Parihar, Adv. [AOR] Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Mrityunjai Singh, Adv. Mr. Wills Mathews, Mr. Ginesh P., Adv. Mr. Gaurav Kmar, Adv. Mr. Rabin Majumder, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Jogy Scaria, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Bina Madhavan, Adv. Mr. Mrityunjai Singh, Adv. Ms. Shreyasi Kunwar, Adv. Ms. Vaishali Verma, Adv. for M/s. Lawyer S Knit & Co., Advs. [AOR] Mr. M.P. Vinod, Adv. [AOR] Dr. Lalit Bhasin, Adv. Ms. Nina Gupta, Adv. Mr. Tushar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mudit Sharma, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Harsh Kaushik, Adv. [AOR] M/s. Khaitan & Co., Advs. [AOR] Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu, Advs. [AOR] Mrs. Pragya Baghel, Adv. [AOR]

- 8 - M/s. Meharia & Company, Advs. [AOR] Mr. K.V. Vijayakumar, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Maitreyee Mishra, Adv. Mr. Ajay Bansal, Adv. Mr. Kuldip Singh, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajan Shonker , Adv. [AOR] Ms. Annu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Manav Vohra, Adv. Mr. Krishna Dev J., Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., Adv. Ms. Svadha Shankar, Adv. Mr. Anvar, Adv. Mr. Amit Krishna, Adv. Mr. Devadatt kamat, Addl. Adv. Gen. Mr. Joseph Aristotle S., Adv. [AOR] Mrs. Priya Aristotle, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv. Mr. Ashish Yadav, Adv. Mr. javedur Rehman, Adv. Mr. Aditya Bhat, Adv. Mr. Karan Bharihoke, Adv. Mr. Jayesh Gaurav, Adv. Mr. Ratan Kr. Choudhuri, Adv. Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv. Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Mrs. G. Indira, Adv. Mrs. 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. [AOR] Mr. Sayooj Mohandas, Adv. For Applicant (s) Mr. Sajan Poovayya, Sr. Adv. Mr. Priyadarshi Banerjee, Adv. Mr. P. Bhanu Kharola, Adv. Mr. Saransh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ram Krishna, Adv. Mr. Madhavban Sharma, Adv. for Mr. E.C. Agrawala, Adv.

Mr. S. Mukherjee, Adv.

- 9 - Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Sandeep kr. Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kr. Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Ashok Mathur, Adv. [AOR] Mr. R. Sudhinder, Adv. Ms. Saumya Mehrotra, Adv. Ms. Amrita Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Namit Saxena, Adv. Mr. Devanshu Sajlan, Adv. Mr. Aditya P. Arora, Adv. Mr. Digant Kallol Deo, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Pratap, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, Adv. Ms. Shivani Khandekar, Adv. Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Dr. Lalit Sharma, Adv. Ms. Nina Gupta, Adv. Ms. Palak Chadha, Adv. Mr. Mudit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Saikrishna Rajgopal, Adv. Ms. Julien George, Adv. Mr. Arjun Ranganathan, Adv. Ms. Arundhati Gopal, Adv. Ms. Savita Singh, Adv. Mr. shrutunjay Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Shanu Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Veera Mahuli, Adv. Mr. Sriram P., Adv. Ms. Khushbu Jain, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Shanker, Adv. Ms. Athira G. Nair, Adv. Intervenor-in-person Applicant-in-person

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

Mr. Kapil Sibal, learned senior counsel appearing in W.P. (C)Nos.966/2017 and 841/2017 continued his arguments.

Let the matter be listed on Tuesday, 13th February 2018 for further arguments.

(Subhash Chander) (H.S. Parasher)

AR-cum-PS Assistant Registrar