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)

([ FOR FURTHER HEARING ]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 and IA No.24406/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION) 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) (and IA No.22171/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No.22174/2018-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON) T.P.(C) No.1797/2013 (XVI-A) W.P.(C) No.932/2013 (PIL-W) T.P.(C) No.1796/2013 (XVI-A) 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) 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) 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 and IA No.129017/2017-impleading party and IA No.129021/2017-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA Digitally signed by CHETAN KUMAR Date: 2018.04.10 17:30:10 TLT Reason: Signature Not Verified

ITEM NO.501 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W

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 W.P.(C) No.841/2017 (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) CONMT.PET.(C) No.34/2018 in W.P.(C) No.1014/2017 (PIL-W) (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 : 10-04-2018 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.K.V.Vishwanathan, Sr.Adv. (In WP(C) 833/13) Ms.Vrinda Bhandari, Adv. Mr.N.Sai Vinod, Adv. Mr.Shadan Farasat, AOR In WP(C)1056/17 Mr.K.V.Vishwanathan, Sr.Adv. Ms.Vrinda Bhandari, Adv. Mr.Gautam Bhatia, Adv. Mr.N.Sai Vinod, Adv. Mr.T.V.S. Raghavendra Sreyas, AOR Mr.Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr.Pratap Venugopal, Adv. Ms.Surekha Raman, Adv. Mr.Anuj Sarma, Adv. Ms.Niharika, Adv. Ms.Kanika Kalaiyarasan, Adv. for M/s.K J John And Co., Advs. [AOR] In WP(C)932/13 Mr.Shyam Diwan, Sr.Adv. Dr.Abhishek Atrey, AOR Mr.Ravinder Lokhande, Adv. Ms.Vidyottma, Adv.

Mr.Prasanna S., Adv. Ms.Stuti Vatsa, Adv. Mr.Kumar Anurag Singh, Adv. Mr.Priyam Lizmary Cherian, Adv. Mr.Upasan Garnaik, Adv. Mr.Kumar Shivam, Adv. Mr.Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Rahul Narayan, AOR In WP(C)No.494/12 Mr.Anish Kumar Gupta, AOR Mr.Avdhesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr.Rajendra Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms.Rita Gupta, Adv. Ms.Deepshikha Bharati, Adv. Ms.Harsha, Adv. Ms.Aishwarya Bhati, AOR Mr.Jaideep Singh, Adv. Mr.Anirben Sen, Adv. Mr.Gopal Thiruman, Adv. Mr.Pavan Bhushan, Adv. Mr.Jayavardhan Singh, Adv. Mr.Vaidruti Mishra, Adv. Mr.Vishwajeet Singh, Adv. Mr.Chitrangda Rastravara, Adv. Mr.Prashant Bhushan, AOR In WP(C)No.231/16 Mr.Muhammad Ali Khan, Adv. Mr.R.V.Prabhat, Adv. Mr.Vikramaditya Singh, Adv. Mr.Abishek Jebraj, Adv. Mr.Omar Hooda, Adv. Mr.Jaspal Singh, Adv. Mr.Rajesh Inamdar, Adv. Ms.N.Nasir, Adv. Ms.Prianka Rao, Adv. Mr.Gaurav Gupta, Adv. Mr.Gautam Talukdar, AOR Mr.Vipin Nair, AOR Ms.Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR Ms.Archana Pathak Dave, AOR In T.C.(C)No.151/13 Mr.P.R.Kovilan, Adv. Mrs.Geetha Kovilan, Adv. Mr.V.Vasudevan,Adv.

Mr.Pranaya Kumar Mohapatra, AOR In WP(C) 1014/17 Mr.Apar Gupta, Adv. Mr.Deepayan Mandal, AOR Mr.Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv. Petitioner-in-person Ms.Anindita Pujari, Adv. Ms.Kavita Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr.Koshy John, Adv. Mr.Md.Nizam Pasha, Adv. Ms.Anusha Nagarajan, Adv. Mr.Adit Pujari, Adv. Mrs.Pragya Baghel, AOR Ms.Ranjeeta Rohatgi, Adv. Ms.Samten Doma, Adv. In WP(C) No.841/17 Mr.Suhaan Mukerji, Adv. Mr.Harsh Hiroo Gursaani, Adv. Ms.Astha Sharma, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG Applicant(s) Mr.Tushar Mehta, ASG Mr.S.S.Shamshery, Adv. Ms.Shradha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr.R.Balasubramaniam, Adv. Mr.Raj Bahadur, Adv. Mr.Harish V.Shenkar, Adv. Ms.Rukmani Bobde, Adv. Mr.M.K.Maroria, Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hossain, AOR Ms. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms.Charanya L.,Adv. Mr.Rohit Bhat, Adv. Mr. Kanu Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Adeeba Mujahid, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Piyush Goyal, Adv. Mr. Palash Maheshwari, Adv. Mr.Fahad M.Khan, Adv. Mr.Vivek Gurnani, Adv. Mr.Ashok Mathur, Adv. Ms.Priyanka Walesha, Adv. Ms.Aarti Sharma, Adv. Mr.Akshay Amritanshu, Adv. Mrs.Anil Katiyar, AOR

For State of Kerala Mr. Nishe Rajan Shonker, Adv. 
       Mrs. Annu K. Joy, Adv.

Mr. Manav Vohra, Adv. Mr. Krishna Dev J., Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., Adv. Ms.Svadha Shankar, Adv. Mr. Amith Krishnan, Adv. Mr.Anwar Alam, Adv. For State of Guj. Mr.Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr.Adv. Mr.Zoheb Hussain, Adv. Ms.Sansriti Pathak, Adv. Ms.Hemantika Wahi, AOR Ms.Shodhika Sharma, Adv. Ms.Apoorva Garg, Adv. In WP(C)932/13 & Mr.Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Adv. WP(C) 37/15 Mr.Kuldeep S. Parihar, Adv. Mr.H. S. Parihar, AOR Mr.Ketan Paul, Adv. In IA 6537/18 & Mr.P.V.Surendra Nath, Sr.Adv. IA 6666/18 in Ms.Resmitha R.Chandran, Adv. WP(C)342/17 Ms.Lekha Sudhakaran, Adv. For State of Ms.Aruna Mathur, Adv. Sikkim Mr.Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms.Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Ms.Simran Jeet, Adv. For M/S.Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR For State of Mr. Edward Belho, AAG Nagaland Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv. Mr.Z.H.Isaac Haiding, Adv. M/S. Lawyer S Knit & Co, AOR M/s. Meharia & Company, Advs. [AOR] Mr.Sai Krishna Rajagopal, Adv. Mr.Julien George, Adv. Ms.Arundhati Gopal, Adv. Mr.Arjun Ranganathan, Adv. Ms.Vaneesha Jain, Adv. Mr.Nikhil Nayyar, Adv. Mr.Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Ms.Fauzia Shakil, Adv.

Ms.Rashmi Singhania, AOR For State of Mr.S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Telangana Mr.Mrityunjai Singh, Adv. For State of Mr.Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR Jharkhand Mohd.Waquas, Adv. Mr.Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr.Jayesh Gaurav, Adv. Mr.Ratan Kr.Choudhuri, Adv. Mr.Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv. Ms.Savita Singh, AOR Ms.Veera Mahuli, Adv. Mr.Shrutunjay Bhardwaj, Adv.

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. Devadatt Kamat, Addl. Adv. Gen. Karnataka Mr. Joseph Aristotle S., Adv. Mrs. Priya Aristotle, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv. Mr. Javedur Rehman, Adv. Mr. Aditya Bhat, Adv.

For State of Mr.Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Meghalaya Mr.Danielstone Lyngdoh, Adv.

For State of Mr.K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv. Mizoram Ms.Nitya Madhusoodhanan, Adv. Mr.T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR

For Govt. of Mr.V. G. Pragasam, AOR Puducherry Mr.S.Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr.S.Manuraj, Adv.

Mr.Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR

For State of Mr.Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, Adv.

Uttarakhand	Mr.Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
	Mr.Manish Vashishtha, AOR
For State of<br>Haryana	Mr. Anil Grover, AAG<br>Ms.Noopur Singhal, Adv.<br>Mr. Shivam Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR
For UT of<br>Andaman &<br>Nicobar Admn.	Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv.<br>Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.<br>Mrs. G. Indira, Adv.
	Ms.Radhika Chautervedi, Adv.<br>Mr.Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr.S.K.Rajora, Adv.<br>Dr.(Mrs.)Vipin Gupta, Adv.
For State of A.P.	Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv.<br>Ms.Prerna Singh, Adv.
	Ms.Ruchi Kohli, AOR
In I.A.No.32/15 In<br>WP(C)No.494/12	Mr.S.Mukherjee, Adv.<br>Mr.Manoj K. Mishra, AOR<br>Mr.Umesh Dubey, Adv.<br>Mr.Ashish Kumar Mishra, Adv.<br>Mr.Jafar Imam Naqvi, Adv.
	Mr.Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR<br>Mr.Sanjeev Kumar, Adv.<br>Mohd.Shahid Hussain, Adv.
	Mr.Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR
	Mr.Garvesh Kabra, AOR
	Mr.Harish Pandey, AOR
	Mr.Ashok Mathur, Adv.<br>Mr.R.Sudhinder, Adv.<br>Mr.Saumya Mehrotra, Adv.<br>Ms.Amrita Sarkar, Adv.
	Mr.Anip Sachthey, AOR
	Ms.Anitha Shenoy, AOR
For State of W.B.	Mr.Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR
	Intervenor-in-person, AOR

	Mr.Amit Sharma, AOR
	Applicant-in-person
	Ms.Pallavi Pratap, AOR
	Mr.K.V.Vijayakumar, Adv.<br>Ms.Maitreyee Mishra, Adv.<br>Mr.K.V.Ram Kumar, Adv.
	Mr.Jogy Scaria, AOR
In TP(C)1796/13	Mr.Wills Mathews, Adv.<br>Mr.Shaji Sebastian, Adv.<br>Mr.Rabin Majumder, AOR
	Mr.Harsh Kaushik, AOR
	Mr.K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR
	Dr.Lalit Bhasin, Adv.<br>Ms.Nina Gupta, Adv.<br>Ms.Shireen Shukla, Adv.<br>Ms.Palak Chadha, Adv.<br>Mr. Mudit Sharma, AOR
	Mr. M. P. Vinod, AOR
For Intervenor<br>In IA 5890/18	Syed Jafar Alam, Adv.<br>Ms.Shivani Khandekar, Adv.
For State of<br>Manipur	Mr.Leishangthem Roshmani Kh., Adv.<br>Ms.Maibam Babina, Adv.
	Mr.Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, Adv.
For State of Pb.	Mr.Karan Bharihoke, Adv.
	Ms.Aparna Bhat, Adv.<br>Ms.Joshita M.Pai, Adv.
In IA 10105/18	Mr.Jawahar Raja, Adv.<br>Mr.Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr.Chinmay Kanojia, Adv.<br>Ms.Rahat Sharma, Adv.
For State of<br>Assam	Mr.Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.<br>Mr.Sayooj Mohandas, Adv.
	Mr.Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.<br>Mr.Rituraj Biswas, Adv.

For State of Mr.Anil Shrivastav, Adv. Arunachal Pradesh Mr.Rituraj Biswas, Adv.

Mr.Sriram P., Adv. Ms.Khushbu Jain, Adv. Mr.Vishnu Shankar, Adv. Ms.Athira G.Nair, Adv.

In WP(C) No.494/12 Mr.Suhaan Mukerji, Adv. Mr.Harsh Hiroo Gursaani, Adv. Ms.Astha 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 concluded his arguments. Thereafter, Mr.Tushar Mehta, learned Additional Solicitor General commenced his arguments, which remained inconclusive.

Let the matter be listed on 11.04.2018 for further hearing.

(Chetan Kumar ) (H.S.Parasher) Court Master Assistant Registrar