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] 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

[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)] [IA NO.22171/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION AND IA NO.22174/2018- PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON]; [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) (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)]; Digitally signed by SUBHASH CHANDER Date: 2018.04.11 16:32:53 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

[ITEM NO.501.21 - CONMT.PET.(C) No.844/2017 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)]; [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 : 11-04-2018 These matters 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) Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Adv. [AOR] Cont.P(C)Nos.144/14;Mr. Jaidep Singh, Adv. 444/16 Mr. Anirben Sen, Adv. 608/16 Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Jayavardhan Singh, Adv. Mr. Gopal Thiruman, Adv. Ms. Vaidruti Mishra, Adv. Ms. Ritu Apurva, Adv., Adv. WP(C)No.494/12 Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Singh, Adv. Mrs. Rita Gupta, Adv. Ms. Deepshikha Bharati, Adv. Ms. Harsha, Adv. TC(C)No.151/13 Mrs. Geetha Kovilan, Adv. [AOR]

TC(C)No.152/13	Mr. Rahul Narayan, Adv. [AOR]
WP(C)No.833/13	Mr. K.V. Vishwanathan, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Adv.<br>Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv.<br>Mr. N. Sai Vinod, Adv.<br>for<br>Mr. Shadan Farasat, Adv. [AOR]
WP(C)Nos.829/13;<br>220/15;<br>797/16<br>CP(C)No.674/15	Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv.<br>Mr. Surekha Raman, Adv.<br>Mr. Anuj Sarma, Adv.<br>Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Prasanna S., Adv.<br>Ms. Samiksha Godiyal, Adv.<br>Ms. Niharika, Adv.<br>Ms. Kanika Kalaiyarasan, Adv.<br>Ms. Kritika Bharadwaj, Adv.<br>for<br>M/s. K.J. John And Co., Advs. [AOR]
TP(C)Nos.1797/13;<br>1796/13;<br>313/14;<br>312/14	M/s.<br>Meharia & Company, Advs. [AOR]
WP(C)No.932/13<br> <br>	Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, Adv. [AOR]
CP(C)No.470/15<br> <br> <br> <br>	Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. [AOR]<br>Ms. Vidyottma, Adv.<br>Mr. Ravinder Lokhande, Adv.
WP(C)No.37/15	Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Adv. [AOR]
WP(C)No.231/16	Mr. Gautam Talukdar, Adv. [AOR]
CP(C)No.844/17	Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Adv. [AOR]
WP(C)Nos.342/17;<br>1002/17	Mr.<br>Vipin Nair, Adv. [AOR]
WP(C)No.372/17	Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Pranaya Kumar Mohapatra, Adv. [AOR]
WP(C)No.841/17	PLR Chambers & Co., Advs. [AOR]

WP(C)No.1058/17 Mr. Anando Mukherjee, Adv. [AOR]

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WP(C)No.966/17		Mr. Koshy John, Adv.<br>Mr. Md. Nizam Pasha, Adv.<br>Ms. Anusha Nagarajan, Adv.<br>Mr. Adit Pujari, Adv.<br>Ms. Pragya Baghel, Adv. [AOR]<br>Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, Adv.<br>Ms. Samten Doma, Adv.
WP(C)No.1014/17		Mr. Apar Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr. Deepayan Mandal, Adv. [AOR]<br>Mr. Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv.
WP(C)No.1056/17	for	Mr. K.V. Viswanathan, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Adv.<br>Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv.<br>Mr. N. Sai Vinod, Adv.<br>Mr. T.V.S. Raghavendra Sreyas, Adv. [AOR]
CP(C)No.34/18		Mr. Sameer H. Shahani-in-person
---------------------<br>For Respondent(s)<br>WP(C)No.494/12 etc.		Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG<br>Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG<br>Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv. [AOR]<br>Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv.<br>Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv.<br>Ms. Chavanya L., Adv.<br>Mr. Rohit Bhat, Adv.<br>Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.<br>Mr. Kanu Aggarwal, Adv.<br>Ms. Adeeba Mujahid, Adv.<br>Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Piyush Goyal, Adv.<br>Mr. Palash Maheshwari, Adv.<br>Mr. Fahad M. Khan, Adv.<br>Ms. Bhavita Kumar, Adv.<br>Ms. Priyanka Walesha, Adv.<br>Mr. vivek Gurnani, Adv.<br>Ms. Priyanka Walesha, Adv.<br>Mr. K.V. Venugopal, AG<br>Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG<br>Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Adv.<br>Ms. Shardha Deshmukha, Adv.<br>Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.<br>Mr. R. Bala Subramaniyam, Adv.<br>Mr. Raj Bahadur, Adv. [AOR]
WP(C)No.231/16		Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG<br>Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv.

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	Ms. Rukmini Bobde, Adv.<br>Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Adv.<br>Ms. Adeeba Mujahid, Adv.<br>Mr. Harish V. Shenkar, Adv.<br>Mr. M.K. Maroria, Adv. [AOR]
Gujarat	Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv.<br>Ms. Shodhika Sharma, Adv.<br>Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv.<br>Ms. Apoorva Garg, Adv.<br>Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Adv. [AOR]
Himachal Pradesh	Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv. [AOR]<br>Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Adv.
Puducherry	Mr. V. G. Pragasam, Adv. [AOR]
TRAI	Mr. Sanjay Kapur, Adv. [AOR]<br>Ms. Mansi Kapur, Adv.<br>Ms. Megha Karnwal, Adv.<br>Ms. Shubhra Kapur, Adv.
	Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv.<br>Ms. Savita Singh, Adv. [AOR]<br>Mr. shrutanjay Bhardwaj, Adv.<br>Ms. Veera Mahuli, Adv.
Rajasthan	Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. [AOR]
Meghalaya	Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv. [AOR]
	Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar,Adv.[AOR]
	Mr. Mishra Saurabh, Adv. [AOR]
	Mr. S. Mukherjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, Adv. [AOR]<br>Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv.<br>Mr. Ashish Kumar Mishra, Adv.<br>Mr. Jafar Imamnaqvi, Adv.
	Mr. Manish Vashishtha, Adv. [AOR]
	Mr. Jayant Mohan, Adv. [AOR]
	Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, Adv. [AOR]
	Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv. [AOR]
	Mr. Garvesh Kabra, Adv. [AOR]

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IA Nos.18 & 19/15	Mr. R. Sudhinder, Adv.<br>Mr. Ashok Mathur, Adv. [AOR]<br>Ms. Amrita Sarkar, Adv.
	Ms. Sauya Mehrotra, Adv. [AOR]
	Mr. Anip Sachthey, Adv. [AOR]
	Mrs. Anil Katiyar, Adv. [AOR]
	Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. [AOR]
	Ms. Radhika Chaturvedi, Adv.<br>Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. S.K. Rajora, Adv.<br>for<br>Dr.<br>(Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, Adv. [AOR]
Andhra Pradesh	Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv. [AOR]<br>Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.
	M/s. Corporate Law Group, Advs. [AOR]
	Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, Adv. [AOR]
Haryana	Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, Adv. [AOR]
Jharkhand	Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, Adv. [AOR]
J&K	Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv. [AOR]<br>Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv.<br>Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv.
	Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Adv. [AOR]
	Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, Adv. [AOR]
Mizoram	Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv.<br>Ms. Nitya Madhusoodhanan, Adv.<br>Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, Adv. [AOR]
Sikkim	Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv.<br>Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv.<br>Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv.<br>Ms. Simran Jeet, Adv.<br>for<br>M/s. Arputham Aruna and Co., Advs. [AOR]
Uttarakhand	Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, Adv. [AOR]<br>Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv.

West Bengal PLR Chambers & Co., Advs. [AOR] Tripura Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Tamil Nadu Mr. K.V. Vijayakumar, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Maitreyee Mishra, Adv. Mr. K.V. Ramkumar, Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, Adv. [AOR] Mr. E.C. Agrawala, Adv. [AOR] Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Adv. [AOR]

• Ms. Rashmi Singhania, Adv. [AOR]
• UT of Chandigarh Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. [AOR]

Mr. Dinkar Kalra, Adv. [AOR]

Mr. Mohit D. Ram, Adv. [AOR]

• R.B.I. Mr. Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kuldeep S. Parihar, Adv. Mr. H.S. Parihar, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Ketan Paul, Adv.
• Telangana Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. [AOR]
• Mr. Wills Mathews, Adv. Mr. Shaji Sebastian, Adv. Mr. Ginesh P., Adv. Ms. Anu George, Adv. Mr. Rabin Majumder, Adv. [AOR] Mr. Jogy Scaria, Adv. [AOR] M/s. Meharia & Co., Advs. [AOR] M/s. Lawyer S Knit & Co., Advs. [AOR] Mr. M.P. Vinod, Adv. [AOR]
• in WP(C)No.1058/17 Dr. Lalit Bhasin, Adv. Ms. Nina Gupta, Adv. Mr.Shereen Shukla, Adv. Ms. Palak Chadha, Adv. Mr. Mudit Sharma, Adv. [AOR]

Mr. Harsh Kaushik, Adv. [AOR]

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	M/s.<br>Khaitan & Co., Advs. [AOR]
	Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu, Advs. [AOR]
West Bengal	Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, Adv. [AOR]
Kerala	Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Adv. [AOR]<br>Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv.<br>Mr. Manav Vohra, Adv.<br>Mr. Krishna Dev J., Adv.<br>Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., Adv.<br>Ms. Svadha Shankar, Adv.<br>Mr. Alim Anwar, Adv.<br>Mr. Amith Krishna, Adv.
Karnataka	Mr. Devadatt kamat, Addl. Adv. Gen.<br>Mr. Joseph Aristotle S., Adv. [AOR]<br>Mrs. Priya Aristotle, Adv.<br>Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv.<br>Mr. Javedur Rehman, Adv.<br>Mr. Aditya Bhat, Adv.
Punjab	Mr. Karan Bharihoke, Adv.
Jharkhand	Mr. Jayesh Gaurav, Adv.<br>Mr. Ratan Kr. Choudhuri, Adv.
A&N Admn.	Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv.<br>Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.<br>Mrs. G. Indira, Adv.
Nagaland	Mr. Edward Belho, AAG<br>Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv.<br>Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv.
Manipur	Mr. Leisangthem Roshmani Kh., Adv.<br>Ms. Maibam Babina, Adv.
	Mr. Ajay Bansal, Adv.<br>Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Adv.<br>for<br>Mr. Kuldip Singh, Adv.
--------------------<br>For Applicant (s)	Mr. E.C. Agrawala, Adv.
IA Nos.6537/18 &<br>6666/18	Mr. P.V. Surendra Nath, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Resmitha R. Chandran, Adv. [AOR]<br>Ms. Lekha Sudhakaran, Adv.
	Ms. Pallavi Pratap, Adv. [AOR]

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	Mr. Sriram P., Adv.<br>Ms. Khushbu Jain, Adv.<br>Mr. Vishnu Shankar M.S., Adv.<br>Ms. Athira G. Nair, Adv.
IA No.5890/18	Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, Adv. [AOR]<br>Ms. Shivani Khandekar, Adv.
	Ms. Pooja Dhar, Adv. [AOR]
	Mr. K. Rajeev, Adv. [AOR]
	Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, Adv. [AOR]
	Dr. Anindita Pujari, Adv. [AOR]
IA 10105/18	Mr. Jawahar Raja, Adv.<br>Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Adv. [AOR]<br>Ms. Rahat Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Chinmay Kanojia, Adv.
	Ms. Aparna Bhat, Adv. [AOR]
in IA No.31/15	Dr. Lalit Bhasin, Adv.<br>Ms. Nina Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr.Shereen Shukla, Adv.<br>Ms. Palak Chadha, Adv.<br>Mr. Mudit Sharma, Adv. [AOR]
IA No.122999/17	Ms. Pragya Baghel, Adv. [AOR]
IA No.8/13	Mr. Sai Krishna Rajgopal, Adv.<br>Mr. Arjun Ranganathan, Adv.<br>Mr. Julien George, Adv.<br>Ms. Arundhati Gopal, Adv.<br>Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Adv.
	Intervenor-in-person<br>Applicant-in-person
	UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following<br>O R D E R

Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned Additional Solicitor General continued his submissions which remained inconclusive.

List tomorrow, the 12th April 2018 for further hearing.

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