S. G. Vombatkere vs. Union Of India Ministry Of Home Affairs Secretary

ITEM NO.502 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition (Civil) No. 494/2012

JUSTICE K.S. PUTTASWAMY (RETD) & ANR. Petitioner

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondents

(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- Digitally signed by DEEPAK GUGLANI Date: 2018.04.18 17:10:32 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

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. 841/2017 (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) (FOR ADMISSION) Date : 18-04-2018 This matter was 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 Petitioners Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Dr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR Ms. Vidyottma, Adv. Mr. Ravindra Khurd, Adv. Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Prasanna S., Adv. Mr. Anuj Sarma, Adv. Ms. Niharika, Adv. Ms. Samiksha Ghodiyal, Adv. Ms. Kritika Bharadwaj, Adv. Ms. Kanika Kalaiyarasan, Adv. Mr. Prasanna S., Adv. Ms. Stuti Vatsa, Adv. Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Adv. Mr. Priyam Cherian Lizmary, Adv. Mr. Varun Mathew, Adv. Ms. Upasana Garnaik, Adv. Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR

Mr. K.V. Vishwanathan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv. Mr. N. Sai Vinod, Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR 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. Muhammad Ali Khan, Adv. Mr. Vikramaditya Singh, Adv. Mr. R.V. Prabhat, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Gupta, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Jebraj, Adv. Mr. Zafar Khurshid, Adv. Mr. Omar Hoda, Adv. Mr. Jaspal Singh, Adv. Ms. Prianka Rao Khan, Adv. Mr. Namra Nasir, Adv. Mr. Gautam Talukdar, AOR Dr. Anindita Pujari, Adv. Mr. Kavita Bhardawaj, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, AOR Mr. Jaideep Singh, Adv. Mr. Anirben Sen, Adv. Ms. Chithrangda Rastravara, Adv. Mr. Pawan Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Jayavardhan Singh, Adv. Mr. T. Gopal, Adv. Mr. Amit Verma, Adv. Ms. Tanuja Patra, Adv. Mr. Vishwajeet Singh, Adv. Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, AOR Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Kumar Singh, Adv. Mrs. Rita Gupta, Adv. Ms. Deepshikha Bharati, Adv. Ms. Harsha, Adv. Mr. Arvind P. Datar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Apar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Deepayan Mandal, AOR Mr. Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv. M/s. K.J. John And Co, AOR M/s. Meharia & Company, AOR

Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR Mr. Vipin Nair, AOR Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, AOR Mrs. Geetha Kovilan, AOR Mr. Rahul Narayan, AOR Mr. Pranaya Kumar Mohapatra, AOR Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR M/s. PLR Chambers And Co., AOR Petitioner-in-person For Respondents Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG Mr. Zoheb Hossain, AOR Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv. Ms. Charanya L., Adv. Mr. Rohit Bhat, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Adeeba Mujahid, Adv. Ms. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Piyush Goyal, Adv. Ms. Palash Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Adv. Ms. Priyanka Walesha, Adv. Ms. Kanu Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Adv. Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur, Adv. Mr. Harish V. Shanker, Adv. Ms. Rukmani Bobde, Adv. Mr. M.K. Maroria, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv. Mr. Sanskriti Pathak, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv. Mr. Sanskriti Pathak, Adv. Ms. Mamta Singh, Adv. Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Mr. Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kuldeep S. Parihar, Adv. Mr. H.S. Parihar, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajan Shonker, Adv. 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. Amith Krishna, Adv. Mr. Alim Anwar, Adv. Ms. Ashok Mathur, AOR Mr. R. Sudhakar, Adv. Ms. Saumya Mehrotra, Adv. Ms. Amrita Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Leishangthem Roshmani Kh., Adv. Ms. Maibam Babina, Adv. Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv. Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv. Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv. Mr. K.V. Vijayakumar, AOR Ms. Maitreyee Mishra, Adv. Mr. K.V. Ram Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Wadhawa, Adv. Mr. Atul Shankar Vinod, Adv. Mr. Dileep Pillai, Adv. Mr. Bharghav Thali, Adv. Mr. Vikas Pathak, Adv. Mr. M.P. Vinod, AOR Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Mohd. Waquar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR Ms. Mansi Kapur, Adv. Ms. Megha Karnwal, Adv. Ms. Shubhra Kapur, Adv. Mr. Karan Bharihoke, Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv. Mr. Edward Belho, AAG, Nagaland Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv. Mr. Wills Mathews, Adv. Mr. Shaji Sebastian, Adv. Mr. Devendra Kumar Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv.

Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Ms. Simran Jeet, Adv. M/s. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Dr. Radhika Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.K. Rajora, Adv. Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, AOR Mr. Anil Grover, AAG, Haryana Mr. Shivam Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Mr. Devadatt Kamat, AAG, Karnataka Mr. Joseph Aristotle S., Adv. Mrs. Priya Aristotle, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv. Mr. Javedur Rehman, Adv. Mr. Aditya Bhat, 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. Dr. Lalit Bhasin, Adv. Ms. Nina Gupta, Adv. Ms. Palak Chadha, Adv. Ms. Shireen Shukla, Adv. Mr. Mudit Sharma, AOR Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv. Ms. Nitya Madhusoodhanan, Adv. Mr. T.G. Narayanan Nair, AOR Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv. Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Mrs. G. Indira, AOR Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. Mr. Sayooj Mohandas M., Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.

Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. M/s. Lawyers Knit & Co, AOR M/s. Meharia & Company, AOR Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, AOR Mr. Dinkar Kalra, AOR Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Ms. Savita Singh, AOR Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Mr. T.G. Narayanan Nair, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR M/s. Corporate Law Group, AOR Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR Mr. Harish Pandey, AOR Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR Mr. Anip Sachthey, AOR Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Applicant-in-person, AOR Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR Mr. Garvesh Kabra, AOR Intervenor-in-person, AOR Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Ms. Pallavi Pratap, AOR Mr. V.G. Pragasam, AOR Mr. Manish Vashishtha, AOR M/s. PLR Chambers And Co., AOR Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR M/s. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Harsh Kaushik, AOR Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu, AOR Ms. Resmitha R. Chandran, Adv. Ms. Lekha Sudhakaran, Adv. Mr. Arvind P. Datar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sriram P., Adv. Mr. P.T. Sheejish, Adv. Ms. Khushbu Jain, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Shankar M.S., Adv. Ms. Athira G. Nair, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, Adv. Ms. Shivani Khandekar, Adv.

Mr. Thomas J. Vallianeth, Adv. Mr. Priyadarshi Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Pratibhanu Singh Kharola, Adv. Mr. Saransh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Saransh Jain, Adv. Mr. Madhavam Sharma, Adv. Mr. Meka Venkata Ram Krishna, Adv. Mr. E.C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Jawahar Raja, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Chinmay Kanojia, Adv. Mr. S. Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, AOR Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Jafar Imam Naqvi, Adv. Ms. Aparna Bhat, Adv. Mr. Mayank Sapra, Adv. Mr. Sai Krishna Rajgopal, Adv. Mr. Julien George, Adv. Ms. Arundhatik Gopal, Adv. Mr. Arjun Ranganathan, Adv. Ms. Vaneesha Jain, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Adv.

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

Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, learned senior counsel appearing for the State of Gujarat and Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) continued his arguments, which remained inconclusive.

Put up for further hearing tomorrow (19.4.2018).