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)

(With appln.(s) for interim relief and appln.(s) for impleadment/directions and appln.(s) for impleadment and appln.(s) for impleadment and appln.(s) for impleadment and appln.(s) for impleadment , permission to file addl.documents and permission to file addl.affidavitand Office Report)

WITH T.C.(C) No. 151/2013 (With appln.(s) for modification of court's order and appln.(s) for impleadment as party respondent )

T.C.(C) No. 152/2013

With W.P.(C) No. 829/2013 (With appln.(s) for interim relief and appln.(s) for impleadment/directions and appln.(s) for impleadment and appln.(s) for impleadment and appln.(s) for impleadment and appln.(s) for impleadment and Office Report)

W.P.(C) No. 833/2013 (With appln.(s) for permission to file additional documents and appln.(s) for impleadment and appln.(s) for directions and appln. (s) for impleadment and appln.(s) for impleadment and Office Report)

W.P.(C) No. 932/2013 (With appln.(s) for clarification of court's order and appln.(s) for directions and appln.(s) for interim directions and Office Report)

T.P.(C) No. 312/2014 (With Office Report)

T.P.(C) No. 313/2014 Signature Not Verified

(With Office Report) Digitally signed by Ramana Venkata Ganti Date: 2015.10.15 09:57:46 IST Reason:

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W.P.(C) No. 37/2015 (With appln.(s) for permission to file additional documents and appln.(s) for interim stay and appln.(s) for permission to file additional documents and appln.(s) for directions and appln.(s) for impleadment and Office Report)

W.P.(C) No. 220/2015 (With appln.(s) for directions and Office Report)

T.P.(C) No. 921/2015<br>(With Office Report)
Office Report)		CONMT.PET.(C) No. 144/2014 In W.P.(C) No. 494/2012<br>(With appln.(s) for directions and appln.(s) for directions and
CONMT.PET.(C) No. 470/2015 In W.P.(C) No. 494/2012<br>(With appln.(s) for exemption from filing O.T. and Office Report)
SLP(Crl) No. 2524/2014<br>(With Office Report)
CONMT.PET.(C) No. 674/2015 In W.P.(C) No. 829/2013<br>(With Office Report)
Date : 14/10/2015 These petitions/cases were called on for hearing<br>today.
CORAM :	HON'BLE	THE<br>CHIEF JUSTICE
	HON'BLE	MR.<br>JUSTICE M.Y. EQBAL
	HON'BLE	MR.<br>JUSTICE C. NAGAPPAN
	HON'BLE	MR.<br>JUSTICE ARUN MISHRA
	HON'BLE	MR.<br>JUSTICE AMITAVA ROY
	For Petitioner(s)in
		WP(C) No. 829/2013 Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
		Mr.Pratap Venugopal, Adv.
		Ms.Surekha Raman, Adv.
		Mr.Anuj Sarma, Adv.<br>Ms.Niharika, Adv.
		Ms.Titisha Mukherjee, Adv.
	For	M/s. K.J. John & Co., Advs.
		3
WP(C) No. 37/2015		Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Sr. Adv.
		Ms. Aishwarya Bhati,Adv.
		Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, Adv.
		Ms.Anusha Ramesh, Adv.
		Mr. Prateek Joshi, Adv.
		Ms. Neha Meena, Adv.
		Mr.Rudra Pratap, Adv.
		Mr.Prateek Chadha, Adv.
		Mr.Z.Ahmed, Adv.<br>Mr.T.Gopal, Adv.
		Mr.Dinesh, Adv.
	WP(C) no. 494/2012	Mr.<br>Soli Sorabjee,Sr.Adv.<br>Mr.<br>Ankit Goel, Adv.
		Mr.<br>Sanjay Kumar Yadav, Adv.
		Mr.<br>Anish Kumar Gupta,Adv.
	TP(C) No. 151/2013	Mrs. Geetha Kovilan,Adv.
		Mr. P.R. Kovilan, Adv.
		Mr. V. Vasudevan, Adv.
	TP(C) No. 921/2015	Ms. Pinky Anand, ASG
		Mr. S.S. Rawat, Adv.
		Mr. D.S. Mahra, Adv.
	TC(C) No. 152/2013	Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv.
		Mr. Rahul Narayan,Adv.
		Mr. Mohit Singh, Adv.

	Mr. Vijay Kumar,Adv.
for	Mr. Amit Meharia, Adv.<br>Mr. Dhritiman Das, Adv.<br>M/s. Meharia & Company,Adv.
WP(C) no. 932/2013<br>CC(C) no. 470/2015	Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv.<br>Mr. Sella Kumar, Adv.
For Respondent(s)<br>UOI	Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, AG<br>Ms. Pinky Anand, ASG<br>Mr. Ajay Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv.<br>Mr.Pravesh Thakur, Adv.<br>Mr.Manish Vashistha, Adv.<br>Ms.Diksha Rai Adv.<br>Ms.Sadhana Sandhu, Adv.<br>Mr.Harpreet S.Sandu, Adv.<br>4
	Mr.Kaushal Yadav, Adv.<br>Mr.A.Sen Gupta,Adv.<br>Devanshi Singh, Adv.<br>Ms.Binu Tamta Adv.<br>Mr.Meenesh Kr.Dubey, Adv.<br>Mrs.Anil Katiyar, Adv.<br>Mr.D.S.Mahra, Adv.
NCT of Delhi	Mr.J.M.Kalia, Adv.<br>Mr.D.S.Mahra,Adv.
I.A.No.31/2015 in<br>W.P.(C)NO.494/12	Dr.Lalit Bhasin, Adv.<br>Mr.Nina Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr.Sanjay Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr.Mudit Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr.Parvez Khan, Adv.<br>Mr.Palak Chadha, Adv.
IA no. 11/2014	Mr.<br>Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv.<br>Ms.<br>Prerna Priyadarshini, Adv.<br>Mr.<br>Ankit Talwar, Adv.<br>Ms.<br>Savita Singh, Adv.
State of Telangana	Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv.<br>Mr. Krishna Kumar Singh, Adv.
RBI	Mr. Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Kuldeep S. Parihar, Adv.<br>Mr. H.S. Parihar, Adv.
State of Goa	Mr. Ninad Laud, Adv.<br>Mr. Karan Mathur, Adv.<br>Mr. Jayant Mohan, Adv.
State of Nagaland	Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv.<br>Mr. Edward Belho, Adv.<br>Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
A&N Administration	Mr. K.V. Jagdeshvaran, Adv.<br>Ms. G. Indira, Adv.
State of Assam	Mr. Navnit Kumar, Adv.<br>Ms. Deepika Ghatowor, Adv.<br>For M/s.Corporate Law Group, Advs.
State of HP	Mr.<br>J.S. Attri, Sr. Adv.

	Mr.<br>Suryanarayana Singh, Sr. AAG<br>Mr.<br>Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr.<br>Sumeet Prakash, Adv.<br>Ms.<br>Pragati Neekhra, Adv.<br>5
	State of MaharashtraMr. Nachiketa Joshi, Adv.<br>Mr. Nishant Katneshwarkar, Adv.
I.A.NO.5/2014 in<br>W.P.(C)NO.833/2013	Mr.Gopal Subramanium, Sr.Adv.<br>Mr.Priyadarshi Banerjee, Adv.<br>Mr.Praveen Sehrawat, Adv.<br>Mr.Saransh Jain, Adv.<br>Mr.E.C.Agrawala, Adv.
State of Bihar	Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, Adv.<br>Ms. Bihu Sharma, Adv.
State of AP	Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv.<br>Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.
	State of UttarakhandMr. Mukesh Verma, Adv.<br>Mr. Jatinder K. Bhatia, Adv.
State of TN	Mr. B. Balaji, Adv.<br>Mr. R. Rakesh Sharma, Adv.
State of W.B.	Mr.Soumitra G.Chaudhuri, Adv.<br>Mr.Parijat Sinha, Adv.
State of Manipur	Mr. Sapam Biswajit Meitei, Adv.<br>Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv.<br>Mr. S. Vijayanand Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr.B.Khusbanshi, Adv.<br>Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Adv.
State of Mizoram	Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv.<br>Mr. T.G.N. Nair, Adv.
State of Sikkim	Mr.A.Mariarputham, Adv.Genl.<br>Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv.<br>Mr.Avnessh Arputham, Adv.<br>Ms.Anuradha Arputham, Adv.<br>Mr. Yusuf Khan, Adv.<br>M/s.Arputham Aruna & Co.,Advs.
ECI	Mr.<br>Ashok Desai, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr.<br>S.K. Mendiratta, Adv.<br>Ms.<br>Anu Bindra, Adv.<br>Mr.<br>Mohit D. Ram, Adv.
State of Tripura	Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.<br>Ms. Varsha Poddar, Adv.<br>6
State of Arunachal<br>Pradesh	Mr. Anil Shrivastav, Adv.<br>Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
UT Chandigarh	Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv.<br>Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv.
State of Kerala	Mr. Jogy Scaria, Adv.<br>Ms. Beena Victor, Adv.<br>Mr.Rovin Jacob, Adv.

State of Punjab Mr. Ajay Bansal, AAG Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Adv. State of Jharkhand Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Waquas, Adv. State of ChhatisgarhMr. C.D. Singh, Adv. Ms. Sylona Mohapatara, Adv. Govt. of Puducherry Mr. V.G. Pragasam, Adv. Mr. Prabu Ramasubramanian,Adv. IA No. 5/2014 in WP(C) no. 833/2013 Mr. Praveen Sehrawat, Adv. Mr. Priyadarshi Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Nayyar,Adv. Ms. Anitha Shenoy,Adv. State of WB Mr. Soumitra G. Chaudhuri, Adv. Mr. Anip Sachthey,Adv. State of Rajasthan Mr.Nitish Bagri, Adv. Mr.ivyesh Maheshwari, Adv. Mr.Ajay Choudhary, Adv. Mr.Gaurav Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Mumtaz Bhalla, Adv. Mr. Abhay Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee,Adv. I.A.Nos.9 & 10/2013 Mr. Garvesh Kabra,Adv. In WP(C)NO.494/12 Ms. Pooja Kabra, Adv. State of Gujarat Ms. Hemantika Wahi,Adv. Ms. Jesal Wahi, Adv. Ms. Puja Singh, Adv. 7 Ms. C. K. Sucharita,Adv. Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta,Adv. Mr. Dinkar Kalra, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. State of Haryana Mr.Anil Grover, AAG Mr.Satish Kapoor, Adv. Mr.Sanjay Kr.Visen,Adv. Mr.Samar Vijay Singh, Adv. State of U.P. Mr.Gaurav Bhatia, AAG Mr.Adarsh Upadhyay, Adv. State of M.P. Mr.Naveen Sharma,adv. Mr.Mishra Saurabh, Adv. I.A.No.24 & 25/15 Mr.K.Ramamoorthy, Sr.Adv. In WP(C)No.494/12 Mr.Dipak K. Nag, Adv. Mr.Parmanand Gaur, Adv. Ms.Apurva Upamanyu, Adv. I.A.Nos.22-23/15 Mr.L.Nageswara Rao, Sr.Adv. In W.P.(C)NO.494/2012 Mr.Sanjay Kapur,Adv. Mr.Anmol Chandan, Adv. Mr.Ajiteshwar Singh,Adv.

Ms.Priyanka Das,Adv.

Mr.Anup J.Bhambani, Sr.Adv. Dr.Abhishek Attrey, Adv. Mr.Ravinder Lakhande, Adv. Mr.Sumit Rajora, Adv. Mr.Apar Gupta, aDv.

• State of H.P. Mr.J.S.Attri, Sr.adv. Mr.Suryanarayana Singh, Sr.AAG Mr.Varinder Kr.Sharma, Adv.
• Intervenor Mr.Saikrishna Rajagopal, Adv. Mr.Juhen George, Adv. Mr.Arjun Rananathan, Adv.

Pen.Fun.Reg.&D.A. Mr.P.S.Patwalia, ASG Mr.R.Sudhinder, Adv. Ms.Ekta Bhasin, Adv. Mr.Archit Upadhyay, Adv. Mr.Dhruv Sheoran,Adv. Mr.Ashok Mathur, Adv. 8

I.A.NO.26/15 Mr.Shiv Mangal Sharma,Adv. Mr.Ankit Shah, Adv. Mr.Puneet Parihar, Adv. Mr.Shrey Kapoor, Adv. Mr.Nishit Agrawal, Adv. Ms.Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Mr.Sitesh Narayan Singh, Adv. Mr.Saurabh Rajgopal, Adv.

Mr.Shanti Mukharjee, Adv. Mr.Manoj K.Mishra, Adv. Ms.Shreya Mukharjee, Adv. Mr.Sandeep Kr.Dwivedi, Adv. Mr.Shivam Verma Adv.

Mr.Harish Pandey, Adv.

Mr.Jagjit Singh Chhabra, Adv.

Mr.Nikhil Nayyar, Adv.

Mr.Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv.

Ms.Anitha Shenoy, Adv.

M/s.Meharia & Co., Advs.

Ms.Ruchi Kohli, Adv.

Mr.Dinkar Kalra, Adv.

Mr.Mohit D.Ram, Adv.

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

List the matters on 15th October, 2015 at 2.00 p.m..

(G.V.Ramana) (Vinod Kulvi) AR-cum-PS Asstt.Registrar