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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 (With Office Report) Signature Not Verified

Digitally signed by Ramana Venkata Ganti Date: 2015.10.16 11:40:43 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 (With Office Report)

CONMT.PET.(C) No. 144/2014 In W.P.(C) No. 494/2012 (With appln.(s) for directions and appln.(s) for directions and Office Report) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 470/2015 In W.P.(C) No. 494/2012 (With appln.(s) for exemption from filing O.T. and Office Report) SLP(Crl) No. 2524/2014 (With Office Report) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 674/2015 In W.P.(C) No. 829/2013 (With Office Report) Date : 15/10/2015 These petitions/cases were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.Y. EQBAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. NAGAPPAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN MISHRA HON'BLE MR. 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. Ms.Niharika, Adv. Ms.Titisha Mukherjee, Adv. For M/s. K.J. John & Co., Advs. 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. 3 Mr.Anirban Sen, Adv. Mr.Adarsh tiwari, Adv. Mr.T.Gopal, Adv. Mr.Dinesh, Adv. WP(C) no. 494/2012 Mr. Soli Sorabjee,Sr.Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Yadav, Adv. Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta,Adv. Mr.Aditya Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr.Gaurav Kumar, 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,Advs.
WP(C) no. 932/2013<br>CC(C) no. 470/2015	Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv.<br>Mr. Sella Kumar, Adv.
	Ms.Nitya Ramakrishnan, Adv.<br>Mr.Shadan Farasat, Adv.<br>Ms.Guneet Kaur, Adv.<br>Ms.Rita Singh, Adv.<br>Mr.Vaibhav Tiwari, 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>Mr.Kaushal Yadav, Adv.<br>Mr.A.Sen Gupta,Adv.<br>4
	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.<br>Mr.Vakul Sharma, Adv.
	Mr.J.M.Kalia, Adv.<br>Mr.Balendu Shekhar, Adv.<br>Ms.Somya Rathore, Adv.<br>Ms.Kritika Sachdeva, Adv.<br>Ms.Saudamini Sharma, Adv.<br>Ms.Snibha Mehra, aDv.<br>Mr.Karan Seth, Adv.<br>Mr.Rishabh Jain, Adv.<br>Mr.D.S.Mahra,Adv.
SEBI	Mr.Tushar Mehta, ASG<br>Mr.Avinash Tripathi, Adv.<br>Mr.Harish Pandey, 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.Mudit Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr.Parvez Khan, Adv.<br>Ms.Palak Chadha, Adv.
IA no. 11/2014	Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv.<br>Ms. Savita Singh, Adv.<br>Ms.Nidhi Bhalla, 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.<br>5
State of HP	Mr.<br>Mr.<br>Mr.<br>Mr.<br>Ms.	J.S. Attri, Sr. Adv.<br>Suryanarayana Singh, Sr. AAG<br>Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv.<br>Sumeet Prakash, Adv.<br>Pragati Neekhra, Adv.
		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.<br>Ms.R.Shase, 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		Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv.<br>Mr.Avnessh Arputham, Adv.<br>Ms.Anuradha Arputham, Adv.<br>For M/s.Arputham Aruna & Co.,Advs.
ECI	Mr.<br>Mr.<br>Ms.<br>Mr.	Ashok Desai, Sr. Adv.<br>S.K. Mendiratta, Adv.<br>Anu Bindra, Adv.<br>Mohit D. Ram, Adv.<br>6

State of Tripura Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv.

		Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.<br>Ms. Varsha Poddar, Adv.
Pradesh	State of Arunachal	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.
State of Punjab		Mr. Sanchar Anand, AAG<br>Mr. Nishant Bishnoi, Adv.<br>Mr.Apoorv Singhal, Adv.<br>Mr.J.S.Chhabra, Adv.<br>Mr.Kuldip Singh, Adv.
	State of Jharkhand	Mr.Ajit Kr.Sinha, Sr.Adv.<br>Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Mohd. Waquas, Adv.
		State of ChhatisgarhMr. C.D. Singh, Adv.<br>Ms. Sylona Mohapatara, Adv.
		Govt. of Puducherry Mr. V.G. Pragasam, Adv.<br>Mr. Prabu Ramasubramanian,Adv.
IA No. 5/2014 in	WP(C) no. 833/2013	Mr. Praveen Sehrawat, Adv.<br>Mr. Priyadarshi Banerjee, Adv.
		Mr. Nikhil Nayyar,Adv.
	State of Karnataka	Ms. Anitha Shenoy,Adv.<br>Ms.Maitreyee Mishra, Adv.
State of WB		Mr. Soumitra G. Chaudhuri, Adv.<br>Mr. Anip Sachthey,Adv.
	State of Rajasthan	Mr.Nitish Bagri, Adv.<br>Mr.Divyesh Maheshwari, Adv.<br>Mr.Ajay Choudhary, Adv.<br>Mr.Gaurav Chaudhary, Adv.
		Ms. Mumtaz Bhalla, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhay Kumar, Adv.
		Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee,Adv.<br>7
	In WP(C)NO.494/12	I.A.Nos.9 & 10/2013 Mr. Garvesh Kabra,Adv.<br>Ms. Pooja Kabra, Adv.
State of Gujarat		Ms. Hemantika Wahi,Adv.<br>Ms. Jesal Wahi, Adv.<br>Ms. Puja Singh, Adv.
		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. Mr.Gaurav Srivastava, Adv. State of M.P. Mr.Naveen Sharma,adv. Ms.Swati Bhushan 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 In W.P.(C)NO.494/2012 Mr.Sanjay Kapur,Adv. Mr.Anmol Chandan, Adv. Mr.Anoop J.Bhambani, Sr.Adv. Dr.Abhishek Attrey, Adv. Mr.Ravindra Lakhande, Adv. Mr.Sumit Rajora, Adv. State of H.P. Mr.J.S.Attri, Sr.adv. Mr.Suryanarayana Singh, Sr.AAG Mr.Varinder Kr.Sharma, Adv. Mr.Chandra Nand Jha, Adv. Intervenor Mr.Saikrishna Rajagopal, Adv. Mr.Juhen George, Adv. Mr.Arjun Rananathan, Adv. 8 Pen.Fun.Reg.&D.A. Mr.R.Sudhinder, Adv. Ms.Ekta Bhasin, Adv. Mr.Ashok Mathur, Adv. 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 Rajpal, Adv. Mr.Avanish Rathi, Adv. Mr.Vivek Ranjan Mohanty, Adv. Mr.Adhiraj Singh Rajawat, Adv. Mr.Shanti Mukharjee, Adv. Mr.Manoj K.Mishra, Adv. Ms.Shreya Mukharjee, Adv. Mr.Sandeep Kr.Dwivedi, Adv. Mr.Shivam Verma Adv. Mr.Nikhil Nayyar, Adv. Mr.Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv. Ms.Anitha Shenoy, Adv. Ms.Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr.Dinkar Kalra, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R All the applications for intervention and impleadment be heard along with the respective main matters. Application(s) filed by the Union of India/UIDAI is/are disposed of. 9 Since there is some urgency in the matter, we request the learned Chief Justice of India to constitute a Bench for final hearing of these matters at the earliest. Ordered accordingly. (G.V.Ramana) (Vinod Kulvi) AR-cum-PS Asstt.Registrar (Signed order is placed on the file) 10 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (C) NO. 494 OF 2012 JUSTICE K.S. PUTTASWAMY ..PETITIONER(S) (RETD) & ANR. VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .. RESPONDENT(S) T.C.(C) No. 151/2013 T.C.(C) No. 152/2013 WRIT PETITION(C) No. 829/2013 WRIT PETITION(C) No. 833/2013 WRIT PETITION(C) No. 932/2013 TRANSFER PETITION(C) No. 312/2014 TRANSFER PETITION(C) No. 313/2014 WRIT PETITION(C) No. 37/2015 WRIT PETITION(C) No. 220/2015

Mr.Mohit D.Ram, Adv.

TRANSFER PETITION(C) No. 921/2015

CONMT.PET.(C) No. 144/2014 In WRIT PETITION(C) No. 494/2012 11 CONMT.PET.(C) No. 470/2015 In WRIT PETITION(C) No. 494/2012 SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRL.) No. 2524/2014 CONMT.PET.(C) No. 674/2015 In WRIT PETITION(C) No. 829/2013

 O R D E R

1. This Bench is constituted only for the purpose of deciding the applications filed by the Union of India seeking certain clarification/modification in the orders passed by a Bench of three learned Judges of this Court dated 11.08.2015.

2. We have heard Shri Mukul Rohtagi, learned Attorney General for India, Shri Shyam Divan, Shri Soli Sorabjee and Shri Gopal Subramanium, learned senior counsels in extenso.

3. After hearing the learned Attorney General for India and other learned senior counsels, we are of the view that in paragraph 3 of the Order dated 11.08.2015, if we add, apart from the other two Schemes, namely, P.D.S. Scheme and the L.P.G. Distribution Scheme, the Schemes like The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employement Guarantee Scheme 12 (MGNREGS), National Social Assistance Programme (Old Age Pensions, Widow Pensions, Disability Pensions) Prime Minister's Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) and Employees' Providend Fund Organisation (EPFO) for the present, it would not dilute earlier order passed by this Court. Therefore, we now include the aforesaid Schemes apart from the other two Schemes that this Court has permitted in its earlier order dated 11.08.2015.

4. We impress upon the Union of India that it shall strictly follow all the earlier orders passed by this Court commencing from 23.09.2013.

5. We will also make it clear that the Aadhaar card Scheme is purely voluntary and it cannot be made mandatory till the matter is finally decided by this Court one way or the other.

6. All the applications for intervention and impleadment be heard along with the respective main matters.

7. Application(s) for modification/ clarification filed by Union of India/UIDAI is/are disposed of. 13

8. Since there is some urgency in the matter, we request the learned Chief Justice of India to constitute a Bench for final hearing of these matters at the earliest.

Ordered accordingly.

...................CJI [ H.L. DATTU ] ...................J. [ M.Y. EQBAL ] ...................J. [ C. NAGAPPAN ] ...................J. [ ARUN MISHRA ] ...................J. [ AMITAVA ROY ]

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 15, 2015.