Common Cause vs. Union Of India
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Order Issued After Hearing
Purpose:
Mention Memo
Before:
Hon'ble Hon'Ble The Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Hon'ble Deepak Gupta, Hon'ble Hon'Ble The Chief Justice
Stage:
AFTER NOTICE (FOR ADMISSION) - CIVIL CASES
Remarks:
Notice [NOTICE ONLY ON IA 58796/2019 RETURNABLE IN 4 WEEKS], IA Disposed Off [25405/2019,39315/2019], Notice Returnable [D:0,W:04,M:0]
Listed On:
29 Apr 2019
In:
Judge
Category:
UNKNOWN
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ITEM NO.41 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(s)(Civil) No(s). 114/2014
COMMON CAUSE Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. N Respondent(s)
(ONLY IA NOS. 39315/2019 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON B/O M/S GANDHAMARDAN SPONGE INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD.), IA NO. 25405/2019 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTION ON B/O M/S SARDA MINES PVT. LTD.) AND I.A. NO. 58796/2019 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON B/O D.R. PATNAIK) ARE LISTED.) (THE NAMES OF THE FOLLOWING ADVOCATES MAY BE TREATED TO HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN THE LIST: MR. HARISH N. SALVE, SR. ADVOCATE (A.C.) MR. A.D.N. RAO, ADVOCATE (A.C.) MR. SIDDHARTHA CHOWDHURY, ADVOCATE (A.C.) MS. APARAJITA SINGH, SR. ADVOCATE (A.C.)) WITH SLP(C) No. 23644/2016 (XI-A) (IA 79477/2016-APPLICATION FOR IMPLEADMENT, IA 85780/2016-FOR ADDL. DOCUMENTS, IA 4/2017-INTERVENTION APPLICATION AND IA 54052/2018- INTERVENTION APPLICATION)
Date : 29-04-2019 These petitions were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA
| For Petitioner(s) | Mr. A.D.N. Rao, Adv. (Amicus Curiae) |
|---|---|
| Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR | |
| Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR | |
| For Respondent(s) | Mr. Tejaswi Kumar Pradhan, AOR |
| U.O.I. | Ms. Pinky Anand, ASG<br>Ms. V. Mohana, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. A. Kunal, Adv.<br>Mr. R.R. Rajesh, Adv.<br>Ms. Ankita Sharma, Adv.<br>Ms. Nikita Capoor, Adv. |
Ms. Kashvi Dutta, Adv.
Mr. Atulesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur, Adv. Mr. Tarkeshwar Nath, Adv. Mr. Balendu Shekhar, Adv. Mr. P.K. Mullick, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Sagar, Adv. Mr. Mahavir Rawat, Adv. Mr. Hemant Arya, Adv. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv. Mrs. Kirti Renu Mishra, AOR Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv. Ms. Apurva Upmanyu, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Mr. Chandan Kumar Mandal, Adv. Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gopal Jain, Sr. Adv. Mr. N.K. Kaul, Sr. Adv. Mr. Naveen Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anurag Abhishek, Adv. Ms. Priya Singh, Adv. Mr. Pranav Sood, Adv. Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv. Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Mr. Abhinay Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mandeep Kalra, Adv. Mr. Prem Prakash, AOR Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar Jain, AOR Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. Raj Kumar Mehta, AOR Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Mr. Mukul Kumar, AOR M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR
Mr. Ramendra Mohan Patnaik, AOR
| M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR | |
|---|---|
| FIMI | Mr. Sunil Dogra, Adv.<br>Mr. Vivek Vishnoi, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhishek Sharma, AOR |
| Mr. Gaurav Kejriwal, AOR | |
| Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, AOR | |
| M/S.<br>Aura & Co., AOR | |
| Ms. Movita, AOR | |
| Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR | |
| Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, AOR | |
| Ms. Uttara Babbar, Adv.<br>Mr. Manan Bansal, Adv. | |
| For applicant(s)<br>IA 39315/2019<br>in WPC 114/2014 | Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Naveen Kumar, AOR<br>Mr. Prabhat Kumar Rai, Adv. |
| IA 58396/2019<br>in WPC 114/2014 | Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Dhananjaya Mishra, Adv.<br>Mr. Arnav Dash, Adv.<br>Mr. R.M. Patnaik, AOR |
| IA 25405/2019<br>in WPC 114/2014 | Mr. Naveen Kumar, AOR<br>Mr. Prabhat Kumar Rai, Adv.<br>Mr. Kumar Bhanu, Adv. |
| IA 54052/2018<br>in SLP 23644/2016 | Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. D.P. Mohanty, Adv.<br>Ms. Sreeparna Basak, Adv.<br>Ms. Pratyusha Priyadarshini, Adv.<br>Mr. Malvika Bhanot, Adv. |
| For Impleadment<br>in SLP 23644/2016 | Mr. Tushar Mehta, S.G.<br>Mr. Sanjay Kapur, Adv.<br>Ms. Megha Karnwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Bharath Gangadharan, Adv. |
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R
W.P. (C) No. 114/2014:
The Report filed by the Union of India is taken on record. Copy of the Report be served on the contesting parties. Response, if any, be filed within four weeks.
I.A. No. 25405/2019 in W.P.(C) No. 114/2014:
Heard learned counsel for the applicant.
We make it clear that it is open for the High Court to decide Writ Petition (C) No. 9428 of 2015 pending before it irrespective of the pendency of the Writ Petition (C) No. 114 of 2014 before this Court.
The Interlocutory application is disposed of in the above terms.
I.A. No. 39315/2019 in W.P.(C) No. 114/2014:
Heard learned counsel for the applicant.
We are not inclined to grant the prayer for reduction of the rate of interest from 24% p.a. to 12% p.a. as prayed for.
The Interlocutory application is dismissed.
I.A. No. 58796/2019 in W.P.(C) No. 114/2014:
Issue notice, returnable in four weeks.
S.L.P. (C) No. 23644/2016:
List the matter tomorrow (30.04.2019)
(SUSHIL KUMAR RAKHEJA) (ANAND PRAKASH) AR CUM PS BRANCH OFFICER
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