Indian Oil Corp. Ltd vs. Ashok Kumar Paikaray

ITEM NO.1 COURT NO.5 SECTION X

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.) AND ANR. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

WITH W.P.(C) No.797/2016 (With appln.(s) for directions, stay and permission to file Annexure) W.P.(C) No.342/2017 (With appln.(s) for interim prayer for grant of interim relief)

Date : 27/06/2017 These petitions were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

15:05:35 IST Reason:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN SINHA

Mr. Uday Aditya Banerjee, Adv.

For Petitioner(s)	Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, AOR
	Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Chandra Shekhar Suman, Adv.
	Mr. R.K. Rajnanshi, Adv.
	Ms. Deepshikha Bharati, Adv.
WP 797/16	Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv.
	Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.
	Mr. Prasanna S., Adv.
	Ms. Niharika, Adv.
	Ms. Sameeksha G., Adv.
	Mr. Apar Gupta, Adv.
	for M/s. K.J. John & Co.
WP 342/17	Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. Vipin Nair, AOR

Mr. S. Prasanna, Adv. Mr. Apar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Adv. Mr. R.K. Rathore, Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hossain, AOR Ms. Aarti Sharma, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Mukherjee, Adv. Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Ravi Prakash, Adv. Mr. Sachin Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Ritesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. R.K. Verma, Adv. Mr. Anil Gulati, Adv. Mr. Balkishan Lodhania, Adv. Ms. Devika Jain, Adv. Mr. V.G. Pragasam, AOR Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, AAG Ms. Shikha Sandhu, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, AOR Mr. Manish Vashishtha, AOR Mr. Sanchar Aanand, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Singhal, Adv. Mr. Anant K. Vatsya, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Ms. Shodhika Sharma, Adv. Mr. Harish Pandey, AOR Mr. Garvesh Kabra, AOR Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR Mr. Anip Sachthey, AOR

Ms. Savita Singh, AOR Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR Mr. D.S. Mahra, AOR Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR M/s. Corporate Law Group Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mr. Anil Grover, AAG Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. Mohd. Waquas, Adv. Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR Mr. T.G. Narayanan Nair, AOR Ms. Aruna Mathur, AOR Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Mr. Amit Arora, Adv. Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Ms. Varsha Poddar, Adv. Mr. Shoeb Alam, Adv. Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv. Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv.

Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv. Mr. K.V. Jagadishvaran, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, Adv.

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

W.P.(C) No.797/2016 & W.P.(C) No.342/2017

Heard Mr. Shyam Divan, learned senior counsel for the petitioners and Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned Additional Solicitor General for the Union of India.

Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned Additional Solicitor General has prayed for some time on the ground that new facts have been stated in the rejoinder affidavit filed by the petitioner, which will have to be countered by the Union of India. The request for adjournment is not opposed by Mr. Divan, learned senior counsel for the petitioner, but he submits that in that case, the Court may clarify the position that the facilities which are provided under the Social Welfare Schemes to the persons who do or do not possess Aadhar card, should continue till the next date of hearing.

Mr. Mehta, learned Additional Solicitor General submits that no such clarification is required as the Office Memorandum dated 22nd June, 2017, extends the cut off date till 30th September, 2017, for persons who do not have the Aadhar number or Aadhar card. In view of this submission and the observations found in the judgment in case of Binoy Viswam vs. Union of India and Others [Writ Petition (C) No.247 of 2017] decided on 9th June, 2017, no further observation is required.

Let the sur rejoinder be filed on or before 4th July, 2017.

List the matter before the appropriate Bench on 7 th July, 2017.

(Chetan Kumar) Court Master

(H.S. Parasher) Court Master