Indian Oil Corp. Ltd vs. Ashok Kumar Paikaray

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) AND ANR. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. Respondent(s)

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) W.P.(C) No. 932/2013 (PIL-W) 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) 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)) W.P.(C) No.372/2017 (X)

Date : 20-07-2017 These Matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

Digitally signed by SATISH KUMAR YADAV Date: 2017.07.20 17:36:20 TLT Reason:

Signature Not Verified

	HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
		HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J. CHELAMESWAR
	HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.A. BOBDE
	HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.K. AGRAWAL
		HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN
		HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE
		HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD
		HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL
		HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. ABDUL NAZEER

ITEM NO.901 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W

For Petitioner(s)<br>In WP 494/2012	Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr.R.K.Rajwanshi, Adv.<br>Mr.Chandrashekhar Suman, Adv.<br>Mr.Avdhesh Kumar Singh, Adv.
For Petitioner(s)<br>In TC 151/2013	Mr. Arvind Datar, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Gautam Batra, Adv.<br>Ms. Geetha Kovilan, Adv.<br>Mr. P.R. Kovilan, Adv.<br>Mr. M.K. Aswathi, Adv.<br>Mr.R.Hemalatha, Adv.<br>Mr.V.Vasudevan, Adv.
For Petitioner(s)<br>In TC 152/2013	Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Rahul Narayan, Adv.<br>Mr. Apar Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv.<br>Ms. Ananya, Adv.<br>Mr. Shashwat Goel, adv.<br>Ms. Bhavna, adv.<br>Ms. Kritika, Adv.<br>Mr.P.S.Narwal, Adv.
For Petitioner(s)<br>In WP 833/2013	Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Shadan Farasat, Adv.<br>Ms. Tripti Tandon, Adv.<br>Mr. Lorraine Misquith, Adv.<br>Mr. S. Rao, Adv.<br>Ms. Priyam Liz Cherian, Adv.<br>Mr. Suraj S., Adv.<br>Mr. Vijayant singh, adv.<br>Mr. Anindo Mukherjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Nipun Saxena, Adv.<br>Mr. R. Deo, Adv.
For Petitioner(s)<br>In WP 829/2013,<br>WP220/15,CP 674/<br>2015,WP 797/2016	Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv.<br>Mr.Dileep Poolakkoi, Adv.<br>Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Prasanna S, Adv.<br>Ms. Niharika, Adv.<br>Ms. Kanika Kalaiyarasan, Adv.<br>Ms. Sameeksha G., Adv.<br>Ms.Kritika Bhardwaj, Adv.<br>Mr. Apar Gupta, Adv.<br>For M/s K.J.John & Co., Adv.
In WP(C) 342/2017	Mr.Shyam Divan, Sr.Adv.<br>Mr.Vipin Nair, Adv.<br>Mr.P.B.Suresh, Adv.<br>Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.<br>Mr.S.Prasanna, Adv.

Ms.Samiksha Godiyal, Adv. Mr.Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr.Govind Manoharan, Adv. Mr.V.K.Biju, Adv. Ms.Kritika Bhardwaj, Adv. For Petitioner(s) Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. In WP 932/2013, Mr. Ravindra Lokhande, Adv. CP 470/2015 For Petitioner(s) Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Adv. In CP 144/2014, Mr. Jaideep Singh, adv. 444/2016, 608/2016 Ms. Neha Meera, Adv. in WP Ms. Heena Khan, Adv. 494/2012 For Petitioner(s) Mr.Amit Mohaan Meharia, Adv. In TP 313 & 312/ Ms. Tannishtha Singh, Adv. 2014 Ms. Rishita Mall, Adv. Ms.Ayushi Gupta, Adv. for M/s Meharia & Co., AOR For Petitioner(s) Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Sr. Adv. In WP 37/2015 Mr. Jaideep Singh, Adv. Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, AOR Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, Adv. Mr. Ankur Kashyap, Adv. Mr. Prateek Chadha, Adv. Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Adv., Mr.Utkarsh Saxena, Adv. Mr. Jayavardhan Singh, Adv. Mr. Eklavya Vasudev, Adv. Ms. Radhika Sharma, Adv. Mr.Prasanna, Adv. Mr.Anirban Sen, Adv. For Petitioner(s) Ms. Neha Rathi, Adv. In CP 844/2017 Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Adv. for Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR For Petitioner(s) Mr. Chitta Ranjan Mishra, Adv. in WP 372/2017 Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv. for Mr. Pranaya Kumar Mohapatra, AOR

Ms.Julien Gorge, Adv. Mr.Yatinder Garg, Adv. Mr.N.Sai Vinod, Adv. Mr.Dhananjay Baijal, Adv. Mr.Divyanshu Rai, Adv. Mr.Arjun Ranganathan, Adv. Mr.Nikhil Nayyar, Adv.

For Respondent(s)<br>(UOI) and for<br>petitioner(s) in<br>TP 921/2015 & SR<br>2524/2014	Mr. K.K.Venugopal, Attorney General for India<br>Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG<br>Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Adv.<br>Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv.<br>Ms.Aarti Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv.<br>Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv.<br>Ms.Devika Jain, Adv.<br>Mr. Arghya Sengupta, Adv.<br>Ms. Aswati, Adv.<br>Ms. Charanya, Adv.<br>Ms.Adeeba M., Adv.
For State of<br>Maharashtra	Mr. C.A. Sundaram, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Nishant R. Katneshwarkar, Adv.<br>Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr. Zafar Inayat, Adv.<br>Mr. Apoorv Tripathy, Adv.
State of Gujarat	Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR<br>Ms.Shodhika Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr.Apoorva Garg, Adv.<br>Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv.
IA 51252&51253/2017<br>In WP 494/2012	Mr. Arvind Dattar, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Dipesh Sinha, Adv.<br>Mr.Ayiala Imti, Adv.
IA 5/2014 in WP<br>833/2013	Mr. Sajan Poovayya, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Priyadarshi Banerjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Prathibhanu S. Kharola, Adv.<br>Mr. Saransh Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Saransh Jain, Adv.<br>For E.C. Agrawala, AOR
For RBI	Mr. Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Kuldeep S. Parihar, Adv.<br>Mr. H.S. Parihar, Adv.
State of UP	Mr. D.K. Singh, AAG<br>Mr. Adarsh Upadhyay, Adv.<br>Miss Komal Mundra, Adv.<br>Mr. Saurabh Agrawal, Adv.
State of Himachal<br>Pradesh	Mr. J.S. Attri, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Chandra Nand Jha, Adv.

For IRDA	Mr. K. Ramamoorthy, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Dipak K. Nag, Adv.<br>Mr. Parmanand Gaur, Adv.
NCT of Delhi	Mr. J.M. Kalia, Adv.<br>Mr. D. S. Mahra, AOR
IA No. 31/2015<br>In WP(C) 494/12	Mr. Lalit Bhasin, Adv.<br>Ms. Nina Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr. Mudit Sharma, Adv.
For State of W.B.	Mr. Soumitra G. Chaudhuri, Adv.<br>Mr. Chanchal K. Ganguli, Adv.
	Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR<br>Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv.
	Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR
State of Telangana	Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR<br>Mr. Mrityunjai Singh, Adv.
For State of<br>Meghalaya	Mr.Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv.<br>Mr.Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Adv.<br>Mr.Rahul Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR
	Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv.<br>Mr. Zeeshan Diwan, Adv.<br>Ms. Savita Singh, AOR
	Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR
For TRAI	Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR<br>Ms. Megha Karnwal, Adv.<br>Ms. Mansi Kapur, Adv.<br>Ms. Shubhra Kapur, Adv.
For State of<br>Mizoram	Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR<br>Ms. Nitya Madhusoodhanan, Adv.
For Govt. of<br>Puducherry	Mr. V. G. Pragasam, AOR<br>Mr. Prabhu Ramasubramanian, Adv.
For State of Pb.	Mr. Karan Bharihoke, Adv.<br>for Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR
For State of<br>Uttarakhand	Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR<br>Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv.

	Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR
	Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR
	Mr. Manish Vashishtha, AOR
For State of<br>Haryana	Mr. Anil Grover, AAG<br>Ms.Noopur Singhal, Adv.<br>Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR
	Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, AAG<br>Mr. Lalitendu Mohapatra, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankit anandraj Shah, Adv.<br>Mr. Puneet Parihar, Adv.<br>Mr. Shrey Kapoor, Adv.<br>Mr. Sitesh Narayan Singh, Adv.<br>Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR
In I.A.32/15<br>In WP(C) 494/12	Mr. S. Mukerjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, AOR<br>Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv.
For State of<br>Sikkim	Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv.<br>Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv.<br>Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv.<br>For M/s Arputham Aruna & Co, AOR
	Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR<br>Mr. Charudatta Mahindrakar, Adv.<br>Mr. A. Selvin Raja, Adv.<br>Mr. A.M. Oza, Adv.
	Mr. Garvesh Kabra, AOR
In I.A.No.16<br>IN WP(C)494/12	Mr. Arjun Khera, Adv.<br>Mr. Sahil Khanna, Adv.<br>Mr. Harish Pandey, AOR
	Mr. R. Sudhinder, Adv.<br>Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR<br>Ms. Amrita Sarkar, Adv.
	Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR
	Applicant-in-person, AOR
	Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR
	Mr. Wills Mathews, Adv.<br>For Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR

For State of<br>Manipur	Mr. Sapam Biswajit Meitei, Adv.<br>for Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Adv.
For Andaman &<br>Nicobar Admn.	Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.<br>Mrs. G. Indira, Adv.
For State of<br>Chhatisgarh	Mr. C.D. Singh, AAG<br>Mr. Prateek Rusia, Adv.<br>Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, Adv.<br>Mr.Anirudh P.Mayee, Adv.
For State of<br>Karnataka	Mr. Joseph Aristotle S., Adv.<br>Mrs. Priya Aristotle, Adv.<br>Mr. Ashish Yadav, Adv.<br>Ms. Romsha Raj, Adv.
For State of<br>Jharkhand	Mr. Tapesh K. Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Mohd. Waques, Adv.<br>Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv.
	Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv.<br>Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv.<br>Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv.
	Mr. Edward Belho, Adv.<br>Ms. K.Enatoli Sema, Adv.<br>Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv.<br>Mr. Amit Kr. Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. K. Luikand Michael, Adv.<br>Ms. Eliz Gangmei, Adv.
For State of<br>Tripura	Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.<br>Mr.Manish Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Pranab Prakash, Adv.<br>Mr. Shivam Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Aditya Raina, Adv.<br>Mr. Shreyas Jain, adv.<br>Mr. Kumar Milind, Adv.<br>Ms. Ambika Gautam, Adv.
	Mr. Paran Bhushan, AOR<br>Mr.Rajat Nair, Adv.<br>Mr.Abhinav Mukherjee, Adv.<br>Mr.Zoheb Hussain, Adv.<br>Ms.Kirti Dua, Adv.<br>Ms.Somya Rathore, Adv.<br>Ms.Sridha Mehra, Adv.<br>Mr.Hemant Arya, Adv.<br>Mr.Samrath Singh Nagpal, Adv.

Ms.Kritika Sachdeva, Adv. Ms.Sanjay Kumar, Adv.

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

Mr. Arvind P. Datar, learned senior counsel representing the petitioner in T.C.(C) No. 151/2013 resumed his arguments at 10.30 A.M. and concluded at 11.00 A.M. Thereafter, Mr.Anand Grover, learned senior counsel representing the petitioners in WP(C)No.833/2013 commenced his arguments and concluded at 12.50 P.M. followed by Mr.Sajan Poovayya, learned senior counsel representing the applicant in IA 5/2014 in WP(C)No.833/2013, who made his submissions upto 3.30 P.M. Thereafter, Ms.Meenakshi Arora, learned senior counsel representing the petitioner in T.C. (C)No.152/2013 made her submissions upto 4.00 P.M. The matter remained part-heard.

For further hearing, list the matter again on 25.07.2017 as part-heard.

(SATISH KUMAR YADAV) (RENUKA SADANA) AR-CUM-PS ASST.REGISTRAR