Union Of India Etc vs. Benara International And Ors Etc

ITEM NO.44 Court 14 (Video Conferencing) SECTION XVI-A

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Transfer Petition(C) Nos. 884-895/2016

UNION OF INDIA ETC. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

THE UNITED PLANTERS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN INDIA ETC. ETC. & ORS. Respondent(s) (IA No. 1/2017 - STAY APPLICATION) WITH T.P.(C) No. 683/2019 (XVI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.53768/2019-EX-PARTE STAY) T.P.(C) No. 1456-1461/2016 (XVI-A) IA No. 1/2016 - STAY APPLICATION) T.P.(C) No. 1473-1531/2016 (XVI-A) IA No. 1/2016 - EX-PARTE STAY) T.P.(C) No. 590-598/2017 (XVI-A) (FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 1/2017) T.P.(C) No. 480-481/2017 (XVI-A) (FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 1/2017) T.P.(C) No. 760-789/2017 (XVI-A) (FOR EX-PARTE STAY ON IA 1/2017) T.P.(C) No. 599-604/2017 (XVI-A) (IA No. 1/2017 - STAY APPLICATION) T.P.(C) No. 2127-2135/2017 (XVI-A) T.P.(C) No. 1263-1269/2017 (XVI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.66551/2017-STAY APPLICATION) T.P.(C) No. 1253-1255/2017 (XVI-A) (FOR AMENDMENT IN CAUSE TITLE ON IA 62946/2018) T.P.(C) No. 2425/2017 (XVI-A) (IA No. 138909/2017 - STAY APPLICATION) T.P.(C) No. 659/2018 (XVI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.58463/2018-EX-PARTE STAY) Digitally signed by Rajni Mukhi Date: 2022.02.21 18:30:52 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

T.P.(C) No. 856/2018 (XVI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.71874/2018-STAY APPLICATION) T.P.(C) No. 1237/2018 (XVI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.104847/2018-EX-PARTE STAY) T.P.(C) No. 1954/2018 (XVI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.165469/2018-EX-PARTE STAY) T.P.(C) No. 218/2019 (XVI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No. 18843/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) Date : 21-02-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH MAHESHWARI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH For Petitioner(s) Mr. K.M. Nataraj,Ld ASG Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv. Mr. S.K. Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Digvijay Dam, Adv. Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR P.2-12 in T.P.(C) Nos. 1456-1461/2016 Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR For Respondent(s) R.No. 1 in T.P. No. 1237/2018 Mr. Anant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR Ms. Sweta Sand, Adv. R.No. 1 in T.P.(C) Nos. 1263-1269/2017 Mr. Siddharth Batra, Adv. Ms. Archna Yadav, Adv. Ms. Shivani Chawla, Adv. Mr. Chinmay Dubey, Adv. Mr. Vipin Kumar Jai, AOR R.1 in T.P.(C)683/2019 Mr. Rajiv Tyagi, AOR Mr. Rohit Gupta, Adv. Mr. Rahul Tyagi, Adv. R.1 in T.P.(C) No. 599-604/2017 Mr. Gulshan Chawla Adv.

Mr. Sanjay Yadav Adv. Mr. Lokesh Kumar Tyagi Adv. Ms. Smriti Kumari Adv. Mr. Ashiesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Pankaj Bhagat, AOR R. 1 in T.P.(C) No. 1954/2018 Ms. Suruchii Aggarwal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dhruv Wahi, Adv. Mr. Paras Joshi, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar Vikkey, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra, AOR Mr. Arun K. Sinha, AOR R.117 in T.P.(C) Nos. 1473-1531/2016, R.14 in 590-598/2017, R. 1 in 760-789/2017Mr. E.R. Kumar, Adv. Ms. Swati Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Abhiram Naik, Adv. Ms. Tanya Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Disha Sachdeva, Adv. Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR R.No. 1 in T.P.(C) Nos. 884-895/2016, R.No. 122 in T.P. Nos. 1473-1531/2016, R. No. 1 in T.P.(C) Nos. 760-789/2017, R. Nos.7,8 & 9 in T.P.(C) Nos. 2127- 2135/2017, R.No. 10 in T.P.(C)Nos.2127- 2135/2017 Mr. Abhijit Chatterjee, Sr. Adv. Mr. S. Sukumaran, Adv. Mr. Anand Sukumar, Adv. Mr. Bhupesh Pathak, Adv. Ms. Meera Mathur, AOR R.Nos. 1, 3 & 4 In T.P. Nos. 885- 886/2016 Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gautam, AOR Mr. Anant Gautam Adv. Mr. Nipun Sharma, Adv Mr. Ravi Solanki, Adv. M/S. Mitter & Mitter Co., AOR Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR

Mr. Sarvesh Singh, AOR Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR R.No. 2 in T.P. Nos. 599-604/2017 Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, Adv Mr. Kartikey Singh, Adv Mr. Ashutosh Jain, Adv Mr. Ankit Kumar Lal, AOR Mr. Sachin Gupta, AOR Mrs. Rachna Gupta, AOR Mr. Abhay Prakash Sahay AAG Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Nikhil Jain, Adv. Mr. Arup Banerjee, AOR R.No. 9 in T.P.(C) No. 1253-1255/2017 Mr. Gagan Gupta, AOR R.Nos. 1 & 3 in T.P. Nos. 892/2016 Mr. Gopal Shankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Jain, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Jain, Adv. Mrs. Meenakshi Jain, Adv. Mr. Bijoy Kumar Jain, AOR Mr. Rajesh Kandari,Adv. Mr. Sachin Daga, Adv. Mr. Vikrant Singh Bais, AOR R. Nos. 15 & 16 in T.P. 884-895/2016 Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, AOR Ms. Shiwani Tushir, Adv. Mr. Aayush, Adv. R. Nos.16 & 17 in T.P. (C)Nos. 590-598/2017 Mr. Rajat Jariwal, Adv Mr. S. Abhishek Iyer, Adv Ms. Aayushi Khurana, Adv M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. Vineet Ranjan, Adv.

R.Nos. 18 & 19 in T.P.(C)Nos. 760-789/2017 Mr. Santanam Swaminadhan, Adv. Mr. Hirendranath, Adv. Mr. Prakruti Golechha, Adv. Ms. Abhilasha Shrawat, Adv. Mrs. Aarthi Rajan, AOR Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR R. Nos.- 6, 20 & 21 in T.P.(C) Nos.884- 895/2016 & R. Nos. 92 to 94 in T.P. No. 1473-1531/2016 MR. K. Kasturi, Sr.Adv. Mr. K.K. Mani, AOR Ms. T. Archana, Adv. R.No. 17 & 25 in T.P. Nos.884-895/16 & R. No. 89 & 90 in T.P.(C)Nos. 1473- 1531/2016 Mr. R Anand Padmanabhan Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR R.1 in T.P. 1488/ 2016, R.No. 31 in T.P. Nos. 1473- 1531/2016 & R.No. 15 In T.P.(C) Nos. 590-598/2017 Mr. Sohan Singh Rana, AOR Mrs. Bindra Rana, AOR Mr. Nihit Nagpal, Adv. Mr. Anuj Jhawar, Adv. M/s. S. S. Rana & Co., AOR Mr. Tuhin, AOR R.No. 38 in T.P(C) Nos. 1473-1531/2016 Ms. Nandini Gore,Adv. Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Ms. Neha Khandelwal, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Maheshwari, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Abhishek Anand Rai, Adv. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Mr. Ayush Sharma, AOR

Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Kaushik Choudhury, AOR Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR Mr. Rohit K. Singh, AOR

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

We have heard Mr. K.M. Natraj, learned Additional Solicitor General; Mr. Abhijit Chatterjee, Mr. K. Kasturi, Ms. Suruchii Aggarwal and Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, learned senior counsel; Mr. Rajiv Tyagi and Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, learned counsel for the respective parties at length.

Arguments concluded.

Order reserved.

Learned counsel for the parties may file respective short notes on their submissions, if so chosen on or before 25th February, 2022.

(NEETA SAPRA) (RAM SUBHAG SINGH) COURT MASTER (SH) BRANCH OFFICER