Union Of India Etc vs. Benara International And Ors Etc

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) ([HEARD BY: HON. DINESH MAHESHWARI AND HON. VIKRAM NATH JJ.] (IA No. 1/2017 - STAY APPLICATION) WITH 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) (FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 1/2017 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 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: 2022.07.11 18:54:20 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) T.P.(C) No. 683/2019 (XVI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.53768/2019-EX-PARTE STAY) Date : 11-07-2022 These matters were called on for pronouncement of judgment today. For Petitioner(s) Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Anant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sarvesh Singh, AOR Mr. Vipin Kumar Jai, AOR Mr. Rajiv Tyagi, AOR Mr. Ambuj Ojha, Adv. Mr. Ashiesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Pankaj Bhagat, AOR Mr. Anand Sukumar, AOR Ms. Suruchii Aggarwal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dhruv Wahi, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar Vikkey, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra, AOR Mr. Arun K. Sinha, AOR Mr. E.R. Kumar, Adv.

Ms. Tanya Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Abhiram N., Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Abhijit Chatterjee, Sr. Adv. Mr. S. Sukumaran, Adv. Mr. Anand Sukumar, Adv. Mr. Bhupesh Kumar Pathak, Adv. Ms. Meera Mathur, AOR M/S. Mitter & Mitter Co., AOR Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Jain, Adv. Mr. Ankit Kumar Lal, AOR Mr. Sachin Gupta, AOR Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Ms. Ankita Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Susheel Tomar, Adv. Mrs. Rachna Gupta, AOR Mr. Arup Banerjee, AOR Mr. Prakash Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gagan Gupta, AOR Ms. Ananta Mishra, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Jain, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Jain, Adv. Mrs. Meenakshi Jain, Adv. Mr. Bijoy Kumar Jain, AOR Mr. Vikrant Singh Bais, AOR Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, AOR Mr. Rajat Jariwal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Iyer, Adv. Ms. Aayushi Khurana, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kapoor, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Hirendranath, Adv. Mr. S. Santanam Swaminadhan, Adv.

Mr. Kartik Malhotra, Adv. Ms. Abhilasha Shrawat, Adv. Prakruti Golechha, Adv. Ms. Himani Thakur, Adv. Mrs. Aarthi Rajan, AOR Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. K. K. Mani, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR M/S. S. S. Rana & Co., AOR Mr. Tuhin, AOR M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR 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 Ms. Sawati Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.K. Rajora, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Dr. Vivek Sharma, Adv. Ms. Suruchii Aggarwal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dhruv Wahi, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar Vikkey, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra, AOR Mr. Arun K. Sinha, Adv.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dinesh Maheshwari pronounced the Reportable Judgment of the Bench comprising His Lordship and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vikram Nath.

The prayer for transfer of the subject petitions is declined and all the interim stay orders are vacated while providing that it shall be permissible for the parties to request the respective High Courts for expeditious hearing and disposal of the pending writ petitions. For that matter, we would also request the respective

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High Courts to proceed with the matters expeditiously, while assigning them reasonable priority in terms of signed Reportable Judgment.

Pending application(s) shall stand disposed of.

(NEETA SAPRA) (RANJANA SHAILEY) COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH) (Signed reportable judgment is placed on the file)