Union Of India Ministry Of Home Affairs Secretary vs. V. Sriharan @ , Murugan

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ITEM NO.501 COURT NO.1 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(s)(Criminal) No(s). 48/2014

UNION OF INDIA Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

V. SRIHARAN @ ,MURUGAN & ORS. Respondent(s)

(With appln.(s) for stay and intervention and modification and directions and impleadment as party respondent and permission to consider and decide applications of life convicts of State of Punjab)

WITH W.P.(Crl.) No. 185/2014 (With appln.(s) for bail and Office Report)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 150/2014

W.P.(Crl.) No. 66/2014 (With appln.(s) for directions and Office Report)

Crl.A. No. 1215/2011

Date : 21/07/2015 These petitions/appeal were/was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE FAKKIR MOHAMED IBRAHIM KALIFULLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT

For Petitioner(s) Mr.Ranjit Kumar, Sol.Genl.of India Ms.V.Mohana, Sr.Adv. Mrs. Binu Tamta, Adv. Mr.D.L.Chidananda,Adv. Ms.Movita, Adv. Mr.R.K.Verma, Adv. Mr. B. Krishna Prasad,Adv. Ms.Sushma Suri, Adv. Mr. Sinha Shrey Nikhilesh, Adv.. Mr.Sarthak Sachdev,Adv. Mr.Toyesh Tiwari, Adv. Mr.Jai Sahai Endlaw,Adv.

Mr.Shouryendu Ray,Adv.

Mr.Vinay Navare, Adv. Mr.Satyajeet Kr., Adv. Mr.Gwen K.B., Adv. Ms. Abha R. Sharma,Adv. Mr. Harshvir Pratap Sharma, Adv. Mr. A.K. Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Ajay Sharma, Adv. Mr.Pankaj Kumar, Adv. Mr. Varun Thakur, Adv. Mr.Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shraddha Saran, Adv. Mr.S.C.Patel, Adv. Ms. Meera Kaura patel, Adv. Mr. Tejas Patel, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr.Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr.Adv. Mr.Kabir S.Bose, Adv. Mr.Anip Sachthey, Adv. R.Nos.1,2,4 to 7 Mr.Ram Jethmalani, Sr.Adv. Mr.Yug Chaudhry, Adv. Mr.Siddhartha Sharma, Adv. Mr.S.Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Ms.Ragini Ahuja, Adv. Ms. Mala, Adv. Mr.Rohit Kumar, Adv. Mr.S.Gowthaman, Adv. Prof.Ravi Verma Kumar, Adv.Genl. of State of Karnataka Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Adv. Ms. Aparna Alappa, Adv. Mr. E.C. Vidya Sagar, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar Mishra-I,Adv. For Manipur Mr.Sapam Biswajit Meitei, Adv. Mr.Z.H.Isaac Haiding, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh,Adv. Mr. Balaji Srinivasan,Adv. For Chhattisgarh Mr. C.D. Singh,Adv. Ms.Sakshi Kakkar, Adv. Mr.Atul Jha, Adv. Mr.Sandeep Jha, Adv. Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha,Adv.

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	Mr. Gopal Singh,Adv.<br>Mr.Manish Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Chandan Kuamr, Adv.
For Tripura	Mr.Gopal Singh, Adv.<br>Mr.Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
	Mr. Guntur Prabhakar,Adv.<br>Ms.Prerna Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra,Adv.
	Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta,Adv.<br>M.Dubey, Adv.
	Mr.Pramod Kr.Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Mishra Saurabh,Adv.<br>Ms.Vanshaja Shukla, Adv.<br>Mr.Ankit Kr.Lal, Adv.
	Mr.Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr.Adv.<br>Mr. Subramonium Prasad, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms.Sansriti Pathak, Adv.<br>Ms. Meha Aggarwal, Adv.<br>Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna,Adv.<br>Mr. Jayant patel, Adv.
	Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Adv.<br>Ms. Aditi Mohan, Adv.<br>Mr. Sidharth Mohan, Adv.<br>Mr. Nirnimesh Dube,Adv.
Intervenor	Mr.Rajinder Sachar, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr.Sanjay Parikh, Adv.<br>Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar,Adv.<br>Ms. Mamta Saxena, Adv.<br>Mr. sumit Kumar Vats, Adv.
	Mrs. Geetha Kovilan,Adv.<br>Mr. P.V. Kovilan, Adv.<br>Mr. V. Vasudevan, Adv.
	Mr.Rishab Sancheti, Adv.<br>Mr.K.Paarivendhan, Adv.<br>Mr.S.Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv.<br>Mr. S. Gowthaman,Adv.
For Jharkhand	Mr. Ajit Kumar Sinha, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh,Adv.<br>Kumar Anurag Singh, Adv.<br>Mr.Ashwarya Sinha, Adv.

	Ms.Priyanka Sinha, Adv.<br>Mohd.Waquas, Adv.<br>Mr. Shashank Singh, Adv.
For Puducherry	Mr. V. G. Pragasam,Adv.<br>Mr.Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv.
	Prof.Ravi Verma Kumar, Adv.Gen., Karnataka<br>Ms. Anitha Shenoy,Adv.<br>Ms. Visruti Vijay, Adv.
	Mr. A. Mariarputham, Adv. Gen. Sikkim<br>Ms.Aruna Mathur, Adv.<br>Mr.Yusuf Khan, Adv.<br>Mr.K.Vijay Kumar, Adv.<br>For M/s Arputham,<br>Aruna & Co.,Adv.
	M/s Corporate Law Group,Adv.
For Andaman &<br>Nicobar Admn.	Mr.Balasubramanian, Adv.<br>Mr.K.V.Jagdishvaran, Adv.<br>Ms. G. Indira,Adv.
	Ms. Hemantika Wahi,Adv.<br>Ms.Jesal Wahi, Adv.<br>Ms.Vinakshi Kadan, Adv.
For U.P.	Mr.Gaurav Bhatia, AAG<br>Ms. Pragati Neekhra,Adv.
For H.P.	Mr. Suryanaryana Singh, Addl. Adv. Gen.<br>Ms. Pragati Neekhra, Adv.
Applicant	Ms.Madhavi Divan, Adv.<br>Ms. Ranjeeta Rohtagi,Adv.<br>Mr.Manan Verma, Adv.<br>Ms. Jaya Khanna, Adv.
	Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar,Adv.
	Ms.Rachana Srivastava, Adv.<br>Mr.Ashutosh Kr.Sharma, Adv.
	Mr.V.Madhukar, AAG<br>Ms.Anvita Cowshish, Adv.<br>Mr.Kuldip Singh, Adv.
	Mr.Renjith B.Marar, Adv.<br>Ms.Lakshmi N.Kaimal, Adv.<br>Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr.Anil Dixit Kaushik, Adv.

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For Rajasthan	Mr.S.S.Shamshery, AAG.<br>Mr.Amit Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr.Sandeep Singh, Adv.<br>Ms.Ruchi Kohli, Adv.
For Kerela	Mr. V.Giri, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr.Jogy Scaria, Adv.<br>Mr. Reegan S., Adv.<br>Mr.Ramesh Babu, M.R.,Adv.
	Mr.Suryanarayana Singh, Sr.AAG<br>Ms.Pragati Neekhra, Adv.
Impleader	Mr.Ram Sankar, Adv.<br>Mr.G.Ananda Selvam, Adv.<br>Mr.K.Mayil Samy, Adv.<br>Mr.R.V.Kameshwaran,Adv.
	Mr. Harshvardhan Jha, Adv.<br>Mr.Samir Ali Khan, Adv.<br>Mr. Atmaram N.s. Nadkarni, Adv.Gen.<br>Mr. Pradesh Dangvi, Adv.<br>Mr. V. Madhukar, Adv.<br>Ms. Purna Bhandari, Adv.<br>Mr. Amogh Prabhudesai, Adv.<br>Mr. S.S. Rebero, Adv.<br>Mr. Anshuman Shrivastav, Adv.<br>Mr. Mohit D. Ram, Adv.<br>Ms. Anvita Cowshish, Adv.
	Mr. Sushil Karanjkar, Adv.<br>Mr. Ratan Wasekar, Adv.
	UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following<br>O R D E R<br>List on 22.07.2015 for further arguments.
[ Charanjeet Kaur ]<br>A.R.-cum-P.S.	[ Vinod Kulvi ]<br>Asstt. Registrar
[ G.V. Ramana ]<br>A.R.-cum-P.S.	[ Neetu Khajuria ]<br>Sr. P.A.

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