Shayara Bano vs. Union Of India And Ors. Ministry Of Women And Child Development Secretary

ITEM NO.40 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL(W)

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

SMW (C)No. 2/2015

IN RE: MUSLIM WOMEN'S QUEST FOR EQUALITY Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

JAMIAT ULMA-I-HIND Respondent(s)

WITH

W.P.(C) No. 118/2016 (With appln.(s) for Ad-interim Ex-parte Stay and impleadment and intervention)

SLP(C) No. 9546/2016 (With Office Report)

W.P.(C) No. 288/2016 (With appln.(s) for stay and Office Report)

I.A. No. 9-12/2016

(With appln. for impleadment and permission to appear and argue in person and directions and exemption from filing O.T.)

Date : 29/06/2016 These petitions were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR

For Petitioner(s)

Attorney General For India, Adv.

Mr. Venkita Subramania T.R., Adv. Mr. R. Bansal, Adv.

Ms. Indira Jaisingh, Sr. Adv. (For Intervenor) Ms. Radhika Saxena, Adv. Mr. Gautam Talukdar, Adv.

Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv. (IA No.9/2016) Ms. Warisha Farasat, Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, Adv. Mr. Ahmed Said, Adv. Digitally signed by ASHOK RAJ SINGH Date: 2016.07.08 16:53:27 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

Mr. Shakil Ahmad Syed, Adv. (For Impleadment) Mr. Mohd. Parvez Dabas, Adv.

	Mr. Uzmi Jameel Husain, Adv.
	Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, Adv.
	Mr. Venkita Subramoniam T. R., Adv.
	Mr. Hasan Anzar, Adv.
	Mr. Rukhsana Choudhury, Adv.
	Mr. Shampa Nath, Adv.
	Mr. Divyesh Pratap Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Pranab Prakash, Adv.
	Mr. Suraj Prakash Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Ajeet Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Amit Singh Chadha, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, Adv.
	Mr. Arunava Mukherjee, Adv.
	Mr. Mayank Kshirsagar, Adv.
	Ms. Srishti Govil, Adv.
	Ms. Vaishnavi Subrahmanyam, Adv.
	Ms. Pratiksha Mishra, Adv.
	Mr. Huzfa Ahmadi, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. C. George Thomas, Adv.
	Ms. Qurratulain Safi, Adv.
	Mr. Ejaj Maqbool, Adv.
For Respondent(s)
	Applicant-in-person, Adv.
	Ms. Pinky Anand, ASG
	Ms. Madhvi Diwan, Adv.
	Mr. Abhinav Mukherjee, Adv.
	Mr. M.K. Maroria, Adv.
	Ms. Diksha Rai, Adv.
	Ms. Somya Rathore, Adv.
	Mr. B.K. Prasad, Adv.
(Union of India)	Ms. Madhavi Divan, Adv.
	Ms. Nidhi Khanna, Adv.
	Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG
	Ms. Diksha Rai, Adv.
	Mr. Abhinav Mukherjee, Adv.
	Mr. M.K. Maroria, Adv.
	Ms. Aparna Bhat, Adv.
	Ms. Runjun Borah, Adv.
	Mr. Rajul Shrivastav, Adv.
	Mr. K. Krishna Kumar, Adv.

Mr. E.C. Agrawala, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Satija, Adv. Mr. Manoj Goel, Adv. Mr. Wajeeh Shafiq, Adv. Mr. S. Roy, Adv. Ms. Farha Faiz, Adv. Mr. B.Srinivasan, Adv. Mr. E.C. Agrawala, Adv. Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, Adv. Ms. Rukhsana Choudhury, Adv.

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

I.As.No.9 and 10/2016 in Suo Motu Writ Petition (C) No.2 of 2015 and I.A. No.4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of 2016 in Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2016 seek addition of the applicants as party respondents. Although some of the applicants have not specifically prayed for addition as party respondents in the connected matters, learned counsel for the applicants submit that their prayer may be allowed not only in the writ petition where the application for impleadment has been filed but even in the connected writ petitions. Keeping in view the nature of the controversy and the importance of the issues that fall for determination we see no reason to decline the prayer for impleadment. We accordingly allow all the applications for impleadment and direct that all the applicants shall stand added as party respondents to the Suo Motu Writ Petition (C) No.2 of 2015 and with connected matters. Learned counsel for the writ petitioners shall file amended cause titles within one week. Learned counsel for the respondents in the writ petitions as also the newly added respondents shall file their counter affidavits within six weeks.

Ms. Madhavi Divan, learned counsel for the Union of India may also file a counter affidavit on behalf of Union within the same period.

Rejoinder affidavit, if any, shall be filed by the writ petitioner within two weeks thereafter.

List on 06.09.2016.

Learned counsel for the parties may formulate the legal propositions that fall for determination by the next date of hearing to facilitate a focused discussion on the same.

(Ashok Raj Singh) (Veena Khera) Court Master Court Master