Samastha Kerala Sunni Yuvajana Sangam (Sys) vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.4, 6, 7, 9, & 10 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 Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 1470/2019 INDIAN UNION OF MUSLIM LEAGUE & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (With I.A. No.9231/2020 – for Directions, I.A. No.10088/2020 – for impleadment, I.A. No.195976/2019 – for impleadment and IA No.10851/2020 – for impleadment) WITH W.P.(C) No. 1466/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 1492/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.194102/2019-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 1471/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 1479/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.193685/2019-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON and IA No. 193685/2019 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON) W.P.(C) No. 1497/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.194138/2019-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 1481/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.193820/2019-EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 1534/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 1473/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.194592/2019-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF and IA No.194590/2019-AMENDMENT OF THE PETITION and IA No.194078/2019- PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES[TO BE TAKEN UP ALONGWITH ITEM NO. 38 I.E. W.P.(C) No. 1470/2019]) W.P.(C) No. 1474/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 1476/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.193489/2019-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 1482/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.193821/2019-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 1491/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 1495/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 1485/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 1488/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.194066/2019-EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 1480/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.193790/2019-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 1484/2019 (X) Digitally signed by SANJAY KUMAR Date: 2020.01.23 10:33:49 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

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W.P.(C) No. 181/2020 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No.170/2020 (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.[TO BE TAKEN UP ALONGWITH ITEM NO. 4 I.E. W.P.(C) NO. 1470/2019] ) W.P.(C) No. 175/2020 (PIL-W) (FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON ON IA 11047/2020) W.P.(C) No. 174/2020 (PIL-W) (With IA No. 9937/2020 - STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 169/2020 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 161/2020 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.11965/2020-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 179/2020 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12464/2020-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 180/2020 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) Date : 22-01-2020 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. ABDUL NAZEER HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA For Petitioner(s) Petitioner-in-person(s) Ms. Nitya Ramakrishnan, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kripalani, Adv. Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR Mr. Udita Singh, AOR Mr. Akbar Siddique, AOR Mr. Harshad V. Hameed, AOR Mr. Dileep Poolakkot, Adv. Mrs. Ashly Harshad, Adv. Mr. Muhammed Siddick, Adv. Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mr. Naved Khan, Adv. Mr. Manuar Naseem, Adv. Ms. Taneev Khan, Adv. Ms. Tabassum Khatoon, Adv. Mr. M. R. Shamshad, AOR Mr. Mohd. Nizam Pasha, Adv. Mr. Aditya Samaddar, Adv. Mr. Arijit Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Adeel Ahmed, AOR Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad, Adv.

Mr. Farzeen Iqbal, Adv. Mr. Iftikhar Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Syed Rafi, Adv. Mr. Syed Rafat, Adv. Mr. Aljo K. Joseph, Adv. Mr. Danish Zubair Khan, Adv. Mr. P.S. Noor Mohammad, Adv. Mr. M.S. Fatima, Adv. Mr. Javed Khan, Adv. Mr. Shamn Mehwinh Rein, Adv. Mr. Jamahad Bey, Adv. Mr. Waseem Quadri, Adv. Mr. Tamim Quadri, Adv. Mr. Shashank Singh, Adv. Mr. Emamuddin Azmi, Adv. Mr. Aftab Rasheed, Adv. Mr. Chand Qureshi, Adv. Mr. Ahmad Shakeel, Adv. Mr. Hareesh Ahmad Minhas, Adv. Mr. Gujrat Singh, Adv. Mr. Md. Tayyab Khan, Adv. Mr. Syed Rehan, Adv. Mr. Shadman Ali, Adv. Mr. Asad Khan, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Naved Miya, Adv. Mr. Amhar Qamrudeen, Adv. Mr. Safdar Imam, Adv. Mr. Shuaib Ahmad Khan, Adv. Mr. Durmanta Pradhan, Adv. Mr. Mohd Usman Siddiqui, Adv. Mr. Adil Sharfuddin, Adv. Mr. Mannuar Ali, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Waquas, Adv. Mr. Milan Laskar, Adv. Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed, Adv. Mrs. Naghma Imtiaz, Adv. Mr. Ahmed Zargham, Adv. Ms. Farheen Fatima, Adv. Mr. Ahmed Faraz, Adv. For M/s Equity Lex Associates, AOR Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anoopam N. Prasad, Adv. Mr. Yelamanchili Shiva Santosh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Abdul Azeem Kalebudde, AOR Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR Mr. Atarup Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Anindo Mukherjee, Adv. Mrs. Sarla Chandra, AOR

Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abdul Azeem Kalebudde, AOR Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Suvidutt M.s., AOR Mr. C.R. Rekhesh Sharma, Adv. Ms./Ms. Anu B., Adv. Mr. Vibhor Ahlawat, Adv. Mr. Harun Rasheed, Adv. Ms. Azma Begum, Adv. Mr. Mouneesh, Adv. Mr. K.B. Haridas, Adv. Mr. Abdul Samad Kh., Adv. Mr. Shreekumar, Adv. Ms. Smita Pandey, Adv. Mr. D. Kumanan, AOR Ms. Swathi Vaibhav, Adv. Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. Mr. Haris Beeran, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Shah, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Raiz, Adv. Mr. Mushtaq Salim, Adv. Mr. Usman Ghani Khan, Adv. Mr. Azhar Assees, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Pratap, AOR Mr. Mrigang Dutta, Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. D. Kumanan, AOR Mr. Pulkit Tare, Adv. Mr. Ardhendumauli Kr. Prasad, AOR Ms. Taruna A. Prasad, Adv. Mr. Praneet Pranav, Adv. Mr. Nitesh Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Piyush Singh, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Raju Ramchandran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Syed Burhanur Rahman, Adv. Mr. Ejaz M. Qureshi, Adv. Mr. Anand Dharshan, Adv.

• Mr. Rahul Narang, Adv.
• Mr. Shailesh Chandra Jha, Adv.

Ms. Pyoli, AOR Ms. Anne Mathew, AOR Mr. Mukund P. Unny, Adv. Mr. Ashwini Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Ashima Mandla, Adv. Ms. Mandakini Singh, Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. R.B. Singhal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Khushi Mohammed, Adv. Ms. Nilofar Khan, AOR Mrs. Divya Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Hiralal, Adv. Mr. Vidya Prakash Pathak, Adv. Mr. Somiran Sharma, AOR Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mohd. Farhan Khan, Adv. Ms. Farah Hashmi, Adv. Mr. H.R. Khan, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, AOR Ms. Runamoni Bhuyan, AOR Mr. B. V. Balaram Das, AOR Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kaushik Choudhury, AOR Ms. Deepika Kalia, Adv. Mr. Mrityunjai Singh, Adv. Mr. Satwik Mishra, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Dhavan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shakil Ahmed Syed, AOR Mr. Niyaz Ahmad Farooqui, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Parvez Dabas, Adv. Mr. Uzmi Jameel Husain, Adv. Mr. Daanis Ahmad Syed, Adv. Mr. S.S. Kazi, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Shahib, Adv. Mr. Zahid Ali Gehlot, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Tandon, Adv. Mr. Kaushik Choudhury, AOR Mr. Akarsh Garg, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Jain, Adv. Mr. T.N. Durga Prasad, Adv. Mr. Deepanshu Jain, Adv.

Mr. Shantanu Jain, Adv. Mr. Archit Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Ms. Jahnavi Sindhu, Adv. Ms. Shruti Narayan, Adv. Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aditya Bhat, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv. Mr. Javedur Rahman, Adv. Mr. Ali Asghar Rahim, Adv. Mr. Simran Jeet Singh, Adv. Mr. Gautam Talukdar, AOR Mr. Yusuf Hatim Muchhala, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR Ms. Akriti Chaubey, Adv. Mr. Kunwar Aditya Singh, Adv. Mr. Muhammad Isa M. Hakim, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Shoeb Inamdar, Adv. Mr. P.V. Surendranath, Sr. Adv. Mr. Subhash Chandran, K.R., Adv. Ms. Yogamaya M.G., Adv. Mr. Sawan Kumar Shukla, Adv. Ms. Lekha Sudhakaran, Adv. Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR Mr. Kabir Dixit, AOR Mr. Adil Sharfuddin, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Waquas, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Sinha, Adv. Mr. Shashank Singh, Adv. Mr. Hardik Harjani, Adv. Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR Ms. Akriti Chaubey, Adv. Mr. Kunwar Aditya Singh, Adv. Mr. Muhammad Isa M. Hakim, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Sarkar, Adv. Mr. G.S. Chauhan, Adv. Mr. M. R. Shamshad, AOR Mr. Aditya Samaddar, Adv. Mr. Arijit Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Devdatt Kamat, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishanth Patil, AOR Mr. Chirag Jain, Adv.

Mr. Ashutosh Lal, Adv. Dr. Vinod Kumar Tewari, AOR Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR Mr. Avik Shah, Adv. Ms. Cheryl Dsouza, Adv. Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Sr. Adv. Mr. S. Raza, Adv. Mr. Tamim Qadri, Adv. Mr. Ram Lal, Adv. Mr. Athar Alam, Adv. Mr. Manan Khan, Adv. Mr. Wasey Khan, Adv. Mr. Irfan Ahmed, AOR Mr. Sulaiman Mohd. Khan, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Ainul Ansari, Adv. Mr. Shahbaz Jameel, Adv. Ms. Taiba Khan, Adv. Mr. Pardeep Jatav, Adv. Mr. Kausar Raza Faridi, AOR Mr. Kausar Raza Faridi, AOR Mr. Shashank Sharma, Adv. Mr. Nakul Sehgal, Adv. Mr. Rahul Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pawn Pathak, Adv. Mr. Gurjot Singh, Adv. Ms. Rubina Jawed, Adv. For M/S. Equity Lex Associates, AOR Mr. Basant R., Sr. Adv. Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR Mr. Ilin Sarasiwat, Adv. Ms. Swati Jain, Adv. Mr. Jugal Kishor, Adv. Mr. Manish Jain, Adv. Mr. Kausar Raza Faridi, AOR Mr. Anish Roy, Adv. Mr. Mukul Kumar, AOR Mr. Mehmood Umar Faruqui, Adv. Mr. Kausar Raza Faridi, AOR Mr. Kamal Nayan Chaodhury, Sr. Adv. Mr. Manish Goswami, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR

Mr. C.M. Angadi, Adv. Mr. Shereef K.A., Adv. Dr. J. P. Dhanda, AOR Mrs. Raj Rani Dhanda, Adv. Mr. Vineet Dhanda, Adv. Mr. Naushad Alam Usmani, Adv. Mr. Surendra Singh, Adv. Mr. Kausar Raza Faridi, AOR Mr. Shahbaaz Jameel, Adv. Mr. Jugal Kishore Gupta, Adv. Mr. Mahmood Umar, Adv. Mr. Siddartha Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Adv. Mr. Ankit Yadav, Adv. Mr. Aditya Sidhra, Adv. Mr. Nipun Katyal, Adv. Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Adv. Mr. Ankit Yadav, Adv. Mr. Nipun Katyal, Adv. Ms. Shivani Garg, Adv. Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR Mr. Lzafeer Ahmad, Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR Mr. Mohd. Shaz Khan, Adv. Mr. Udit Atul Kokanthankar, Adv. Ms. Ujwala Uppaluri, Adv. Mr. Jose Abraham, AOR Mr. Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Parthiv K. Goswami, Adv. Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ram Sankar, Adv. Mr. A. Leo George Rozario, Adv. Ms. G. Chitrakala, Adv. Ms. Maffi, Adv. Mr. Om Prakash Kr. Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Ashish Chaubey, Adv. Mr. Yusuf, AOR Mr. Kishan Datta, AOR Mr. Pravesh Bahuguna, Adv. Mr. Ananya Mohan, Adv.

Mr. Jaimon Andrews, Adv. Ms. Shoha Gupta, Adv. Mr. Piyo Harold Jaimon, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Thakur, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Mr. Sureshan P., AOR Mr. Md. Ziauddin, Adv. Mr. T. Harish Kumar, AOR Mr. Abir Phukan, Adv. Mr. V. Shyamohan, Adv. Ms. Vaishali Goyal, Adv. Mr. Ashkrit Tiwari, Adv. M/s KMNP Law Aor, AOR Mr. T. Harish Kumar, AOR Mr. Prashant Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Navneet Dugar, Adv. Mr. D. Srenivasan, Adv. Petitioner-in-person Mr. Mohd. Irshad Hanif, AOR Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv. Mr. Shishir Raj, Adv. Mr. Md. Adeel Siddiqui, Adv. Mr. Abir Phukan, Adv. Mr. V. Shyamohan, Adv. Ms. Vaishali Goyal, Adv. Mr. Ashkrit Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Mr. Guru Krishna Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Syed Shahid Hussain Rizvi, AOR Mr. Zeeshan Rizvi, Adv. Mr. Anas Rizvi, Adv. Mr. Syed Shahid Hussain Rizvi, AOR Mr. Zeeshan Rizvi, Adv. Mr. K.P. Singh, Adv. Mr. K.S. Rana, AOR Mr. Kausar Raza Faridi, AOR Mr. Shyam Diwan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Somiran Sharma, AOR Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Mr. Abdul Shukoor M, Adv.

Mr. A. Mohamed Yusuff, Adv. Mr. Mohamad Shareef K.P., Adv. Mr. Abdul Latheef M.P., Adv. Mr. Abdul Rahiman, Adv. Mr. Shereef, K.A., Adv. Mr. Sheik Moulali Basha, Adv. Mr. Saipan Shaikh, Adv. Mr. S.A.S. Alaudeen, Adv. Mr. Ansar Ul Haq, Adv. Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Mr. Abdul Rahiman, Adv. Mr. Shereef, K.A., Adv. Mr. Naveed Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Bilal Ahmed Turki, Adv. Mr. Shahlil Hameed, Adv. Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Abdul Qadir, Adv. Mr. Saud Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Adv. Ms. Disha Wadekar, Adv. Mr. Mohammad Wasim, Adv. Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv. Ms. Aditi Gupta, Adv. Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Adv. Ms. Disha Wadekar, Adv. Mr. Mohammad Wasim, Adv. Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv. Ms. Aditi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Abdul Qadir, Adv. Mr. Yusuf Hatim Muchhala, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR Mr. S.S. Kazi, Adv. Ms. Akriti Chaubey, Adv. Mr. Kunwar Aditya Singh, Adv. Mr. Muhammad Isa M. Hakim, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Shaji J. Kodankandath, Adv. Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Ms. Deepali Dwivedi, Adv.

Mr. Abdul Qadir, Adv. Mr. Saud Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv. Ms. Aditi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Abdul Qadir, Adv. Mr. Saud Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv. Ms. Aditi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Shakil Ahmed Syed, AOR Mr. Anees Ahmad, Adv. Mr. A.A. Ansari, Adv. Mr. Gopal Shankarnarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Krishan Kumar, AOR Mr. Mohit Gulati, Adv. Mr. Haider Ali, Adv. Mr. Atul Shivpuri, Adv. Mr. Devansh Mohta, Adv. Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR Mr. Mohd. Shaz Khan, Adv. Mr. Udit Atul Kokamthamkar, Adv. Mr. Dheeraj Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Ujwala Uppaluri, Adv. Mr. J.V. Singh, Adv. Mr. K.V. Vishwanathan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, AOR Mr. C.R. Jaya Sukin, Adv. Ms. Divya Mishra, Adv. Ms. Baby Devi Bonia, Adv. Ms. Savita Devi, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Srivastava, Adv. Mr. K.R. Satheesh, Adv. Ms. Smita Pandey, Adv. Mr. Rahul Sharma, Adv. Mr. Tarun Kant Samantaray, Adv. Ms. Surajita Pattanaik, Adv. Mr. Karri Venkata Reddy, Adv. Mr. Bikas Chandra, Adv. Ms. Chandra Rajan, Adv. Mr. Narender Kumar Verma, AOR Mr. K.V. Vishwanathan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Adv.

Ms. Anannya Ghose, AOR Mr. Sujit Bhattacharya, Adv. Mr. Shanti Ranjan Das, Adv. Mr. Dhirendra Kr. Mishra, Adv. Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Jubair Ahmad Khan, Adv. Mr. Zaid Ali Subzposh, Adv. Mr. Tamim Qadri, Adv. Mr. Saeed Qadri, Adv. Ms. Areena Rahat, Adv. Mr. Karan Kanwal, Adv. Mr. Akshay Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shraveen Kumar Verma, Adv. Mr./Ms. Udita Singh, AOR Mr. Sushil Karanjkar, Adv. For Mr. K.N. Rai, AOR Mr. Narinder Hooda, Sr. Adv. Mr. Yajor Bhalla, Adv. Mr. Vivek Bhati, Adv. Mr. Bharat Upreti, Adv. Mr. Shubham Bhalla, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankarnarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S, AOR Mr. K.A. Jallel, Adv. Mr. Thayyeb Hudawai, Adv. Ms. Lakshmi Sree P, Adv. Mr. Touseef Ahmad Dar, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. Santosh Krishnan, Adv. Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv. Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S, AOR Ms. Shilpa Liza George, Adv. Mr. Faisal M. Aboobaker, Adv. Ms. Lakshmi Sree Puthenpurackal, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S, AOR Mr. Muhammad Tayyib Hudawai, Adv. Mr. Faisal M. Aboobaker, Adv. Ms. Lakshmi Sree Puthenpurackal, Adv. Mr. Touseef Ahmad Dar, Adv. Ms. Jahnavi Sindhu, Adv. Ms. Shruti Narayan, Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR

Mr. Anis Ahmed Khan, AOR Ms. Rubina Jawed, Adv. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishanth Patil, AOR Mr. Chirag Jain, Adv. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Abdul Qadir, Adv. Mr. Saud Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv. Ms. Amna Darakshan, Adv. Ms. Tlangpuii Ralte, Adv. Ms. Aditi Gupta, Adv. Petitioner-in-person(s) Mr. Farrukh Rasheed, AOR Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Abdul Qadir, Adv. Mr. Saud Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv. Ms. Aditi Gupta, Adv. Mr. SC Hasnain, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Ali Safeer Farooqui, Adv. Mr. Syed Imtiyaz Ali, Adv. Mr. M.Z. Cahudhary, Adv. Mr. Mumtaz Alam Siddiqui, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Kanva, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Zahid Husain, Adv. Mr. Ishard Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Abdul Karim Ansari, Adv. Mr. Raees Farooqui, Adv. Mr. Yasir Rauf, Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Abdul Qadir, Adv. Mr. Saud Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Rashid Saeed, Adv. Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv. Ms. Aditi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Tanwir Ahmad Khan, Adv. Mr. Raju Ramachandran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rishad Ahmed Chowdhury, AOR Mr. Sabyasachi Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Akashdeep Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Mukut Biswas, Adv. Mr. Supratik Sarkar, Adv.

Mr. Pintu Kanrar, Adv. Ms. Madhurika Ray, Adv. Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR Mr. Anas Tanwir, Adv. Mr. Abdul Kadir, Adv. Mr. Gulfeshan Javed, Adv. Mr. Dilshad Bohra, Adv. Mr. M. Aleem Syed, Adv. Ms. Sakshi Banga, Adv. Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv. Mrs. Shally Bhasin, AOR Ms. Arundhati Katju, Adv. Ms. Madhavi Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Saloni Mahajan, Adv. Mr. Mohit Negi, Adv. Ms. Bhavya Tandon, Adv. Mr. V. Shyamohan, AOR Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Seem, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kaushik Choudhury, Adv. Ms. Dharitry Phookan, AOR Mr. Amit Goyal, Adv. Mr. Pritam Baruah, Adv. Mr. Akarsh Garg, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Sudipat Sirkar, Adv. Ms. Parul Shukla, AOR Mr. Adeel Ahmed, AOR Mr. Anis Ahmed Khan, AOR Mr. Shoaib Ahmad Khan, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Naved Mian, Adv. Mr. Rahamathula Kothwal, Adv. Mr. S. A. Amin Ahmed, Adv. Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR Mr. Alok Singh, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar Ahrodia, Adv. Mr. Saket Gautam, Adv. Mr. C.P. Singh, Adv. Mr. Sunil Mallan, Adv. Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR

Mr. Shakeel Ahmed, AOR Mr. Barhm Dev Jha, Adv. Ms. Sadiya Shakeel, Adv. Ms. Preeti Jha, Adv. Ms. Priyanka Jha, Adv. Dr. Shamsuddin, Adv. Ms. Husain, Adv. Mr. Deepak Mohan, Adv. Ms. Aakriti Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Saifuddin Shams, Adv. Mr./Ms. Shaheen Shams, Adv. Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR Mr. Rahamathula Kothwal, Adv. Mr. S.A. Amin Ahmed, Adv. Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR Ms. Anannya Ghosh, AOR Dr. Nafis A. Siddiqui, AOR Mr. Satish Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sachin Sharma, AOR Mr. Vinod Singh, Adv. Mr. Rahul Gaur, Adv. Ms. Krishma Sarma, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Adv. Mr. Riku Sarma, Adv. For M/s Corporate Law Group, AOR Mr. Rizwan Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Mujahid Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Syed Faizan Ali, Adv. Mr. Shakeel Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Faseeh Khan, Adv. Mr. Saleem Khan, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Wasim Akhtar, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR Mr. Mohd. Noorullah, Adv. Mr. Syed Mehdi Imam, AOR Mr. Atif Suhrawardy, Adv. Ms. Runamoni Bhuyan, AOR Mr. Rizwan Ahmad, Adv.

Mr. Aarif Ali Khan, Adv. Mr. Mujahid Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Aslam, Adv. Mr. Ahmad Parvez, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Petitioner-in-person Mr. Abdulla Naseeh V.T., Adv. Mr. Raji Joseph, AOR Mr. Manohar Lal Sharma, Petitioner-in-Person Ms. Suman, Adv. Mr. Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kallol Basu, Adv. Mr. Rishad Ahmed Chowdhury, AOR Mr. Sabyasachi Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Akashdeep Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Mukut Biswas, Adv. Mr. Supratik Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Pintu Kanrar, Adv. Ms. Madhurika Ray, Adv. Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR Mr. Adeel Ahmed, AOR Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Aparna Bhat, Adv. Mr. Ritwick Parikh, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Ms. Sanjana Srikumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vijay Kumar, AOR Mrs. Vithika Garg, Adv. Ms. Vidhushi Garg, Adv. Ms. Karishma Singhal, Adv. For Respondent(s)/ Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Ld. AG Applicant(s) Mr. Tushar Mehta, Ld. SG Mr. K.M. Natraj, ASG Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv. Mr. Sharath Nambiar, Adv. Ms. Priyanka S. Bhat, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv.

Mr. Shreekanth P.S., Adv. Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv. Mr. B. V. Balaram Das, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Ld. SG Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Kabir Shankar Bose, Adv. Mr. Sataroop Das, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Sataroop Das, Adv. Mr. P.N. Raveendran, Sr. Adv. Mr. M.K.S. Menon, Adv. Ms. Usha Nandini. V, AOR Mr. Sunando Raha, Adv. Mr. Anupam Raina, AOR Mr. Sandeep Singh, AOR Mr. Suvidutt M.s., AOR Mr. Santi Ranjan Das, Adv. Mr. Anindo Mukherjee, Adv. For Mr. S.K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Dipesh Sinha, Adv. Ms. Ayiala Imti, Adv.

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

At the request of Mr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, petitioner-inperson, his petition being W.P.(C) No.1526 of 2019 is de-tagged from the instant matters.

On being mentioned by Mr. Anish Roy, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, the matter being Diary No.1987 of 2020 is taken on Board.

Issue notice in all fresh matters and the pending interlocutory applications.

Mr. K.K. Venugopal, learned Attorney General for India prays for and is granted four weeks' time to file reply affidavit on behalf of the respondents-Union of India.

List these matters thereafter in the fifth week on a nonmiscellaneous day.

In the meantime, we direct that the matters involving the same issues will not be taken up for decision in any of the High Courts.

The Registry is directed to list these matters under the head of two categories i.e. one category of matters pertaining to Assam and Tripura and other category of matters pertaining to the rest of the country.

(SANJAY KUMAR-II) (INDU KUMARI POKHRIYAL) COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR