ITEM NO.301 COURT NO.1 SECTION XVII-A

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

Civil Appeal No(s).10856/2016

BHUPINDER SINGH Appellant(s)

VERSUS

UNITECH LTD. Respondent(s)

(WITH IA No. 50683/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 172303/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 68319/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 100079/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 29516/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 12105/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 97388/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 96264/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 77813/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 152952/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 80954/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 50706/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 77795/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 104016/2021 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 70286/2020 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 104097/2021 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 174136/2022 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 134992/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION, IA No. 103121/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 104094/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 77794/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 79304/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 104012/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 70271/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 81090/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 77802/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 80947/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 50704/2021 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 68334/2022 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 47795/2021 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 100070/2021 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 29514/2022 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 103115/2022 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 12103/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 153005/2021 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 100828/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 96157/2021 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 172293/2022 - MODIFICATION OF COURT ORDER, IA No. 172305/2022 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON, IA No. 5463/2021 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS) Digitally signed by Sanjay Kumar Date: 2023.02.01 17:57:15 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

WITH

SLP(Crl) No. 5978-5979/2017 (II-C) (WITH IA No. 85172/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 118046/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 83361/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION) Date : 01-02-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.R. SHAH Mr. Pawanshree Agrawal, AOR (Amicus Curiae) Mr. Varun K. Chopra, Adv. For Appellant(s) Mr. Kamal Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Kumar Kartikay, Adv. Ms. Neelu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Kartik Hooda, Adv. Ms. Rubi Kumari, Adv. Ms. Urvashi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Mr. Siddhartha Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vishal Gosain, Adv. Mr. Anuroop Chakravarti, Adv. Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Ms. Samten Doma, Adv. Ms. Aarushi Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek S More, Adv. Mr. Nitin V Nagar, Adv. Mr. Sourabh Tandon, Adv. Mr. N. Venkataraman, A.S.G. Ms. Anubha Agrawal, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. N. Venkataraman, A.S.G. Ms. Anubha Agrawal, AOR Ms. Madhavi Divan, A.S.G. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Kohli, Adv. Mr. Nidhi Khanna, Adv. Mr. Vishesh Kalra, Adv. Mrs. Madhavi Divan, A.S.G. Mr. K M Natraj, A.S.G. Mr. Ayush Puri, Adv. Mr. Praveena Gautam, Adv. Mrs. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Kohli, Adv. Mrs. Nidhi Khanna, Adv.

Mr. Sughosh Subramanium, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar, Adv. Mrs. Alka Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Ms. Madhavi Divan, A.S.G. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Ms. Shradha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Kohli, Adv. Mr. Nidhi Khanna, Adv. Mr. Vishesh Kalra, Adv. Mr. Pawanshree Agrawal, AOR Ms. Varun K. Chopra, Adv. Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. B. K. Satija, A.A.G. Mr. Arshad Ali, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Satija, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Ms. Pritha Srikumar, AOR Mr. Brijesh Kumar Tamber, AOR Mr. Yashu Rustogi, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Jain, AOR Mr. Ashwani Garg, Adv. Mr. Vijay Kumar, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms. Rashi Bansal, AOR Mr. M. M. Kashyap, AOR Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR Mrs. Geetha Kovilan, AOR Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. A K Shrivastava, Sr. Adv. Mr. Akshat Shrivastava, AOR Mr. Inderjeet Yadav, Adv. Mr. Satvic Mathur, Adv. Mr. Vinod Prasad, Adv. Mrs. Pooja Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Yadav Narender Singh, AOR Ms. Kamakshi S. Mehlwal, AOR Ms. Pinky Behera, Adv.

Ms. Geetanjali Mehlwal, Adv. Mr. Abhik Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sanveer Mehlwal, Adv. Dr. Harish Uppal, Adv. Mr. Tileshwar Prasad, Adv. Mr. Vikas Mehta, AOR Ms. Filza Moonis, AOR Mr. Bijoy Kumar Jain, AOR Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, AOR Mr. Atul Sharma, Adv. Ms. Himanshi Rajput, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Agarwal, AOR M/S. Devasa & Co., AOR Mr. Preshit Vilas Surshe, AOR Mrs. Geetha Kovilan, AOR Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Ms. Rangoli Seth, Adv. Ms. Muskan Nagpal, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar, AOR Mr. Anshay Dhatwalia, Adv. M/S. Udit Kishan And Associates, AOR Mr. D. S. Chauhan, AOR Ms. Ruchi Singh, Adv. Ms. Simran Gill, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Abhay Anand Jena, AOR Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Shantanu Sagar, AOR Mr. Prabhat Ranjan Raj, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Sarthi, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Gunjesh Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Sonal Jain, AOR Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR Mr. Jatin Zaveri, AOR Ms. Rashi Bansal, AOR Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mr. Archit Upadhayay, AOR Ms. Mumtaz Bhalla, AOR Dr. Vinod Kumar Tewari, AOR

Ms. Priyanjali Singh, AOR Petitioner-in-person, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Tewari, AOR Dr. K.S. Chauhan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, AOR Mr. Murari Lal, Adv. Mr. S.P. Singh, Adv. Mr. R.S.M. Kalky, Adv. Dr. Elumalai, Adv. Mr. S. K. Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Ms. Uditha Chakravarthy, Adv. Mr. Umang Shankar, AOR Mr. Abhinav Shrivastava, AOR Mr. Vineet Bhagat, AOR Ms. Manju Bhagat, Adv. Mr. Aksveer Singh Saggu, Adv. Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. Rajat Sehgal, AOR Mr. Siddhant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Karan Bharihoke, AOR Mr. Arjun Singh Bhati, AOR Mr. Prashant Vaxish, Adv. Ms. Manisha Ambwani, AOR Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Sudhansu Palo, AOR Mr. Nikilesh Ramachandran, AOR Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR Mr. Amit Shrivastava, AOR Mr. Rohit Amit Sthalekar, AOR Mr. Sudhir Kulshreshtha, AOR Mr. Sameer Kulshreshtha, Adv. Mr. Jinendra Jain, AOR Mr. Gyan Prakash Srivastava, AOR Mr. Divyesh Pratap Singh, AOR Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR

Mr. Vikram Hegde, Adv. Ms. Hima Lawrence, AOR Mr. Abhinav Hansaraman, Adv. Mr. Vivek Gupta, AOR Mr. Pushpraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Gp. Capt. Karan Singh Bhati, AOR Ms. Shagun Matta, AOR Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, AOR Mr. Vipin Kumar Jai, AOR Mr. V. K. Monga, AOR Mr. Dhruv Tamta, AOR Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR Mr. Atishi Dipankar, AOR Ms. Amrita Sarkar , AOR Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Mr. Nikhil Swami, AOR Mr. Avinash Sharma, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. S. K. Verma, AOR Ms. Madhurima Tatia, AOR Mr. Siddharth Batra, AOR Ms. Shivani Chawla, Adv. Mr. Chinmay Dubey, Adv. Mr. Rhythm Katyal, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Chugh, Adv. Mr. Kunal Yograj Verma, Adv. Ms. Rohini Prasad, AOR Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Devendra Singh, AOR Mr. Karan Thakur, Adv. Mr. Vijay Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Sukesh Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Ashish Sheoran, Adv. Mr. Ashish Virmani, AOR Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Abhinay, AOR Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR Mr. Bharat Bhushan, AOR Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Abhay Kumar, AOR

Applicant-in-person, AOR Mr. M. P. Devanath, AOR Ms. Divya Roy, AOR M/S. Av Global Chambers, AOR Mr. Aditya Singh, AOR Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. V Chitambresh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhay Singh, Adv. Ms. Ankita Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Sonal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Kaustubh Shukla, AOR Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv. Ms. Surekha Raman, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham Roy, Adv. M/S. K J John And Co, AOR Mr. Zain Khan, Adv. Ms. Tulika Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Tathagat, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, AOR Mr. Nring Chamwibo Zeliang, Adv. Mr. Kunal Soni, Adv. Mr. P. K. Jain, AOR Mr. T. N. Singh, AOR Mr. Vikas Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Rajshree Singh, Adv. Mr. Vikram Singh, Adv. Mr. Sham Chand, Adv. Mr. Kaushik Poddar, AOR Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Ms. Charu Mathur, AOR Ms. Charu Ambwani, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Saurabh Ajay Gupta, AOR Ms. Sunieta Ojha, AOR Mr. Shashank Manish, AOR Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Tushar Singh, AOR Mr. Vikram Hegde, Adv. Ms. Hima Lawrence, AOR Mr. Abhinav Hansaraman, Adv.

Ms. Astha Tyagi, AOR Mrs. Mrinal Elker Mazumdar, AOR Mr. Saurabh Singh, Adv. Ms. Aarushi Gupta, Adv. Ms. Awantika Manohar, AOR Mr. D. Abhinav Rao, AOR Mr. Praveen Agrawal, AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Prithvi Pal, AOR Mr. Shashibhushan P. Adgaonkar, AOR Ms. Preeti Singh, AOR Mr. Atul Sharma, AOR Mr. Raj K Pandey, Adv. Mr. A. Radhakrishnan, AOR Mr. Divyesh Pratap Singh, AOR Mr. Kartik Yadav, Adv. Mr. Parinay T. Vasandani, Adv. M/S. D.s.k. Legal, AOR Ms. Anshula Vijay Kumar Grover, AOR Mr. Ravi Panwar, AOR Mr. Amit Agrawal, AOR Mr. Arup Banerjee, AOR Mr. Prakash Sharma, Adv. Mr. Jyoti Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Jayant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Amarnath Gupta, Adv. Ms. Sampa Sengupta Ray, adv. Mr. Vishal Arun, AOR Mr. Rajeev Singh, AOR Ms. Sujata Kurdukar, AOR Mr. A K Shrivastava, Sr. Adv. Mr. Akshat Shrivastava, AOR Mr. Inderjeet Yadav, Adv. Mr. Satvic Mathur, Adv. Mr. Vinod Prasad, Adv. Mrs. Pooja Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Ranjit Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Gagan Gupta, AOR

Ms. Kanishka Lunia, Adv. Mr. Chandan Kumar, AOR Mr. Soumya Dutta, AOR Mr. Vikrant Pachnanda, AOR Mr. Abhisth Kumar, AOR Ms. Shruti Agarwal, AOR Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR Mr. Aman Raj Gandhi, AOR Mr. Rajan Chawla, AOR Ms. Neha Sharma, AOR Mr. Yashraj Singh Bundela , AOR Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR Mrs. Kirti Renu Mishra, AOR M/S. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Aor, AOR Ms. Nidhi Mohan Parashar, AOR Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mrs. B. Sunita Rao, AOR Mr. Sumit Kumar, AOR Mr. M.S. Vishnu Sankar, Adv. Mr. Sriram Parakkat, Adv. Ms. Athira G. Nair, Adv. Mr. Aditya Santhosh, Adv. Mr. Arislal Sainu, Adv. Mr.Sriram P., AOR Mr. Rajesh Kumar Chaurasia, AOR Mr. Braj Kishore Mishra, AOR Mr. Amit Sibal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ruby Singh Ahuja, Adv. Ms. Hancy Maini, Adv. Ms. Kritika Sachdeva, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Sandeep Devashish Das, AOR Mrs. Madhavi Divan, A.S.G. Mrs. Shradha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Kohli, Adv. Mr. Rajan Kumar Chourasia, Adv. Mrs. Nidhi Khanna, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mrs. Aarthi Rajan, AOR Mr. Adeel Ahmed, AOR

Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Piyush Sachdev, Adv. Mr. Idrish, Adv. Ms. Rakhi Ray, AOR Mr. Sureshan P., AOR Mr. Deepak Joshi, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Singh, AOR Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Tarun Gupta, AOR Mr. Abhishek Sharma, Adv. Mr. Atul Kumar, Adv. Mr. Yatinder Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Davinder Singh Khurana, Adv. Mr. Manoj Rajpoot, Adv. Mr. Vikrant, Adv. Mr. S. R. Setia, AOR Mr. Vikram Singh, AOR Mr. Vivek Singh, AOR Ms. Meera Mathur, AOR Mr. Rajiv Mehta, AOR Mr. Nitin Saluja, AOR Mr. Sanuj Das, Adv. Mr. P.R. Ramasesh, Adv. Mr. Ankolekar Gurudatta, AOR Mr. N.M. Theerthe Gowda, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Koushik A.c, Adv. Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, AOR Mr. K.Parameshwar, AOR Ms. Arti Gupta, Adv. Ms. Kanti, Adv. Dr. Ashutosh Garg, AOR Mr. S. Rajappa, AOR Mr. Roopansh Purohit, AOR Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR Mr. Arjun Harkauli, AOR Mr. M. R. Shamshad, AOR Mr. Anirudh Sharma, AOR Mr. Akshat Kumar, AOR Mr. D.k. Rustagi, Adv. Mr. Dipesh Sinha, AOR Mr. Krishanu Barua, Adv.

Mr. M. P. Vinod, AOR Mr. Raj Kamal, AOR Ms. Misha Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gautam, AOR Mr. Anant Gautam, Adv. Mr. Vidur Ahluwalia, Adv. Mr. Sumit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Medhya Ahluwalia, Adv. Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, AOR Mr. Ansar Ahmad Chaudhary, AOR Ms. Madhusmita Bora, AOR Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR Mr. Jay Kishor Singh, AOR Mr. S.. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Mr. Lakshay Saini, Adv. Mr. Mayank Goel, AOR Mr. Roshan Santhalia, AOR Ms. Harsh Lata, AOR Mr. Shobhit Jain, Adv. Mrs. Rachna Gupta, AOR Mr. A. Karthik, AOR Mr. Shivi Sanyam, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar Verma, AOR Mr. Shariq Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Tariq Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar Gupta, AOR Mr. Neeraj Kumar Gupta, AOR Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Hrishikesh Baruah, AOR Ms. Sunieta Ojha, AOR Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR Mr. R. C. Kaushik, AOR Mr. Ujjwal A. Rana, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Mehta, Adv. M/S. Gagrat And Co, AOR Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, AOR Mr. Siddhartha Jha, AOR

Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, AOR Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR Mr. Shakti Singh Dhakrey, Adv. Ms. V.thanuja, Adv. Ms. Subasri Jaganathan, Adv. Ms. Meera Mathur, AOR Mr. Rajiv Dutta, Sr. Adv. Ms. Jasmine Damkewala, AOR Mr. Pranav Kumar, AOR Mr. Romy Chacko, AOR Mr. Ravindra Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Binay Kumar Das, AOR Ms. Neha Das, Adv. Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv. Ms. Charu Mathur, AOR Ms. Shobha Gupta, AOR Ms. Pooja Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Jessy Kurian, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. J.H. Jafri, Adv. Mr. Vansh Vashistha, Adv. Mr. Ravindra Bana, AOR Mr. Nishit Agrawal, AOR Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, AOR Mrs. Gargi Khanna, AOR Mr. Lalit Khanna, Adv. Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Saurabh Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Janmejay Verma, Adv. Ms. Hardikaa, Adv. Mr. Vikas Verma, Adv. Ms. Tavishi Jain, Adv. Ms. Garima Raisinghani, Adv. Mr. Vipul Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, AOR Mr. Rajesh Kumar Chaurasia, AOR Mr. Atul Kumar, AOR Mr. Utkarsh Sharma, AOR Mr. Siddhant Dutt, Adv. Mrs. Kaveri Vats, Adv. Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Mithu Jain, AOR M/S. Kmnp Law Aor, AOR Mr. K. K. Mohan, AOR Mr. Omprakash Ajitsingh Parihar, AOR Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Mr. Pahlad Singh Sharma, AOR Mr. M L Lahoty, Adv. Mr. Anchit Sripat, Adv. Mr. Paban Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Paban K Sharma, Adv. Mr. Pranab Kumar Nayak, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Shekhar, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mayank Grover, Adv. Mr. Chirag Singla, Adv. Ms. Aditi Gupta, Adv. Ms. Mridula Ray Bharadwaj, AOR Mr. Awanish Kumar, AOR Mr. Aldanish Rein, AOR Mr. Kaustubh Anshuraj, AOR Mr. Krishna Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Ashwarya Sinha, AOR Ms. Priyanka Sinha, Adv. Ms. Shubhi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aditya Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Partha Sil, AOR Ms. Upasana Nath, AOR Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, AOR Mr. Shantanu Krishna, AOR Mr. Aneesh Mittal, AOR Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR Mr. Ravi Prakash Mehrotra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Apoorv Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Kaushik Choudhury, AOR Mr. Akarsh Garg, Adv. Mr. Parth Davar, Adv.

Mr. Chitranshul A. Sinha, Adv. Mr. Jaskaran Singh Bhatia, Adv. M/S. Dua Associates, AOR Mr. Ayush Sharma, AOR Mr. Vaibhav Kumar, AOR Mr. Naresh Kumar Khatreja, petitioner-in-person Mr. Abhay Anil Anturkar, Adv. Mr. Sartak Mehrotra, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Kapoor, AOR Ms. Shwetal Shepal, Adv. Mr. Siddharath Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Ms. Kirti Dadheech, Adv. Mr. Satinder S. Gulati, Adv. Mr. Raj Kishor Choudhary, Adv.

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

Re: Noida

• 1 Mr N Venkataraman, Additional Solicitor General, has placed on the record a convenience note for the purpose of the hearing. The note also provides an Action Taken Report.
• 2 The convenience note which has been prepared by the government nominated Board of Unitech indicates that the proposed layout plans for Sectors 96-97-98, 113 and 117 (which are Noida based projects) have been approved by the Board. The home buyers are stated to have indicated their consent to the proposed layout plans in the following manner:
  • (a) In Sector 96-97-98 Noida, 72.76% home buyers have given their consent;
  • (b) In Sector 113 Noida, 67.68% home buyers have given their consent; and

(c) In Sector 117 Noida, 68.15% home buyers have given their consent.

• 3 It has been stated that Unitech is in a position to upload the applications for approval of the revised layout plans, building plans/revised building plans and other statutory applications to Noida within seven working days.
• 4 The relief which has been sought, at this stage, is that Noida may be directed to process the applications for approval of the revised layout plans, building plans and ancillary approvals in a time bound manner without insisting on upfront payment of any dues. At the same time, it has been stated that the current application fees/scrutiny fees shall be paid by Unitech at the time of the submission of the applications.
• 5 In similar circumstances, this Court had passed an order on 27 July 2022 directing the Department of Town and Country Planning, Haryana to dispose of the applications and grant renewals within a period of four weeks without insisting on upfront payment of outstanding dues. However, this Court clarified that the modalities for payment of outstanding dues shall be worked out in consultation, after hearing the Department of Town and Country Planning, Haryana in due course.
• 6 Having regard to the contents of the convenience note submitted by the Additional Solicitor General, it is apparent that a substantial number of home buyers have now expressed their confidence in the proposed construction in the above sectors. At this stage, it would be appropriate if Noida processes the applications for approval of revised layout plans, building plans and ancillary approvals without insisting on upfront payment of dues. However, the Board of Unitech shall pay the current application fees/scrutiny fees as payable in law.

7 We defer the issue pertaining to the payment of outstanding dues which shall be determined in due course after due opportunity of hearing to both Noida and the government appointed Board of Unitech. The directions which have been issued to Noida would be subject to the outcome of the pending Special Leave Petition, namely, SLP(C) No 9572 of 2007.

Re: Refund of the FD holders on account of medical emergencies

• 8 As regards the refund to the Fixed Deposit holders on the ground of medical emergencies, Mr Justice A M Sapre has recommended payment to a total of 548 FD holders holding 993 FDRs in the following manner:
  • (a) Repayment of full principal amount has been recommended to 510 FD holders; and
  • (b) Partial payment of principal has been recommended to 38 FD holders.
• 9 In the above manner, an amount of Rs 13.19 crore would be repaid on medical emergencies to 548 FD holders in terms of the approval granted by Mr Justice A M Sapre.
• 10 The claims which have been duly verified by Mr Justice A M Sapre are permitted to be disbursed in the manner, as suggested, to 548 FD holders.
• 11 The Registry shall accordingly release the amount as certified by the Advocateon-Record appearing on behalf of the government appointed Board of Unitech. The office report dated 31 January 2023 indicates that an FDR, bearing A/c No 1303-M, is maturing on 5 February 2023. This amount may be adjusted towards payment of the amount to the FD holders. After the disbursal is made, necessary proof of payment shall be filed with the Registry, together with a tabulated statement. The list of 548 FD holders to whom payment is to be

made, together with the corresponding payment against each name, shall be uploaded on the website of Unitech for information.

Re: Web Portal

• 12 During the course of the hearing, certain applicants have sought a direction for re-opening of the web portal since the applicants were unable to submit their claims within time.
• 13 Mr N Venkataraman, on the other hand, submitted that it would be appropriate if the copies of the IAs of such persons, whether home buyers or FD holders, is made available to the Advocate-on-Record for Unitech. After the copies of the IAs are made available to the AOR for Unitech, a considered view can be taken on whether the web portal should be opened any further and, if so, for which period.

Re: Suggestions from home buyers regarding revised payment plan pursuant to order dated 17 August 2022

• 14 Paragraph 5.4 of the convenience note which has been placed on the record by the Additional Solicitor General deals with the queries of the home buyers in regard to the amount which they would be required to pay in terms of the proposed payment plan. The Court is informed that it has been proposed in the Resolution Framework that:

  • "(a) Homebuyers' Units will be delivered at the same rates/price at which they booked their Unites;
  • (b) No interest shall be charged from the homebuyers on delayed payments/balance receivables, up to the dates on which payment shall fall due as per the Revised Payment Plan, with no obligation to refund the interest or delayed interest already recovered;

• (c) Management will not be able to pay any delay interest/delay compensation to the home-buyers since it is the endeavour to deliver apartments at the same prices at which they were originally booked, despite manifold rise in cost of construction and multiple rise in market prices of these units."

• 15 The above information is permitted to be uploaded on the website of Unitech for information of all home buyers. We clarify that any objections on behalf of the home buyers shall be considered separately when the Resolution Plan is taken up for discussion.

Civil Appeal Nos 10856/2016 and SLP(Crl) Nos 5978-5979/2017

• 16 List the following on 9 February 2023 at 3 pm:

  • (i) IA No 174136 of 2022
  • (ii) Document Nos 45753 of 2021 and 45760 of 2021 (Replies by Petitioner Nos 1 and 2);
  • (iii) SLP(C) No 9572 of 2007 [City Infrastructure India Pvt Ltd vs New Okhla Industrial Development Authority and Others].
  • (iv) Reports submitted by Mr Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre;
  • (v) Action Taken Report III, IV, V & VI;
  • (vi) Status Report of DG (Prisons);
  • (vii) IA No 81090 of 2020 in Civil Appeal No 10856 of 2016;
  • (viii) D.A. Kumar IA Nos 97388 of 2020, 47795 of 2021 filed by Unitech and IA Nos 80954 of 2020 and 80947 of 2020 filed by D A Kumar;
  • (ix) Carnoustie IA Nos 50704 of 2021, 50706 of 2021 filed by Unitech and IA Nos 79304 of 2020, 5463 of 2021 filed by Carnoustie and IA No 118046 of 2018 in SLP (Crl) Nos 5978-5979 of 2017;

• (x) IA No 50683 of 2021 in Civil Appeal No 10856 of 2016;

• (xi) IA Nos 77794 and 77795 and 77802 and 77813 of 2022;

• (xii) IA Nos 12103/2020, 12105/2020, 70286/2020, 70271/2020, 134992/2020, 104012/2021, 104016/2021, 104094/2021 and 104097/2021;

• (xiii) IA Nos 83361 of 2020 and 85172 of 2020;

• (xiv) IA No 100828 of 2019 in Civil Appeal No 10856 of 2016;

• (xv) IA Nos 96157 & 96264 of 2021, IA Nos 100070 & 100079 of 2021, IA Nos 153005 & 152952 of 2021, IA Nos 68334 & 68319 of 2022 and IA Nos 103121 & 103115 of 2022

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