Laxman Diwan vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.12 Court 3 (Video Conferencing) SECTION X

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 359/2021

RAHUL KOTHARI

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

Respondent(s)

Date: 28-09-2021 This petition was called on for hearing today.

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HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH MAHESHWARI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.T. RAVIKUMAR

For Petitioner(s)

Mr. Shyam Diwan, Sr. Advocate Mr. Vikram Chaudhary, Sr. Advocate Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Advocate Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal, Advocate Mr. Pranjal Krishna, Advocate Ms. Ria Khanna, Advocate Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR

For Respondent(s)

Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Zoheb Hussain, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Nisha Bagchi, Adv. Ms. Binu Tamta, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following ORDER

Liberty is granted to serve advance copy of the Re tition on the Standing Counsel for the Central Agency. Respondents to file response to the writ petition, if

so advised before the next date of hearing.

It will be open to the respondents to rely on the consolidated affidavit filed in the leading case, if that is sufficient to defend the challenge to the constitutional validity of the provision.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner had applied for bail independently after rejection thereof the petitioner has filed Special Leave Petition in this Court being SLP (Crl.) Diary No. 12089 of 2021 which is stated to be listed on 05.10.2021.

List this writ petition along with SLP (Crl.) Diary No. 12089 of 2021 on 05.10.2021.

(DEEPAK SINGH) (VIDYA NEGI)

COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)