Mrs. Michelle Philip& Ors. vs. University Grants Commission& Ors.

ITEM NO.106

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Civil Appeal No. 10759/2013

STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ORS.

Appellant(s)

VERSUS

ASHA RAMDAS BIDKAR & ORS.

Respondent $(s)$ [ GROUP MATTER ] (IA No. 29365/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION and $TA$ $\mathbf{N}$ ₀. 53584/2021 - APPLICATION FOR TAGGING/DETAGGING and IA No. 9/2014 -EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No. 6/2014 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No. 26310/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No. 11/2014 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No. 8/2014 INTERVENTION APPLICATION $\quad\text{and}\quad$ $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ $\mathbf{N}$ O. $5/2014$ INTERVENTION $\mathbf{L}$ APPLICATION and IA No. 70967/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No. 70959/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No. 70944/2020 INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT $\quad\text{and}\quad$ $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. 81255/2020 INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. 81119/2020 INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT $\quad\text{and}\quad$ $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. 81080/2020 INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ 74369/2020 and No. INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT $\quad\text{and}\quad$ $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. 72350/2020 INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ and No. 72346/2020 INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT $\quad\text{and}\quad$ $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. 144321/2021 INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No. 26307/2023 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES and IA No. 14/2015 -STAY APPLICATION and IA No. 13/2014 - STAY APPLICATION)

WITH

SLP(C) No. 13610-13611/2014 (IX)

SLP(C) No. 13616-13617/2014 (IX)

SLP(C) No. 13618-13626/2014 (IX)

SLP(C) No. 13598-13599/2014 (IX)

SLP(C) No. 7059-7060/2016 (IX) (IA No. 11103/2018 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION)

Signal Selve $P_{\text{eff}}(G)$ No. 9850/2016 (IX) Date: 202 01 31<br>18:58 $S^{13}$ (C) No. 9727/2016 (IX)

SLP(C) No. 9878/2016 (IX)

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SLP(C) No. 9853/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 9854/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 9731/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 9862/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 9851/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 9645/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 9716/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10086/2016 (IX ) SLP(C) No. 11100/2021 (IX) Diary No(s). 25734/2021 (IX) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.81467/2022-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) S.L.P.(C)...CC No. 3391/2015 (IX) (IA No. 1/2015 - PERMISSION TO FILE PETITION (SLP/TP/WP/..) SLP(C) No. 7685/2016 (IX) (IA No. 81597/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) SLP(C) No. 12641/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 9697/2016 (IX) (IA No. 44480/2018 - STAY APPLICATION) SLP(C) No. 9062/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 8749/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10083/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 9327-9346/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10811/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10672/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57393/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 10220-10221/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57916/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 10199/2016 (IX)

SLP(C) No. 10264/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57494/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 10710/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 12644/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57804/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 10661-10662/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57674/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 10241/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 12068/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57430/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No. 55127/2021 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) SLP(C) No. 10377/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57879/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 10131/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 11152/2016 (IX) (IA No. 59471/2022 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION and IA No. 118575/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION and IA No. 57379/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No. 59474/2022 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN.) SLP(C) No. 10789/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57375/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 11575/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57372/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 12526/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57471/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 10194/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10759/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57492/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 10850/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10563-10564/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57795/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION)' SLP(C) No. 12652/2016 (IX)

(IA No. 57710/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION)

SLP(C) No. 10081/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 23926/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57489/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 11906-11941/2016 (IX) (IA No. 43071/2018 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) SLP(C) No. 11597/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57813/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 10101/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 11604-11607/2016 (IX) (IA No. 88713/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 10839/2016 (IX) C.A. No. 3123/2024 (III) (IA No. 57498/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 15158-15163/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10870/2016 (IX) (IA No. 117143/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION and IA No. 76019/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION and IA No. 117144/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN.) SLP(C) No. 10456/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57423/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 16443/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10727/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10881/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10355/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10837/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10406/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57918/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 10247-10248/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57685/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 10104/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57841/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION)

SLP(C) No. 10140/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57945/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 10091/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57442/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 12117/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57653/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 11035/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10255/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57912/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 11045/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57862/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 11093-11094/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57643/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 12147-12148/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57694/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 11629-11639/2016 (IX) (IA No. 43100/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 11588/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57865/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 10095/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57715/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 10529/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 11041-11042/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57781/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 12069/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57399/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 10470/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10813/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57774/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 11111/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10703/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10891/2016 (IX)

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SLP(C) No. 23029/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57462/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 11097/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10142/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 11044/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10674/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 11107/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10471/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10547/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10464/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10483/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10157/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 11091/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10532/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10678/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10138/2016 (IX) (IA No. 1/2016 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) SLP(C) No. 26540/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57765/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 10085/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 10457/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 12028/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57902/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 15107/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 15109/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 15236/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57767/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 15186-15191/2016 (IX) (IA No. 43093/2018 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)

SLP(C) No. 15192/2016 (IX)

SLP(C) No. 15070-15073/2016 (IX)

SLP(C) No. 15194-15196/2016 (IX)

SLP(C) No. 15235/2016 (IX)

SLP(C) No. 15197/2016 (IX)

SLP(C) No. 15075-15077/2016 (IX)

SLP(C) No. 15193/2016 (IX)

SLP(C) No. 15198-15234/2016 (IX) (IA No. 90573/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No. 87225/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION)

SLP(C) No. 15065-15069/2016 (IX)

SLP(C) No. 13686/2016 (IX) (IA No. 2/2016 - PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES)

SLP(C) No. 16494-16500/2016 (IX) (IA No. 114207/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)

W.P.(C) No. 303/2016 (X)

(IA No. 72821/2020 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION and IA No. 149224/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION and IA No. 126610/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No. 87294/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No. 87291/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No. 86847/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No. 126605/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No. 86845/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No. 149214/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No. 83093/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No. 72805/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No. 87293/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No. 87290/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No. 18125/2022 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

SLP(C) No. 6036/2018 (IX)

SLP(C) No. 14537/2016 (IX)

SLP(C) No. 16491/2016 (IX)

S.L.P.(C)...CC No. 19532/2016 (IX) (IA No. 1/2016 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No. 2/2016 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS)

SLP(C) No. 23113-23122/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 17511-17512/2016 (IX) (IA No. 43109/2018 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) S.L.P.(C)...CC No. 12932/2016 (IX) (IA No. 43126/2018 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS and IA No. 1/2016 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) SLP(C) No. 25077/2016 (IX) (IA No. 57659/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 27562/2016 (IX) (IA 3/2016 - FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) C.A. No. 10015/2016 (III) SLP(C) No. 30103-30105/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 34006/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 30101/2016 (IX) (IA 3/2016 - FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 34742/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 1122/2017 (IX) (IA No. 57832/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 3955/2017 (IX) Date : 30-01-2025 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR For parties : Ms. Aparna Bhat, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Banju, AOR Ms. Karishma Maria, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv. Ms. Shwetal Shepal, Adv. Mr. Aditya Khanna, Adv.

Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Subash S. Kadam, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Singh Dingra, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv. Mr. Varun Varma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Abhi J. S. Kamle, Adv. Mr. Gopal Balwant Sathe, AOR Mr. Balbir Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv. Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Naman Tandon, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Preet S. Phanse, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Jay Kishor Singh, AOR Mr. Guru Krishnakumar, Sr. Adv. Ms. Aparna Bhat, Sr. Adv. Ms. Karishma Maria, Adv. Mr. Vishesh Goel, Adv. Mr. Ashwin K, Adv. Mr. Kv Sriwas Narayanan, Adv. Mr. Yash S. Vijay, AOR Mr. Karunakar Mahalik, AOR Mr. Shivaji M. Jadhav, Adv. Mr. Brij Kishor Sah, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Vignesh Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya S. Jadhav, Adv. M/S. S.M. Jadhav And Company, AOR Mr. Ravindra Keshavrao Adsure, AOR Mr. Satyajit A. Desai, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Gautam, Adv. Mr. Abhinav K. Mutyalwar, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Gautam, Adv. Ms. Anagha S. Desai, AOR Mr. Sachin Singh, Adv. Mr. Preetraj R. Dhok, Adv. Mr. Ananya Thapliyal, Adv.

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Mr. Shriram P. Pingle, AOR Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amol Nirmalkumar Suryawanshi, AOR Ms. S. Soorya Gayathry, Adv. Ms. Srishty Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Venkateswara Rao Anumolu, AOR Dr. R. R. Deshpande, AOR Mr. Bhagwant Deshpande, Adv. Mr. Abdulrahiman Tamboli, Adv. Mr. Prakash Chandra Sharma, Adv. Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR Mr. Vaibhav Yeshwant Kulkarni, AOR Mr. Kundan Kumar Lal, AOR Ms. Anuradha Mutatkar, AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anjani Kumar Mishra, AOR Mr. Shiv Ram Pandey, Adv. Mrs. Sandhya Pandey, Adv. Mr. Kishor Shankar Dere, Adv. Mr. Praveen Mishra, Adv. Mr. Ajay K Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Rukhsana Choudhury, AOR Mr. Suhas Kadam, Adv. M/S. Black & White Solicitors, AOR Mr. Suhaskumar Kadam, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Sudhakar Deshmukh, AOR Ms. Abha R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Navin Prakash, AOR Mr. A. N. Arora, AOR Ms. Aparna Jha, AOR Mr. Prashant R Dahat, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Gacche, Adv.

Mr. Puneet Yadav, Adv. Mr. Sourabh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vasu Dev, Adv. Mr. T. R. B. Sivakumar, AOR Ms. K. V. Bharathi Upadhyaya, AOR Mr. J. N. Singh, Adv. Mr. Meghraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Satvik Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Venkateswara Rao Anumolu, AOR Mr. Sudhanshu S. Choudhari, AOR Mr. Amol Chitale, Adv. Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR Mr. Balbir Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv. Mr. Naman Tandon, Adv. Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Preet S. Phanse, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Mr. Amol B. Karande, AOR Mr. Omveer, Adv. Ms. Chandana, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Agnihotri, Adv. Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR Mr. Arjun Harkauli, AOR Mr. Amol Nirmalkumar Suryawanshi, AOR Mr. Shivaji M. Jadhav, AOR Mr. Shivaji M. Jadhav, Adv. Mr. Brij Kishor Sah, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Vignesh Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya S. Jadhav, Adv. Dr. R. R. Deshpande, AOR Mr. Bhagwant Deshpande, Adv.

Mr. Kishor Lambat, Adv. Ms. Suja Joshi, Adv. Ms. Kashmira Lambat, Adv. Mr. Prem S Mankani, Adv. M/S. Lambat And Associates, AOR Mr. Gopal Balwant Sathe, AOR Ms. Rucha Pande, Adv. Mr. A. Selvin Raja, AOR Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Manoj Ranjan Sinha, Adv. Mr. Vishal Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Piyush Prashant, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. Shashibhushan P. Adgaonkar, AOR Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR Mr. Manoj Ranjan Sinha (r-23), Adv. Mr. Vishal Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Shriram P. Pingle, AOR Ms. Sneha Ravi Iyer , AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. Anjani Kumar Mishra, AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shiv Ram Pandey, Adv. Mrs. Sandhya Pandey, Adv. Mr. Praveen Mishra, Adv. Dr. Kishor Dere, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Sudhanshu S. Choudhari, AOR

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

1. After order dated 25.03.2015 was passed by this Court, the High Court has decided batch of cases vide judgment dated 23.12.2015 which is challenged by filing several appeals. The appellants in those appeals shall start the

arguments first. Other appeals filed by the State of Maharashtra against the judgment pronounced previously would be heard subsequently.

2. Convenience compilation has already been filed. However, learned counsel appearing on behalf of some of the appellants states that some of the documents have not been attached in the volumes of convenience compilation. They are at liberty to file the same within a period of two weeks from today in continuation to the existing volumes of the convenience compilation, supplying copy to all the parties.

3. As consented by the learned counsel for the parties, list the matters for hearing on 20th February, 2025.

(NIDHI AHUJA) (ANJALI PANWAR) AR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)