Shaheen Abdulla vs. Rajnish Seth

ITEM NO.18

COURT NO.3

SECTION PIL-W

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(s) (Civil) No(s). 943/2021

ASHWINI KUMAR UPADHYAY

Petitioner(s)

$Respondent(s)$

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

([TO BE TAKEN UP AS ITEM NO. 9.])

WITH

W.P.(C) No. $956/2020$ (PIL-W)

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Date : 21-07-2022 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY S. OKA

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR Mr. Adeel Ahmed, AOR Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR Mr. Vinayak Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Sonakshi Malhan, Adv. Mr. Sajal Jain, Adv. Ms. Renya Raj, Adv. Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv. Mr. Rashmi Singh, Adv. Ms. Sumita Hazarika, AOR Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr. M. R. Shamshad, AOR Mr. Arijit Sarkar, Adv. Ms. Nabeela Jamil, Adv. Mr. Chandratanay Chaube, Adv. Mr. Ganesh A. Khemka, Adv. Mr. Huzefa A. Ahmadi, Sr. Adv. Ms. Shahrukh Alam, Adv. Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR Mr. Harsh Vardha Kediya, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Shaz Khan, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayan, Adv. Mr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay, adv. Mr. Kapish Seth, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR Mr. V. Elanchezhiyan, AOR Petitioner-in-person For Respondent(s) Mr. P. Venkat Reddy, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kr. Tyagi, Adv. Mr. P.R. Srinivas Reddy, Adv. M/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR Ms. Garima Prasad, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR Mr. Adit Jayeshbhai Shah, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta Ld SG Mr. K. M. Nataraj Ld. ASG

Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Mayank Pandey , Adv Mr. O.P. Shukla, Adv. Ms. Sanskriti Pathak, Adv. Ms. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Rajan Kr. Chourasia, adv. Mr. Amit Sharma B, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv Mr. S K Tyagi, Adv Mr. Udai Khanna, Adv Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Jatinder Kumar Sethi, Dy. AG Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR Ms. Ambika Atrey, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aakash Giri, Adv. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Md. Apzal Ansari, Adv. Mr. Anshuman Ashok, AOR Ms. Nisha Bhambhani, Adv. Mr. Rahul Bhatia, AOR Mr. Sri Hari Shankar Jain, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.a., AOR Mr. Harsh Kaushik, AOR Mr. Firoz Iqbal, Adv. Mr. Shahrukh Alam, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Navneet R., Adv. Ms. Vasudha Jain, Adv. Mr. Divyansh Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Mr. Bharat Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shourya Das Gupta, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Bhatnagar, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Tuhina, Adv.

Ms. Hrishika Jain, Adv. Ms. Warisha Farasat, Adv. Mr. Aman Naqvi, Adv. Mr. Kaleeswaran Raj, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Thulasi K. Raj, Adv. Mr. Kaleeswaran Raj, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sidique T.A., AOR Mrs. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Thulasi K. Raj, Adv. Mr. Pratik R. Bombarde, AOR Mr. Aditya Vijay Kumar, Adv. Mr. Chitranshul A. Sinha, AOR Ms. Akshita, Adv. Mr. Jaskaran Singh Bhalia, Adv. Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Ms. Samten Doma, Adv. Mr. Ravi Sharma, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, AOR Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR Mr. C. George Thomas, Adv. Mr. Devendra Singh, AOR Mr. T. Sai Deepak, Adv. Mr. Savidutt M.S., AOR Mr. Aman Khullar, Adv. Mr. Rishesh Sikarwar, Adv. Ms. Vijayalakshmi Raju, Adv. Mr. Lokendra Malik, Adv. Mr. B.K. Sinha, Adv. Ms. Pratibha Sinha, Adv. Mr. Mudit Kaul, Adv. Mr. Abhishek, AOR Mr. Ilinsaraswat, Adv. Ms. Swati Jain, Adv. Ms. Ilma Saifi, Adv. Ms. Rohini Wagh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Yadav, AOR

Ms. Deepti s. Rana, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileswar Jha, Adv. Ms. Kavita K. Mare, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR Mr. Dipesh Sinha, Adv. Ms. Pallani Barua, Adv. Mr. B.A. Wadhmare, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Subhash S. Kadam, Adv.

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

We have heard learned counsel for the parties.

Considering the nature of issues involved and in the backdrop of directions issued by this Court in Shakti Vahini Vs. Union of India & Ors.1, Tehseen S. Poonawalla Vs. Union of India & Ors.2 and Kodungallur Film Society and Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors.3, we request the Secretary, Home Affairs, Government of India to collate relevant information from the respective States/Union Territories in respect of matters referred in the common chart to be made over by the learned counsel for the petitioners to the learned Additional Solicitor General. The petitioners shall handover the format of the chart to the learned Additional Solicitor General within one week from today.

<span id="page-5-2"></span><span id="page-5-1"></span><span id="page-5-0"></span>1 (2018) 7 SCC 192 (paragraph 55) 2 (2018) 9 SCC 501 (paragraphs 40 and 41) 3 (2018) 10 SCC 713 (Paragraphs 20 and 21)

The information essentially should be in respect of matters as to the status of compliance by the respective States/Union Territories in relation to directions/observations in the aforesaid decisions of this Court to provide for preventive, corrective and remedial measures for dealing with the occurrence of untoward situations referred to in the respective writ petitions.

The Secretary, Home Affairs may collate necessary information by corresponding directly with the Secretary, Home Department of the respective States/Union Territories within three weeks from today and compile the information in the form of a booklet containing Statewise comments to be presented to this Court within six weeks from today.

We request the concerned Secretaries of the respective States/Union Territories to furnish the requisite information upon receipt of communication from the Secretary, Home Affairs, Government of India within two weeks to enable the Secretary, Home Affairs, Government of India to compile the necessary information and present it before this Court within the time specified above.

In the meantime, the respondents-Union of India/States/Union Territories/Election Commission of India to file response in the respective writ petitions within three weeks from today.

The petitioners are free to file rejoinder thereto within one week thereafter.

List these matters on 14.09.2022(NMD).

(DEEPAK SINGH) (VIDYA NEGI)

COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR