Shaheen Abdulla vs. Rajnish Seth
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Purpose:
Fixed Date by Court
Before:
Hon'ble Hon'Ble The Chief Justice, Hon'ble S.V.N. Bhatti
Stage:
DISPOSAL/FINAL DISPOSAL AT ADMISSION STAGE - CIVIL CASES
Remarks:
Notice [Court notice be issued through standing counsel for the States of Gujarat, Kerala, Nagaland and T.N], Week Commencing [05-02-2024]
Listed On:
29 Nov 2023
In:
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UNKNOWN
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WP(C) No. 943/2021 etc.
REVISED
ITEM NO.5
COURT NO.3
SECTION PIL-W
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Writ Petition (Civil) No. 943/2021
ASHWINI KUMAR UPADHYAY
Petitioner(s)
Respondent $(s)$
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
(IA No. 210225/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 192188/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 171810/2022 -INTERVENTION APPLICATION and $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. 210218/2023 <pre>INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)</pre>
WITH
W.P.(C) No. 788/2020 (PIL-W) (IA No. 50785/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 48329/2020 -INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No. 72236/2020 - STAY APPLICATION)
W.P.(C) No. 789/2020 (PIL-W) (IA NO. 50786/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA NO. 48338/2020 -INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No. 72228/2020 - STAY APPLICATION)
W.P.(C) No. 477/2020 (PIL-W) (IA NO. 48986/2020 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 48987/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No. 51005/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)
W.P.(C) No. 956/2020 (PIL-W)
(IA NO. 91135/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA NO. 93533/2020 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 96666/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION, IA No. 91171/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 91136/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA 105261/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA NO. $\mathbf{NO}$ . 94614/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 91134/2020 -EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 94600/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 94685/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 98416/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 90944/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 93535/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 94668/2020 - EXEMPTION Some FROM of FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 92913/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING <table><tbody>PostageIDAVIT, IA No. 92885/2020 - INITIATING CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS, IA</tbody> <table>
Page 1.17 PAGS3/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 95678/2020 INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA NO. 108087/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 95675/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 95066/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 96664/2020 -INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA NO. 94643/2020 - INTERVENTION
APPLICATION, IA No. 96369/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 94621/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 94683/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 98414/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 94667/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No. 105260/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)
SLP(C) No. 6913/2021 (XII-A)
(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.61254/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.61346/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No.61255/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No.61345/2021-INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No.61253/2021-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON)
W.P.(Crl.) No. 391/2021 (X)
(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.118374/2021-EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF and IA No.118376/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.118377/2021- EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT)
W.P.(C) No. 1265/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.150287/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)
W.P.(C) No. 24/2022 (PIL-W) (IA No. 30382/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION)
W.P.(C) No. 80/2022 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.17397/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)
W.P.(C) No. 940/2022 (PIL-W)
(IA No. 84999/2023 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION, IA No. 60674/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 86057/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 155570/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/ DIRECTIONS, IA No. 35185/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 23156/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 149401/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 6915/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 176938/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/ DIRECTIONS, IA No. 73252/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 99986/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 72312/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 72231/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 72195/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/ DIRECTIONS, IA No. 90302/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 153093/2023 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 91152/2023 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 84989/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 77799/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 101702/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No. 90303/2023 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)
SLP(Crl) No. 5107/2023 (II-C)
CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1111/2023 in W.P.(C) No. 940/2022 (PIL-W)
CONMT.PET.(C) No. 776/2023 in W.P.(C) No. 940/2022 (PIL-W) (FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS ON IA 63957/2023)
Diary No(s). 11853/2023 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No. 515/2023 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.88202/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)
CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1153/2023 in W.P.(C) No. 943/2021 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION)
CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1235/2023 in W.P.(C) No. 940/2022 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION)
Date : 29-11-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.V.N. BHATTI
For Petitioner(s)
Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. (N/P) Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR Mr. Chandra Shekhar, Adv. Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Shukla, Adv. Ms. Farhat Jahan Rehmani, Adv. Mr. Faizan Khan, Adv. Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv. Mr. Nasim Anwar, Adv. Mr. Rashid N Azam, Adv. Mr. Mohd Jawaid H. Khan, Adv. Mr. Padhmanabha Raja K R, Adv. Mr. Satish Solanki, Adv. Mr. Ritesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shafik Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Anju Sharma, Adv. Mr. V. Elanchezhiyan, AOR Mr. Vishnu Kant, AOR Mr. Pavan Narang, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Sethi, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Chhabra, Adv. Petitioner-in-person Mr. C. George Thomas, Adv. Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR Mr. Adeel Ahmed, AOR Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Abdur Razzaque Bhuyan, Adv. Mr. Piyush Sachdev, Adv.
Ms. Anupama Gupta, Adv. Ms. Riya Dutta, Adv. Ms. Tiya Dutta, Adv. Ms. Sana Parveen, Adv. Ms. Lilly Biswas, Adv. Ms. Sumita Hazarika, AOR Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. (N/P) Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR Mr. Vinayak Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Sajal Jain, Adv. Ms. Sonakshi Malhan, Adv. Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singh, Adv. Ms. Dharitry Phookan, AOR Mr. Hari Shankar Jain, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Mr. Parth Yadav, Adv. Ms. Mani Munjal, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Ms. Preeti Singh, AOR Mr. Sunklan Porwal, Adv. Mr. Pulkit Agarwal, AOR Mr. Siddharth Aggarwal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Tara Narula, Adv. Ms. Sowjhanya Shankaran, Adv. Ms. Sylona Mohapatra, AOR Mr. Harsh Yadav, Adv. Ms. Maitreya Subramanium, Adv. Mr. Chaitanya Sundriyal, Adv. Ms. Mantika Vohra, Adv. Mr. M.R. Shamshad, AOR Mr. Arijit Sarkar, Adv. Ms. Nabeela Jamil, Adv. Mr. Huzefa Ahmadi, Sr. Adv. (N/P) Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR Ms. Shahrukh Alam, Adv. Ms. Warisha Farasat, Adv. Ms. Hrishika Jain, Adv. Mr. Aman Naqvi, Adv. Ms. Natasha Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Mreganka Kukreja, Adv. Mr. Harshit Anand, Adv. Mr. Adnan Yousuf, Adv. Mr. M. Shaz Khan, Adv.
For Respondent(s) Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG (N/P) Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharamadhikari, Adv. Ms. Saumya Tandon, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG (N/P) Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. S.K. Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma-II, Adv. Mr. Rajan Kumar Chourasiya, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Ms. Garima Prashad, Sr. A.A.G. Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR Mr. Satwik Misra, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Adit Jayeshbhai Shah, Adv. Mr. Sharanya Sinha, Adv. M/s. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG (N/P) Mr. S.V. Raju, ASG (N/P) Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Raavi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG (N/P) Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma B., Adv. Mr. A.K. Kaul, Adv. Mrs. Saumya Tandon, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharamadhikari, Adv.
Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG (N/P) Mr. K.M. Natraj, A.S.G. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kr. Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Mr. Saumya Tandon, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Daramadhikari, Adv. Mr. Rajan Kumar Chaurasia, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Jain, Adv. Mr. P.V. Yogeshwaran, Adv. Mr. Annam Venkatesh, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Anshuman Ashok, AOR Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR Mr. Jatinder Kumar Sethi, D.A.G. Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. Mr. Sri Harsha Peechara, Adv. Mr. Duvvuri Subrahmanya Bhanu, Adv. Ms. Pallavi, Adv. Ms. Kriti Sinha, Adv. Mr. Akshat Kulshreshtha, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry, AOR Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Mr. M. Bangaraswamy, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR Mr. Dipesh Sinha, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Barua, Adv. Ms. Aparna Singh, Adv. Ms. Nisha Bhambhani, Adv. Mr. Rajat Arora, AOR Ms. Mariya Shahab, Adv. Mr. Nibin Louis, Adv. Mr. Anand Shankar, AOR Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Mr. Parth Yadav, Adv. Ms. Mani Munjal, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G.
Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Mr. Dhruv Wadhwa, Adv. Mrs. Nilofar Khan, A.A.G. Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Anjum Parvez, Adv. Mr. Devidas Pangam, Adv. Mr. Abhay Anil Anturkar, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Tank, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha Awalgaonkar, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Kapoor, AOR Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Mr. Nishant Kumar , AOR Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi, Adv. Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Tomar, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Rajkumaridivyasana, Adv. Mr. Siddhesh Shirish Kotwal, AOR Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv. Mr. Tejasvi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. T. Illayarasu, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Khanna, AOR Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Chitranshul A. Sinha, AOR Mr. Sanjay Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shahrukh Ali, Adv. Mr. Tanay Hegde, Adv. Mr. Anas Tanwir, Adv. Mr. Ankit Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Stuti Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR
Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, AOR Mr. Suvidutt M.S., AOR Ms. Deepika Singh, Adv. Ms. Disha Puri, Adv. Mr. Rishesh Sikarwar, Adv. Mrs. Renu Yadav, Adv. Mr. Moirangmayum Chittaranjan Singh, Adv. Mr. Aman Khullar, Adv. Mr. Upendra Pratap Singh, AOR Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Mr. Parth Yadav, Adv. Ms. Mani Munjal, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Awanish Sinha, AOR Mr. Darshan Chandrakant Siddarkar, Adv. Dr. Mahesh Y.reddy, Adv. Mr. Vijay Singh, Adv. Mr. Baiju Varkey Varughese, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar, Adv. Mr. Mayur Raj, Adv. Mr. Devendra Singh, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv. Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR Mr. P.V. Surendrnath, Sr. Adv. Mr. Subhash Chandran K.R., Adv. Mr. Biju P. Raman, AOR Ms. Krishna L R, Adv. Mr. John Thomas Arakal, Adv. Mr. Barun Kumar Sinha, Adv. Mrs. Pratibha Sinha, Adv. Mr. Sneh Vardhan, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Muddgal, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. Ritu Raj, Adv. Mr. Niraj Kumar, Adv. Mr. Abhishek, AOR Mr. Vishal Prasad, AOR
Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Mr. Parth Yadav, Adv. Ms. Mani Munjal, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR Mr. Ebad Ur Rahman, Adv. Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj, Adv. Ms. Thulasi K Raj, Adv. Ms. Aparna Menon, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Ms. Warisha Farasat, Adv. Mr. Harshit Anand, Adv. Mr. Aman Naqvi, Adv. Ms. Hrishika Jain, Adv. Ms. Natasha Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Mreganka Kukreja, Adv. Mr. Ilin Saraswat, Adv. Ms. Swati Jain, Adv. Mr. Loveesh Kashyap, Adv. Ms. Ilma Saifi, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Yadav, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Yadav, AOR Mr. Jatinder Kumar Sethi, D.A.G. Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. Mr. Surender Kumar Gupta, AOR Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Ms. Tara Elizabeth Kurien, Adv. Mr. Harsh Kaushik, AOR Mr. Anand Shankar, AOR
Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR Mr. Dhawal Uniyal, AOR Mr. Naresh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Pinky Anand, Sr. Adv. (N/P) Mr. Sumit Teterrwal, AOR Mr. Balendu Shekhar, Adv. Ms. Saudamini Sharma, Adv. Ms. Asees Kaur, Adv. Ms. Tanisha Samanta, Adv. Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Ms. Thulasi K Raj, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Ms. Aparna Menon, Adv. Mr. Abraham Mathew, Adv. Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Ms. Vani Vandana Chhetri, Adv. Ms. Nishi Sangtani, Adv. Mr. Naman Jain, Adv. Ms. Zinnea Mehta, Adv. Mr. Sunil Dalal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shoumendu Mukherji, AOR Mr. Soumava Karmakar, Adv. Ms. Manisha Saroha, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Beniwal, Adv. Ms. Megha Sharma, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Gupta, Adv. Mr. Satya Ranjan Swain, Adv. Mr. Sahaj Garg, Adv. Mr. Deepanshu Badiwal, Adv. Mr. Chetanya Puri, Adv. Mr. Nishant Kumar , AOR Mr. Pratik R. Bombarde, AOR Mr. Reepak Kansal, Adv. Mr. Dharama Datta Verma, Adv. Ms. Rebecca John, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. Mayank Dahiya, Adv. Ms. Sugandh Rathor, Adv. Mr. Kirti Uppal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Piyush Beriwal, AOR Mr. Aman Jha, Adv.
Mr. Amit Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Rishi Tutu, Adv. Ms. Priyanka Garg, Adv. Ms. Priya Mishra, Adv. Mr. Rudra Paliwal, Adv. Mr. Shrey Sehrawat, Adv. Mr. Kushagra Kumar Kansal, Adv. Mr. Chandan Sinha, Adv. Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR Ms. Bipasa Tripathy, Adv. Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Mr. Mehmood Umar Faruqui, AOR Mr. Ravi Sharma, AOR Ms. Radhika Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv. Ms. Ritika Raj, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Ravish Kumar Goyal, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv./AOR Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv.
Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R
The Union of India has filed a status report on 20.11.2023, giving the list of 28 States and Union Territories, which had appointed Nodal Officers in compliance of the order dated 17.07.2018 passed by this Court in Tehseen S. Poonawalla vs. Union of India & Ors.1.
<span id="page-10-0"></span>During the course of hearing, learned counsel appearing for the State of West Bengal has stated that the Nodal Officer has been appointed.
Court notice will be issued to the standing/nominated counsel for the States of Gujarat, Kerala, Nagaland and Tamil Nadu to state whether they have appointed Nodal Officers in compliance of the aforesaid order. Affidavit in this regard will be filed by the respective States within four weeks from today. Details and particulars of the Nodal Officers shall be stated.
As there are large number of writ petitions/special leave petitions/contempt petitions/applications pending before this Court, we deem it appropriate to appoint Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Advocate in addition to the two earlier appointed Advocates-on-Record, namely, Mr. Anas Tanwar and Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, to act as Nodal counsel. They shall prepare a chart indicating the name of the petitioners, respondents and the prayers made in each of the petitions. The said chart will be filed in the Court on or before 19.01.2024.
Learned counsel for the parties are also given liberty to file suggestions, an e-copy of each of which will be made available to the Nodal Counsel. E-copy thereof can be collected from the Nodal Counsel.
It is pointed out that the Home Secretary had called a meeting of the Chief Secretaries of the respective States/Union Territories on 11.10.2023. Minutes/details of the said meeting will be placed on record with an affidavit, before the next date of hearing.
List in the week commencing 05.02.2024.
ITEM NO.5 COURT NO.3 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 (Civil) No. 943/2021
ASHWINI KUMAR UPADHYAY Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)
(IA No. 210225/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 192188/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 171810/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No. 210218/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)
WITH
W.P.(C) No. 788/2020 (PIL-W) (IA No. 50785/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 48329/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No. 72236/2020 - STAY APPLICATION)
W.P.(C) No. 789/2020 (PIL-W) (IA No. 50786/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 48338/2020 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No. 72228/2020 - STAY APPLICATION)
W.P.(C) No. 477/2020 (PIL-W) (IA No. 48986/2020 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 48987/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No. 51005/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)
W.P.(C) No. 956/2020 (PIL-W)
(IA No. 91135/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 93533/2020 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 96666/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION, IA No. 91171/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 91136/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 105261/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 94614/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 91134/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 94600/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 94685/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 98416/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 90944/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 93535/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 94668/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 92913/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 92885/2020 - INITIATING CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS, IA No. 94633/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 95678/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 108087/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 95675/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 95066/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 96664/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 94643/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 96369/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 94621/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 94683/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 98414/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 94667/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No. 105260/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)
SLP(C) No. 6913/2021 (XII-A)
(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.61254/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.61346/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No.61255/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No.61345/2021-INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No.61253/2021-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON)
W.P.(Crl.) No. 391/2021 (X)
(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.118374/2021-EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF and IA No.118376/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.118377/2021- EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT)
W.P.(C) No. 1265/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.150287/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)
W.P.(C) No. 24/2022 (PIL-W) (IA No. 30382/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION)
W.P.(C) No. 80/2022 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.17397/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)
W.P.(C) No. 940/2022 (PIL-W)
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W.P.(C) No. 515/2023 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.88202/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1153/2023 in W.P.(C) No. 943/2021 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1235/2023 in W.P.(C) No. 940/2022 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) Date : 29-11-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.V.N. BHATTI For Petitioner(s) Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. (N/P) Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR Mr. Chandra Shekhar, Adv. Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Shukla, Adv. Ms. Farhat Jahan Rehmani, Adv. Mr. Faizan Khan, Adv. Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv. Mr. Nasim Anwar, Adv. Mr. Rashid N Azam, Adv. Mr. Mohd Jawaid H. Khan, Adv. Mr. Padhmanabha Raja K R, Adv. Mr. Satish Solanki, Adv. Mr. Ritesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shafik Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Anju Sharma, Adv. Mr. V. Elanchezhiyan, AOR Mr. Vishnu Kant, AOR Mr. Pavan Narang, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Sethi, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Chhabra, Adv. Petitioner-in-person Mr. C. George Thomas, Adv. Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR Mr. Adeel Ahmed, AOR Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Abdur Razzaque Bhuyan, Adv. Mr. Piyush Sachdev, Adv. Ms. Anupama Gupta, Adv. Ms. Riya Dutta, Adv.
Ms. Tiya Dutta, Adv. Ms. Sana Parveen, Adv. Ms. Lilly Biswas, Adv. Ms. Sumita Hazarika, AOR Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. (N/P) Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR Mr. Vinayak Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Sajal Jain, Adv. Ms. Sonakshi Malhan, Adv. Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singh, Adv. Ms. Dharitry Phookan, AOR Mr. Hari Shankar Jain, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Mr. Parth Yadav, Adv. Ms. Mani Munjal, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Ms. Preeti Singh, AOR Mr. Sunklan Porwal, Adv. Mr. Pulkit Agarwal, AOR Mr. Siddharth Aggarwal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Tara Narula, Adv. Ms. Sowjhanya Shankaran, Adv. Ms. Sylona Mohapatra, AOR Mr. Harsh Yadav, Adv. Ms. Maitreya Subramanium, Adv. Mr. Chaitanya Sundriyal, Adv. Ms. Mantika Vohra, Adv. Mr. M.R. Shamshad, AOR Mr. Arijit Sarkar, Adv. Ms. Nabeela Jamil, Adv. Mr. Huzefa Ahmadi, Sr. Adv. (N/P) Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR Ms. Shahrukh Alam, Adv. Ms. Warisha Farasat, Adv. Ms. Hrishika Jain, Adv. Mr. Aman Naqvi, Adv. Ms. Natasha Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Mreganka Kukreja, Adv. Mr. Harshit Anand, Adv. Mr. Adnan Yousuf, Adv. Mr. M. Shaz Khan, Adv.
For Respondent(s)
Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG (N/P) Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharamadhikari, Adv. Ms. Saumya Tandon, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG (N/P) Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. S.K. Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma-II, Adv. Mr. Rajan Kumar Chourasiya, Adv. Mr. Udai Khnna, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Ms. Garima Prashad, Sr. A.A.G. Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR Mr. Satwik Misra, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Adit Jayeshbhai Shah, Adv. Mr. Sharanya Sinha, Adv. M/s. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG (N/P) Mr. S.V. Raju, ASG (N/P) Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Raavi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG (N/P) Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma B., Adv. Mr. A.K. Kaul, Adv. Mrs. Saumya Tandon, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharamadhikari, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR
Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG (N/P) Mr. K.M. Natraj, A.S.G. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kr. Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Mr. Saumya Tandon, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Daramadhikari, Adv. Mr. Rajan Kumar Chaurasia, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Jain, Adv. Mr. P.V. Yogeshwaran, Adv. Mr. Annam Venkatesh, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Anshuman Ashok, AOR Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR Mr. Jatinder Kumar Sethi, D.A.G. Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. Mr. Sri Harsha Peechara, Adv. Mr. Duvvuri Subrahmanya Bhanu, Adv. Ms. Pallavi, Adv. Ms. Kriti Sinha, Adv. Mr. Akshat Kulshreshtha, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry, AOR Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Mr. M. Bangaraswamy, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR Mr. Dipesh Sinha, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Barua, Adv. Ms. Aparna Singh, Adv. Ms. Nisha Bhambhani, Adv. Mr. Rajat Arora, AOR Ms. Mariya Shahab, Adv. Mr. Nibin Louis, Adv. Mr. Anand Shankar, AOR Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Mr. Parth Yadav, Adv. Ms. Mani Munjal, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G. Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR
Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Mr. Dhruv Wadhwa, Adv. Mrs. Nilofar Khan, A.A.G. Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Anjum Parvez, Adv. Mr. Devidas Pangam, Adv. Mr. Abhay Anil Anturkar, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Tank, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha Awalgaonkar, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Kapoor, AOR Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Mr. Nishant Kumar , AOR Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi, Adv. Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Tomar, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Rajkumaridivyasana, Adv. Mr. Siddhesh Shirish Kotwal, AOR Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv. Mr. Tejasvi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. T. Illayarasu, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Khanna, AOR Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Chitranshul A. Sinha, AOR Mr. Sanjay Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shahrukh Ali, Adv. Mr. Tanay Hegde, Adv. Mr. Anas Tanwir, Adv. Mr. Ankit Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Stuti Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, AOR Mr. Suvidutt M.S., AOR Ms. Deepika Singh, Adv. Ms. Disha Puri, Adv. Mr. Rishesh Sikarwar, Adv. Mrs. Renu Yadav, Adv. Mr. Moirangmayum Chittaranjan Singh, Adv. Mr. Aman Khullar, Adv. Mr. Upendra Pratap Singh, AOR Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Mr. Parth Yadav, Adv. Ms. Mani Munjal, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Awanish Sinha, AOR Mr. Darshan Chandrakant Siddarkar, Adv. Dr. Mahesh Y.reddy, Adv. Mr. Vijay Singh, Adv. Mr. Baiju Varkey Varughese, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar, Adv. Mr. Mayur Raj, Adv. Mr. Devendra Singh, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv. Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR Mr. P.V. Surendrnath, Sr. Adv. Mr. Subhash Chandran K.R., Adv. Mr. Biju P. Raman, AOR Ms. Krishna L R, Adv. Mr. John Thomas Arakal, Adv. Mr. Barun Kumar Sinha, Adv. Mrs. Pratibha Sinha, Adv. Mr. Sneh Vardhan, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Muddgal, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. Ritu Raj, Adv. Mr. Niraj Kumar, Adv. Mr. Abhishek, AOR Mr. Vishal Prasad, AOR
Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Mr. Parth Yadav, Adv. Ms. Mani Munjal, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR Mr. Ebad Ur Rahman, Adv. Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj, Adv. Ms. Thulasi K Raj, Adv. Ms. Aparna Menon, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Ms. Warisha Farasat, Adv. Mr. Harshit Anand, Adv. Mr. Aman Naqvi, Adv. Ms. Hrishika Jain, Adv. Ms. Natasha Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Mreganka Kukreja, Adv. Mr. Ilin Saraswat, Adv. Ms. Swati Jain, Adv. Mr. Loveesh Kashyap, Adv. Ms. Ilma Saifi, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Yadav, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Yadav, AOR Mr. Jatinder Kumar Sethi, D.A.G. Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. Mr. Surender Kumar Gupta, AOR Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Ms. Tara Elizabeth Kurien, Adv. Mr. Harsh Kaushik, AOR Mr. Anand Shankar, AOR
Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR Mr. Dhawal Uniyal, AOR Mr. Naresh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Pinky Anand, Sr. Adv. (N/P) Mr. Sumit Teterrwal, AOR Mr. Balendu Shekhar, Adv. Ms. Saudamini Sharma, Adv. Ms. Asees Kaur, Adv. Ms. Tanisha Samanta, Adv. Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Ms. Thulasi K Raj, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Ms. Aparna Menon, Adv. Mr. Abraham Mathew, Adv. Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Ms. Vani Vandana Chhetri, Adv. Ms. Nishi Sangtani, Adv. Mr. Naman Jain, Adv. Ms. Zinnea Mehta, Adv. Mr. Sunil Dalal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shoumendu Mukherji, AOR Mr. Soumava Karmakar, Adv. Ms. Manisha Saroha, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Beniwal, Adv. Ms. Megha Sharma, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Gupta, Adv. Mr. Satya Ranjan Swain, Adv. Mr. Sahaj Garg, Adv. Mr. Deepanshu Badiwal, Adv. Mr. Chetanya Puri, Adv. Mr. Nishant Kumar , AOR Mr. Pratik R. Bombarde, AOR Mr. Reepak Kansal, Adv. Mr. Dharama Datta Verma, Adv. Ms. Rebecca John, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. Mayank Dahiya, Adv. Ms. Sugandh Rathor, Adv. Mr. Kirti Uppal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Piyush Beriwal, AOR Mr. Aman Jha, Adv. Mr. Amit Tiwari, Adv.
Mr. Rishi Tutu, Adv. Ms. Priyanka Garg, Adv. Ms. Priya Mishra, Adv. Mr. Rudra Paliwal, Adv. Mr. Shrey Sehrawat, Adv. Mr. Kushagra Kumar Kansal, Adv. Mr. Chandan Sinha, Adv. Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR Ms. Bipasa Tripathy, Adv. Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Mr. Mehmood Umar Faruqui, AOR Mr. Ravi Sharma, AOR Ms. Radhika Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv. Ms. Ritika Raj, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Ravish Kumar Goyal, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv./AOR Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R
The Union of India has filed a status report on 20.11.2023, giving the list of 28 States and Union Territories, which had appointed Nodal Officers in compliance of the order dated 17.07.2018 passed by this Court in Tehseen S. Poonawalla vs. Union of India & Ors.2.
During the course of hearing, learned counsel appearing for the State of West Bengal has stated that the Nodal Officer has been appointed.
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Court notice will be issued to the standing/nominated counsel for the States of Gujarat, Kerala, Nagaland and Tamil Nadu to state whether they have appointed Nodal Officers in compliance of the aforesaid order. Affidavit in this regard will be filed by the respective States within four weeks from today. Details and particulars of the Nodal Officers shall be stated.
As there are large number of writ petitions/special leave petitions/contempt petitions/applications pending before this Court, we deem it appropriate to appoint Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Advocate in addition to the two earlier appointed Advocates-on-Record, namely, Mr. Anas Tanwar and Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, to act as Nodal counsel. They shall prepare a chart indicating the name of the petitioners, respondents and the prayers made in each of the petitions. The said chart will be filed in the Court on or before 19.01.2024.
Learned counsel for the parties are also given liberty to file suggestions, an e-copy of each of which will be made available to the Nodal Counsel. E-copy thereof can be collected from the Nodal Counsel.
It is pointed out that the Home Secretary had called a meeting of the Chief Secretaries of the respective States/Union Territories on 11.10.2023. Minutes/details of the said meeting will be placed on record with an affidavit, before the next date of hearing.
List in the week commencing 05.02.2024.