Shaheen Abdulla vs. Rajnish Seth

ITEM NO.11 COURT NO.2 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)

WITH

W.P.(C) No. 940/2022 (PIL-W) (FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 8752/2024)

• Date : 17-01-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.
• CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA
• Amicus Curiae Mr. Sanjay Hegde, Sr. Adv. (N/P) Mr. Anas Tanwar, Adv. Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, Adv.
  • Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv.

For Petitioner(s)

Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR

Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. *

• Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv.
• Ms. Dharitry Phookan, AOR
• For Respondent(s)/ Applicant(s) Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG (N/P) Mr. K.M. Nataraj, ASG (N/P) Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Ms. Saumya Tandon, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhakari, Adv. Mr. Krishan Kant Dubey, Adv. Digitally signed by Deepak Guglani Date: 2024.01.17 17:18:31 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG (N/P) Mr. K.M. Nataraj, ASG (N/P) Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Mr. Krishan Kant Dubey, Adv. Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Dharma Adhikari, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mrs. Saumya Tandon, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR Mr. Dipesh Sinha, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Barua, Adv. Ms. Aparna Singh, Adv. Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G. Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Ms. Bhawana Mapwal, Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Abhay Anil Anturkar, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Tank, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha Awalgaonkar, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Kapoor, AOR Mr. Anup Rattan, AG, Himachal Pradesh Mr. Anubhav Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Prakash Pathak, 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. Argha Roy, Adv. Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Dhanesh Ieshdhan, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.

Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. Siddhesh Shirish Kotwal, AOR Mr. Gaurav Khanna, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Ms. Lihzu Shiney Konyak, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, 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. Surender Kumar Gupta, AOR Dr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR Mr. Jatinder Kumar Sethi, D.A.G. Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ambika Atrey, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Ms. Tara Elizabeth Kurien, Adv. Mr. Anand Shankar, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv. Ms. Pinky Anand, Sr. Adv. (N/P) Mr. Sumit Teterrwal, AOR Mr. Balendu Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Rajkumar Maurya, Adv. Ms. Assees Kaur, Adv. Ms. Saudamini Sharma, Adv. Mr. Dhawal Uniyal, AOR Mr. Himanshu Kumar, 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. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Ms. Vani Vandana Chhetri, Adv. Ms. Nishi Sangtani, Adv. Ms. Zinnea Mehta, Adv. Mr. Aakash Thakur, 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. Ms. Aisha Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Ms. Neha Singh, Adv. Mr. Vishal Prasad, AOR Mr. Awanish Sinha, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Abraham Mathew, Adv. Mr. P.V. Surendranath, Sr. Adv. Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR Mr. Subhash Chandran K.R., Adv. Mr. John Thomas Arakal, Adv. Mr. Sawan Kumar Shukla, Adv. Ms. Lekha Sudhakaran, Adv. Ms. Krishna L.R., Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.

Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Hari Shankar Jain, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Ms. Mani Munjal, Adv. Mr. Parth Yadav, Adv. Mr. Upendra Pratap Singh, AOR Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR Mr. K.M. Nataraj, ASG (N/P) Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR Mr. Satwik Misra, Adv. Mr. Adit Jayeshbhai Shah, Adv. Mr. Sharanya Sinha, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, A.A.G. Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Ms. Aarushi Singh, Adv. Mr. Karan Sharma, Adv./AOR Mr. Rishabh Sharma, Adv. Ms. Princy Sharma, Adv.

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

I.A. No. 8752/2024 in W.P.(C) No. 940/2022

It is to be noted that persons against whom allegations have been made, have not been impleaded as party to the present writ petition(s)/application.

Nevertheless, we would require the authorities to be conscious that no incitement to violence and hate speech are permissible.

The District Magistrate (D.M.) and the Superintendent of

Police (S.P.), Yavatmal, Maharashtra and Raipur, Chhattisgarh will take notice of the allegations made in the present application, a copy of which will be served on each of them.

The concerned D.Ms. and S.Ps. will take necessary steps, as may be required. If necessary and deemed appropriate, police/administration will install CCTV Cameras having recording facility, so as to ensure identification of the perpetrators in the event of any violence/hate speech.

The application is accordingly disposed of.

(DEEPAK GUGLANI) (R.S. NARAYANAN) AR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

* No appearance slip received.