Sathishkumar Udayanarayanan vs. Union Of India

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 439/2023

SATHISHKUMAR UDAYANARAYANAN & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(IA No. 160493/2024 - ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES IA No. 147278/2023 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF IA No. 220209/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 146772/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

WITH

W.P.(C) No. 579/2023 (X) (FOR PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS ON IA 219257/2023 IA No. 219257/2023 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS)

W.P.(C) No. 666/2023 (X) (IA No. 122157/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)

W.P.(C) No. 881/2023 (X) (FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES ON IA 188848/2023 IA No. 188848/2023 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ ANNEXURES)

Date : 06-08-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA

For Petitioner(s)	Mr. Kunal Cheema, AOR<br>Mr. Shubham Chandankhede, Adv.<br>Mr. Raghav Deshpande, Adv.
	Mr. S. Nandakumar, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Deepika Nandakumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR
	Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR<br>Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv.<br>Mr. D P Singh, Adv.

Ms. Tara Elizabeth Kurien, Adv.

Mr. Abishek Jebaraj, AOR Ms. A Reyna Shruti, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Parvin Waman Satale, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Shankar Dvivedi, AOR Mr. Rishabh Jain, Adv. Mr. S.k. Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Rohit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Yogesh Lohiya, Adv. Mr. Bhushan, Adv. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Bhadola, Adv. Ms. Udita Singh, AOR Ms. Himangini Mehta, Adv. Mr. G Umapathy, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aditya Singh-1, AOR Mr. Suvin Kumaran, Adv. Mr. Ajit Kumar Sinha, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashwarya Sinha, AOR Ms. Priyanka Sinha, Adv. Mr. Aditya Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Naveen Soni, Adv. Mr. John Mathew, AOR Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR Mr. Vaibhav Sabharwal, Adv. Ms. Divija Mahajan, Adv. Mr. Ranvijay Singh Chandel, Adv. Ms. Sehrish Naz Fazal, Adv. Mrs. Geetanjali Bedi, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv. Mr. Tadimalla Bhaskar Gowtham, Adv. Mr. S N Terdal, Aor, Sr. Adv. Mr. M. Vijaya Bhaskar, AOR Mr. Majjari Umesh, Adv. Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bhagla, Adv.

Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Preet S. Phanse, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

1. IA No. 160493 of 2024, the application to delete petitioner No. 9 from array of parties is allowed.

2. The matters pertain to Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) who are pursuing medical/dental studies from various medical colleges in the country. Under the judgment in Anushka Rengunthwar & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. reported in (2023) 11 SCC 209, the OCIs born after 04.03.2021 are entitled to be considered as Indian students for the purpose of the fee payable by them for their studies. Fee structure is different depending on the said cut-off date of 04.03.2021.

3. On the above contention from the petitioners side, there is no response so far from the Union of India, although, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Education, Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs are arrayed as respondents here.

4. The petitioners are accordingly permitted to serve notice to the Central Agency along with copy of this order so that response of the Union of India can be filed in the matters.

5. The matters be listed after six weeks.

(NITIN TALREJA) (KAMLESH RAWAT) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

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