Sathishkumar Udayanarayanan vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.43 COURT NO.5 SECTION X

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. 147278/2023 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF IA No. 220209/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 146772/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 222031/2024 - MODIFICATION OF COURT ORDER) 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 : 15-10-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.V.N. BHATTI For Petitioner(s) Mr. P. Chidambaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kunal Cheema, AOR Mr. Shubham Chandankhede, Adv. Mr. S. Nandakumar, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Deepika Nandakumar, Adv.

Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR

Mr. Aakash Elango, Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv. 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. Rishabh Jain, Adv. Mr. S.K. Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Shankar Dvivedi, AOR Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Ms. Sneha Menon, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv. Mr. Tadimalla Bhaskar Gowtham, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Ms. Udita Singh, AOR Mr. L.R. Singh, Adv. Ms. Sowmya Saikumar, 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. Surbhi Kumari, Adv. Mr. Naveen Soni, Adv. Mr. Aditya Malhotra, 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. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR

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Mr. M. Vijaya Bhaskar, AOR Mr. Majjari Umesh, Adv. Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, Adv. Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, AOR

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

The matter pertains to Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) students, pursuing medical studies in different medical colleges. It is submitted that they are being treated in the NRI category and are charged very high fees.

In a matter like this, the response of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare would be necessary. Although notice was served long back, we are yet to see their response in the matter.

The petitioners are accordingly directed to serve notice to the Office of learned Solicitor General of India.

Affidavit, if any, should be filed within four weeks.

(DEEPAK JOSHI) (KAMLESH RAWAT) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR