Larsen And Toubro Limited 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

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No. 15540/2023

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 27-05-2022 in WP No. 8807/2020 passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru)

THE STATE OF KARNATAKA & ANR. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

DALMIA CEMENT (BHARAT) LIMITED & ANR. Respondent(s)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.98964/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING ) WITH Diary No(s). 15548/2023 (IV-A)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.101778/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING)

Diary No(s). 20617/2023 (IV-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.109312/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING)

Diary No(s). 20618/2023 (IV-A) (IA No.110531/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING)

Date : 10-07-2023 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. BOPANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. SUNDRESH

• For Petitioner(s) Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Sr. Adv. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv. Mr. Anubhav Kumar, Adv. Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv.
• For Respondent(s) Mr. S Ganesh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Ms. Nishi Sangtani, Adv. Ms. Vani Vandana Chhetri, Adv. Mr. Amish Tandon, Adv. Ms. Sugandh Rathore, Adv. Mr. Ayush Beotra, Adv. Mr. Harsh, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv. Digitally signed by Rajni Mukhi Date: 2023.07.10 17:06:35 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

Ms. Anushree Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv. Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. D.S.Parmar, Adv. Ms. Mrinal Elker Mazumdar, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Singh, Adv. Ms. Aarushi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Divyansh Singh, Adv. Ms. Divya Jain, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Jain, AOR Mr. Gurukrishna Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Adv. Mr. M.s. Ananth, Adv. Mr. Rohan Talwar, Adv. Ms. Biswabara Dash, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR

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

Issue notice on the application for condonation of delay as well as on the special leave petitions.

Learned counsel appears on caveat, accepts notice in their respective petitions. Service of formal notice is dispensed with.

Having heard learned senior counsel for the petitioner(s) as also learned senior counsel for the caveators, we deem it appropriate that these petitions be tagged alongwith SLP (c) No. 15692 of 2022 and similar matters.

In the meantime, since rival contentions are being advanced with regard to the mining operations and since it is contended on behalf of the respondents in Dy.No. 20617/2023 and Dy. No. 20618/2023 the mining operation is in progress, at this stage

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all that we need to clarify is that the status quo existing as on today be continued. Insofar as Dy. No. 15548/2023 since it is stated that certain proceedings are pending before the Competent Authority, there would be no impediment for the proceedings to continue. However, the effect of the said consideration would be taken note when this petition is ultimately heard.

List these petitions on the date to which SLP (c) No. 15692 of 2022 has been posted.

The objections, if any, to the petitions be filed in the meantime.

(RAJNI MUKHI) (DIPTI KHURANA) COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR