Chandra Krishnan& Anr. vs. In Defence Of Environment Animals And Ors Managing Director Elephant G. Rajendran

þL ITEM NO.303 COURT NO.5 SECTION XII S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No(s).20154/2011 (From the judgement and order dated 07/04/2011 in WP No. 10098/2008 of The HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS) CHANDRA KRISHNAN & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS IN DEFENCE OF ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS& ORS. Respondent(s) (With application for directions, permission to place additional documents on record, prayer for interim relief and office report) SLP(C)No.16668/2011 [MASINAGUDI FARMERS & LAND OWNERS ASSN. Vs. UNION OF INDIA & ORS.] (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR DIRECTIONS AND WITH PRAYER FOR INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C)No.21460/2011 [MITHUN CHAKRABORTY & ANR. Vs. IN DEFENCE OF ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS & ORS.] (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR DIRECTIONS AND PERMISSION TO FILE SLP AND WITH PRAYER FOR INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C)No.21463-21464/2011 [COTTANAD PLANTATIONS LTD. & ORS. Vs. UNION OF INDIA & ORS.] (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR DIRECTIONS AND WITH PRAYER FOR INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C)No.21461/2011 [CASA ESTATES P. LTD. Vs. UNION OF INDIA & ORS.] (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR DIRECTIONS AND WITH PRAYER FOR INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C)No.17150-17151/2011 [V.RAM NARAYAN & ORS. Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU & ORS.] (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR DIRECTIONS AND WITH PRAYER FOR INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C)No.17155-17156/2011 [R. VENKATESWAR Vs. DISTT. COLLECTOR, NILGIRIS, T.N. & ORS.] (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR DIRECTIONS AND WITH PRAYER FOR INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C)No.17160/2011 [D ASHOK KUMAR & ORS. Vs. IN DEFENCE OF ENVIRONMENT & ANIMALS & ORS.] (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR DIRECTIONS AND WITH PRAYER FOR INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C)No.17313-17314/2011 [HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION OF MUDUMALAI Vs. IN DEFENCE OF ENVIRONMENT & ANIMALS & ORS.] [WITH APPLN.(S) FOR DIRECTIONS AND STAY AND MODIFICATION OF COURT'S ORDER AND PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDL. DOCUMENTS ON RECORD AND PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES AND EXTENSION OF INTERIM STAY AND WITH PRAYER FOR INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT] SLP(C)No.21467/2011

[PRATAP REDDY & ANR. Vs. IN DEFENCE OF ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS & ORS.] (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR EXTENSION OF INTERIM STAY AND WITH PRAYER FOR INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C)No.21469/2011 [MUBEEN KHWAJA SYED Vs. IN DEFENCE OF ENVIRONMENT & ORS.] (WITH OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C)No.21480/2011 [MYTHILLI SRIRAM & ORS. Vs. IN DEFEBCE OF ENVIRONMENT & ANIMALS & ORS.] (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR DIRECTIONS AND WITH PRAYER FOR INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C)No.21468/2011 [LAILA CREDITS PVT. LTD. Vs. IN DEFENCE OF ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS & ORS.] (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR EXTENSION OF INTERIM STAY AND WITH PRAYER FOR INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C)No.21472/2011 [LAILA FISH FARMS PVT LTD Vs. IN DEFENCE OF ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS & ORS.] (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR EXTENSION OF INTERIM STAY AND WITH PRAYER FOR INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C)No.21470/2011 [INDICA HEALTH PRODUCTS PVT. LTD. Vs. IN DEFENCE OF ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS & ORS.] (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR EXTENSION OF INTERIM STAY AND WITH PRAYER FOR INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C)No.21477/2011 [LAILA FINANCE LTD. Vs. IN DEFENCE OF ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS & ORS.] (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR EXTENSION OF INTERIM STAY AND OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C)No.21478/2011 [NAGARJUNA FOOD PRODUCTS PVT. LTD. Vs. IN DEFENCE OF ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS & ORS.] (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR EXTENSION OF INTERIM STAY AND WITH PRAYER FOR INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C)No.31581/2011 [UNITED PROPERTY OWNERS ASSN. Vs. STATE OF T.NADU & ORS.] (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT AND C/DELAY AND IMPLEADMENT AND OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C)No.30535/2011 [WADIYAR INVESTMENT P.LTD. Vs. STATE OF T.NADU & ORS.] (WITH OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C)No.30536/2011 [RAJASHREE SUGARS & CHEMICALS LTD. Vs. STATE OF T.NADU & ORS.] (WITH OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C)No.7619/2012 [R.M.KALINGARAYAR Vs. UNION OF INDIA & ORS.] (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT AND DIRECTIONS AND OFFICE REPORT) SLP(C).../2012 CC 5161 [MYTHILI SRIRAM Vs. S.JAYACHANDTRAN & ORS.] (FOR DIRECTIONS AND PERMISSION TO FILE SLP AND WITH PRAYER FOR INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT) AND W.P.(C)No.897/1996 [A. RANGARAJAN & ORS. Vs. U O I & ORS.] (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR INTERIM RELIEF) Date: 03/02/2014 These Petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.K. PATNAIK

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURINDER SINGH NIJJAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE FAKKIR MOHAMED IBRAHIM KALIFULLA AMICUS CURIAE Mr. Harish N. Salve, Sr. Adv. Mr. A.D.N. Rao, Adv. For Petitioner(s) in SLP 20154 Dr. Rajeev Dhavan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Adv. Ms. Gautam Narayan, Adv. Mr. T.V.S. Raghavendra Sreyas, Adv. Mr. Mubashir Mushtaq, Adv. Mr. Swami Dharmendra Balyogi, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Adv. In SLP 16668 Ms. Lalita Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Manisha Badoni, Adv. In SLP 21460 Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Samanvya Dhar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Naveen Kumar, Adv. In SLP 21463-64, 21461 Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, Adv. Mr. Gaichung Pau Gangmei, Adv. Mr. Arjun Singh, Adv. In SLP 17150-51, 17155-56, 17160, 21480 & CC 5161 Mr. K.V. Mohan, Adv. In SLP 17313-14 For M/s. Equity Lex Associates, Advs. In SLP 21467, 21480, 21468, 21472, 21470, 21477 & 21478 Mr. Shakil Ahmed Syed, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Parvez Dabas, Adv. Mr. Syed Ahmad Saud, Adv. In SLP 21469 Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Romil Pathak, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, Adv. In SLP 31581, 30535 & 30536 Mr. Vikas Mehta, Adv. In SLP 7619 Mr. Sudarsh Menon, Adv. In WP 897 Mr. P.K. Manohar, Adv. For Respondent(s) in SLP 20154, 21460, 21463-64, 21461, 17160, 17313-14, 21469, 21480, 21468, 21472, 21470, 21477 & 21478 In Person In SLP 17313-14 Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, Adv. Mr. Gaichung Pau Gangmei, Adv. Mr. Arjun Singh, Adv.

Mr. Soli J. Sorabjee, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajeev Singh, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Shaffique, Adv. Mr. K. Magesh, Adv. Ms. Vijaya Lakshmi, Adv. In SLP 20154, 21463-64, 21461, 17313-14, 21467 & CC 5161 Mr. Raj Panjwani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ritwick Dutta, Adv. Mr. Rahul Choudhary, Adv. Ms. Aparna Bhat, Adv. In SLP 31581 Dr. Kylasnath Pillay, Sr. Adv. Ms. Asha Joseph, Adv. Mr. P.A. Noor Muhamed, Adv. For UOI Mr. P.P. Malhotra, ASG. Mr. Chetan Chawla, Adv. Mr. Duli Chand, Adv. Mr. Shreekant N. Terdal, Adv. Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, Adv. For State of Karnataka Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Adv. For State of Kerala Ms. Bina Madhavan, Adv. For State of Tamil Nadu Mr. M.K. Subramanian, Sp.G.P. Mr. B. Balaji, Adv. Mr. R. Rakesh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Selvin Raja, Adv. In WP 897 MR. R.N. Keshwani, Adv. For State of West Bengal Mr. Anip Sachethey, Adv. For State of Arunachal Pradesh Mr. Anil Shrivastav, Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Mr. M.A. Krishnamoorthy, Adv. For State of Sikkim For M/s. Arputham Aruna & Co., Advs. For State of Assam Ms. Krishna Sarma, Adv. Mr. Riku Sarma, Adv. Mr. Navnit Kumar, Adv. For M/s Corporate Law Group, Advs. UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R | | |These matters be listed for hearing on 24th March, 2014. | |All matters connected with the Elephant Corridor matters will be listed for | |hearing on the next date. | |In the meanwhile, Standing Counsel for the States of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and | |Karnataka shall provide the list of all connected matters which are to be taken| |up along with these matters. | |List of dates and written submissions may also be filed in the meanwhile. | | | |[KALYANI GUPTA] | |[SHARDA KAPOOR] |