ITEM NO.31 Court 5 (Video Conferencing) 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

SUO MOTO WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No.7/2020

IN RE: THE PROPER TREATMENT OF COVID 19 PATIENTS AND DIGNIFIED HANDLING OF DEAD BODIES IN THE HOSPITALS ETC.

(With appln.(s) for APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT, APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, EARLY HEARING APPLICATION, EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., EXEMPTION FROM PAYING COURT FEE, INTERVENTION APPLICATION, INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON and PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

WITH S.L.P.(C) Nos.6381-6382/2021 (III)

(With appln.(s) for I.R. and IA No.55834/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.55832/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.55837/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) S.L.P.(C) No.7546/2021 (III)

(With appln.(s) for I.R. and IA No.67199/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.67200/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 82286/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 82870/2021 - MODIFICATION OF COURT ORDER)

S.L.P.(C) No.7690/2021 (III)

(With appln.(s) for I.R. and IA No.67482/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.67483/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.67481/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP)

Date : 02-08-2021 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.R. SHAH

For Petitioner(s)	By Courts Motion, AOR
SLP 6381-82/2021	Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR<br>Ms. Neha Sangwan, Adv.
SLP 7546/2021	Mr. P.S. Narasimha, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Keyur Gandhi, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv.<br>Mr. Kunal Vyas, Adv.<br>Mr. Rishabh Parikh, Adv.<br>Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR
For Respondent(s)	Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG<br>Mr. K.M. Nataraj, ASG<br>Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR<br>Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.<br>Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.<br>Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Adv.<br>Mohd. Akhil, Adv.
	Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG<br>Mr. B. V. Balaram Das, AOR<br>Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.<br>Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.<br>Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Adv.<br>Mr. Prashant Singh – B, Adv.<br>Mr. Amrish Kumar, Adv.
State of Gujarat	Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG<br>Ms. Manisha Lavkumar, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR
UT of Daman & Diu	Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG<br>Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.<br>Mr. Prashant Singh 'B', Adv.

	Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Adv.<br>Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR<br>Mr. Amrish Kumar, Adv.
State of Karnataka	Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR<br>Mr. Ashish Yadav, Adv.<br>Mr. Rakshit Jain, Adv.<br>Mr. Vishal Banshal, Adv.
UT of Puducherry	Mr. Aravindh S., AOR
	Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR
State of UP	Ms. Garima Prashad, Sr. Adv. AAG<br>Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, Adv.
	Mr. Pawanshree Agrawal, AOR
	Mr. Ashish Wad, Adv.<br>Mrs. Tamali Wad, Adv.<br>Mr. Sidharth Mahajan, Adv.<br>Ms. Sukriti Jaggi, Adv.<br>Mr. Ajeyo Sharma, Adv.<br>M/s. J S Wad & Co.
	Mr. Parijat Kishore, AOR
	Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR
State of Haryana	Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR
	Mr. Himanshu Tyagi, AOR
UT of Andaman &<br>Nicobar Island	Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.<br>Ms. G. Indira, AOR<br>Mr. M.K. Mondal, Adv.<br>Mr. P. Gandeepan, Adv.
	Mr. Manoj V George, Adv.<br>Ms. Bhavika, Adv.<br>Mr. Renjit V. Philip, Adv.

		Mr. Saurabh Luthra, Adv.<br>Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR
		Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR
	State of Nagaland	Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR<br>Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.<br>Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv.
		Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR
		Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Hussain Mueen Farooq, Adv.<br>Ms. B. Sudha, Adv.<br>Mr. Mohd. Kamran Khan, Adv.<br>Mr. Bikash Kumar Sinha, Adv.<br>Ms. Reeta, Adv.<br>Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR
State of Orissa		Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR
	State of Telangana	Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR<br>Ms. Sweena Nair, Adv.<br>Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR
		Mr. Sidharth Sethi, AOR
		Mr. Rohit Anil Rathi, AOR
State of Punjab		Mr. Atul Nanda, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR<br>Mr. Manan Bansal, Adv.<br>Ms. Shweta Mohta, Adv.
State of Haryana		Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, AOR<br>Ms. Archana Preet Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr. Chandra Shekhar Suman, Adv.<br>Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Singh, Adv.<br>Ms. Rita Gupta, Adv.<br>Ms. Deepshikha Bharti, Adv.

State of Uttarakhand	Mr. Atul Sharma, AOR
UT of J & K	Mr. G.M. Kawoosa, Adv.<br>Mrs. Taruna A Prasad, Adv.<br>Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv.<br>Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR
State of Assam	Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR
State of Tripura	Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR<br>Mr. Kabir Shankar Bose, Adv.
State of Tamil Nadu	Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., AOR<br>Mr. Saaketh Kasibhatla, Adv.
State of West Bengal	Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv.<br>Mr. Vishal Prasad, Adv.<br>Mr. Nikhil Parikshith, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhishek Manchanda, Adv.<br>Mr. Sayandeep Pahari, Adv.<br>M/s. PLR Chambers & Co.
State of A.P.	Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR<br>Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv.<br>Mr. Shaik Mohamad Haneef, Adv.<br>Mr. T. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, aDv.<br>Mr. Amitabh Sinha, Adv.<br>Mr. K.V. Girish Chowdary, Adv.<br>Mr. Roshan Santhalia, AOR
State of Kerala	Mr. G. Prakash, AOR<br>Mr. Jishnu M.L., Adv.<br>Ms. Priyanka Prakash, Adv.<br>Ms. Beena Prakash, Adv.
	Mr. Pranjal Kishore, Adv.<br>Mr. M.P. Vinod, AOR
	Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR

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	Ms. Aswathi M.K., AOR
State of Sikkim	Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv.<br>Mr. Nishant Verma, Adv.<br>Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR
For Rajasthan	Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR
For Maharashtra	Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv.<br>Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR<br>Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, Adv.<br>Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv.
For Goa	Mr. Arun Pedneker, Adv.<br>Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR
State of Bihar	Mr. Azmat Hayat Amanullah, AOR
State of Meghalaya	Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv. Gen.<br>Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR<br>Mr. K.V. Kharlyngdoh, Adv.<br>Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv.
manjuState of Manipur	Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR<br>Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.<br>Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
UT of Chandigarh	Mr. Gurinder Singh Gill, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. P.P. Nayak,, Adv.<br>Mr. Kuldeep Singh Kuchaliya, Adv.<br>Ms. Aashna Gill, Adv.<br>Mr. Pratap Singh Gill, Adv.<br>Mr. Bhupinder, Adv.<br>Ms. Vandana Hooda, Adv.<br>Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR

Applicant-in-person

State of Jharkhand	Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Saurabh Jain, Adv.<br>Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR<br>Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Awanish Sinha, AOR
State of Tamil Nadu	Mr. D. Kumanan, AOR
State of Arunachal<br>Pradesh	Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR<br>Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv.
	Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR
State of Mizoram	Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv.<br>Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv.<br>Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv.<br>Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, Adv.

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

1 List the matters on 9 August 2021.

(CHETAN KUMAR) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR) A.R.-cum-P.S. COURT MASTER