Dilip Gadhavi vs. The State Of Gujarat

11:35:53 IST Reason:

ITEM NO.32 COURT NO.1 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

SMW (C) No(s). 7/2020

IN RE THE PROPER TREATMENT OF COVID 19 PATIENTS AND DIGNIFIED HANDLING OF DEAD BODIES IN THE HOSPITALS ETC. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

Respondent(s)

(IA No. 63664/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT IA No. 54881/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/ DIRECTIONS IA No. 55938/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No.90409/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 54973/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 55794/2020 – APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 56067/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 68811/2020 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 54900/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION IA No. 54982/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 72111/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 68817/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 90398/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 55936/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 56420/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 68639/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 56142/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 55792/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 56124/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 68519/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 118651/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 74588/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 54885/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 55398/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 55939/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 72559/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 90410/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 92849/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 74671/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM PAYING COURT FEE IA No. 63659/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 54880/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 55937/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 74670/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 55790/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No.57318/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 90394/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 54971/2020 – INTERVENTION/ Digitally signed by NEETA SAPRA Date: 2023.09.23 Signature Not Verified

IMPLEADMENT IA No. 55935/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No.77370/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 68561/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 54897/2020 – INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT IA No. 54978/2020 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON IA No. 54902/2020 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON IA No. 63660/2020 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON IA No.56419/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ ANNEXURES)

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SLP(C) No. 6381-6382/2021 (III) (FOR ADMISSION and 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)

Date : 22-09-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today.

• CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA
• For Petitioner(s) By Courts Motion, AOR

Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR

• For Respondent(s) Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Ms. Manisha Lavkumar, Sr. Adv. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Awanish Sinha, AOR Mr. Gauransh Singh, Adv. Mr. Richik Hrikant, Adv. Mrs. Ritu Kumari Choubey, Adv.
  • Mr. Shubham Singh, Adv.
  • Ms. Ambali Vedasen, Adv.
  • Ms. Monica Haseja, Adv.
  • Mr. Dinesh Malik, Adv.

Mr. Parijat Kishore, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR Mr. Manoj V George, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Mr. Km Vignesh Ram, Adv. Mr. Nasib Masih, Adv. Mr. Gm Kawoosa, Adv. Ms. Palak Mittal, Adv. Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, AOR Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR Mr. Pawanshree Agrawal, AOR Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv.

• Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv.
• Mr. Sidharth Sethi, AOR Mr. Avinash Das, Adv.
• Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Ms. Manisha Lavkumar, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, Adv. Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Mr. S.. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Mr. Atul Sharma, AOR Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Mr. Siddhesh Shirish Kotwal, Adv. Mr. Tejasvi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Kabir Shankar Bose, Adv. Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Santhosh Krishnan, Adv. Ms. Deepshikha Sansanwal, Adv. Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Ms. Shubhangi Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR Ms. Taruna Ardhendumauli Prasad, AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Shrama, Adv. Mr. Azmat Hayat Amanullah, AOR Mr. T. G. Shahi, Adv. Ms. Garima Prasad, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Mr. K.m. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.

Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Mohd. Akhil, Adv. Mr. Annirudh Sharma-(ii), Adv. Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Adv. Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv. Ms. Pratima Nain Lakra, AOR M/S. J S Wad And Co, AOR Mr. Ashish Wad, Adv. Ms. Tamali Wad, Adv. Mr. Ajeyo Sharma, Adv. Ms. Kirti Sharma, Adv. Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Mishra, Adv. Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., AOR Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Maneesh Pathak, Adv. Ms. Harsha Sharma, Adv. Applicant-in-person, AOR Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR Mr. M. P. Vinod, AOR Mr. Rishi Malhotra, AOR Mr. Jaydip Pati, Adv. Ms. Inderdeep Kaur Raina, Adv. Mr. Kartikeya Rastogi, Adv.

Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR

Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mr. Rohit Anil Rathi, AOR Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. Mayank Dahiya, Adv. Ms. Sugandh Rathor, Adv. Ms. Bhupinder, Adv. Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, A.A.G. Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Ms. Devyani Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. C Kranthi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Naman Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Anand, Adv. Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Roshan Santhalia, AOR Mr. D.kumanan, AOR Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Ms. Mrinal Elkar Mazumdar, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Ms. Priyadarshini Priya, Adv. Dr. Arun Kumar Yadav, Adv. Applicant-in-person, AOR Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Abbas, Adv. Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR

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Mr. Arjun Nanda, Adv. Mr. Chaitanya Sharma, Adv. Mr. G.M. Kawoosa, Adv.

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

• 1 Ms Aparna Bhat, counsel and Mr Rajat Nair, counsel are appointed nodal counsel to prepare a common compilation in terms of the circular dated 22 August 2023. The parties shall file their brief notes of written submissions within a period of three weeks which shall be shared with the nodal counsel.
• 3 Liberty to implead the National Disaster Management Authority.
• 4 The Union of India shall, within a period of three weeks file an affidavit in response to the plea of the intervener in regard to the need to set up a protocol for the handling of dead bodies both in disaster and non-disaster situations.
• 4 List the Writ Petition on a non-miscellaneous day on 5 December 2023.

(GULSHAN KUMAR ARORA) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR)

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