Balraj Singh vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.1

COURT NO.5 $\mathcal{L}$

SECTION IV-B

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s).30621/2011

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 15-07-2011 in CWP No.13218/2009 passed by the High Court Of Punjab & Haryana At Chandigarh)

JARNAIL SINGH & ORS.

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

LACHHMI NARAIN GUPTA & ORS. Respondent $(s)$ (Report of issues involved received from Ld. Attorney General for India in view of Hon'ble Court's order dated 18.01.2021 (with applns. for <pre>appropriate orders/ directions, clarification/</pre> affidavit, direction. exemption from filina intervention application, <pre>intervention/impleadment,</pre> withdrawal of case/ application)

WTTH $SLP(C)$ No.31735/2011 (IV-B) $(IA 2/2011)$

SLP(C) No.35000/2011 (IV-B)

SLP(C) No.2839/2012 (IX)

SLP(C) No.5859/2012 (IX)

SLP(C) No.5860/2012 (IX)

SLP(C) No.4831/2012 (XV) (I.A. Nos.42763 & 42764/2017 -Read as I. A. Nos. 9 & 10 of 2017 IA No. 42763/2017 - DIRECTION (I.A. No. 9) IA No. 42764/2017 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

SLP(C) No.30841/2012 (IX) (with applns. for condonation of delay in filing/refiling / curing the defects)

$SLP(C)$ No.6915/2014 (IV-B)

Signa $\mathbb{Q}$ ( $\mathbb{C}$ ) No. 23344/2014 (IV-B) Digital to application of delay in filing/refiling / curing $\mathsf{Reasc}^{\frac{17:10:27}{\mathsf{IR}}}$ defects)

Diarv No(s).35818/2017 (XIV) (with applns. for permission to file petition, exemption from <pre>filing c/c of the impugned judgment)</pre>

Diary No(s).30694/2018 (IV-C) (with appln. for condonation of delay in filing) SLP(C) Nos.23339-23340/2014 (IV-B) (with appln. for condonation of delay in filing) SLP(C) No.21343/2015 (XIV) SLP(C) Nos.14549-14550/2019 (IV-B) (with applns. for condonation of delay in filing, permission to file lengthy list of dates) SLP(C) No.845/2020 (IV-C) (with applns. for condonation of delay in filing, exemption from filing O.T.) SLP(C) No.33163/2014 (IV-B) (with applns. for condonation of delay in filing/refiling / curing the defects) SLP(C) No.25756/2019 (IV-C) SLP(C) No.31191/2015 (XI) (with Applns. For Stay, Exemption From Filing O.T., Permission To File Annexures, Permission To File Additional Documents/ Facts/Annexures, Clarification/Direction, Exemption From Filing O.T.) C.A. Nos.4876-4877/2017 (XVI) (IA 4/2016) C.A. Nos.4878-4879/2017 (XVI) C.A. No.4880/2017 (XVI) (with applns. for appropriate orders/directions, permission to file additional documents/facts/annexures, clarification/direction, impleading party, intervention /impleadment, exemption from filing affidavit) C.A. No.4881/2017 (XVI) C.A. No.4882/2017 (XVI) C.A. No.11817/2016 (IV-C) C.A. No.11816/2016 (IV-C) (with appln. for intervention application) C.A. No.11820/2016 (IV-C) SLP(C) No.31240/2016 (IV-B) (with appln. for permission)

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C.A. No.4833/2017 (IV) (with appln. for permission to appear and argue in person) C.A. Nos.701-704/2017 (IV-C) (with appln. for permission to file annexures) C.A. Nos. 11822-11825/2016 (IV-C) (with appln. for permission to file annexures) C.A. Nos.11837-11840/2016 (IV-C) C.A. Nos.11842-11845/2016 (IV-C) (with appln. for permission to file annexures) C.A. Nos.11829-11832/2016 (IV-C) C.A. Nos.11847-11850/2016 (IV-C) C.A. No.11828/2016 (IV-C) CONMT.PET.(C) No.13/2017 IN CA. Nos.4562-4564/2017 (XIV-A) (with appln. for clarification/direction) SLP(C) No.626/2020 (IV-C) SLP(C) Nos.28164-28167/2019 (XVII) SLP(C) No.851/2020 (IV-C) CONMT.PET.(C) No.11/2017 IN CA.Nos.4562-4564/2017 (XIV-A) C.A. Nos.4562-4564/2017 (XIV-A) (with applns. for appropriate orders /directions, clarification/ direction, intervention application, intervention/impleadment, permission to appear and argue in person) CONMT.PET.(C) No.314/2016 In SLP(C) No.4831/2012 (XV) (with applns.for appropriate orders/directions, exemption from filing O.T., intervention application) C.A. No. 5247/2016 (IV-C) (with applns. for early hearing, intervention application, intervention/impleadment, stay application, vacating stay) T.P.(C) Nos.608-609/2017 (XVI-A) (with appln. for stay ) SLP(C) No.10638/2017 (XIV) (with appln. for condonation of delay in filing) S.L.P.(C)...CC No.6821/2017 (IV-C) (with appln. for condonation of delay in filing)

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SLP(C) No.18844/2017 (IV-B) SLP(C) Nos.19422-19423/2017 (IV-B) SLP(C) No.25191/2015 (XI) (with applns. for exemption from filing O.T., permission to file additional documents/facts/annexures, permission to file annexures, stay application) SLP(C) No.33688/2015 (XI) (with applns. for facts to be taken in to consideration for early disposal of the petition, for not to be connected with slp(c) 30621/2011, tagging/detagging, condonation of delay in filing counter affidavit, permission to appear and argue in person) SLP(C) No.31425/2016 (IV-B) SLP(C) No.17491/2017 (IV-B) (with appln. for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment) SLP(C) No.24681/2017 (IV-B) (with appln.for modification) SLP(C) No.32944/2017 (IV-B) (with appln. for permission) Diary No(s).28776/2017 (XIV) (with applns. for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment, permission to file additional documents/facts/annexures, permission to file petition) Diary No(s).29066/2017 (XIV) (with applns. for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment, permission to file petition) Diary No(s).30189/2017 (IX) (with applns. for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment, exemption from filing O.T., permission to file lengthy list of dates, permission to file petition (slp/tp/wp/..)) Diary No(s).31145/2017 (IV-B) (with applns. for application for permission, clarification/direction, condonation of delay in filing) SLP(C) Nos.28446-28447/2017 (IX) (with applns. for clarification/direction, exemption from filing O.T., permission to file additional documents/facts/annexures, permission to file lengthy list of dates) SLP(C) No.28306/2017 (IX) (with applns. for appropriate orders/directions, clarification/ direction,exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment, exemption from filing O.T., intervention application, intervention/impleadment, permission to file additional documents/facts/annexures, permission to file lengthy list of dates) SLP(C) Nos.13993-14004/2019 (IX) SLP(C) No.30942/2017 (IX) (with applns. for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment and exemption from filing O.T.) Diary No(s).33488/2017 (IX) (with applns. for appropriate orders/directions, exemption from filing O.T., permission to file petition (SLP/TP/WP/..) Diary No(s).34271/2017 (IX) (with applns. for condonation of delay in filing, exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment, exemption from filing O.T., permission to file petition (SLP/TP/WP/..)) Diary No(s).34520/2017 (IX) ( with applns. for condonation of delay in filing, exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment, permission to file lengthy list of dates, permission to file petition (SLP/TP/WP/..) SLP(C) Nos.14105-14112/2019 (IX) (with applns. for condonation of delay in filing, exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment) Diary No(s).35577/2017 (IX) (with applns. for condonation of delay in filing and exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment, exemption from filing O.T., permission to file petition (SLP/TP/WP/..) Diary No(s).36305/2017 (IX) (with applns. for condonation of delay in filing, exemption from filing O.T., permission to file petition (SLP/TP/WP/..) Diary No(s).36377/2017 (IX) (with applns. for clarification/direction, condonation of delay in filing, exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment, permission to file additional documents/facts/annexures, permission to file lengthy list of dates, permission to file petition (SLP/TP/WP/..) SLP(C) No.31288/2017 (XIV) (with appln. for permission to file additional documents/facts/annexures) Diary No(s).38895/2017 (IX) SLP(C) No.13719/2019 (IX)

(with applns. for appropriate orders/directions, clarification/ direction, condonation of delay in filing, exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment, permission to file additional documents/facts/annexures, permission to file petition (SLP/TP/WP/..) SLP(C) No.13720/2019 (IX) (with applns. for appropriate orders/directions, condonation of delay in filing, permission to file additional documents/facts/annexures, permission to file petition (SLP/TP/WP/..) SLP(C) No.28842/2018 (IX) (with appln. for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment) SLP(C) No.28844/2018 (IX) (with appln.for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment) SLP(C) No.13721/2019 (IX) (with applns. for condonation of delay in filing/refiling / curing the defects, exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment, permission to file lengthy list of dates) SLP(C) No.28846/2018 (IX) (with appln. for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment) SLP(C) No.28847/2018 (IX) (with appln. for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment) SLP(C) No.28848/2018 (IX) (with appln. for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment) SLP(C) Nos.21309-21310/2019 (XIV) Diary No(s).28194/2019 (IV-C) (Mr. Bhaskar Guha, Respondent-in-person, with applns. for condonation of delay in filing, permission to appear and argue in person) Diary No(s).34750/2018 (IV-C) (with appln. for condonation of delay in filing) SLP(C) Nos.27951-27959/2019 (XVII) SLP(C) Nos.13974-13975/2019 (IX) (with applns. for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment, exemption from filing O.T., permission to file lengthy list of dates)

Diary No(s).41552/2018 (IX) (with applns. for condonation of delay in filing, exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment, permission to file petition (SLP/TP/WP/..) SLP(C) No.18925/2018 (IV-B) (with applns. for exemption from filing O.T., permission to file additional documents/facts/annexures) Diary No(s).22349/2018 (IV-B) (with applns. for condonation of delay in filing, exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment) SLP(C) No.22985/2018 (XV) Diary No(s).23907/2018 (IV-B) (with applns. for condonation of delay in filing/refiling / curing the defects, exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment) SLP(C) Nos.27401-27402/2018 (IV-B) (with appln. for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment) Diary No(s).30693/2018 (IV-C) (with applns. for condonation of delay in filing/refiling / curing the defects) CONMT.PET.(C) No.985/2018 in C.A. No.5247/2016 (IV-C) (with applns. for exemption from filing O.T.) Diary No(s).24594/2018 (XVI) (with appln. for condonation of delay in filing) SLP(C) No.14611/2019 (IV-C) Diary No(s).39571/2018 (IV-C) (with appln. for condonation of delay in filing) SLP(C) Nos.5724-5725/2019 (XIV) (with applns. for appropriate orders/directions, appropriate orders/directions, clarification/direction, exemption from filing affidavit, intervention/impleadment, withdrawal of case / application) SLP(C) No. 10551-10553/2019 (XVI) (with applns. for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment, exemption from filing O.T.) SLP(C) No.18314/2019 (IV-C) SLP(C) No.21364/2019 (XI-A) SLP(C) No.20777/2019 (XVII) SLP(C) No.22246/2019 (XVII)

CONMT.PET.(C) No.1067/2019 in SLP(C) No.30621/2011 (IV-B) (with applns. for contempt petition, deleting the name of petitioner/respondent) SLP(C) Nos.110-215/2020 (XVII) (with applns. for application for substitution, condonation of delay in filing substitution appln. and setting aside an abatement) SLP(C) No.26891/2019 (IV-C) SLP(C) No.29159/2019 (IV-C) SLP(C) No.29152/2019 (IV-C) SLP(C) No.571/2020 (IV-C) SLP(C) No.29150/2019 (IV-C) W.P.(C) No.1371/2019 (X) (with appln. for permission) SLP(C) No.29234/2019 (XI-A) (with appln. for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment) SLP(C) No.920/2020 (XII-A) C.A. No.1004/2020 (IV) (with applns. for condonation of delay in filing, exemption from filing O.T., intervention/impleadment) C.A. No.2434/2019 (IV) (with applns. for permission, interim stay) SLP(C) No.1132/2018 (IV-B) (with applns. for permission, exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment) SLP(C) Nos.2395-2396/2020 (XVII) Diary No(s).43894/2019 (XII) (with applns. for appropriate orders/directions, condonation of delay in filing, permission to file additional documents/facts/annexures) SLP(C) No.887/2020 (IV-B) (with applns.for permission, exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment) SLP(C) No.609/2020 (IV-B) (with applns. for permission, exemption from filing c/c of the

impugned judgment) SLP(C) No.7332/2020 (IV-C) SLP(C) No.6834/2020 (IV-C) SLP(C) No.8066/2020 (IV-B) (with applns. for rectification, clarification/direction, exemption from filing affidavit, permission to file synopsis and list of dates) SLP(C) No.8588/2020 (IV-B) SLP(C) No.15749/2020 (IV-B) (with applns. for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment and permission to file lengthy list of dates) SLP(C) No.15148/2020 (XVII) (with applns. for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment) SLP(C) No.639/2021 (XVII) SLP(C) No.3684/2021 (XVII) CONMT.PET.(C) Nos.200-201/2021 in SLP(C) Nos.5724-5725/2019 (XIV) (with appln. For EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) CONMT.PET.(C) Nos.211-212/2021 in C.A. No.5247/2016 (IV-C) (with appln. for exemption from filing O.T.) W.P.(C) No.882/2021 (X) (with applns. for exemption from filing O.T., intervention/impleadment, stay application) CONMT.PET.(C) Nos.378-379/2021 in C.A. Nos.11837-11840/2016 (IV-C) (with appln. for exemption from filing O.T.) Date : 26-10-2021 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. NAGESWARA RAO HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B.R. GAVAI For the parties : UOI Mr. K.K.Venugopal, Ld. AG Mr. Tushar Mehta,Ld. SG Ms. Madhvi Divan, Ld. ASG Mr. Balbir Singh,Ld. ASG

	Mr. Sanjay Jain, Ld. ASG<br>Mr. R.Balasubramanium, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. M.K.Maroria, AOR<br>Mr. Rajesh Ranjan, Adv<br>Mr. Shyam Gopal, Adv<br>Ms. Shradha Deshmukh, Adv<br>Mr. Rajan Kumar Chourasia, Adv.<br>Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv<br>Mr. Apoorv Kurup, Adv<br>Mr. Siddhant Kohli, Adv<br>Mr. Ankur Talwar Adv.<br>Mr. Suhasini Sen Adv.<br>Mr. Apoorva Koorup Adv.<br>Ms. Deepabali Dutta,Adv.<br>Mr. A. K. Sharma AOR<br>Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR<br>Mr. B.V. Balaram Das, AOR<br>Mr. K.M.Nataraj,Sr.Adv.<br>Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker,Adv.<br>Mr. D.L. Chidanand,Adv.<br>Mr. S.S.Rebello,Adv.<br>Mr. Mehul Gupta,Adv.<br>Mr. B.K.Satija,Adv.<br>Ms. Ruchi Kohli,Adv.
1.19,1.20, 1.21	Mr. Avneesh Arputham, AOR<br>M/s.Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR
1.97	Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR
1.84	Mr. Pratik R. Bombarde, AOR<br>Mr. Suraj Kumar,Adv<br>Mr. Devendra Singh, Adv<br>Mr. Ajay Singh,Adv
1.57	Mr. Pratik R. Bombarde, AOR<br>Mr. Pradeep S. Wathore, Adv<br>Mr. Devendra Kumar, Adv<br>Mr. Abhishek Kumar,Adv
1.42	Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, AoR<br>Mr. Sudhanshu Prakash, Adv.<br>Ms. Rakhi M., Adv.<br>Ms. Sruthi Iyer, Adv.<br>Ms. Neha Jain, Adv.<br>Mr. Vaibhav Sabharwal, Adv.
1.63	Dr. K.S. Chauhan, Adv<br>Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, AOR<br>Mr. Murari Lal, Adv<br>Mr. R.S.M. Kalky, Adv

	Mr. Ajit Kumar, Adv.
	1.19, 1.28, 1.43, 1.47, 1.48, 1.55, 1.56, 1.58,<br>1.68, 1.86, 1.110, 1.113 & 1.122
	Dr. K.S. Chauhan, AOR
	Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, Adv
	Mr. Ravi Prakash, Adv
	Mr. R.S.M. Kalky, Adv
	Mr. Sandeep Malik, Adv.
	Mr. Sumit Kishore, Adv.
1.86	Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi,Adv.
1,1.7, 1.22 & 1.100	Dr. K.S. Chauhan, AOR
	Mr. Sunil Kumar,Adv.
	Mr. Ajit Kumar, Adv
	Mr. S.P. Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Murari Lal, Adv.
	Mr. K.C. Lamba, Adv.
1.63	Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, AOR
	Mr. Ravi Prakash, Adv.
	Mr. Sandeep Malik, Adv.
	Mr. Sumit Kishore, Adv.
	Mr. Ramesh Kumar, Adv.
1.21	Mr. P.S. Patwalia, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR
	Ms. Pratishtha Vij, Adv.
	Ms. Bihu Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. Akshay C. Shrivastava, Adv.
1.26	Ms. Prerna Mehta, AOR
	Mr. Naresh Aditya Madhav, Adv.
1.129	Ms. Shreyas Gacche, Adv
	Mr. Vishal Jogdand, Adv.
	Ms. Swati Vaibhav, AOR
1.115	Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee,ASG
	Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker,AOR
	Mr. Akshay Amritanshu,Adv.
	Mr. Apoorv Kurup,Adv.
	Mr. Ankur Talwar,Adv.
	Mr. Siddhant Kohli,Adv.

1.69, 1.72, 1.73, 1.74, 1.75, 1.77, 1.78 and 1.79 Dr. Gunratan Sadavarte Adv. Dr. Jay Shree Patil, Adv.

	Mr. Raj Singh Rana AOR<br>Mr. Pankaj Kumar Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Pawan Kumar Shukla, Adv.<br>Mr. Kamal Kumar Pandey Adv
1.85	Mr. Pankaj Kumar Singh Adv.<br>Mr. Pawan Kumar Shukla, Adv.<br>Mr. Kamal Kumar Pandey Adv.<br>Mr. Makrand Pratap Singh Adv.<br>Mr. Satpal Singh AOR
1.37 & 1.41	Ms. Kiran Suri, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. S.J. Amith, Adv<br>Mr. Krishna Kumar, Adv<br>Dr. (Mrs. ) Vipin Gupta, AOR
1.18, 1.49	Mr. Irshad Ahmad, Adv.<br>Dr. Dinesh Rattan Bharadwaj, Adv.<br>Mr. Anurag Rawat, Adv.<br>Mr. Som Raj Choudhury, AOR
1.21,1.127,1.128	Mr. Kumar Parimal, Adv.<br>Mr. Smarhar Singh,Adv.<br>Mr. Sanjeev Chowdhary,Adv.
1.60	Dr. Rajeev Dhavan, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Kumar Parimal, Adv.<br>Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR
1.77	Dr. Menaka Gurusamy, Sr., Adv.<br>Mr. Prashant R. Dahat, Adv.<br>Mr. Sangharaj D.Rupwate, Adv.<br>Mr. Vijay Nirbhavane, Adv.<br>Mr. Akash Moon, Adv.<br>Ms. Smita Kamble, Adv.<br>Ms. Shraddha Vavhal, Adv.<br>Mr. Puneet Yadav, Adv.<br>Mr. Sourabh Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr. T. R. B. Sivakumar, AOR
1.125, 1.126	Mr. R.D. Agrawala, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Pradeep Kumar Mathur,AOR<br>Mr. Chiranjeev Johri, Adv.<br>Mr. Sameer Agrawal, Adv.
1.44	Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Sr. Adv<br>Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv.<br>M/s Gorkela Law Office, AOR.<br>Ms. Preeti Nair, Adv
1.30	Mr. Rupinder Singh Suri, ASG<br>Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv.<br>Mr. Aditya Giri, Adv

	Ms. Nikita Capoor, Adv<br>Ms. Preeti Nair, Adv<br>M/s Gorkela Law Office, AOR
1.33	Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Adv<br>Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv.<br>M/S.Gorkela Law Office, AOR<br>Ms. Preeti Nair, Adv.
1.31	Mr. Krishnan Venugopal, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv<br>Ms. Preeti Nair, Adv.<br>Mr. Shivendra Singh, Adv<br>M/s Gorkela Law Office, AOR
1.26	Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv<br>Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv<br>Ms. Apurva, Adv<br>M/s Gorkela Law Office, AOR
1.34,1.109	Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv.<br>M/s Gorkela Law Office, AOR<br>Ms. Preeti Nair, Adv.
1.11,1.67,1.34,1.35	Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv.<br>M/s Gorkela Law Office, AOR<br>Ms. Preeti Nair, Adv.
1.32	Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, Sr. Adv<br>Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv.<br>M/s Gorkela Law Office, AOR<br>Ms. Preeti Nair, Adv.
1.36,1.40 & 1.41	Mr. Rana Mukherjee, Sr. Adv<br>Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR<br>Mr. Ishaan Borthakaur, Adv
1.19-1.22
	Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Deepak Jain, Adv.<br>Ms. Jaspreet Aulakh, Adv<br>Mr. Tanpreet Gulati, Adv.<br>Mr. Georgey V.M., Adv.<br>Ms. A. Sumathi, AOR
1.61 and 1.66	Mr. Atul Yeshwant Chitale, Sr Adv<br>Ms. Tanvi Kakar, Adv<br>Mr. Ansh Pandey, Adv<br>Mr. Atulesh Kumar, AOR
1.57,1.59-1.67	Mr. Rajeev Dhavan, Sr Adv<br>Mr. Atul Yeshwant Chitale, Sr Adv<br>Ms. Suchitra A Chitale,Adv.

	Ms. Tanvi Kakar, Adv<br>Mr. Ansh Pandey, Adv<br>Mr. Atulesh Kumar, AOR
1.43	Mr. Saurabh Mishra, AAG<br>Mr. Mrinal Elker Mazumdar ,AOR<br>Mr. Vansaja Shukla, Adv<br>Mr. Manish Yadav, Adv<br>Mr. Anuradha Mishra, Adv
1.6, 1.42	Ms. Soumya Chakraborty, Sr Adv<br>Mr. Shobhit Tiwari, Adv<br>Mr. Lal Pratap Singh, Adv<br>Mr. Umesh Pratap Singh Adv<br>Mr. Arjun Aggarwal Adv<br>Mr. Bhaskar Aditya Adv<br>Mr. Gaurav Kejriwal, AOR
1,1.1 ,1.3, 1.4,1.5,1.7,
1.8, 1.11, 1.27	Ms. Priya Hingorani, Sr. Adv<br>Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, AOR<br>Mr. Kripa Shankar Prasad, Adv
1,1.2 & 1.8	Mr. Pradeep Aggarwal, Adv<br>Mr. Lal Pratap Singh, Adv<br>Mr. Umesh Pratap Singh, Adv<br>Mr. Arjun Aggarwal, Adv<br>Mr. Bhaskar Aditya, Adv<br>Mr. Vishal Singh, Adv<br>Ms. N. Annapoorani, AOR
1.57	Mr. Ravindra Keshavrao Adsure, AOR<br>Mr. Sidheshwar Namdev Biradar, Adv.<br>Mr. Yash Prashant Sonavane, Adv.<br>Mr. Yogesh Ramesh Joshi, Adv.
1.57, 1.59, 1.60, 1.62, 1.63,
1.64, 1.65, 1.67	Mr. Rajeev Dhavan, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Atul Yeshwant Chitale, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Tanvi Kakar, Adv<br>Mr. Ansh Pandey, Adv<br>Ms. Suchitra Atul Chitale, AOR
1.116	Ms. Nalini Chidambaram, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Rajat Sehgal, Adv.<br>Mr. Vikas Mehta, AOR
1.125,1.126	Dr. Sukhdev Sharma,Adv<br>Dr. Shivani,Adv<br>Mr. J.B.Mudgil,Adv<br>Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR

1.43	Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr.Adv.<br>Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv.<br>Mr. Suyash Guru, Adv.<br>Mr. Amol Shrivasta, Adv.<br>Mr. Sandeep Devashish Das, AOR
1.18 and 1.49	Mr. Vinod Diwakar, AAG (State of U.P.)<br>Ms. Alka Sinha, Adv.<br>Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, AOR
1.41	Mr. Basant Kumar Choudhary,Sr. Adv<br>Mr. Dinesh Dwivedi,Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Chandan Kumar, Adv<br>Mr. Mayan Prasad,Adv.<br>Mr. P. Soma Sundaram, AOR
1.32, 1.43	Mr. Amol Shrivasta, Adv<br>Mr. Suyash Mohan Guru, Adv
	Ms. Lalita Kaushik, AOR
1.86	Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR<br>Mr. Manan Bansal, Adv.
1.86	Mr. D.S Rawat, Adv.<br>Mr. Kumar Parimal, Adv.<br>Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR
1.86(R-3)	Mr. Manoj Ranjan Sinha, Adv
SLP 21309-21310/19	Mr. Ankur Chibber,Adv<br>Mr. H.S.Tiwari, Adv<br>Mr. Anshuman Mehrotra Adv<br>Mr. Nikunj Arora Adv<br>Mr. Harsh Dhankar, Adv<br>Mr. Santosh Kumar Pandey, AOR
1.94	Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR<br>Mr. Babul Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Randheer Singh, Adv.
1.46	Mr. Amit Pal, Adv<br>Mr. Vaibhav Joshi, Adv<br>Mr. Suhaas Ratna Joshi, AOR
1.43	Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr Adv<br>Mr. Suyash Mohan Guru, Adv<br>Ms. Sanskriti Pathak,Adv.<br>Mr. Amol Shrivasta, Adv<br>Ms. Lalita Kaushik, AOR

1.110	Mr. Aman Lekhi, ASG<br>Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv.<br>Mr. Anmol Chandan, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankur Talwar,Adv.<br>Mr. Apoorva Kurup, Adv.<br>Mr. Siddhant Kohli, Adv.<br>Mr. B. V. Balaram Das, AOR<br>Mr. G.S.Makker,AOR
1.11	Mr. Praveen Jain, AOR
1.20, 1.29, 1.44, 1.48, 1.49, 1.56,	1.57, 1.59, 1.69, 1.87,(1.110, 1.113 & 1.122)
	Dr. Krishan Singh Chauhan, AOR<br>Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, Adv<br>Mr. Ravi Prakash, Adv<br>Mr. R.S.M. Kalky, Adv<br>Mr. Sandeep Malik, Adv<br>Mr. Sumit Kishore, Adv
1.50	Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR<br>Ms. Kanishka Prasad Adv.<br>Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv.
1	Mr. Gopal Shankar Narayan, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Shobhit Tiwari, Adv.<br>Mr. Lal Pratap Singh Adv.<br>Mr. Umesh Pratap Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Arjun Aggarwal, Adv.<br>Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR
1.4,<br>1.5	Mr. M. L. Lahoty, Adv.<br>Mr. Lal Pratap Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Paban K Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Anchit Sripat, Adv.<br>Ms. Shobhi Tiwari, Adv.<br>Mr. P.N. Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Ruchi Kohli, AOR
1.28 & 1.115	Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv<br>Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR
1.46	Ms. Rekha Pandey, AOR<br>Mr. L.C.Patne, Adv<br>Mr. Raghav Pandey, Adv
1.80	Mr. Aldanish Rein, AOR<br>Ms. Maheravish Rein, Adv.

1.60	Mr. Sanjay Kharde, Adv<br>Mr. Satyajeet Kharde, Adv<br>Mr. Sunil Kumar Verma, AOR
1.103	Mr. D.Ramakrishna Reddy, Adv.<br>Mr. S.Asif Ali Zaidi, Adv.<br>Ms. D.Bharathi Reddy, AOR
1.44	Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR<br>Ms. Trishna Das, Adv.<br>Ms. Sakshi Banga,Adv.
1.54	Ms. Tanuj Bagga, AOR
1.57	Mr. D.K. Goswami, Sr. Adv<br>Mr. Saharsh Jauhari, Adv<br>Mr. Kuldeep Singh, Adv<br>Mr. Aditya Soni, AOR
IA No.92623/2020	Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv<br>Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR
	IA No. 83155 and 83156 of 2020 in CA 4880 of 2017
	Mr. Shivam Singh, Adv<br>Mr. Yasharth Kant, AOR
Intervenor(s)	Mr. B. Karunakaran, Adv<br>Mr. M.R. Jothimanian, Adv<br>Mr. K.Balu,<br>Adv<br>Mr. G.Sanjay Adv<br>Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR
1.60	Mr. Nitin Meshram, Adv.<br>Mr. Sourabh Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Rishi Raj Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Ranbir Singh Yadav, AOR
1.96	Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR<br>Ms. Sonakshi Malhan, Adv<br>Ms. Mrinal Kanwar, Adv<br>Mr. Sajal Jain, Adv.
1.28, 1.29, 1.52, 1.55, 1.59,<br>1.114, 1.115, 1.118, 1.119	Mr. Sudarshan Rajan, AOR<br>Mr. Mahesh Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Ramesh Rawat, Adv.<br>Mr. Hiten Bajaj, Adv.<br>Mr. Rohit Bhardwaj, Adv.
1.41	Mr. A. Venkatesh, AOR

	Mr. ADN Rao, Adv.<br>Mr. Rahul Mishra, Adv.<br>Ms. Ananya Khandelwal, Adv.<br>Ms. Sangeetha MR, Adv.<br>Ms. Agrimaa Singh, Adv.
I.A.112333/2021	Mr. Vishal Gupta,AOR<br>Mr. Dheeresh Kumar Dwivedi,Adv
1.61	Mr. Avijit Bhattacharjee AOR<br>Ms. Upma Shrivastava, Adv<br>Mr. Abhay Kant Mishra,Adv.
IA 134747/2021,	Mr. V.K. Shukla,Sr. Adv.<br>134763/21, 134765/21 Mr. Dinesh P.Rajbhar Adv<br>134847/21, 134915/21 Mr. Mayank C.L.Gupta, Adv<br>Ms. Anzu.K.Varkey AOR
D.NO.38895/2017	Mr. Dinesh P.Rajbhar Adv<br>Mr. Mayank C.L.Gupta, Adv<br>Ms. Anzu.K.Varkey AOR
1.6	Mr. Uday Gupta, Adv<br>Ms. Shivani M. Lal, Adv<br>Mr. Hiren Dasan, Adv<br>Mr. M. K. Tripathi, Adv<br>Mr. Harish Dasan, Adv.<br>Mr. Rajiv Ranjan, Adv.<br>Mr. Mohan Pandey, AOR
St. of Meghalaya	Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR<br>Ms. Tarini K. Nayak, Adv.<br>Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha,Adv.<br>Mr. Upendra Mishra,Adv.
1.102	Mr. Rakesh Khanna, Sr.Adv<br>Mr. Vinod Kumar, Adv<br>Mr. Satpal Singh, AOR<br>Mr. Anjali Dubey,Adv<br>Mr. Pankaj Kumar Singh, Adv<br>Mr. Satish Kumar, Adv.
1<br>IA 81298-99/2020	Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, Adv.<br>Mr. Gaichangpou Gangmei, AOR<br>Ms. Shiwani Tushir, Adv<br>Mr. Aayush, Adv
1.97	Mr. Abhay Kumar, AOR<br>Mr. Sriharsh Nahush Bundela , Adv.<br>Mr. Kumar Milind, Adv.<br>Mr. Shagun Ruhil, Adv.<br>Mr. Vishal Nautiyal, Adv.

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1.70	Ms. Kiran Suri, Sr. Adv<br>Mr. Kumar Parimal, Adv.<br>Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR
1.41 and 1.43	1.60<br>Dr. Rajeev Dhavan, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Kumar Parimal, Adv.<br>Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR
1, 1.60	Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. P. S. Patwalia, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR.<br>Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv.<br>Mr. Rakesh Rathod,Adv<br>Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, Adv.<br>Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv.
1.80	Mr. Namit Saxena, Adv<br>Mr. Sudhanshu Chandra, Adv<br>Mr. Awnish Maithani, Adv<br>Ms. Arushi Dhawan, Adv<br>Mr. P.V.Dinesh, AOR
1.44	Mr. Ashok Kumar Sharma, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Vikalp Mudgal, AOR<br>Mr. Kshitij Mudgal, Adv.<br>Ms. Monica Goel, Adv.
1.64	Mr. Nihal Rathore,Adv.<br>Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR
1.94	Ms. K.Saradadevi, AOR<br>Mr. R.Vijaynandan Reddy,Adv.
UPSC	Mr. Naresh Kaushik,Adv.<br>Mr. Vardhman Kaushik AOR<br>Ms. Lalitha Kaushik,AOR<br>Mr. B. Purushottama Reddy, Adv.<br>Mr. Manoj Joshi, Adv.<br>Mr. Dhruv Joshi Adv.
1.119	Mr. Satyajit A Desai, Adv.<br>Ms. Anagha S Desai, AOR<br>Mr. Siddharth Gautam, Adv.<br>Mr. Himanshu Sharma, Adv.
1.6	Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari AOR<br>Ms. Shakun Sharma Adv.<br>Ms. Mary Mitzy Adv.<br>Ms. Devyani Gupta Adv.<br>Ms. Damini Thaker, Adv.<br>Ms. Mrigna Shekhar, Adv.
Applicant	Mr. Brajesh Pandey, Adv.

	Ms. Suchita Dixit, Adv.<br>Mr. Rajeev Dixit, Adv.<br>Mr. Anilendra Pandey, AOR
	Ms. Damini Thaker Adv.<br>Ms. Mrigna Shekhar Adv.
1.3	Mr. B H Marlapally, Sr,Adv.<br>Mr. Ashok K Mahajan, AOR
1.52	Mr. Arun Bhardwaj, Sr Adv.<br>Ms. Gauraan, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhishek Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma, Adv.<br>Ms. Amita Singh Kalkal, AOR
1.26	Mr. K.K.L.Gautam, Adv.<br>Mr. Chicalwar Rastrapal, Adv.<br>Mr. A.K.Suman,Adv.<br>Mr. Manoj Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Aditya Agarwal,Adv.<br>Mr. Abhishek Gurawa, Adv.<br>Mr. Sandeep Kr. Singh, Adv.
	Mr. K.S. Rathod,Adv.
1.20	Mr. Ravi Bharuka, Adv.<br>Ms. Sarvshree Adv.<br>Mr. Justine George Adv<br>Mr. Ankit Agarwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Manas Syal Adv.<br>Mr. Devashish Bharuka,AOR
1.121	Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR.<br>Ms. Nupur Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Prastut Dalvi, Adv.<br>Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Adv.<br>Ms. Ujjaini Chatterjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Darpan Sachdeva, Adv.<br>Mr. Shubham Sharma, Adv
1.63	Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, AOR<br>Mr. R.S.M. Kalky, Adv.<br>Mr. Ajit Kumar, Adv<br>Mr. Sandeep Malik, Adv<br>Ms. Gyan Mitra, Adv.<br>Mr. Ramesh Kumar, Adv.
1.63	Dr. K.S. Chauhan, Adv<br>Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, AOR

	Mr. Murari Lal, Adv<br>Mr. R.S.M. Kalky, Adv<br>Mr. Ajit Kumar, Adv.
1.47,1.54,1.93	Mr. Vishwa Pal Singh, AOR<br>Mr. Brijender Singh Dhull, Adv.<br>Mr. Vikas Gothwal,Adv.<br>Mr. Ashish Pandey, Adv<br>Dr. Pooja Jha, Adv<br>Ms. Nandita Jha, Adv.
1.18 & 1.49	Mr. Irshad Ahmad, Adv.<br>Dr. Dineshrattanbhardwaj,Adv.<br>Mr. Anuragrawat,Adv.<br>Mr. Somraj choudhury,Adv.
1.36 & 1.41	Ms. Kiran Suri, Sr.Adv.<br>Mr. S.J. Amith, Adv<br>Mr. Krishna Kumar, Adv.<br>Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, AOR.
	Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Vijay Pal, Adv.<br>Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR
1.3, 1.5	Mr. Sushil Karanjkar, Adv.<br>Mr. Dhawesh Pahuja, Adv.<br>Mr. K.N.Rai, AOR
1.59	Mr. Gaurav Agarwal, Adv<br>Mr. Shivaji M Jadhav, Adv,<br>Mr. Anish R Shah, Adv.<br>Ms. Qurratulain, Adv,<br>Mr. Brij Kishor Sah, Adv.<br>Mr. Aditya S. Jadhav, Adv.<br>Mr. Nicholas Chaudhary, Adv.<br>M/S.S.M. Jadhav And Company, AOR
	Mr. K.K.L.Gautam, Adv.<br>Mr. Chicalwar Rastrapal, Adv.<br>Mr. A.K.Suman,Adv.<br>Mr. Manoj Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. K.S. Rathod,Adv.<br>Mr. Satya Prakash Gautam, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhishek Gurawa, Adv.
	Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR

Ms. Shashi Kiran, AOR 1.63 Dr. K.S. Chauhan, Adv. Mr. M. Vijaya Bhaskar, AOR Mr. Ravi Prakash, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Malik, Adv. Mr. Ramesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ravindra Kumar, Adv. 1.58,1.60-1.62, 1.64, 1.65, 1.66-1.70, 1.72, 1.73,1.74, 1.85 Dr. K.S. Chauhan, Adv. Mr. M. Vijaya Bhaskar, AOR Mr. Gaya Prasad, Adv. Mr. Navjot Neelam, Adv. Mr. Prakash Yadav, Adv. Mr. M. Vijaya Bhaskar, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ajit Kumar, Adv. Mr. S.P. Singh, Adv. Mr. Murari Lal, Adv. Mr. Prakash Yadav, Adv. 1.122 Mr. Vinay Kr. Garg, Sr. adv. Mr. Yadav Narender Singh, AOR Mr. Parv Garg, Adv. Mr. Pawas Kulshrestha, Adv. Mr. Karandeep Singh Rekhi, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Mathur, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Arvind S. Avhad, AOR Mr. Shantanu Krishna, AOR Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. R. C. Kaushik, AOR Mr. Yadav Narender Singh, AOR Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR Mr. B. Sridhar, AOR Respondent-in-person Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. M. K. Dua, AOR Mr. Ravindra Kumar, AOR Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Mr. Hrishikesh Baruah, AOR Ms. Christi Jain, AOR Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Mr. Nikilesh Ramachandran, AOR Ms. Chandan Ramamurthi, AOR Mr. M. C. Dhingra, AOR Mr. P. N. Puri, AOR Mr. Anil Kumar Mishra, AOR Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Mr. S. N. Bhat, AOR Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, AOR Mr. Dhananjay Garg, AOR

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

Heard.

Arguments concluded.

Judgment reserved.

Court Master Court Master

(B.Parvathi) (Anand Prakash)