IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

SUO MOTU WRIT (CIVIL) NO 8 OF 2020

In Re : Financial Aid for Members of Bar affected by Pandemic

WITH

WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO 686 OF 2020 TRANSFERRED CASE (CIVIL) NO 1 OF 2021 TRANSFERRED CASE (CIVIL) NO 2 OF 2021 TRANSFERRED CASE (CIVIL) NO 3 OF 2021 TRANSFERRED CASE (CIVIL) NO 4 OF 2021 TRANSFERRED CASE (CIVIL) NO 5 OF 2021 TRANSFERRED CASE (CIVIL) NO 6 OF 2021

O R D E R

• 1 The Suo Motu Petition was initiated by this Court during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. The cause which was espoused has been rendered infructuous by intervening developments.
• 2 However, if any subsisting issues remain, the aggrieved individual would be at liberty to pursue such rights and remedies as are available in law. Digitally signed by NEETA SAPRA Date: 2023.09.26 13:03:35 IST Signature Not Verified

Reason:

3 The Writ Petitions and the Transferred Cases are accordingly disposed of.

4 Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.

…...…...….......………………....…CJI. [Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud]

…...…...….......………………....…..J. [J B Pardiwala]

…...…...….......………………....…..J. [Manoj Misra]

New Delhi; September 22, 2023 GKA

ITEM NO.34 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). 8/2020

IN RE FINANCIAL AID FOR MEMBERS OF BAR AFFECTED BY PANDEMIC Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

Respondent(s)

(IA No. 73818/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT IA No. 74999/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT IA No.74496/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM PAYING COURT FEE IA No. 110936/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 74998/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 74475/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No.2900/2021 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 74508/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

WITH

W.P.(C) No. 686/2020 (PIL-W)

(FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 63294/2020 FOR APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT ON IA 73813/2020 FOR INTERVENTION APPLICATION ON IA 80196/2020 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT ON IA 95647/2020 IA No. 73813/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT IA No. 63294/2020 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No.95647/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 80196/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION)

T.C.(C) No. 2/2021 (XII-A)

T.C.(C) No. 1/2021 (XII-A)

T.C.(C) No. 3/2021 (XII) (Plz. show name of Dr. A. E. Chelliah, as Petitioner-in-person)

• T.C.(C) No. 4/2021 (XIV-A)
• T.C.(C) No. 5/2021 (XIV-A)
• T.C.(C) No. 6/2021 (III-A)
• 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

Mr. Yasharth Kant, AOR

Petitioner-in-person

For Respondent(s) Ms. Charu Mathur, AOR

Dr. Ram Sankar, Adv. Mr. P Jegan, Adv. Mr. G Anandan, Adv. Mr. B Sasi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anand Kumar V, Adv. Mr. Aditya Kishore Tyagi, Adv. Ms. Rv Shaarumathi, Adv. Ms. Divya, Adv. Ms. Sujatha Bagadhi, Adv. M/S. Ram Sankar & Co, AOR Mr. S.. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Pai Amit, AOR Ms. Pankhuri Bhardwaj, Adv.

Mr. Abhiyudaya Vats, Adv.

Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR Ms. Ragini Pandey, Adv. Mr. K.parameshwar, AOR Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Ravi Shanker Jha, Adv. Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR Ms. Shirin Khajuria, AOR Ms. Oshi Verma, Adv. Ms. Nayan Gupta, Adv. Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, A.A.G. Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Adv. Ms. Tulika Mukherjee, AOR Ms. Aastha Shrestha, Adv. Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Kameshwar Nath Mishra, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Shrama, Adv. Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv. Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Mishra, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Siddhesh Shirish Kotwal, Adv. Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv.

Mr. Tejasvi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. Mayank Dahiya, Adv. Ms. Sugandh Rathor, Adv. Ms. Bhupinder, Adv. Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Ms. Shubhangi Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Simanta Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Kabir Shankar Bose, Adv. Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Krishnam Mishra, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Ashiwan Mishra, Adv. Ms. Vaidruti Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR

Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Abbas, Adv. Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR Mr. Durga Dutt, AOR Mr. Vaibhav Shukla, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Singh, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Ms. Divya Roy, AOR Mr. Sanjay Mishra, Adv. Ms. Sneha Masani, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Kabir Shankar Bose, Adv. Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR Ms. Ragini Pandey, Adv. Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR Ms. Abhivyakti Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Gajendra Singh Negi, Adv. Ms. Mukti Chowdhary, AOR Ms. Enakshi Mukhopadhyay Siddhanta, AOR Mr. Sovan Siddhanta, Adv. Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR Ms. Swathi H. Prasad, Adv. Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., AOR Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR

Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, AOR Mrs. Mahima Bhardwaj Kalucha, Adv. Mr. Sudhanshu Khandelwal, Adv. Mr. Shubham Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Adhiraj Wadhera, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Tripathi, Adv. Mrs. Shashi Pathak, Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. Mayank Dahiya, Adv. Ms. Sugandh Rathor, Adv. Ms. Bhupinder, Adv. Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Ms. Shubhangi Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Shirin Khajuria, AOR Ms. Oshi Verma, Adv. Ms. Nayan Gupta, Adv. Mr. K.parameshwar, AOR Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Gautam Narayan, AOR Mr. Gautam Narayan, Adv. Ms. Asmita Singh, Adv. Mr. Harshit Goel, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Singh, Adv. Ms. Charu Mathur, AOR Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR Mr. Raghavendra S. Srivatsa, AOR

Mr. Venkita Subramoniam T.r, Adv. Mr. Likhi Chand Bonsle, Adv. Ms. Komal Mundhra, Adv. Mr. Rahat Bansal, Adv. Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Priyanshu Malik, Adv. Mr. Prashant Shrikant Kenjale, AOR Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Kameshwar Nath Mishra, Adv. Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Abbas, Adv. Mr. Pai Amit, AOR Ms. Pankhuri Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Abhiyudaya Vats, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Goel, AOR Mr. Siddhesh Shirish Kotwal, Adv. Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv. Mr. Tejasvi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR Mr. S.. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, A.A.G. Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Adv. Ms. Tulika Mukherjee, AOR Ms. Aastha Shrestha, Adv. Mr. K. V. Muthu Kumar, AOR Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR

Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv. Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Mishra, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. G. Balaji, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mr. Arvind S. Avhad, AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Shrama, Adv. Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Aaditya A pande, AOR Mr Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Adv.

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

• 1 The Suo Motu Petition was initiated by this Court during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. The cause which was espoused has been rendered infructuous by intervening developments.
• 2 However, if any subsisting issues remain, the aggrieved individual would be at liberty to pursue such rights and remedies as are available in law.

3 The Writ Petitions and the Transferred Cases are accordingly disposed of.

4 Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.

(GULSHAN KUMAR ARORA) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR)

AR-CUM-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

(Signed order is placed on the file)