S. G. Vombatkere vs. Union Of India

ITEM NOS.302 TO 307 COURT NO.1

SECTIONS PIL- $W/X$

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

<u>Writ Petition(Civil) No.682/2021</u>

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$S.G.$ VOMBATKERE

Petitioner(s) $P$

$Respondent(s)$

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA

WITH $W.P.(C)$ No. 552/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.62095/2021-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS <pre>IA No. 62095/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)</pre> $W.P.(C)$ No. 773/2021 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) Writ Petition(Civil) No.1381/2021 (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.168874/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) Writ Petition(Civil) No.1181/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No. $304/2021$ (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.84068/2021-APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT) Writ Petition (Civil) No.307/2021 (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.85946/2021-STAY APPLICATION and IA No.85962/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) Writ Petition(Criminal) No.498/2021 Writ Petition(Criminal) No.106/2021 87150/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA $(IA$ No. No.78482/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 27982/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 86234/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 78477/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 77708/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 77529/2021 INTERVENTION APPLICATION & IA No. 27978/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES)

Date: 05-05-2022 These petitions were called on for hearing today.

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HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT ture Not Verified HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE HIMA KOHLI For Petitioner(s)

Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anubhav Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Amarjit Singh Bedi, AOR Dr. Rajiv Dhavan, Sr.Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR Mr. Arun Shourie, Inperson Mr. Rahul Gupta, Adv. Ms. Alice Raj, Adv. Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. P.B. Suresh, Adv. Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv. Mr. Prasanna S., AOR Ms. Aparajita Jamwal, Adv. Mr. Yuvraj Singh Rathore, Adv. Mr. Agnish Aditya, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Shrutanjaya Bharadwaj, Adv. Ms. Ishita Chowdhury, Adv. Ms. Shivani Vij, Adv. Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Aditi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Ms. K. Prasad, Adv. Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Rai, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr.Adv. Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR Ms. Vrinda Grover, Adv. Mr. Soutik Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, AOR Mr. Mannat, Adv. Mr. C.U. Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Narayan, AOR Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Sekhri, Adv. Mr. Apar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Tanmay Singh, Adv. Mr. Krishnesh B., Adv. Ms. Anandita Mishra, Adv. Ms. Natasha Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Amala Dasarath, Adv.

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Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth S., Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AGI Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. K.M. Nataraj, ASG Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv. Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Kohli, Adv. Mr. Shantnu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. B.V. Balaram Das,AOR (N.P.) Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Mrs. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Thulasi K. Raj, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mr. P.V. Surendra Nath, Sr. Adv. Mr. Subhash Chandran K.R., Adv. Ms. Resmitha R. Chandran, AOR Ms. Yogamaya M.G., Adv. Mr. Sawan Shukla, Adv. Mr. Arvind Datar, Sr. Adv. Ms. Nisha Bhambhani, Adv. Mr. Rahul Bhatia, AOR Mr. Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. Kotla Harshvardhan, Adv. Ms. Vishakha Gupta, Adv. Mr. Rohan, Adv. Mr. Namit Saxena, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

1. Heard Mr. Kapil Sibal, Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, learned Senior Advocates appearing for the petitioners, Mr. K.K. Venugopal,

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learned Attorney General for India, Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General appearing for the Central Government and other learned Advocates appearing for the parties.

2. Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General wants time to file the counter affidavits in the matters.

3. As prayed for, learned Solicitor General is directed to file the counter affidavits by Monday morning.

4. Written submissions be filed by the petitioners and the respondents by Saturday morning to determine the issue as to whether or not the matters are required to be referred to a larger Bench.

5. List the matters on Tuesday, the 10th May, 2022 at 2'00 Clock for hearing on the said issue.

6. It is made clear that no further adjournment would be granted in the matters.

(VISHAL ANAND) (ANJU KAPOOR) ASTT. REGISTRARcumPS COURT MASTER (NSH)