S. G. Vombatkere vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.303 COURT NO.1 SECTION PILW

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(Civil) No.682/2021

S.G. VOMBATKERE Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA Respondent(s)

WITH

W.P.(C) No. 552/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.62095/2021APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 62095/2021 APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)

Date : 27042022 These petitions were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE HIMA KOHLI

For Petitioner(s)

Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. P.B. Suresh, Adv. Md. Nizam Pasha, Adv. Ms. Aparajita Jamwal, Adv. Mr. Prasanna S., AOR Mr. Agnish Adity, Adv. Mr. Yuvraj Singh Rathore, Adv. Mr. Karthik Jaishankar, Adv. Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth, Adv. Ms. T. Kishore, Adv.

Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Amarjit Singh Bedi, AOR Mr. Anubhav Kumar, Adv. Miss. Riya Seth, Adv.

Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR

Ms. Vrinda Grover, Adv. Mr. S. Banerjee, Adv.

Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv. Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Siddhanth Kohli, Adv. Mr. N. Venkataraman, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR

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

1. Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General of India appearing for the respondent prays for 23 days time to file a counter affidavit.

2. We direct learned Solicitor General to file the counter affidavit in the lead matter(s) by the end of this week.

3. Any reply thereto can be filed by the petitioners within 2 days thereafter.

4. List the matters on 552022, for final disposal at 10.30 a.m. 5. It is agreed that Mr. Kapil Sibal, learned Senior counsel would lead the matters from the petitioner's side, and the other Senior counsel/learned counsel will assist him in making the submissions.

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

(VISHAL ANAND) (R.S. NARAYANAN) ASTT. REGISTRARcumPS COURT MASTER (NSH)

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