Union Of India vs. Inder Kumar

ITEM NO.501

SECTION IV-B

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

COURT NO.1

Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No. 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.

Petitioners

VERSUS

LACHHMI NARAIN GUPTA & ORS.

Respondents

WITH

SLP(C) No. 31735/2011 (IV-B)

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

SLP(C) No. 4831/2012 (XV)

(FOR ON IA 5/2016, FOR DIRECTION ON IA No. 9, FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 42764/2017, FOR ON IA 2/2015 and IA 3/2015 Application for impleadment and intervention, FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 4/2015, FOR DIRECTION ON IA 42763/2017)

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

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

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

SLP(C) No. 30841/2012 (IX)

SLP(C) No. 8327/2014 (IV-B)

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

SLP(C) No. $16710-16711/2014$ (IV-B)

SLP(C) No. 33163/2014 (IV-B)

SLP(C) No. 23344/2014 (IV-B)

$SLP(C)$ No. 23339-23340/2014 (IV-B)

SLP(C) No. 21343/2015 (XIV)

C.A. No. 4562-4564/2017 (XIV)

$(FOR)$ ON IA 1/2015 FOR ON IA 13/2017 and IA No.64344/2017-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS and IA No.64350/2017-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)

SLP(C) No. 25191/2015 (XI)

(FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 6/2016, FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 7/2016, FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES ON IA 8/2016, FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 9/2016, FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES ON IA 10/2016, FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES ON IA Signal 1.1.2017 $\quad\text{and}\quad$ IA No.14723/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL Digital One UMENTS)

Date: $C^{14}$ /G¹⁵/A⁶. No. 4880/2017 (XVI)

$C.A.$ No. 4878-4879/2017 (XVI)

SLP(C) No. 31191/2015 (XI)

(FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 22/2016, FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 23/2016, FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES ON IA 24/2016, FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 25/2016, FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES ON IA 27/2017 and IA No.6006/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS and IA No.9976/2018-CLARIFICATION/ DIRECTION) C.A. No. 4876-4877/2017 (XVI) C.A. No. 4881/2017 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 33688/2015 (XI) C.A. No. 4882/2017 (XVI) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 314/2016 In SLP(C) No. 4831/2012 (XV) (IA No. 3/2016-INTERVENTION APPLICATION) C.A. No. 5247/2016 (IV-A) C.A. No. 11817/2016 (IV-A) C.A. No. 11816/2016 (IV-A) C.A. No. 11820/2016 (IV-A) T.P.(C) No. 608-609/2017 (XVI-A) C.A. No. 4833/2017 (IV) (IA No.60803/2017-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON) C.A. No. 701-704/2017 (IV-A) C.A. No. 11822-11825/2016 (IV-A) C.A. No. 11837-11840/2016 (IV-A) C.A. No. 11842-11845/2016 (IV-A) C.A. No. 11829-11832/2016 (IV-A) C.A. No. 11847-11850/2016 (IV-A) C.A. No. 11828/2016 (IV-A) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 11/2017 IN SLP(C) No. 19765/2015 @ SLP(C) No. 19765-19767/2015 (XIV) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 13/2017 IN SLP(C) No. 19767/2015 @ SLP(C) No. 19765-19767/2015 (XIV) (and IA No.110979/2017-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) SLP(C) No. 10638/2017 (XIV) S.L.P.(C)...CC No. 6821/2017 (IV-A) (IA No. 1/2017-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) SLP(C) No. 17491/2017 (IV-B) SLP(C) No. 18844/2017 (IV-B) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.50433/2017-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) SLP(C) No. 19422-19423/2017 (IV-B) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.48144/2017-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) SLP(C) No. 24681/2017 (IV-B) Diary No(s). 28776/2017 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.101068/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.101064/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP/TP and IA No.112655/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS) Diary No(s). 29066/2017 (XIV) Diary No(s). 30189/2017 (IX) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.108620/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.108623/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.108613/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP/TP and IA No.108619/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) Diary No(s). 31145/2017 (IV-B) (IA No. 102076/2017-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING)

SLP(C) No. 28446-28447/2017 (IX)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.108765/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.108766/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.117968/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS and IA No.117972/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

SLP(C) No. 28306/2017 (IX)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.108178/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.108183/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.108180/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.117758/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS and IA No.138253/2017-INTERVENTION APPLICATION)

Diary No(s). 33481/2017 (IX)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.108493/2017-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.108495/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.108499/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 30942/2017 (IX)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.119346/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.119344/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Diary No(s). 33488/2017 (IX)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.109200/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.109198/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP/TP )

Diary No(s). 34271/2017 (IX)

Diary No(s). 34520/2017 (IX)

Diary No(s). 35324/2017 (IX)

Diary No(s). 35577/2017 (IX)

Diary No(s). 35818/2017 (XIV)

Diary No(s). 36305/2017 (IX)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.123509/2017-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.123510/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.123506/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP/TP)

Diary No. 36377/2017 (IX)

(IA No.120283/2017-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.120294/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.120281/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP/TP and IA No.120292/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.120298/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS)

SLP(C) No. 31288/2017 (XIV)

(FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS ON IA 120779/2017) Diary No. 38895/2017 (IX)

Diary No(s). 42413/2017 (IX)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.69759/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.69762/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.69765/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.69761/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING and IA No.69768/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES)

Diary No(s). 619/2018 (IX) Diary No(s). 969/2018 (IX)

Diary No. 971/2018 (IX)

Diary No. 1042/2018 (IX)

Diary No. 1046/2018 (IX)

Diary No. 1584/2018 (IX)

Diary No. 2677/2018 (IX) Diary No. 7243/2018 (IX) SLP(C) No. 16469/2018 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.72147/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) SLP(C) No. 18925/2018 (IV-B) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.73026/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.73023/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP/TP and IA No.73025/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS) Diary No(s). 22349/2018 (IV-B) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.94761/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.94765/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) Date : 16-08-2018 This matter was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE INDU MALHOTRA For Petitioners Mr. P.S. Patwalia, Sr. Adv. Ms. Abha R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Ankit Mishra, Adv. Mr. D.S. Parmar, Adv. Mr. P.S. Patwalia, Sr. Adv. Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra, AAG, Tripura Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Sheoran, Adv. Ms. Natasha Dalmia, Adv. Ms. Harshika Verma, Adv. Mr. R.S. Suri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nidesh Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aditya Giri, Adv. Mr. Varun Khanna, Adv. Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv. Mr. Prakash Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sahil, Adv. M/s. Gorkela Law Office, AOR Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pratik R. Bombarde, AOR Mr. Pradeep S. Wahore, Adv. Ms. Ajita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Jitendra Ashok, Adv.

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Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, Adv. Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Ms. Olivia Bang, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. B.H. Marlapalle, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ajit Wagh, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Shukla, Adv. Mr. Ashok K. Mahajan, AOR Mr. A. Mariarputham, Sr. Adv. Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Mr. Yusuf Khan, Adv. Ms. Geetanjali, Adv. M/s. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Atul Yeshwant Chitale, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gurjyot Sethi, Adv. Ms. Shivangi Khanna, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Kakar, Adv. Mr. Abhijat P. Medh, AOR Mr. Deepak Jain, Adv. Mr. Jaspreet Aulakh, Adv. Ms. Prabhleen Kaur, Adv. Ms. A. Sumathi, AOR Ms. Shivani M. Lal, Adv. Mr. Hiren Dasan, Adv. Mr. M.K. Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Chand Qureshi, Adv. Mr. Ankur Raghav, Adv. Mr. Mohan Pandey, AOR Mr. Som Raj Choudhury, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv. Dr. Dinesh Rattan Bhardwaj, AOR Dr. Ashutosh Garg, Adv. Mr. Prakash Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sahil, Adv. Ms. Shashi Kiran, AOR Mr. Rakesh Rathod, Adv. Mr. Dinesh P. Rajbhar, Adv. Mr. Anzu. K. Varkey, AOR

Mr. Shanti Bhushan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amiy Shukla, Adv. Mr. Sudhaker T., Adv. Mr. Shakti Vardhan, Adv. Mr./Ms. Omana Kultan, Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Adv. Ms. Shashi Kiran, AOR Mr. Arjun Sain, Adv. Dr. Satish Chandra, Adv. Mr. Manoj Jain, Adv. Dr. Gunratan Sadavarte, Adv. Dr. Jay Shree L. Patil, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Pawan Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. Makrand Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv. Mr. Raj Singh Rana, AOR Mr. M.L. Lahoty, Adv. Mr. Shobhit Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Lal Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Paban Sharma, Adv. Mr. Umesh Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Brijesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Anchit Sripat, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Mr. Prashant R. Dahat, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Gacche, Adv. Mr. T.R.B. Sivakumar, AOR Dr. M.P. Raju, Adv. Mr. M. Vijaya Bhaskar, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. S.P. Singh, Adv. Dr. Krishan Singh Chauhan, Adv. Mr. P.K. Jayakrishnan, AOR Mr. R.S.M. Kalky, Adv. Mr. Ramesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ram Kishan, Adv. Dr. Krishan Singh Chauhan, AOR Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, Adv. Mr. Ravi Prakash, Adv. Mr. K.C. Lamba, Adv. Mr. Murari Lal, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, AOR

	Mr. K.N. Rai, AOR<br>Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR<br>Mr. Shreekant N. Terdal, AOR<br>Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR<br>Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR<br>Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR<br>Ms. Prerna Mehta, AOR<br>Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, AOR<br>Mr. Shantanu Krishna, AOR<br>Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR<br>M/s. S.M. Jadhav And Company, AOR<br>Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR<br>Mr. Arvind S. Avhad, AOR
For Respondents/
Applicants	Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG
	Mr. Maninder Singh, ASG
	Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG
	Mr. K. Radhakrishnan, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Adv.
	Mr. P.K. Mullick, Adv.
	Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, Adv.
	Mr. Rohit Bhat, Adv.
	Mr. Rajesh Ranjan, Adv.
	Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR
	Mr. P.K. Mullick, Adv.
	Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR
	Mrs. Niranjana Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, Adv.
	Mr. Ayush Anand, Adv.
	Ms. Kanika Saran, Adv.<br>Ms. Aarti Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR
	Mr. Dinesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. P. Soma Sundaram, AOR
	Mr. Rituraj Choudhary, Adv.
	Mr. Chandan Kumar, Adv.
	Ms. Sujaya Bardhan, Adv.
	Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. Dhruv Joshi, Adv.
	Mr. Suyash Guru, Adv.
	Mr. Surendra Kumar Gangele, Adv.
	Mr. Vardhman Kaushik, Adv.
	Mr. Vivek Jaswal, Adv.
	Mr. Manoj Joshi, Adv.
	Mr. Karn Deo Baghel, Adv.
	Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Adv.
	Mr. Nishant Gautam, Adv.
	Mr. Omung Raj Gupta, Adv.

Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Ms. Kiran Suri, Sr. Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Kumar, Adv. Mr. Krishna Kumar, Adv. Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, AOR Mr. R.L. Vanjrani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.K. Rajora, Adv. Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, AOR Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Abdul Qadir, Adv. Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv. Mr. Pranjal Kishore, Adv. Mr. Syed Sajjad Husain, Adv. Mr. S. Nithin, Adv. Mr. Shanti Bhushan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kumar Parimal, Adv. Mr. Prakash Pandey, Adv. Mr. Smarhar Singh, Adv. Ms. Priya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Prathvi Raj Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, AAG, U.P. Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, AOR Ms. Alka Sinha, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, AAG, U.P. Mr. Shashank Shekhar Singh, Adv. Mr. Md. Izhar Alam, Adv. Mr. Itekhab Alam, Adv. Ms. Abha R. Sharma, AOR Ms. Priya Hingorani, Adv. Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, AOR Mr. Kripa Shankar Prasad, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Arjun Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Karan Khanna, Adv. Mr. Aniket Bhattacharya, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Kejriwal, AOR Mr. Soumya Chakraborty, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv. Mr. Shobhit Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Lal Pratap Singh, Adv.

Mr. Umesh Pratap Singh, Adv. Ms. Vivya Nagpal, Adv. Ms. N. Annapoorani, AOR Mr. Pradeep Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Shobhit Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Lal Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Umesh Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Karan Khanna, Adv. Mr. Aniket Bhattacharya, Adv. Mr. Arjun Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Mr. V. Lakshminarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dinesh K. Garg, AOR Mr. Abhishek Garg, Adv. Mr. Dhananjay Garg, Adv. Mr. Deepak Mishra, Adv. Mr. Arun Bhardwaj, AAG, Haryana Mr. Ashish Pandey, Adv. Mr. Prateek Rai, Adv. Ms. Gauraan Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Vishwa Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Mr. S.N. Bhat, Adv. Mr. Priyank Jain, Adv. Mr. Ravi Panvar, Adv. Mr. D.P. Chaurvedi, Adv. Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kharde, Adv. Mr. Samrat Shinde, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar Verma, AOR Mr. Atul Yeshwant Chitale, Sr. Adv. Mrs. Suchitra A. Chitale, Adv. Mr. Gurjyot Sethi, Adv. Ms. Shivangi Khanna, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Kakar, Adv. Mr. Abhijat P. Medh, AOR Dr. Krishan Singh Chauhan, AOR Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, Adv. Mr. Ravi Prakash, Adv. Mr. Chand Kiran, Adv. Mr. Kumar Parimal, Adv.

Mr. Prakash Pandey, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR Mrs. Suchitra Atul Chitale, AOR Mr. M. Vijaya Bhaskar, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Gaya Prasad, Adv. Mr. Randhir Singh, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. K.N. Rai, AOR Mr. Suhaas Ratna Joshi, AOR Mr. B. Sridhar, AOR Mr. Sandeep Devashish Das, AOR Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR Mr. Ravindra Kumar, AOR M/s. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Ms. A. Sumathi, AOR Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Mr. A. Subba Rao, AOR Mr. M.K. Dua, AOR Respondent-in-person Ms. Amita Singh Kalkal, AOR Ms. Christi Jain, AOR Mr. Ravindra Keshavrao Adsure, AOR Mr. Nikilesh Ramachandran, AOR Ms. Chandan Ramamurthi, AOR Mr. Subhasish Bhowmick, AOR Ms. Shashi Kiran, AOR Mr. Arjun Sain, Adv. Dr. Satish Chandra, Adv. Mr. Manoj Jain, Adv. Mr. Sumit Pachkhande, Adv. Mr. Nagesh Gajghate, Adv. Mr. Nitin Deorao Meshram, Adv. Mr. Ranbir Singh Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Sagar Kushwah, Adv. Mr. A. Sharan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, AOR Ms. Shakun Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Singh, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Anurag Singh, Adv. Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Adv. Mr. Sudhanshu U. Prakash, Adv. Mr. K.K.L. Gautam, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kr. Suman, Adv. Mr. Rahul Monod, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Anuj Saxena, Adv. Mr. Satpal Singh, Adv. Mr. Santi Ranjan Das, Adv. Mr. Anindo Mukherjee, Adv. Mrs. Sarla Chandra, Adv. Mr. Avijit Bhattacharjee, Adv. Mrs. Upma Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Ajoy Kr. Ghosh, Adv. Mr. Prashant R. Dahat, Adv. Mr. Venkateswara Rao Annumulu, Adv.

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

Hearing resumed.

Mr. K.K. Venugopal, learned Attorney General for the Union of India concluded his arguments. Mr. P.S. Patwalia, learned senior counsel appearing for the States of Bihar and Tripura commenced his arguments, which remained inconclusive. He shall conclude the same within 10 minutes on the next date of hearing. As agreed to, Mr. B.H. Marlapalle, learned senior counsel for the petitioner in SLP(C) No. 35000/2011, Mr. Dinesh Dwivedi, learned senior counsel for the respondents in Civil Appeal Nos. 4562-4564/2017 and all other counsel for the respondents shall not exceed the time beyond 7 minutes each. Ms. Indira Jaising, learned senior counsel for the petitioner in SLP(C) Diary No. 30189/2017 shall conclude her arguments within 20 minutes.

After the conclusion of the arguments, learned counsel for all the petitioners who are against the reference shall commence their arguments.

Learned counsel for the parties are permitted to produce their written notes on the next date of hearing.

Put up for further hearing on Wednesday, the 22nd August, 2018 at 10.30 a.m.

(Deepak Guglani) (H.S. Parasher) Court Master Assistant Registrar