Union Of India vs. Inder Kumar

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SECTION IV-B

ITEM NO.1501 (For Judament)

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

COURT NO.1

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

JARNAIL SINGH & ORS.

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

LACHHMI NARAIN GUPTA & ORS.

Respondent $(s)$

WITH S.L.P.(C) No.31735/2011 (IV-B) S.L.P.(C) No.35000/2011 (IV-B) S.L.P.(C) No.4831/2012 (XV) S.L.P.(C) No.2839/2012 (IX) S.L.P.(C) No.5860/2012 (IX) S.L.P.(C) No.5859/2012 (IX) S.L.P.(C) No.30841/2012 (IX) S.L.P.(C) No.8327/2014 (IV-B) S.L.P.(C) No.6915/2014 (IV-B) S.L.P.(C) Nos.16710-16711/2014 (IV-B) S.L.P.(C) No.33163/2014 (IV-B) S.L.P.(C) No.23344/2014 S.L.P.(C) Nos.23339-23340/2014 S.L.P.(C) No.21343/2015 C.A. Nos.4562-4564/2017 S.L.P.(C) No.25191/2015 C.A. No.4880/2017 C.A. Nos.4878-4879/2017 S.L.P.(C) No.31191/2015 C.A. Nos.4876-4877/2017 C.A. No.4881/2017 S.L.P.(C) No.33688/2015 C.A. No.4882/2017 CONMT.PET.(C) 314/2016 In S.L.P.(C) No.4831/2012 C.A. No.5247/2016 C.A. No.11817/2016 C.A. No.11816/2016 C.A. No.11820/2016 T.P.(C) No.608-609/2017 C.A. No.4833/2017 C.A. No.701-704/2017 Signa Gre-No Acrified No. 11822 - 11825/2016 Digital Content No. 11837-11840/2016 Date: $20^{440927}_{13:57}$ No. 11842 - 11845/2016 C.A. No.11829-11832/2016 C.A. No.11847-11850/2016 C.A. No.11828/2016

CONMT.PET.(C) No.11/2017 In S.L.P.(C) Nos.19765/29015 @ S.L.P.(C) Nos.19765-19767/2015 CONMT.PET.(C) No.13/2017 In S.L.P.(C) Nos.19767/29015 @ S.L.P.(C) Nos.19765-19767/2015 S.L.P.(C) No.10638/2017 S.L.P.(C) CC No.6821/2017 S.L.P.(C) No.17491/2017 S.L.P.(C) No.18844/2017 S.L.P.(C) Nos.19422-19423/2017 S.L.P.(C) No.24681/2017 Diary No.28776/2017 Diary No.29066/2017 Diary No.30189/2017 Diary No.31145/2017 S.L.P.(C) No.28446-28447/2017 S.L.P.(C) No.28306/2017 Diary No.33481/2017 S.L.P.(C) No.30942/2017 Diary No.33488/2017 Diary No.34271/2017 Diary No.34520/2017 Diary No.35324/2017 Diary No.35577/2017 Diary No.35818/2017 Diary No.36305/2017 Diary No.36377/2017 S.L.P.(C) No.31288/2017 Diary No.38895/2017 Diary No.42413/2017 Diary No.619/2018 Diary No.969/2018 Diary No.971/2018 Diary No.1042/2018 Diary No.1046/2018 Diary No.1584/2018 Diary No.2677/2018 Diary No.7243/2018 S.L.P.(C) No.16469/2018 S.L.P.(C) No.18925/2018 Diary No.22349/2018 S.L.P.(C) No.22985/2018

Date : 26-09-2018 These petitions were called on for pronouncement of Judgment today.

For Petitioner(s)	Ms. Priya Hingorani, Adv.
	Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, AOR
	Mr. Baij Nath Patel, Adv.
	Ms. Sweta, Adv.
	Ms. Romila, Adv.

Mr. Shantanu Krishna, AOR Mr. Ashok K. Mahajan, AOR Mr. Mohan Pandey, AOR Mr. K.N. Rai, AOR Mr. Pradeep Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Vivya Nagpal, Adv. Mr. Karan Khanna, Adv. Mr. Arjun Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Ms. Niranjana Singh, Adv. Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Rajesh Ranjan, Adv. Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Dinesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Krishnan Misra, Adv. Mr. Yasharth Kant, Adv. Mr. Nishant Singh, Adv. Mr. Subodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Mr. Somnath Banerjee, Adv. Mr. P.S. Patwalia, Sr. Adv. Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Ms. Natasha Dalmia, Adv. Ms. Harshika Verma, Adv. Mr. Sayooj Mohan Das, Adv. Dr. Ashutosh Garg, Adv. Mr. Dinesh Rattan Bhardwaj, AOR Mr. P.S. Patwalia, Sr. Adv. Ms. Abha R. Sharma, AOR Mr. D.S. Parmar, Adv. Ms. Sujeeta Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Ankit Mishra, Adv. Mr. Mahendra Singh, Adv. Mr. A. Mariarputham, Sr. Adv. Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv.

Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Mr. Yusuf Khan, Adv. M/s. Arputham Aruna and Co. Mr. Som Raj Choudhury, AOR Mr. Krishan Singh Chauhan, AOR Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, Adv. Mr. Ravi Prakash, Adv. Mr. Murari Lal, Adv. Mr. K.C. Lamba, Adv. Ms. A. Sumathi, AOR Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Mr. Aakash Nandolia, Adv. Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ajita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Prakash Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sarbendra Kumar, Adv. Mohd. Naved, Adv. Mr. Prashant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shashi Kiran, AOR Ms. Prerna Mehta, AOR Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv. Mr. Alok Singh, Adv. Mr. Sunil Mallan, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar, Adv. Mr. Prakash Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anuj Saxena, Adv. Ms. Kajal Bhatia, Adv. for M/s. Gorkela Law Office Mr. R.S. Suri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv. Mr. Alok Singh, Adv. Mr. Sunil Mallan, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar, Adv. M/s. Gorkela Law Office Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv. Mr. Alok Singh, Adv.

Mr. Sunil Mallan, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar, Adv. Mr. Prakash Sharma, Adv. Ms. Vriti Gujral, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Singh, Adv. for M/s. Gorkela Law Office Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv. Mr. Alok Singh, Adv. Mr. Sunil Mallan, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar, Adv. for M/s. Gorkela Law Office Mr. Kumar Parimal, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR Mr. R.L. Venjrani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.K. Rajora, Adv. Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, AOR Mr. Shreekant N. Terdal, AOR Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pratik R. Bombarde, AOR Mr. Pradeep S. Wathore, Adv. Ms. Ajita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Jitendra Ashok, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rachit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, Adv. M/s. S.M. Jadhav & Co. Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG Mr. Nishant Ramakantraw Katneshwarkar, AOR Dr. Rajiv Dhawan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhijat P. Medh, AOR Dr. M.P. Raju, Adv. Mr. M. Vijaya Bhaskar, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. S.P. Singh, Adv. Mr. Randhir Singh, Adv. Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Ms. Olivia Bang, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Arvind S. Avhad, AOR

Mr. P.K. Jayakrishnan, AOR Mr. R.S.M. Kalky, Adv. Mr. Ramesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ram Kishan, Adv. Dr. Gunratan Sadavarte, Adv. Dr. Jay Sree L. Patil, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Pawan Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. Makrand Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Raj Singh Rana, AOR Mr. Rakesh V. Rathod, Adv. Mr. Dinesh P. Rajbhar, Adv. Ms. Anzu K. Varkey, AOR Mr. T.R.B. Sivakumar, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv. Aishwarya Kane, Adv. Mr. Lal Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Shobhit Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Umesh Pratap Singh, Adv. Ms. N. Annapoorani,AOR M Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. A. Subba Rao, AOR Mr. Krishan Singh Chauhan, AOR Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, Adv. Mr. Ravi Prakash, Adv. Mr. Chand Kiran, Adv. Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv. Mr. Alok Singh, Adv. Mr. Sunil Mallan, Adv. Ms. Shashi Kiran, AOR Mr. Anuj Saxena, Adv. Mr. Prakash Sharma, Adv. Mr. Satpal Singh, AOR Mr. S.N. Bhat, AOR Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, AOR Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, AOR Mr. Sushil Karanjkar, Adv. Mr. K.N. Rai, AOR Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR Mr. Dinesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. Soma Sundaram, AOR Mr. Chandan Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rituraj Choudhary, Adv. Ms. Sujaya Bardhan, Adv. Mr. Krishnam Mishra, Adv. Mr. Nishant Singh, Adv. Mr. Yasharth Kant, Adv. Mr. Yash Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR Ms. Kiran Suri, Sr. Adv. Mr. S.J. Amith, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Kumar, Adv. Mrs. Vipin Gupta, AOR Mr. Sailash Madiyal, AOR Mr. Sudhanshu Prakash, Adv. Mr. V. Laxminarayan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dinesh K. Garg, Adv. Mr. abhishek Garg, Adv. Mr. Dhananjay Garg, AOR Mr. Deepak Mishra, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar Mishra, AOR Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, AOR Mr. Ravindra Kumar, AOR Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Abdul Qadir, Adv. Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv. Mr. Jawad Tariq, Adv. Mr. Kauser Husain, Adv.

M/s. Arputham Aruna and CO.

Ms. A. Sumathi, AOR Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv. Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv. Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv. Respondent in-person Mr. Gaurav Kejriwal, AOR Ms. Kiran Suri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Devashish Das, AOR Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR Mr. B. Sridhar, AOR Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Suyash Mohan Guru, Adv. Mr. Amol Shrivastav, Adv. Mr. Vardhaman Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Nishant Gautam, Adv. Mr. Karn Deo Baghel, Adv. Mr. S.K. Gangele, Adv. Mr. Vivek Jaiswal, Adv. Ms. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. Anshujit Janjati, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Vardhmaan Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Devik Singh, Adv. Mr. Omung Raj Gupta, Adv. Mr. Rahul Sharma, Adv. Mr. Karan Deo Baghel, Adv. Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv. Mr. Eklavya Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Manoj Joshi, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Joshi, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Alhawat, Adv. Mr. Rebbeca Dias, Adv. Mr. K.K.L. Gautam, Adv. Mr. A.K. Suman, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Adv. Anushruta Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Rahul Mohod, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, AOR

Mr. M.K. Dua, AOR Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Ms. Amita Singh Kalkal, AOR Ms. Christi Jain, AOR Mr. Arun Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Ashish Pandey, Adv. Mr. Prateek Rai, Adv. Mr. Vishwa Pal Singh, AOR Ms. Priya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Prathvi Raj Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR Ms. Suchitra Atul Chitale, AOR Mr. Ravindra Keshavrao Adsure, AOR Mr. Sagar Pahune Patil, Adv. Mr. Anand Landge, Adv. Ms. Rohini Wagh, Adv. Mr. P.S. Teji, Sr. Adv. Mr. M. Vijaya Bhaskar, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Gaya Prasad, Adv. Ms. Navjot Neelam, Adv. Mr. Abhijat P. Medh, AOR Mr. Nikhilesh Ramachandran, AOR Mr. Sanjahy Kharde, Adv. Mr. Samrat Shinde, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar Verma, AOR Mr. Avijit Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Nitin Meshram, Adv. Mr. Ranbir Singh Yadav, AOR Mr. Puran Mal Saini, Adv. Mr. Chandan Ramamurthi, AOR Mr. Ram Sankar, Adv. Mayil Samy, Adv. Mr. Ananda Selvam, Adv. Mr. Rajaram Narayanan, Adv. Mr. Uday Gupta, Adv.

Ms. Shivani Lal, Adv. Mr. Hiren Dasan, Adv. Mr. M.K. Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Manoj R. Sinha, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, Adv.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman pronounced the judgment of the Bench comprising Hon'ble the Chief Justice, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, His Lordship, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hon'ble Ms. Justice Indu Malhotra.

The reference is answered in terms of the signed reportable judgment.

(Chetan Kumar) (H.S. Parasher) A.R.-cum-P.S. Assistant Registrar (Signed reportable judgment is placed on the file)