Indian Express Ltd vs. Union Of India

R5 ITEM NO.1 (PH) COURT NO.1 SECTION X 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.246 OF 2011 ABP PVT. LTD. & ANR Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (With appln(s) for ex-parte stay, stay, permission, permission to file additional documents, permission to file additional affidavit and office report) WITH W.P.(C) NO.382 of 2011 (With appln.(s) for stay and c/delay in filing rejoinder affidavit and office report) W.P.(C) NO.384 of 2011 (With appln.(s) for stay and permission to file additional documents and office report) (For final disposal) W.P.(C) NO.386 of 2011 (With appln.(s) for stay and permission to file additional documents and office report) (For final disposal) W.P.(C) NO.408 of 2011 (With appln.(s) for exemption and stay and bringing on record the additional facts and office report) (For final disposal) W.P.(C) NO.510 of 2011 (With appln.(s) for interim relief and office report) (For final disposal) W.P.(C) NO.538 of 2011 (With appln.(s) for stay and permission to file additional documents and exemption from filing O.T. and early hearing and office report) (For final disposal) W.P.(C) NO.514 of 2011 (With office report) (For final disposal) W.P.(C) NO.546 of 2011 (With appln.(s) for stay and office report) (For final disposal) W.P.(C) NO.87 of 2012 (With appln.(s) for permission to file additional documents and office report) W.P.(C) NO.264 of 2012 (With office report) (For final disposal) CONMT. PET.(C) NO.252 of 2012 IN W.P.(C) NO.538 OF 2011 (For final disposal) W.P.(C) NO.315 of 2012 (With appln.(s) for stay and permission to file additional documents and office report)

(For final disposal) W.P.(C) NO.817 of 2013 (With appln.(s) for ex-parte stay and office report) Date: 27/11/2013 These Petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVA KIRTI SINGH For Petitioner(s) Mr. Anil B. Divan, Sr. Adv. WP 315/12 Mr. Jayant Kumar Mehta, AOR Ms. Neelima Tripathi, Adv. Mr. G.V.S. Jagannadha Rao, Adv. Mr. Anuj Kapoor, Adv. WP 246/11 Mr. Gopal Jain, Adv. Mr. R.N. Karanjawala, Adv. Mrs. Manik Karanjawala, Adv. Mrs. Nandini Gore, Adv. Ms. Aditi Bhatt, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. for M/s. Karanjawala & Co. WP 384/11 Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Akil Sibal, Adv. Mr. R.N. Karanjawala,Adv. Ms. Trishala Kulkarni,Adv. Mr. Debmalya Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Dilpreet Singh, Adv. Mrs. Manik Karanjawala, Adv. for M/s. Karanjawala & Co. WP 386/11 Mr. Aman Lekhi,Sr.Adv. Mr. K.Datta,Adv. Mr. Atul Singh,Adv. Mr. Diggaj Pathak,Adv. Mr. Rahul Malhotra,Adv. Mr. Abhay Kumar, AOR WP 382/11 Mr. P.P. Rao,Sr.Adv.(NP) Mr. Abhay Kumar,AOR WP 408/11 Mr. S.S. Ramdas, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shanta Kumar V. Mahale, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Sawkar, Adv. Mr. Harish S.R. Hebbar, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Mahale, AOR WP 510/11 Mr. Ajay Choudhary, AOR Mr. Ankit R.Kothari,Adv. Mr. Ajay Singh,Adv. WP 538/11 Mr. K.K. Venugopal,Sr.Adv. Mr. Sunil Dogra,adv. Mr. Rohit Bhat,Adv. Mr. Aditya Verma,Adv. Mr. Hari Shankar K., AOR WP 514/11 & 264/12 Mr. K.K. Venugopal,Sr.Adv. Mr. Nachiket Joshi,Adv. Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR WP 546/11 Mr. Manoj Goel, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. Mr. B.K. Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Alok K. Prasad,Adv. Ms. Poonam,Adv. Mr. Vishwanath Bahuguna,Adv. Mr. P.I. Jose, AOR WP 87/13 Mr. Gopal Jain, Adv. Mr. Abhay A. Jena, Adv. Ms. Bina Gupta, AOR CP 252/12 Mr. Colin Gonzalves, Sr. Adv. Mr. B.K. Pal, AOR WP 817/13 Mr. E.C. Agrawala, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Mohan Prasaran, S.G. Mr. P.P. Malhotra, ASG Mr. D.L. Chidanand, Adv. Ms. Sukhbeer Kaur Bajwa, Adv. Mr. S.K. Bajawa,Adv. Mr. Shreekant N. Terdal, AOR Mr. Rouf Yaser, Adv. Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Mr. Juno Rahman,Adv. Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR Ms. Abhiti Gupta, Adv. Mr. Parmanand Pandey, AOR Mr. Praneet Ranjan, AOR Mr. Hari Shankar K., AOR Mr. B.K. Pal, AOR For Kerala Union of Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv. Working Journalist Mr. N.M. Varghese, Adv. Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv. Mr. K.V. Mohan, AOR

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

Heard Mr. Aman Lekhi, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioners in WP(C)NO. 386 of 2011, Mr. Manoj Goel, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners in W.P.(C) No. 546 of 2011, Mr. S.S. Ramdas, learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners in W.P.(C)N0.408 of 2011 and Mr. Akhil Sibal, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners in W.P.(C)NO.384 of 2011.

The matters remained part-heard.