Patna Nagrik Parishad Through Its Secretary Arbind Kumar Sinha S/O Late Sarbeshwar Prasad Sinha vs. The State Of Bihar Governemnt Of Bihar Through The Chief Secretary

ITEM NO.16

COURT NO.1

SECTION PIL-W

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition (Civil) No. 310/1996

PRAKASH SINGH & ORS.

Petitioner(s)

Respondent $(s)$

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA

WITH

Diary No. 7736/2025 (PIL-W)

Diary No. 8340/2025 (PIL-W) (IA No. 41708/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Date: 25-03-2025 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM:

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN

Mr. Raju Ramachandran, Sr. Advocate (A.C) Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Sr. Advocate (A.C) For Petitioner(s) : Mrs. Anjana Prakash, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anui Prakaash, Adv. Mr. Niraj Dubey, Adv. Mr. Pradum Kumar, Adv. Mr. Kumar Mihir, AOR Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr. Adv. ** Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR Mr. Rahul Gupta, Adv. Ms. Vivya Nagpal, AOR Mr. Abhishek Rai, Adv. Mr. Ekansh Bansal, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Shankar, Adv. For Respondent(s)/: $\frac{1}{2}$ Signa Anpelicant(s) Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran, AOR Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Raghavendra M. Kulkarni, Adv.

Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv.<br>Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR
Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR
M/s.<br>S. Narain & Co., AOR
Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, AOR
Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR
Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, AOR
Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR
Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR
Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR
Mr. Mohanprasad Meharia, AOR
Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR
Mr. R. Venkataramani, A.G.I. (N/P)<br>Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. Adv. (N/P)<br>Mr. V. Mohana, Sr. Adv. (N/P)<br>Mr. Wasim Qadri, Sr. Adv. (N/P)<br>Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv.<br>Mr. Snidha Mehra, Adv.<br>Mr. Padmesh Mishra, Adv.<br>Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR
Mr. R. Venkatramani, A.G.I. (N/P)<br>Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. Adv. (N/P)<br>Mr. Wasim Qadri, Sr. Adv. (N/P)<br>Ms. Snidha Mehra, Adv.<br>Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv.<br>Ms. Ameya Vikrama Thanvi, Adv.<br>Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv.<br>Mr. Kartikey Aggarwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR
Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR
Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR
M/s. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR

Ms. Sumita Hazarika, AOR Mr. Rajesh Srivastava, AOR Mr. Gaurav Verma, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Dutt Gaur, Adv. Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR Mr. Gopal Prasad, AOR Mr. R. Ayyam Perumal, AOR Mr. D.S. Mahra, AOR Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Mr. T. Harish Kumar, AOR Mr. T.V. George, AOR Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Ms. Meena K Poulose, Adv. Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Yadav, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Abha R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Merusagar Samantaray, AOR Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Mr. Prashant Bhagwati, Adv. Mr. B.K. Satija, A.A.G. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Aman Dev Sharma, Adv. Mr. Maheshwaram Yadava Reddy, Adv. Mr. Ritesh Kumar Gupta, Adv.

Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Santhosh K., Adv. Mr. Varad Kilor, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Lenin Singh Hijam, Adv. Gen/Sr. Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Ms. Lunita Hijam, Adv. Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Khanna, AOR Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Mr. Gautam Barnwal, Adv. Mr. Rudraksh Pandey, Adv. Ms. Deepali Bhanot, Adv. Ms. Baani Khanna, AOR Mr. Robin Singh, Adv. Mr. Kapil Balwani, Adv. Ms. Tejal Nagauri, Adv. Mr. D.K. Devesh, AOR Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR Mr. Abhishek, AOR Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G. (N/P) Mr. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Sr. A.A.G./Sr. Adv. (N/P) Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Sharanya Sinha, Adv. Ms. Veera Mahuli, Adv. M/s. PLR Chambers And Co., AOR Mr. Soumya Dutta, AOR

Applicant-in-person, AOR Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Ms. Kamakshi S. Mehlwal, AOR Mr. Sanveer Mehlwal, Adv. Mr. Rinku Mathur, Adv. Ms. Geetanjali Mehlwal, Adv. Mr. Abhik Kumar, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Sr. Adv. Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. Manoj Joshi, Adv. Ms. Shikha John, Adv. Mr. Anand Singh, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Shukla, Adv. Mr. Kunal Mimani, Adv./AOR Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Dr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR Ms. Ambika Atrey, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Verma, Adv. Mr. Navneet Gupta, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR Mr. Shivang Goel, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Ojas Mittal, Adv. Intervenor-in-person, AOR

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

Contempt Petition (Civil) Diary Nos. 7736/2025 and 8340/2025

Let an advance copy of the contempt petitions be served on the nominated/standing counsel for the State of Jharkhand.

Mr. Prashant Bhushan, learned counsel, states that he filed I.A. Nos. 150155/2023 and 67359/2023 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 310/1996 on behalf of the petitioner, Prakash Singh, seeking appropriate orders/directions as to compliance and for modification of the order(s) of this Court, which have been registered, but are not listed today. Registry to examine and list these applications on the next date.

Re-list the contempt petitions and the aforesaid I.As. in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 310/1996 in the week commencing 05.05.2025.

Writ Petition (Civil) No. 687/2024 and Contempt Petition (Civil) Diary Nos. 35226/2024 and 41923/2024

Taken on Board.

I.A. Nos. 271424/2024 for intervention/impleadment and 284491/2024 seeking appropriate orders/directions in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 687/2024 and Contempt Petition (Civil) Diary Nos. 41923/2024 and 35226/2024 will also be listed in the week commencing 05.05.2025.

(DEEPAK GUGLANI) (R.S. NARAYANAN) AR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

** No online appearance/physical appearance slip received.

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