In Re Section 6a Of The Citizenship Act 1955 vs. Union Of India Ministry Of Home Affairs Secretary
AI Summary
The Supreme Court's Constitution Bench has issued crucial procedural directives for the upcoming hearing on the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955. This order sets deadlines for filing comprehensive legal documents, marking a significant step towards a definitive ruling on an issue with profound implications for citizenship in India, particularly for Assam.
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Brief Facts Summary
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India is currently seized of multiple petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955. This order provides specific procedural directives and timelines to all parties involved, instructing them to organize and file their common compilations and written submissions in accordance with recent circulars. These steps are preparatory to the substantive hearing scheduled for October 17, 2023, where arguments will be presented by parties both challenging and supporting the statutory provision.
Timeline of Events
Primary Writ Petition (Civil) No.274/2009 filed.
Previous procedural directions issued in these matters.
Circular issued to streamline the filing of soft copies of common compilations in Constitution Bench matters.
Current order issued, providing further procedural directions for the hearing.
Deadline for filing soft copies of common compilations.
Deadline for filing written submissions.
Scheduled date for the next hearing of the Petitions.
Key Factual Findings
Procedural directions in these matters have been issued on 10 January 2023.
Source: Current Court Finding
The title of the proceeding as agreed shall be: "In Re: Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955."
Source: Current Court Finding
The nodal counsel appointed by the previous order have prepared a common compilation, but it needs to conform to the Circular issued on 22 August 2023.
Source: Current Court Finding
The contesting parties shall be bifurcated into those challenging the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955 and those supporting its validity, including the Union of India and the State of Assam.
Source: Current Court Finding
Primary Legal Issues
Secondary Legal Issues
Statutes Applied
Petitioner's Arguments
Not detailed in this procedural order, but it is inferred that the petitioners' side is arguing for the unconstitutionality and invalidity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955.
Respondent's Arguments
Not detailed in this procedural order, but it is inferred that the respondents' side, including the Union of India and the State of Assam, is arguing in support of the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955.
Court's Reasoning
The court's reasoning in this order is primarily to ensure an organized and efficient process for the substantive hearing of a complex constitutional matter. The directions aim to consolidate information, standardize submissions, and manage the extensive participation of multiple parties, thereby streamlining the proceedings of the Constitution Bench.
- Strict Adherence to Procedure
- Efficiency in Judicial Process
- Organized Conduct of Complex Litigation
Specific Directions
- 1.Procedural directions in these matters have been issued on 10 January 2023.
- 2.The title of the proceeding as agreed shall be: "In Re: Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955."
- 3.The nodal counsel appointed by the previous order have prepared a common compilation, which needs to be brought in conformity with the Circular issued on 22 August 2023 to streamline the filing of soft copies.
- 4.The nodal counsel shall take steps to ensure common compilations conform to the Circular and a common index is prepared.
- 5.Soft copies of the common compilations shall be prepared and filed on or before 3 October 2023.
- 6.Written submissions shall be filed on or before 10 October 2023.
- 7.Contesting parties are bifurcated into those challenging the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955 and those supporting its validity (including the Union of India and the State of Assam).
- 8.Common compilations shall be prepared accordingly, reflecting the bifurcation of parties.
- 9.At the commencement of the hearing, all counsel shall provide a statement of their tentative time limit for arguments.
- 10.The Petitions are listed for hearing on 17 October 2023.
Precedential Assessment
Non-Binding (Procedural)
This order merely provides procedural directions for the efficient management of an upcoming substantive hearing and does not address the merits or lay down any legal principles.
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Order Issued After Hearing
Purpose:
Fixed Date by Court
Before:
Hon'ble Hon'Ble The Chief Justice, Hon'ble A.S. Bopanna, Hon'ble M.M. Sundresh, Hon'ble J.B. Pardiwala, Hon'ble Manoj Misra
Stage:
Five Judges Bench Matter
Remarks:
List On (Date) [17-10-2023]
Listed On:
20 Sept 2023
In:
Judge
Category:
UNKNOWN
Interlocutory Applications:
14359/2021,14361/2021,
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Order Text
ITEM NO.501 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W
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.274/2009
ASSAM PUBLIC WORKS Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)
(With IA No.14361/2021 - CONTEMPT PETITION and IA No.14359/2021 - CONTEMPT PETITION)
WITH W.P.(C) No.916/2014 (PIL-W)
(With IA No.138341/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)
Diary No.34152/2018 (XIV)
(With IA No.135242/2018 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING, IA No.135243/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No.160372/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, IA No.135345/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES and IA No.135241/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE SLP)
Diary No.21214/2018 (XIV)
(With IA No.84178/2018 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) Diary No.20944/2018 (XIV)
(With I.R. and IA No.80351/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.80352/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.80350/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP, IA No.80351/2018 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING, IA No.80352/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.80350/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE SLP)
Diary No.21959/2018 (XIV)
(With I.R. and IA No.82961/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.82962/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.82959/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP)
Diary No.21377/2018 (XIV)
(With I.R. and IA No.92415/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.92417/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT
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and IA No.92411/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP and IA No.92419/2018- CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING) Diary No.21368/2018 (XIV) (With I.R. and IA No.82085/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.82087/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.82088/2018-INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No.82084/2018- PERMISSION TO FILE SLP and IA No.82086/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS) W.P.(C) No.470/2018 (X) (With I.R. and IA No.69948/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No.1047/2018 (X) (With IA No.125802/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No.68/2016 (PIL-W) (With IA No.1/2017 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.876/2014 (X) (With IA No.36773/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No.1/2014 - STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.449/2015 (X) (With IA No.1/2015 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 120136/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No.120151/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No.120147/2018 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.450/2015 (X) (With IA No.1/2015 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No.311/2015 (X) S.L.P.(C) No.25858/2015 (XIV) W.P.(C) No.562/2012 (X)
Date : 20-09-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. BOPANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. SUNDRESH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA
| For Petitioner(s) | Mr. Anish Roy, Adv. | |
|---|---|---|
| WPC 274/2009 | Mr. Chandrakant Tiwari, Adv. |
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| Mr. Dileep Rajpurohit, Adv.<br>Mr. Amrik Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Mukul Kumar, AOR | |
|---|---|
| Diary 34152/2018 | Mr. Shivendra Singh, AOR<br>Mr. Bikram Dwivedi, Adv.<br>Mr. Puneett Singhal, Adv.<br>Mr. Vikhyat Oberoi, Adv.<br>Dr. Mukut Nath Verma, Adv. |
| Diary 21214/2018 &<br>Diary 21377/2018 | Mr. Mansoor Ali, AOR<br>Mr. Bilal Mansoor, Adv.<br>Mr. S. Islam, Adv.<br>Mr. Z.K. Faizan, Adv.<br>Ms. Rubina Jawed, Adv.<br>Mr. Amod Bidhuri, Adv.<br>Mr. Saquib Siddiqui, Adv. |
| Diary 20944/2018 &<br>Diary 21959/2018<br>WPC 470/2018 | Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR<br>Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv.<br>Ms. Akanksha Rai, Adv. |
| WPC 1047/2018 | Ms. Pyoli, Adv.<br>Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, AOR<br>Mr. Cheryl Dsuoza, Adv.<br>Mr. Mayank Gautam, Adv. |
| WPC 68/2016,<br>WPC 876/2014,<br>WPC 311/2015 | Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Somiran Sharma, AOR<br>Mr. Dhrubajit Saikia, Adv.<br>Ms. Kavya Jhawar, Adv.<br>Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.<br>Ms. Shristi Borthakur, Adv.<br>Mr. Sudipto Sircar, Adv.<br>Ms. Aadya Malik, Adv.<br>Ms. Anshula Laroiya, Adv. |
| WPC 450/2015 | Mr. Sunil Murarka, Adv.<br>Mr. Partha Sil, AOR<br>Mr. Tavish Bhushan Prasad, Adv.<br>Ms. Sayani Bhattacharya, Adv. |
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| Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR<br>Mr. K.N. Choudhury, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Manish Goswami, Adv.<br>Mr. Rongon Choudhury, Adv.<br>Mr. Priyonkoo Anjan Gogoi, Adv.<br>Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR<br>Mr. Anjani Kumar Mishra, AOR |
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| Mr. R Venkataramani, AG<br>Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG<br>Mr. K.M. Nataraj, ASG<br>Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv.<br>Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv.<br>Ms. Rekha Pandey, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv.<br>Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.<br>Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.<br>Ms. Diksha Rai, Adv.<br>Ms. Ruchi Gaur Narula, Adv.<br>Ms. Sneha Kalita, Adv.<br>Mr. Anandh Venkkataramani, Adv.<br>Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Venkataramani, Adv.<br>Mr. Vinayak Mehrotra, Adv.<br>Ms. Mansi Sood, Adv.<br>Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.<br>Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv.<br>Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.<br>Mr. Kartikey Aggarwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR<br>Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR |
Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. Mehmood Pracha, Adv. Mr. Syed Ali Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Syed Tanweer Ahmad, Adv. Mr. S.S. Bandyopadhyay, Adv. Mr. Syed Miran Ahmad, Adv. Mr. S Kundu, Adv. Mr. V.K. Shukla, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Ms. Warisha Farasat, Adv. Mr. Harshit Anand, Adv. Mr. Aman Naqvi, Adv. Ms. Hrishika Jain, Adv. Ms. Natasha Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Mreganka Kukreja, Adv. Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR Mr. Snehasish Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, AAG Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv. Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Bhuwan Chandra, Adv. Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR Mr. Abhijit Sengupta, AOR
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Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjay Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Mustafa Khaddam Hussain, Adv. Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv. Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Rai, Adv. Mr. Rohin Bhatt, Adv. Ms. Gurneet Kaur, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR Mr. R. Venkataramani, AG Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR Mr. Ankit Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Ragini Pandey, Adv. Mr. Arijit Dey, Adv. Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR Mr. Sidhant Kumar, Adv. Ms. Vidhi Udayshankar, Adv. Ms. Abhivyakti Banerjee, Adv. Ms. Sakshi Garg, Adv. Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Srisatya Mohanty, Adv. Ms. Anju Thomas, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Awasthi, Adv.
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Mr. Himanshu Chakravarty, Adv. Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Mishra, Adv. Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ankit Yadav, AOR Ms. Prakriti Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Tarun Mehra, Adv. Ms. Sujal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shailendra Slaria, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. G.N. Reddy, AOR Mr. Shantwanu Singh, Adv. Mr. Rahul Dubey, Adv. Ms. Pragya Singh, Adv. Mr. Akshay Singh, Adv. Mr. Sunny Singh, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR Mrs. Niranjana Singh, AOR Mr. Siddhesh Shirish Kotwal, AOR Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Mr. Chaitanya Sharma, Adv. Mr. V.K. Sidharthan, AOR Mr. D.S. Mahra, AOR Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Merusagar Samantaray, AOR Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, Adv. Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, AOR
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Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. C.K. Sasi, AOR Ms. Meena K Poulose, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mrs. Bihu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Pratishtha Vij, Adv. Mr. Mohit Prasad, Adv. Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, A.A.G. Mr. Prashant Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Priyanshu Malik, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, A.A.G. Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Kushagra Singh, Adv. Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Mr. Anoop Raj, Adv. Ms. Yamini Singh, Adv. M/s. K J John & Co. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Shrama, Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv. Ms. Mrabiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Vikas Bansal, Adv. Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR
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Ms. Shubhangi Agarwal, Adv. Mr. K.N. Balgopal, Adv.Gen., Nagaland Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Ms. Shubhangi Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Apurv S., Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. Mayank Dahiya, Adv. Ms. Sugandh Rathor, Adv. Ms. Bhupinder, Adv. Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv. Ms. Harsha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Simanta Kumar, Adv. Mr. Jainendra Ojha, Adv. Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. C. Kranthi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Naman Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Danish Saife, Adv.
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Ms. V. Keerthana, Adv. Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., AOR Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR Mr. Siddharth Sangal, AOR Ms. Richa Mishra, Adv. Mr. Richa Mishra, Adv. Mr. Chirag Sharma, Adv. Ms. Nilanjani Tandon, Adv. Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR Mr. Sanand Ramakrishnan, AOR Mr. Rajeev Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Chhetry, Adv. Mr. Madan M. Bora, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. Praneet Pranav, Adv. Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rahul Tanwani, Adv. Mr. Vivek Sharma, AOR Mr. Mehmood Pracha, Adv. Mr. Syed Ali Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Syed Tanweer Ahmad, Adv. Mr. S S Bandyopadhyay, Adv. Mr. Syed Miran Ahmad, Adv. Mr. S Kundu, Adv. Mr. V K Shukla, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR
Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, AOR
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Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Ms. Hetvi Patel, Adv. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjay Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Mustafa Khaddam Hussain, Adv. Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv. Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Rai, Adv. Mr. Rohin Bhatt, Adv. Ms. Gurneet Kaur, Adv. Mr. Harsh Parashar, AOR Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ankit Yadav, AOR Ms. Prakriti Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Tarun Mehra, Adv. Ms. Sujal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shailendra Slaria, Adv. Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR Mr. Anjani Kumar Mishra, AOR Mrs. Hardeep Kaur Mishra, Adv. Mr. Praveen Mishra, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. Saurabh Mishra, A.A.G. Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Kushagra Singh, Adv. Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. Krishna Dev Jagarlamudi, AOR Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv.
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Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Ms. Shubhangi Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mansoor Ali, AOR Mr. M.R. Shamshad, Adv. Ms. Nabeela Jameel, Adv. Mr. Arijit Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Khaddam Hussain, Adv. Mr. Niaz Farooqui, Adv. Mr. Bilal Mansoor, Adv. Mr. Z.k. Faizan, Adv. Ms. Rubina Jawed, Adv. Mr. G.N. Reddy, AOR Mr. Abhishek, AOR Mr. Avijit Roy, AOR Mr. Partha Sil, AOR Mr. Navnit Kumar, Adv. M/s. Corporate Law Group Mr. Chander Uday Singh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR Ms. Karishma Maria, Adv. Ms. Bidya Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Amjid Maqbool, Adv. Ms. Viddusshi, Adv. Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Ms. Warisha Farasat, Adv. Mr. Harshit Anand, Adv. Mr. Aman Naqvi, Adv. Ms. Hrishika Jain, Adv. Ms. Natasha Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Mreganka Kukreja, Adv. Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, AOR
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Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Mr. Mohan Pandey, AOR Mr. Mohit Chaudhary, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Mr. P.V. Surendranath, Sr. Adv. Mr. Biju P Raman, Adv. Mr. Subhash Chandran K.R., Adv. Mr. Sawan Shukla, Adv. Ms. Lekha Sudhakar, Adv. Mr. Rahul Pratap, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R
- 1 Procedural directions in these matters have been issued on 10 January 2023.
- 2 The title of the proceeding as agreed shall be:
"In Re: Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955."
- 3 The nodal counsel appointed by the previous order have prepared a common compilation. However, the common compilation needs to be brought in conformity with the Circular which was issued on 22 August 2023 to streamline the filing of soft copies of common compilations in Constitution Bench matters before this Court.
- 4 The nodal counsel shall take steps to ensure that the common compilations are brought in conformity with the Circular. A common index should accordingly be prepared for that purpose. Soft copies of the common compilations shall be prepared and filed on or before 3 October 2023.
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Written submissions shall be filed on or before 10 October 2023.
- 5 During the course of the hearing, it has been agreed that the contesting parties shall consist of (i) those who are challenging the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955 on the one hand; and (ii) those including the Union of India and the State of Assam who are supporting the validity of the provision.
- 6 The common compilations shall accordingly be prepared bifurcating those who seek to impugn the validity of the provision and those who support the provision.
- 7 At the commencement of the hearing of the matter, all the counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners including the intervenors and the counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents shall provide to the Court a statement of the tentative time limit within which they seek to place their respective arguments.
- 8 List the Petitions for hearing on 17 October 2023.
(CHETAN KUMAR) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR) A.R.-cum-P.S. Assistant Registrar