In Re Section 6a Of The Citizenship Act 1955 vs. Union Of India Ministry Of Home Affairs Secretary
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The Supreme Court has concluded arguments and reserved its judgment in the crucial batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, a provision central to citizenship issues arising from the Assam Accord. This highly anticipated decision will have profound implications for millions in Assam and set a significant precedent in Indian citizenship law.
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Brief Facts Summary
The case involves a batch of petitions, with W.P.(C) No. 274/2009 as the lead matter, challenging Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955. Arguments from various senior counsel and advocates representing different sides and intervenors were heard over multiple dates by a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court. On December 12, 2023, the arguments concluded, and the judgment was reserved. Several connected Special Leave Petitions and Writ Petitions were also detagged to be listed before a regular Bench after the pronouncement of judgment in the lead matter.
Timeline of Events
Primary case W.P.(C) No. 274/2009 filed in the Supreme Court.
Primary case W.P.(C) No. 274/2009 registered in the Supreme Court.
First recorded hearing date for the case batch.
Arguments concluded before the five-judge bench; judgment reserved.
Expected decision date as per case information.
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Specific Directions
- 1.Arguments concluded for the primary matter (W.P.(C) No 274 of 2009 and connected cases).
- 2.Judgment reserved for the primary matter.
- 3.Special Leave Petitions Diary Nos. 34152/2018, 21214/2018, 20944/2018, 21959/2018, 21377/2018, 21368/2018 and SLP(C) No 25858/2015 are to be Detagged.
- 4.Writ Petition (Civil) No 311 of 2015 is to be Detagged.
- 5.The detagged Special Leave Petitions are to be listed after pronouncement of judgment in WP(C) No 274 of 2009 before the regular Bench.
Precedential Assessment
Non-Binding (Procedural)
This order is procedural, merely noting the conclusion of arguments and reservation of judgment. It does not lay down any legal principles or binding precedent itself.
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Order Issued After Hearing
Purpose:
Fixed Date by Court
Before:
Hon'ble Hon'Ble The Chief Justice, Hon'ble Surya Kant, Hon'ble M.M. Sundresh, Hon'ble J.B. Pardiwala, Hon'ble Manoj Misra
Stage:
FOR JUDGEMENT
Remarks:
Disposed off
Listed On:
17 Oct 2024
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UNKNOWN
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Order Text
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s).274/2009
IN RE: SECTION 6A OF THE CITIZENSHIP ACT 1955
(WITH IA No. 125532/2018 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 68465/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 48049/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 105327/2018 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 83457/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 73916/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 43257/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 61664/2021 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 130128/2017 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 86040/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 153715/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 86036/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 151606/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 14361/2021 - CONTEMPT PETITION, IA No. 14359/2021 - CONTEMPT PETITION, IA No. 153061/2022 - DISCHARGE OF ADVOCATE ON RECORD, IA No. 10/2013 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 213642/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 121861/2018 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 190221/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 103961/2018 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 217240/2023 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 43256/2018 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 125524/2018 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 22616/2018 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 209500/2023 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 61640/2021 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 110873/2017 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 7921/2023 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 86047/2018 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)
WITH
W.P.(C) No. 916/2014 (PIL-W) (WITH IA No. 138341/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)
Diary No(s). 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, IA No. 135241/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE SLP) Diary No(s). 21214/2018 (XIV) (WITH IA No. 84178/2018 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) Digitally signed by Sanjay Kumar Date: 2023.12.12 16:51:52 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified
Diary No(s). 20944/2018 (XIV)
(FOR ADMISSION and 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)
Diary No(s). 21959/2018 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and 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(s). 21377/2018 (XIV)
(FOR ADMISSION and 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 and IA No.92411/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP and IA No.92419/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING)
Diary No(s). 21368/2018 (XIV)
(FOR ADMISSION and 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 (XI) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.69948/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)
W.P.(C) No. 1047/2018 (XI) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.125802/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)
W.P.(C) No. 68/2016 (PIL-W) (WITH IA No. 186168/2018 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION, 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 (XI) (WITH IA No. 1/2015 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 120151/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 120136/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 120147/2018 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)
W.P.(C) No. 450/2015 (XI) (WITH IA No. 1/2015 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)
W.P.(C) No. 311/2015 (XI)
SLP(C) No. 25858/2015 (XIV)
W.P.(C) No. 562/2012 (X) (WITH IA No. 121184/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 67694/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 153064/2022 - DISCHARGE OF ADVOCATE ON RECORD, IA No. 190176/2019 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION, IA No. 92739/2018 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 74061/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 26869/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 23729/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 41036/2017 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 1/2012 - STAY APPLICATION) Date : 12-12-2023 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. SUNDRESH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA For Petitioner(s) WP C 876/2014 Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. WP C 311/2015 Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr. Adv. WP C 68/2016 Mr. Somiran Sharma, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv. Ms. Kavya Jhawar, Adv. Mr. Sudipto Sircar, Adv. Ms. Anshula Laroiya, Adv. Mr. Adith Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Arpit Jacob Varaprasad, Adv. Ms. Shristi Borthakur, Adv. Mr. Dhrubajit Saikia, Adv. Ms. Aadya Malik, Adv. Mr. Suryanusen Gupta, Adv. WP C 562/2012 Mr. Kamal Nayan Choudhury, Sr. Adv. Mr. Manish Goswami, Adv. Mr. Navneet Gautam, Adv. Mr. Rongon Choudhury, Adv. Mr. Rishab Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR WP C 562/2012 Mr. Anjani Kumar Mishra, AOR SLP D 20944/2018, Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR SLP D 21959/2018 & WP C 470/2018 SLP D 34152/2018 Mr. Shivendra Singh, AOR Mr. Bikram Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Puneett Singhal, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Chaudhary, Adv. WP C 1047/2018 Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, AOR SLP 25858/2015 Mr. Sanjay Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anas Tanwir, Adv.
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| Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR<br>Ms. Sakshi Banga, Adv.<br>Mr. Gautam Prabhakar, Adv. | |
|---|---|
| WP C 450/2015 | Mr. Sunil Murarka, Adv.<br>Mr. Partha Sil, AOR<br>Mr. Tavish Bhushan Prasad, Adv.<br>Ms. Sayani Bhattacharya, Adv.<br>Mr. Joydeep Mukherjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhiraj Choudhary, Adv. |
| SLP D 21377/2018 | SLP D 21214/2018 & Mr Syed Shahid Rizvi, Adv.<br>Mr. Mansoor Ali, AOR<br>Mr. Bilal Mansoor, Adv.<br>Mr. S. Islam, Adv.<br>Mr. Imtiyaz Ali, Adv. |
| WP 274/2009 | Mr. Mukul Kumar, AOR<br>Mr. Anish Roy, Adv. |
| For Respondent(s)<br>UOI | Mr. R Venkataramani, Attorney General for India<br>Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General<br>Mr. K M Nataraj, A.S.G.<br>Mrs. Rekha Pandey, Adv.<br>Mrs. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv.<br>Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.<br>Mrs. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.<br>Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.<br>Mrs. Ruchi Gour Narula, Adv.<br>Ms. Diksha Rai, Adv.<br>Ms. Sneha Kalita, Adv.<br>Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.<br>Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv.<br>Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.<br>Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandy, Adv.<br>Ms. Ruchi Gour Narula, Adv.<br>Dr. Reeta Vasishta, Adv.<br>Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR<br>Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR<br>Mrs. Mrinal Elkar Mazumdar, Adv.<br>Mr. Anil Hooda, Adv.<br>Mr. Rajesh Singh Chauhan, Adv. |
| Assam | Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General<br>Mr. Devajit Saikia, Sr. Adv./Adv. Gen. Assam<br>Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR<br>Mrs. Diksha Rai, Adv.<br>Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. |
Mr. P Nayak, Adv. Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv. Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Kritagya Kait, Adv. Mr. Tanmay Mehta, Adv. Mr. Rohit Khare, Adv. Mr. Akshay Nain, Adv. Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Arijit Dey, Adv. Ms. Apurva Sachdev, Adv. Ms. Atiga Singh, Adv. Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv. Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Mustafa Khaddam Hussain, Adv. Ms. Rupali Samuel, Adv. Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv. Ms. Sumedha Ray Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Rai, Adv. Ms. Lubna Naaz, Adv. Mr. Mohammad Wasim, Adv. Mr. Rohin Bhatt, Adv. Ms. Tehsheena Z Hussain, Adv. Mr. Sadeeq Sherwani, Adv. Ms. Gurneet Kaur, Adv. Mr. Arkam Pasha, Adv. Mr. Syed Ashhar, Adv. Mr. Sanjay R Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Adeel Ahmed, AOR Mr. Abdur Rehman Sikdar, Adv. Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv. Ms. Taqdees Fatima, Adv. Mr. Anas Tanwir, Adv. Mr. Piyush Sachdev, Adv. Mr. Md Sharuk Ali, Adv. Ms. Anupama Gupta, Adv. Ms. Riya Dutta, Adv. Ms. Sana Parveen, Adv. Ms. Lilly Biswas, Adv. Mr. Anupam Lal Das, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Anirudh Singh, Adv. Mr. Chander Uday Singh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR
Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv. Ms. Bidya Mohanty, Adv. Ms. Karishma Maria, Adv. Mr. Mrinmoy Dutta, Adv. Mr. Amjid Maqbool, Adv. Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ankit Yadav, AOR Ms. Sujal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shailendra Slaria, Adv. Ms. Prakriti Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Tarun Mehra, Adv. Mr. Gajjala Bhaskar, Adv. Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ankit Yadav, Adv. Ms. Sujal Gupta, Adv. Ms. Prakriti Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Shailendra Slaria, Adv. Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR Mr. P V Surendranath, Sr. Adv. Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR Mr. Subhash Chandran K R, Adv. Mr. Sawan Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mrs. Lekha Sudhakar, Adv. Mr. John Thomas Arakal, Adv. Ms. Krishna L R, Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Mr. Mehmood Pracha, Adv. Mr. Syed Ali Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Syed Tanweer Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Syed Miran Ahmad, Adv. Mr. S S Bandyopadhyay, Adv. Mr. Ankit Verma, Adv. Mr. S Kundu, Adv. Mr. Abhaya Nath Das, Adv. Mrs. Barnali Basak, Adv. Mr. N D Kaushik, Adv. Mr. V K Shukla, Adv. Ms. Riya Soni, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Dr. Vivek Sharma, AOR Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR Ms. Krishna Sarma, Adv.
Mr. Navnit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Pardeep Kumar, Adv. For M/S. Corporate Law Group, AOR Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, AOR Mr. M.C. Dhingra, Adv. Mr. A.K. Singh, Adv. Mrs. Arna Dass, Adv. Mr. Mahender Ram, Adv. Mr. Joginder Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Lohit Kumar Bimal, Adv. Mrs. Palolavi Parmar, Adv. Mr. Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, A.A.G. Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv. Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Bhuwan Chandra, Adv. Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mr. Sidhant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR Mr. Manyaa Chandok, Adv. Ms. Ishita Deswal, Adv. Ms. Abhivyakti Banerjee, 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. Mr. Himanshu Chakravarty, Adv. Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Mishra, Adv. Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. Ms. Lihzu Shiney Konyak, Adv. Ms. Anvita Dwivedi, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. G. N. Reddy, AOR
Mr. Shantwanu Singh, Adv. Ms. Pragya Singh, Adv. Mr. Akshay Singh, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Saket Singh, Adv. Mrs. Sangeeta Singh, Adv. Mrs. Niranjana Singh, AOR Mr. Siddhesh Shirish Kotwal, AOR Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv. Mr. Tejasvi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. T.illayarasu, Adv. Ms. Prachi Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Mr. Chaitanya Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shreya Singh, Adv. Mr. V. K. Sidharthan, AOR Mr. D. S. Mahra, AOR Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Merusagar Samantaray, AOR Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, AOR Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Ms. Meena K Pouiose, 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, AOR/AAG Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Priyanshu Malik, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, A.A.G. Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. K.N. Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Raavi Sharma, Adv. Ms. Yamini Singh, Adv. M/S. K J John And Co, AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv. General/Sr. Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Shaurya Sahay, Adv. Mr. Aditya S. Pandey, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Sehrawat, Adv. Ms. Rekha Bakshi, Adv. Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Mr. K N Balgopal, Adv. Gen.Nagaland/ Sr. Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Ms. Shubhangi Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Apurv Singhvi, Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR Mr. Gurminder Singh, Adv Gen Punjab/Sr. Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. Mayank Dahiya, Adv. Ms. Sugandh Rathor, Adv. Mr. Shashi Shekhar Kumar Prasad, Adv.
Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv. Ms. Harsha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Simanta Kumar, Adv. Mr. Devvrat Singh, Adv. Mr. Jainendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Maneesh Pathak, Adv. Mr. Nishant Verma, Adv. Mr. Kailas U More, Adv. Mrs. Nirmala D Borade, Adv. Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, A.A.G. Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Ms. Devyani Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. C Kranthi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Naman Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv. Ms. V Keerthana, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Anand, Adv. Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., AOR Mr. Sri Harsha Peechara, Adv. Mr. Duvvuri Subrahmanya Bhanu, Adv. Ms. Pallavi, Adv. Ms. Kriti Sinha, Adv. Mr. Akshat Kulshreshtha, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry, AOR Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR Mr. Siddharth Sangal, AOR Ms. Nilanjani Tandon, Adv. Ms. Richa Mishra, Adv. Ms. Harshita Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Chirag Sharma, Adv. Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR Mr. Ajay Tewari, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. G. N. Reddy, AOR Mr. Harsh Parashar, AOR
Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, AOR Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Anjani Kumar Mishra, AOR Dr. P.N. Mishra, Adv. Mrs. Hardeep Kaur Mishra, Adv. Mr. Praveen Mishra, Adv. Mr. Mohit Chaudhary, AOR Ms. Puja Sharma, Adv. Mr. Kunal Sachdeva, Adv. Ms. Madhuri Jain, Adv. Mr. Prakhar Mithal, Adv. Ms. Srishti Bajpai, Adv. Mr. Aashish Arya, Adv. Mr. Anubhav Singhal, Adv. Ms. Sagrika Arya, Adv. Mr. Sanand Ramakrishnan, AOR Mr. Rajeev Mishra, Adv. Mr. Madan Mohan Bora, Adv. Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. Vikash Kumar, Adv. Mr. Mansoor Ali, AOR Mr. M.R. Shamshad, Adv. Mr. Syed Shahid Husain Rizvi, Adv. Mr. Bilal Mansoor, Adv. Ms. Rubina Jawed, Adv. Mr. S Islam, Adv. Mr. Imtiyaz Ali, Adv. Mr. Arijit Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Zeeshan Rizvi, Adv. Ms. Nabeela Jamil, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, AOR Mr. Dhawal Uniyal, AOR Mr. Abhishek, AOR Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR
Mr. Avijit Roy, AOR Ms. Krishna Sarma, Adv. Mr. Navnit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Pardeep Kumar, Adv. M/S. Corporate Law Group, AOR Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Ms. Hetvi Patel, Adv. Mr. Mohan Pandey, AOR Mr. Mansoor Ali, AOR Mr. Partha Sil, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. Krishna Dev Jagarlamudi, AOR Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi, Adv. Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Tomar, Adv. Mr. Argha Roy, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R
- 1 We have heard Mr Shyam Divan, Mr K N Choudhury and Mr Vijay Hansaria, senior counsel, on the one hand.
- 2 On the other side, arguments have been advanced by Mr R Venkataramani, Attorney General for India, Mr Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General, Mr Kapil Sibal, Ms Indira Jaising, Mr Sanjay R Hegde, Ms Malvika Trivedi, Mr P V Surendranath, senior counsel, Mr Shadan Farasat, Dr Vivek Sharma, Mr Mehmood Pracha and Mr Syed Shahi Rizvi, counsel.
- 3 Arguments concluded.
4 Judgment reserved.
Special Leave Petitions Diary Nos. 34152/2018, 21214/2018, 20944/2018, 21959/2018, 21377/2018, 21368/2018 and SLP(C) No 25858/2015
- 5 Detag.
- 6 List the Special Leave Petitions after pronouncement of judgment in WP(C) No 274 of 2009 before the regular Bench.
Writ Petition (Civil) No 311 of 2015
7 Detag.
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