Advocate Association Bengaluru vs. Anoop Kumar Mendiratta

COURT NO.3

SECTION PIL-W

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

<pre>Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s).1018/2021</pre>

MADRAS BAR ASSOCIATION

Petitioner(s)

Respondent $(s)$

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

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IA No. 155100/2021 - STAY APPLICATION MA 1677/2021 in W.P.(C) No. 991/2020 (X) FOR ADMISSION IA No. 134632/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 134631/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS W.P.(C) No. 1192/2021 (X) FOR ADMISSION T.P.(C) No. 541/2022 (XI-A) FOR ADMISSION and IA No.34143/2022-EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF MA 948/2022 in W.P.(C) No. 502/2021 (PIL-W) IA No.82039/2022 ARISING OUT OF C.P. (C) 708/2021 IA No. 82039/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS W.P.(C) No. 900/2023 (PIL-W) IA No. 171499/2023 - EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF W.P.(C) No. 1313/2023 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No. 1121/2023 (X) [ONLY FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS ON IA 273380/2024 IA No. 273380/2024 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS W.P.(C) No. 309/2024 (X) FOR ADMISSION and IA No.112555/2024-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF IA No. 112555/2024 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF W.P.(C) No. 353/2024 (X) FOR FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 127165/2024 IA No. 127165/2024 - STAY APPLICATION Date : 03-03-2025 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NONGMEIKAPAM KOTISWAR SINGH For Petitioner(s) Mr. M. T. George, AOR Mrs. Susy Abraham, Adv. Mr. Johns George, Adv. Mr. Sameer Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Namit Suri, AOR Mrs. Purnima Singh, Adv. Mr. Kartikey Singh, Adv. Mr. Balbir Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Samarvir Singh, Adv. Mr. Naman Tandon, Adv. Ms. Suparna Jain, Adv. Mrs. Anshul, Adv. Ms. Vanya Gupta, AOR Mr. Muhammad Ali Khan, Adv. Mr. Omar Hoda, Adv. Mr. Abishek Jebaraj, AOR

Ms. Eesha Bakshi, Adv. Mr. Uday Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Arjun Sharma, Adv. Mr. Kamran Khan, Adv. Ms. Gurbani Bhatia, Adv. Ms. J Sanjay ayanti Singh, Adv. Ms. A Reyna Shruti, Adv. Ms. Shivani Sagar Kalra, Adv. Mr. Shyamal Kumar, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Mr. Kamal Kant, Adv. Mr. Jai Govind M J, Adv. By Courts Motion Mr. C.S. Vaidyanathan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pramod Dayal, AOR Mr. Nikunj Dayal, Adv. Mr. Jasmeet Singh, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. S. Rajappa, AOR Mr. R Gowrishankar, Adv. Ms. G Dhivyasri, Adv. Mr. Puneet Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Amrendra Singh, Adv. Ms. Sakshi Bisht, Adv. Mr. Chetan Shukla, Adv. Mr. Suresh Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mr. P Shankar, Adv. Mr. Ajith Wiliiyam S, Adv. Mr. B. Karunakaran, AOR Mr. Arvind P Datar, Sr. Adv. Mr. T. V. S. Raghavendra Sreyas, AOR Mr. Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. Naveen Hegde, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Vasudev, Adv. Ms. Gayatri Gulati, Adv. Mr. Brahma Prakash Soni, Adv. Mr. Sanjay R.Hegde, Sr.Adv.

Mr. Ananthem Henry, Adv. Mr. Ahanthem Rohen Singh, Adv. Mr. Mohan Singh, Adv. Mr. Aniket Rajput, Adv. Ms. Khoisnam Nirmala Devi, Adv. Mr. Kumar Mihir, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. R Venkataramani, Attorney General for India Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. K M Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv. Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv. Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, Adv. Mr. Chinamayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Adv. Ms. Monica Benjamin, Adv. Ms. Ameya Vikrama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Kartikey Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. R Venkataramani, Attorney General for India Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Shradha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Chinmyee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General for India Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Ameya Vikrama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. R Venkatramani, Attorney General for India Mr. K M Natraj, A.S.G. Mr. Vikramjit Bannerjee, A.S.G. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR

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Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Shashank Bajpai, Adv. Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Ms. Ameyvikrama Thanvi, Adv. M/S. K Ashar & Co., AOR Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Ms. Meena K Poulose, Adv. Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Mr. V. K. Biju, AOR Ms. Vijayalakshmi, Adv. Mr. Satyajit A. Desai, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Gautam, Adv. Mr. Abhinav K. Mutyalwar, Adv. Ms. Anagha S. Desai, AOR Mr. Siddharth Sangal, AOR Ms. Richa Mishra, Adv. Ms. Harshita Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Mushkan Mangla, Adv. Mr. R Venkataramani, Attorney General for India Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. K M Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv. Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv. Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, Adv. Mr. Chinamayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Adv. Ms. Monica Benjamin, Adv. Ms. Ameya Vikrama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Kartikey Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR

Mr. Beni M Chatterji, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR Mr. Shreyash Shah, Adv. Mr. Ranvijay Singh Chandel, Adv. Mrs. Geetanjali Bedi, Adv. Mr. Atul Kumar, AOR Ms. Pankhuri Shrivastava, Adv. Ms. Neelam Sharma, AOR Mr. Alekshendra Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aditya Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Bhagabati Prasad Padhy, AOR Ms. Radhika Gautam, AOR Mr. Archit Upadhayay, AOR Mr. Sughosh Subramanyam, Adv. Ms. Garima Bajaj, AOR Mr. Agnish Aditya, Adv. M/S. Chambers Of Kartik Seth, AOR Mr. Kartik Seth, Adv. Ms. Shriya Gilhotra, Adv. Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Chiranjeev Sharma, Adv. Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, AOR Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Adv. Mr. Jasmeet Singh, AOR Mr. Siddharth Sangal, AOR Ms. Richa Mishra, Adv. Ms. Harshita Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Mushkan Mangla, Adv.

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

W.P.(C)No. 811/2021

1. I.A. No. 157260/2021 in W.P. (C) No. 811/2021 has been filed by the applicant/petitioner seeking withdrawal of the Writ Petition.

2. The application is allowed and the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn.

W.P.(C)No. 856/2021

1. Counsel for the petitioner submits that he has instructions to withdraw the petition.

2. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, dismissed as withdrawn.

W.P.(C)No. 1018/2021, SLP (C) Nos.11021-11022/2020, W.P.(C)No. 547/2021, W.P.(C)No. 626/2021, W.P.(C)No. 906/2021, W.P.(C)No. 910/2021, MA 1676/2021 in W.P.(C)No.995/2020, MA 1677/2021 in WP(C)No.991/2020, W.P.(C)No. 1192/2021, T.P.(C)No.541/2022, MA 948/2022 in W.P.(C)No.502/2021, W.P.(C)No. 900/2023, W.P.(C)No. 1313/2023, W.P.(C)No. 1121/2023, W.P.(C)No. 309/2024 and W.P.(C)No. 353/2024

1. The lead case, i.e., Writ Petition (C) No. 1018/2021 (Madras Bar Association vs. Union of India and Anr.) involves the constitutional validity of Sections 3(1), 3(7), 5 and 7(1) of the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021. Pending consideration of that matter, various interim applications have been filed by, mostly the Judicial/Administrative/Technical Members of different Tribunals. Several issues pertaining to the conditions of service of these Members have been raised. We have impressed upon learned counsel for the parties as well as learned Attorney General for India to collate, in a tabulated form, all the issues which are unique to any particular Tribunal and/or common to all the Tribunals.

2. For this purpose, the Registry is directed to supply copies of all the IAs to the office of learned Attorney General for India. Such paper-books be sent well-in-advance to our residential offices also.

3. Mr. Samarvir Singh, Advocate, is hereby appointed as a Nodal Officer to coordinate between all the Senior Counsels/Counsels as well as the learned Attorney General for India for the purpose of collation and compilation of all the issues that would be required to be addressed on the next date of hearing.

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4. Meanwhile, learned Attorney General for India may have instructions for continuation of the Judicial Members of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) up to the age of 62 years, who are appointed before the new Act came into force.

5. During the course of hearing, we are informed that at the time of their appointment, the statutory terms and conditions stipulated their continuation up to the age of 62 years. Let the Union of India look into this aspect of the matter and take an appropriate decision. These Members, however, shall be allowed to continue till further orders.

6. As regard to Justice D.C. Chaudhary, a Member of the Armed Forces Tribunal, who was appointed at Chandigarh, and has now been transferred to Calcutta, we are informed that his term is expiring on 11.03.2025. Learned Attorney General for India has been impressed upon to consider the desirability of transferring him to Chandigarh for the limited purpose of getting the post tenure benefits from Chandigarh. The decision that may be taken by the Government of India may be communicated to Mr. Sanjay Hegde, learned Senior Counsel.

7. List on 26.03.2025.

(SATISH KUMAR YADAV) (PREETHI T.C.) ADDITIONAL REGISTRAR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

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