Union Of India vs. Shiv Kumar Pathak

ITEM NO.26 <pre>Court 6 (Video Conferencing)</pre>

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) Nos.1616-1619/2021

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 09-08-2019 in WA No.61221/2017 & WA No.61222/2017 and order dated 22-11-2019 in RA No. 6/2019 & RA No.10/2019 passed by the High Court Of <pre>Judicature at Allahabad)</pre>

RAJ BAHADUR & ORS. ETC.

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ETC.

Date: 06-09-2021 These petitions were called on for hearing today.

• HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. SUNDRESH
• For Petitioner(s) Mr. Anurag Dubey, Adv. Mr. Pramod Kumar, Adv. Mr. S. R. Setia, AOR
• Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG For Respondent(s) Ms. Niranjana Singh, Adv. Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Anukalp Jain, Adv. Mohd. Akhil, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR
  • Mr. Pradeep Kumar Yadav, Adv.
  • Mr. Vishal Thakre, Adv.
  • Mr. Abhay Singh, Adv.
  • Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. Ms. Shikha Yadav, Adv.
  • Mr. Sanieev Malhotra, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following $0 R D E R$

Learned Additional Solicitor General submits that having considered the matter, it is his view that the counter affidavit ed by the respondent does not reflect the correct position as is required to be redone and requests for two weeks' time to file better counter affidavit.

SECTION XI

Petitioner(s)

Respondent $(s)$

Rejoinder, if any, be filed within a week thereafter.

It is informed by learned counsel for the petitioners that the Union of India has also preferred the Special Leave petition (C) D. No.17329/2020 but there was an inordinate delay in preferring the special leave petition and the Government sought time to file a better affidavit to explain the delay. That was on 04th March, 2021 but such a better affidavit has not seen the light of the day.

Learned Additional Solicitor General would like to take necessary steps in those proceedings also.

List Special Leave Petition (C) D.No.17329/2020 with the present Special leave petitions on a non-miscellaneous Tuesday in the month of November, 2021 for disposal.

(RASHMI DHYANI) (POONAM VAID) COURT MASTER COURT MASTER