Chhattisgarh Sponge Iron Manufacturers Association vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.301 Court 6 (Video Conferencing) SECTION X

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).476/2020

SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURES ASSOCIATION (REGD.) Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(FOR FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS ON IA 48979/2020 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT ON IA 48982/2020 FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES ON IA 53633/2020 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT ON IA 53634/2020 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT ON IA 85474/2020 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT ON IA 104446/2020)

WITH

W.P.(C) No.542/2020 (X) (IA No. 53113/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT)

W.P.(C) No.945/2020 (PIL-W) (IA No.87453/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.82675/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.104055/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.88078/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM PAYING COURT FEE, IA No.87452/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 82674/2020 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON, IA No.104054/2020 - SEEKING LEAVE TO FILE WRITTEN ARGUMENTS)

W.P.(C) No.937/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION)

W.P.(C) No.1024/2020 (X) (IA No.88870/2020 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No.88873/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT)

W.P.(C) No.1025/2020 (X) (IA No.88880/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.88879/2020 - STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(C) No.1006/2020 (X)

(IA No. 87537/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT, IA No.101305/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.101304/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Digitally signed by ARJUN BISHT Date: 2020.12.02 16:41:31 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

W.P.(C) No.959/2020 (X) (IA No.83670/2020 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF)

W.P.(C) No.955/2020 (X)

(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.52312/2020-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF and IA No.49184/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No.49474/2020- EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No.52314/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No.49183/2020-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS and IA No.49047/2020-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS and IA No.49473/2020-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES

W.P.(C) No.506/2020 (X) (IA No.50900/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT)

Diary No(s).12389/2020 (X)

(IA No.96798/2020 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION, IA No.77610/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.77611/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.104175/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.52958/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No.52957/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM PAYING COURT FEE)

W.P.(C) No.568/2020 (X)

(IA No.77422/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.54535/2020 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF, IA No.84456/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

W.P.(C) No.606/2020 (PIL-W) (IA No.64361/2020 - ADDITION/DELETION/MODIFICATION PARTIES, IA No.57360/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT, IA No. 57359/2020 - EX-PARTE STAY)

W.P.(C) No.608/2020 (X)

(IA No. 97556/2020 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION, IA No.96181/2020 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 57429/2020 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No.57430/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.98012/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.98009/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION)

W.P.(C) No.711/2020 (X)

(FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT ON IA 72204/2020, IA No.64944/2020 - EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF, IA No.72204/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.68134/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.64947/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.68133/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

W.P.(C) No.785/2020 (X) (IA No.72058/2020 - EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF, IA No.104441/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT)

W.P.(C) No.802/2020 (X) (IA No.73697/2020 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No.73698/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT)

W.P.(C) No.829/2020 (X) (IA No. 75256/2020 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No.75258/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) W.P.(C) No.826/2020 (X) (IA No.75124/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.75123/2020 - STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.964/2020 (X) (IA No.86035/2020 - AMENDMENT OF THE PETITION, IA No.86039/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.83886/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.83882/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No.1029/2020 (X) (IA No.89164/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) W.P.(C) No.1157/2020 (X) (IA No.101816/2020 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No.101817/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) W.P.(C) No.1132/2020 (X) (IA No.99892/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.99894/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No.99888/2020 - STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.1178/2020 (X) (IA No.103724/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.103726/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No.103722/2020 - STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.1190/2020 (X) (IA No.111278/2020 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No.104507/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.104500/2020 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF, IA No.109895/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Date : 02-12-2020 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK BHUSHAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.R. SHAH For Petitioner(s) WP 542/20 Mr. Utsav Trivedi, Adv. Mr. Chirag Shah, Adv. Mr. Abhinay, AOR Ms. Pragya Wal, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Sachdeva, Adv.

Ms. Srishti Kumar, Adv.

945/20 Petitioner-in-person

WP 937/20	Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv.<br>Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR<br>Ms. Bhavika, Adv.
WP 964/20, WP 1024/20,<br>WP 1025/20, WP 1157/20<br>WP 1132/20, WP 1178/20 &<br>IA 116361/20 (intervention)	Mr. Ravindra Shrivastava, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Ashish Shrivastava, Adv.<br>Mr. Anshuman Shrivastava, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhijeet Shrivastava, Adv.<br>Ms. Garima Tiwari, Adv.<br>Mr. Arpit Jain, Adv.<br>Ms. Harneet Khanuja, Adv.<br>Mr. B. Ramana Murthy, AOR
WP 959/20	Mr. S.M. Vivekanandh, Adv.<br>Mr. A. Karthik, AOR<br>Mr. Sarveshwar K., Adv.
WP 476/20	Mr. Gaurav Sharma, AOR<br>Mr. Dhawal Mohan, Adv.<br>Mr. Prateek Bhatia, Adv.<br>Ms. Alankrita Sinha, Adv.
WP 608/20	Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Rishi Agarwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Vishrov Mukherjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Anirudh Bhatia, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankit Banati, Adv.<br>Mr. Ameya Mishra, Adv.<br>Mr. Rohit Venkat, Adv.<br>Mr. E.C. Agrawala, AOR
WP 955/20	Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv.<br>Mr. Karan Luthra, Adv.<br>Mr. Anshuman Srivastava, Adv.<br>Mr. Anirudh Bhatia, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankit Banati, Adv.<br>Mr. Aseem, Adv.<br>Mr. E.C. Agrawala, AOR
WP 568/20	Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Kunal Vajani, Adv.<br>Mr. Samit Shukla, Adv.<br>Mr. Manhar S. Saini, Adv.<br>Mr. Kunal Mimani, Adv.<br>Ms. Saloni Shah, Adv.<br>Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR<br>for M/s. DSK Legal

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WP 1190/20	Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. Kunal Vajani, Adv.
	Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR
	Ms. Ankita Tiwari, Adv.
	Mr. Ayush Kaushik, Adv.
	Mr. Shubhang Tandon, Adv.
WP 506/20	Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. Shashank Kumar, Adv.
	Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv.
	Mr. Shatadru Chakraborty, Adv.
	Ms. Kanchan Yadav, Adv.
	Mr. Anurag Singh, Adv.
	Ms. Surbhi Anand, Adv.
	For M/s. Legal Options
WP 711/20	Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. Atul Shankar Vinod, Adv.
	Mr. Pranjal Kishore, Adv.
	Mr. Vijay Raghunathan, Adv.
	Mr. Dinesh Balachandran, Adv.
	Mr. M. P. Vinod, AOR
WP 785/20	Mr. Govind Manoharan, Adv.
	Mr. A. Karthik, AOR
	Ms. Smrithi Suresh, Adv.
	Mr. Sarveshwar K., Adv.
	Ms. Anushka Pardikar, Adv.
	Mr. K. Rajeev, Adv.
WP 1029/20	Mr. Suhas Kadam, Adv.
	Mr. Asmi Sarode, Adv.
	Ms. Purva Bora, Adv.
	Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR
WP 1006/20	Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. Keshav Mohan, Adv.
	Mr. R.K. Awasthi, Adv.
	Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv.
	Ms. Ritu Arora, Adv.
	Mr. Santosh Kumar-1, AOR
For respondent(s):
UOI	Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG
	Mr. N. Venkataraman, ASG
	Mr. Mohammed Akhil, Adv.
	Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.
	Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
	Mrs. Sansriti Pathak, Adv.
	Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR
	Mr. B.V. Balram Das, AOR

RBI Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR Ms. Manisha Singh, Adv. Ms. Nisha Sharma, Adv. WP 955/20 & 785/20 (SEBI) Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Ashish Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Shashi Kiran, AOR Ms. Sangeeta Bhalla, Adv. WP 711/20 (R-3) Mr. Sanjeev Sagar, Adv. Mr. Shekhar Raj Sharma, Adv. Mr. Jinendra Jain, AOR WP 955/20 (R-4) Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Shankh Sengupta, Adv. Mr. Tine Abraham, Adv. Ms. Chhavi Jain, Adv. WP 802, 829, 826/20 Mr. Ashish Virmani, AOR Mr. Himanshu Dhuper, Adv. W.P.959/20 Mr. Anil Soni, Adv. Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv. WP 542/20 - Intervenor - Mr. Harish Salve, Sr. Adv. Indian Bank Association Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR Mr. V.M. Kannan, Adv. Ms. Megha Karnwal, Adv. WP 542/20 - Intervenor Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. State Bank of India Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR Mr. V.M. Kannan, Adv. Mr. Sambit Panja, Adv. PNB Ms. Manjeet Kirpal, AOR Ms. Nishi Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Yashartha Gupta, Adv. IA 53439/20 (Intervenor) Mr. Arnav Narain, AOR IA 53442/20 Mr. Vinayak Bhandari, Adv. (Intervenor) D.12389/20 Mr. Abhimanyu Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Roohe Hina Dua, AOR Mr. Cheitanya Madan, Adv. IA 96215/20 (Intervenor) Mr. Huzefa Ahmadi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Vijayesh Atre, Adv. Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv. Mr. Rohan Sharma, Adv. Mr. E.C. Agrawala, AOR

IA 80902/20 (Intervenor)	Mr. K. Rajeev, Adv.<br>Mr. Shinoj K. Narayanan, Adv.<br>Mr. Bijo Mathew Joy, Adv.
IA 98404/20 (Intervenor)	Mr. Biswajit Das, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhigya, AOR<br>Ms. Anamika Sharma, Adv.<br>Ms. Sunita Yadav, Adv.<br>Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dubey, Adv.<br>Mr. Siddharth Rajkumar Murarka, Adv.<br>Ms. Anamika Kushwaha, Adv.<br>Ms. Nandita Rao, Adv.<br>Mrs. Mahija Reddy, Adv.<br>Mr. K.N. Agnihotri, Adv.<br>Mr. Virender Arora, Adv.
IA 52329/20 (Impleader)<br>IA 52324/20	Mr. Siddharth Jain , AOR<br>Mr. Akarsh Garg, Adv.<br>Mr. T.N. Durga Prasad, Adv.<br>Mr. Anoop Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Bhanu Pant, Adv.
Federation of Indian Cashew<br>Industry	Ms. Swati Setia, AOR
IA 53785/20 in WP 825/20	Mr. Raghwendra Tiwari, Adv.<br>Ms. Amrita Kumari, AOR<br>Ms. Mamta Tiwari, Adv.<br>Mr. Ravi Mishra, Adv.<br>Mr. Ajay Kumar, Adv.
IA 53827/20 in WP 825/20<br>(Impleader)	Mr. Pankaj Garg, Adv<br>Mr. Milind Garg, Adv<br>Ms. Nikita Jain Garg, Adv<br>Mr. Yaksh Garg, Adv<br>Mr. Suvidut M.S., AOR<br>Mrs. Anu B., Adv<br>Mr. Vibhor Ahlawat, Adv<br>Mr. Yogesh Kumar, Adv<br>Mr. Abhijeet Singh, Adv
IA 88923/20 in WP 825/20	Mr. Kunal Cheema, AOR<br>Mr. Jeetendra Ranaawat, Adv.<br>Ruchita Kunal Cheema, Adv.
IA 96996/20 &98009	Mr. Abhikalp Pratap Singh, AOR<br>Ms. Aagam Kaur, Adv.<br>Mr. Ajinkya Shinde, Adv.<br>Ms. Aadya Yadav, Adv.
IA 88898-99/20	Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR<br>Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Adv.

IA 104350/2020	Mr. Rishi Matoliya, Adv.<br>MR. Alok Chaturvedi, Adv.<br>Ms. Sumati Sharma, Adv.
IA 50724/2020	Mr. Devesh Chauvia, Adv.<br>Mr. Mukul Lather, Adv.<br>Ms. Pooja Singh, Adv.
IA 72103/2020	Mr. Ashutosh Thakur, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhishek Pandey, Adv.<br>Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, Adv.
IA 91300/2020	Mr. Vishal Meghwal, Adv.<br>Dr. Charu Mathur, Adv.
Intervenor	Mr. Kush Chaturvedi, Adv.<br>Mr. Aditya Shekhar, Adv.<br>Ms. Priyashree Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Pranav Diesh, Adv.<br>Mr. Baibhaw Gahlaut, Adv.
IA 50724/2020	Mr. Devesh Chauvia, Adv.<br>Mr. Mukul Lather, Adv.<br>Ms. Pooja Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, Adv.
IA 96257/20	Mr. Kedar Nath Tripathy, AOR
	UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following<br>O R D E R

Heard in part.

List tomorrow i.e. on 03.12.2020 as part heard at the end of the board.

(ARJUN BISHT) (RENU KAPOOR) COURT MASTER (SH) BRANCH OFFICER