Chhattisgarh Sponge Iron Manufacturers Association vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.19 Court 4 (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)

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 Signature Not Verified

W.P.(C) No.959/2020 (X) Date: 2020.12.09 16:46:27 IST Reason:

(IA No.83670/2020 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF)

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

(FOR 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 : 09-12-2020 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.
	Ms. Astha Prasad, Adv.
945/20	Petitioner-in-person
WP 937/20	Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv.

Mr. Ravindra Shrivastava, Sr. Adv.<br>WP 964/20, WP 1024/20,<br>Mr. Ashish Shrivastava, Adv.<br>WP 1025/20, WP 1157/20<br>Mr. Anshuman Shrivastava, Adv.<br>WP 1132/20, WP 1178/20 &<br>Mr. Abhijeet Shrivastava, Adv.<br>IA 116361/20 (intervention)<br>Ms. Garima Tiwari, Adv.<br>Ms. Harneet Khanuja, Adv.<br>Mr. Arpit Jain, Adv.<br>Mr. B. Ramana Murthy, AOR<br>Mr. S.M. Vivekanandh, Adv.<br>WP 959/20<br>Mr. A. Karthik, AOR<br>Mr. Sarveshwar K., Adv.<br>Mr. Gaurav Sharma, AOR<br>WP 476/20<br>Mr. Dhawal Mohan, Adv.<br>Mr. Prateek Bhatia, Adv.<br>Ms. Alankrita Sinha, Adv.<br>Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv.<br>WP 608/20<br>Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Rishi Agarwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Vishrov Mukherjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Anirudh Bhatia, Adv.
Mr. Ankit Banati, Adv.
Mr. Ameya Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Venkat, Adv.
Mr. E.C. Agrawala, AOR
Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.<br>WP 955/20
Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Adv.
Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv.
Mr. Karan Luthra, Adv.
Mr. Anshuman Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Anirudh Bhatia, Adv.
Mr. Ankit Banati, Adv.<br>Mr. Aseem, Adv.
Mr. E.C. Agrawala, AOR
Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.<br>WP 568/20
Mr. Kunal Vajani, Adv.
Mr. Samit Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Manhar S. Saini, Adv.
Mr. Kunal Mimani, Adv.
Ms. Saloni Shah, Adv.
Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR
for M/s. DSK Legal
Mr. Kunal Vajani, Adv.<br>WP 1190/20
Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR

	Mr. Shubhang Tandon, Adv.
WP 506/20	Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Kumar Shashank, Adv.<br>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. Pranjal Kishore, Adv.
	Mr. Atul Shankar Vinod, Adv.
	Mr. Dinesh Balachandran, Adv.
	Mr. P.D. Tiwari, Adv.
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.
	Mr. Piyush Vatas, 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<br>(SEBI)	Mr. Ashish Agarwal, Adv.<br>Ms. Shashi Kiran, AOR<br>Mr. Vaibhav Maheshwari, Adv.<br>Ms. Sangeeta Bhalla, Adv.
WP 711/20 (R-3)	Mr. Sanjeev Sagar, Adv.<br>Mr. Shekhar Raj Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Jinendra Jain, AOR
WP 955/20 (R-4)	Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR<br>Mr. Shankh Sengupta, Adv.<br>Mr. Tine Abraham, Adv.<br>Ms. Chhavi Jain, Adv.
WP 802, 829, 826/20	Mr. Ashish Virmani, AOR<br>Mr. Himanshu Dhuper, Adv.
W.P.959/20	Mr. Anil Soni, Adv.<br>Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv.
WP 542/20 - Intervenor -<br>Indian Bank Association	Mr. Harish Salve, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR<br>Mr. V.M. Kannan, Adv.<br>Ms. Megha Karnwal, Adv.
WP 542/20 - Intervenor<br>State Bank of India	Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR<br>Mr. V.M. Kannan, Adv.<br>Mr. Sambit Panja, Adv.
PNB	Ms. Nishi Chaudhary, Adv.<br>Ms. Manjeet Kirpal, AOR<br>Mr. Yashartha Gupta, Adv.
IA 53439/20 (Intervenor)<br>IA 53442/20	Mr. Arnav Narain, AOR<br>Mr. Vinayak Bhandari, Adv.
D.12389/20	Mr. Abhimanyu Bhandari, Adv.<br>Ms. Roohe Hina Dua, AOR<br>Mr. Cheitanya Madan, Adv.
IA 96215/20 (Intervenor)	Mr. Huzefa Ahmadi, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Vijayesh Atre, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv.<br>Mr. Rohan Sharma, Adv.<br>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>Ms. 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.
	Mr. Mukul Lather, Adv.
	Ms. Pooja Singh, Adv.
IA 72103/2020	Mr. Ashutosh Thakur, Adv.
	Mr. Abhishek Pandey, Adv.
	Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, Adv.
IA 91300/2020	Mr. Vishal Meghwal, Adv.
	Dr. Charu Mathur, Adv.
Intervenor	Mr. Kush Chaturvedi, Adv.
	Mr. Aditya Shekhar, Adv.
	Ms. Priyashree Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. Pranav Diesh, Adv.
	Mr. Baibhaw Gahlaut, Adv.
IA 50724/2020	Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Devesh Chauvia, Adv.
	Mr. Mukul Lather, Adv.
	Ms. Pooja Singh, Adv.
IA 96257/20	Mr. Kedar Nath Tripathy, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

We have heard Shri V. Giri, learned senior counsel and Shri Mukul Rohatgi, learned senior counsel.

Arguments to continue.

List on 14.12.2020 as part-heard.

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