Chhattisgarh Sponge Iron Manufacturers Association vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.1501 Court 5 (Video Conferencing) SECTION X (for judgment)

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)

(WITH IA No. 48979/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 48982/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 131262/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 104446/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 85474/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 53634/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 53633/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

WITH

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

W.P.(C) No. 945/2020 (PIL-W) (WITH IA No. 82675/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 104055/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 87453/2020 - 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) (WITH 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)

Signature Not Verified

W.P.(C) No. 1006/2020 (X) Digitally signed by Sanjay Kumar Date: 2021.03.24

⁽WITH 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) 11:26:52 IST Reason:

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

W.P.(C) No. 955/2020 (X) (WITH IA No. 49183/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 49047/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 49184/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 52314/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 49474/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 52312/2020 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF, IA No. 49473/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

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

WRIT PETITION Diary No(s). 12389/2020 (X) (WITH IA No. 96798/2020 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION, IA No. 77610/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 104175/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 77611/2020 - 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)

(WITH 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)

(WITH 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) (WITH 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)

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

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

W.P.(C) No. 802/2020 (X) (WITH IA No. 73697/2020 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 73698/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) W.P.(C) No. 829/2020 (X) (WITH IA No. 75256/2020 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 75258/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) W.P.(C) No. 826/2020 (X) (WITH IA No. 75124/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 75123/2020 - STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 964/2020 (X) (WITH IA No. 86035/2020 - AMENDMENT OF THE PETITION, IA No. 83886/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 86039/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 83882/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 1029/2020 (X) (WITH IA No. 89164/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) W.P.(C) No. 1157/2020 (X) (WITH IA No. 101816/2020 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 101817/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) W.P.(C) No. 1132/2020 (X) (WITH 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) (WITH 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) (WITH 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 : 23-03-2021 These matters were called on for pronouncement of judgment today. For parties Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Adv. Mr. Kunal Vajani, Adv. Mr. Samit Shukla, Adv. Mr. Manhar S. Saini, Adv. Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR

• Ms. Saloni Shah, Adv.
• Ms. Shivani Khanwilkar, Adv.

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Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Ms. Ankita Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Ayush Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Shubhang Tandon, Adv. Ms. Rooh-e-hina Dua, AOR Mr. M.P. Vinod, AOR Mr. Ashish Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Shashi Kiran, AOR Ms. Sangeeta Bhalla, Adv. Mr. Manoj Jain, Adv. Mr. Arjun Sain, Adv. Mr. Ashish Virmani, AOR Mr. B V Balaram Das, AOR Mr. Ravindra Shrivastava, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anshuman Shrivastava Advocate Mr. Abhijeet Shrivastava Advocate Ms Garima Tiwari Advocate Mr Arpit Jain Advocate Mr Abhishek Sharma Advocate Mr. B. Ramana Murthy, AOR Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR Mr. Devesh Chauvia, Adv. Mr. Mukul Lather, Adv. Ms. Pooja Singh, Adv. Ms. Swati Setia, AOR Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shashank Kunwar,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. Mr. Harish Pandey, AOR Mr. A. Karthik, AOR Mr. Govind Manoharan, Adv. Ms. Smrithi Suresh, Adv. Mr. Sarveshwar K., Adv. Mr. S.M. Vivekanandh, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, Adv. Mr. Shankh Sengupta, Adv.

Ms. Tine Abraham, Adv. Ms. Chhavi Jain, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR Ms. Megha Karnwal,Adv Mr. V M Kannan, Adv. Mr. Sambit Panja, Adv. Mr. Arjun Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Sharma, AOR Mr. Dhawal Mohan, Adv Mr. Prateek Bhatia, Adv. Ms. Alankrita Sinha, Adv. Mr. Keshav Mohan, Adv. Mr. R. K. Awasthi, Adv. Ms. Ritu Arora, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. Kishor Ram Lambat, Adv. Ms. Kashmira Lambat, Adv. M/S. Lambat And Associates, AOR M/S. D.S.K. Legal, AOR Mr. Subhskumar Kadam, Adv. Mr. Asim Sarode, Adv. Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR Mr. Abhinay, AOR Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv. Mr. Vignesh Ram, Adv. Ms. Manju George, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Petitioner-in-person Mr. Ashish Virmani, AOR Mr. A. Karthik, AOR Mr. M. P. Vinod, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Sanjeev Sagar, Adv. Mr. Shekhar Raj Sharma, Adv. Ms. Nazia Parveen, Adv. Mr. Jinendra Jain, AOR

Ms. Shashi Kiran, AOR Ms. Manjeet Kirpal, AOR Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR Ms. Aagam Kaur, Adv. Ms. Aadya Yadav, Adv. Ms. Bhavya Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Abhikalp Pratap Singh, AOR Mr. Abhigya Kushwah, AOR Mr. Vivek Sharma, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma, ADV Ms. Rachana Sharma, Adv. Mr. Manoj Tomer, Adv. Mr. Kush Chaturvedi, AOR. Mr. Aditya Shekhar, Adv. Ms. Priyashree Sharma PH, Adv. Mr. Pranav Diesh, Adv. Mr. Baibhaw Gahlaut, Adv. Mr. V. Shekhar, Sr. Adv. Mr. kumar Anurag Singh, Adv. Mr. Zain A Khan, Adv. Kanishk Khetan, Adv. Mr. Harsh Gupta, Adv. Ms. Tulika Mukherjee, Adv Mr. Goutam Bhal, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Karunakar Mahalikar, Adv. Mr. Manoranjan Mishra, Adv. Mr. P.l.Narayanan, Adv.

• Mr. G.Balaji, Adv.
• 1 Hon'ble Mr Justice M R Shah pronounced the judgment of the Bench comprising Hon'ble Mr Justice Ashok Bhushan, Hon'ble Mr Justice R Subhash Reddy and His Lordship.
• 2 In terms of the signed reportable judgment, the petitions are partly allowed and, as observed for the reliefs indicated in paragraph 32 of the judgment, the

petitions are dismissed. Interim relief granted earlier not to declare the accounts of respective borrowers as NPA stands vacated. However, there shall be no order as to costs.

3 Pending applications, including application(s) for intervention and application(s) for exemption from paying court fee, stand disposed of.

Writ Petition (Civil) No 955 of 2020

In terms of the signed reportable judgment, the petition is disposed of.

(SANJAY KUMAR-I) (ANITA RANI AHUJA) AR-CUM-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR (Signed reportable judgment is placed on the file)