The State Of Karnataka Department Of Forest Ecologh And Environment Principal Secretary vs. Santhipriya Minerals Pvt. Ltd. Power Of Attorney Mr. Sudhir Y. Wakhale

COURT NO.9

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Civil Appeal No(s).3974-4068/2016

STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANR. ETC. ETC. Appellant(s)

VERSUS

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Date : 07-04-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINEET SARAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI

For Parties Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR Mr. D.L.N. Rao, Sr. Adv. Mr. S.K. Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. M. Gireesh Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Anand, Adv. Ms Uditha Chakravarthy, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Sunil Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sunil Dogra, Adv. Mr. Vivek Vishnoi, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Sharma, AOR Mr. Rishikesh Madhav, Adv. Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Mr. Mohammed Shahrukh Adv Mr. Prateek Yadav Adv Ms. Aakriti Priya, Adv Ms. Garima Jain, Adv Ms. Lakshmi Rao Adv Ms. Pallavi Sengupta, Adv Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. S.K. Bagaria, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shaym Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nikhil Goel, AAG Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR Mr. Kumar Ajit Singh, Adv.

Mr. Ashish Yadav, Adv. Mr. Rakshit Jain, Adv. Mr. Vishal Banshal, Adv. Mr. K. Raghavacharyulu, Adv. Mr. Kailash Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ranjeet Singh, Adv. Shri. Gaichangpou Gangmei, AOR Mr. Sumit Goel, Adv. Ms. Tanya Chaudhry, Adv. Ms. Swati Bhardwaj, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Umang Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, Adv. Mr. R. Chandrachud, AOR Mr. D. Venkata Krishna, Adv. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Abhishek Sharma, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar Jain, AOR Mrs. Anjani Aiyagari, AOR Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. Ms. Bina Madhavan, Adv. Mr. Tushar Gupta, Adv. M/S. Lawyer S Knit & Co, AOR Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. S. Ganesh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Yashraj Singh Deora, AOR Ms. Prakriti Roy, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR Mr. Ajay Kanojiya, Adv. Ms. Vipasha Singh, Adv. Ms. Neha Jain, Adv. Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR Mr. H.D. Thanvi, Adv. Ms. Preeti Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Achal Singh Bule, Adv. Mr. Rishi Matoliya, AOR

Mr. D. Abhinav Rao, AOR Ms. Kiran Suri, Sr. Adv. Mr. K.N. Phanindra, Sr. Adv. Mr. S.J. Amita, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Kumar, Adv. Mr. Krishan Kumar, Adv. Dr. (mrs. ) Vipin Gupta, AOR Mr. Gourab Banerjit, Sr. Adv. Mr. K.N. Phanindra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ninad Laud, Adv. Ms. Ananya Mazumdar, Adv. Mr. T.S. Sudaram, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Talukdar, Adv. Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR Ms. Adya Shreedutta, Adv. Mr. K.N. Phanidra, Sr. Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Kumar, Adv. Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, AOR Shri. Gaichangpou Gangmei, AOR Mr. K Parameshwar, AOR Ms. A Sregurupriya, Adv Mr. Prasad Hegde, Adv Mr. Danish Zubair Khan, AOR Mr. A.M. Singhvi, Sr.Advocate Mr. S. Ganesh, Sr. Advocate Mr. Ramesh Singh, Sr. Advocate Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Adv Mr. Anshuman Srivastava, Advocate Ms. Sayaree Basu Mallick, advocate Mr. Divyanshu Srivastava, Advocate Mr. Abhinabh Garg, Advocate Mr. Chirayu J. Advocate Mr. E.C. Agrawala AoR Mr. Manish Kumar Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Bhaskar Mishra, Adv. Mr. C.S. Verma, Adv. Mr. Kushagra Sinha, Adv. Mr. Rajlakshmi Singh, Adv. Ms. Shrishti Choudhary, Adv. Ms. Namita Choudhary, AOR Mr. Som Raj Choudhury, AOR Ms. Shrutee Aradhana, Adv.

Mr. Dhiraj Kumar, Adv. Mr. V.C. Shukla, Adv. Mr. Piyush Singh, Adv. Mr. Nitesh R., Adv. Mr. Tarun Gulia, Adv. Mr. Ajay Awasthi, Adv. Mr. A. Vikram, Adv. Mr. Sushant Bajaj, Adv. Mr. Anantha Narayana M.G., AOR Mr. Vikram Hegde, AOR Mr. D.L.N. Rao, Sr. Adv. Mr. S.K. Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, Adv. Ms. Uditha Chakravarthy, Adv. M/S. Lex Regis Law Offices, AOR Mr. Aditya Narayan, Adv. Mr. Rohit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rounak Nayak, Adv. Mr. Anshul Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Arju Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR Mr. Sharvan Kumar Y., Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR

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

Mr. Dushyant Dave, learned senior counsel for the State of Karnataka has made a statement that the Government is seriously considering some via media to settle the matter outside the Court. He states that he has received a communication from the Government in this regard.

Learned counsel for the respondents vehemently denied and stated that no such efforts have been made on behalf of the Government of which they have any information. Although, the matter is part heard and the arguments had already begun and such request

should not have been made at this stage, however, considering the request made by Mr. Dushyant Dave, learned senior counsel for the State, list the matters on 28.04.2022.

Written submissions may be given by the learned counsel for the parties within one week from today.

(ARJUN BISHT) (PRADEEP KUMAR) (ASHWANI THAKUR) (COURT MASTER (SH) (BRANCH OFFICER) AR-CUM-PS