ITEM NO.501 COURT NO.1 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 (Civil) No.493/2022

SUBHASH DESAI Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, GOVERNOR OF Respondent(s) MAHARASHTRA & ORS.

(With IA No.92215/2022-STAY APPLICATION and IA No.92217/2022- EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.92216/2022-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES, IA No.101777/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.100297/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.108739/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 92217/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No.101776/2022 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No.92216/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.92215/2022 - STAY APPLICATION)

WITH W.P.(C) No.469/2022 (X)

(With IA No.88601/2022-STAY APPLICATION and IA No.88602/2022- EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.88964/2022-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.88964/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 88602/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 89960/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No. 88601/2022 - STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(C) No.468/2022 (X)

(With IA No.88604/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.88603/2022 - STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(C) No.479/2022 (X)

(With IA No.90188/2022 - EX-PARTE STAY and IA No.90189/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

W.P.(C) No.470/2022 (X)

(With IA No.88697/2022 - EX-PARTE STAY)

W.P.(C) No.538/2022 (X)

(With IA No.100285/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.98578/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.98577/2022 - Digitally signed by STAY APPLICATION) CHETAN KUMAR Signature Not Verified

Date: 2023.02.23 15:33:24 IST Reason:

Date : 23-02-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.R. SHAH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KRISHNA MURARI HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE HIMA KOHLI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.

	WPC 493/2022	Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Adv.
		Mr. Devdatt Kamat, Sr. Adv.
		Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, Adv.
		Mr. Rohit Sharma, Adv.
		Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv.
		Mr. Javedur Rahman, Adv.
		Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv.
		Mr. Anish R. Shah, AOR
		Mr. Harsh Pandey, Adv.
		Mr. Revanta Solanki, Adv.
		Mr. Amit Bhandari, Adv.
		Mr. Sunny Jain, Adv.
		Mr. Nishant Patil, Adv.
		Mrs. Devyani Gupta, Adv.
		Ms. Tanvi Anand, Adv.
		Ms. Aparajita Jamwal, Adv.
	WPC 469/2022	Mr. Harish Salve, Sr. Adv.
		Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv.
		Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Sr. Adv.
		Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv.
		Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv.
		Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Adv.
		Mr. Chirag J Shah, Adv.
		Mr. Utsav Trivedi, Adv.
		Mr. Ravi Sharma, Adv.
		Mr. Himanshu Sachdeva, Adv.
		Ms. Manini Roy, Adv.
		Ms. Shivani Bhushan, Adv.<br>Mr. Nihar Thackeray, Adv.

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	Ms. Ira Mahajan, Adv.
	Mr. Dhruv Sharma, Adv.
	Ms. Mugdha Pande, Adv.
	Mr. Ajay Awasthi, Adv.
	Mr. Piyush Tiwari, Adv.
	Ms. Srishti Kumar, Adv.
	Mr. Kumar Sumit, Adv.
	Ms. Chaitali Jugran, Adv.
	Ms. Kanjani Sharma, Adv.
	Ms. Sujal Gupta, Adv.
	Ms. Pracheta Kar, Adv.
	Mr. Aditya Sidhra, Adv.
	Mr. Nadeem Afroz, Adv.
	Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, Adv.
	Mr. Navneet R., Adv.
	Mr. Wedo Khalo, Adv.
	Mr. Anjani Kumar Rai, Adv.
	Mr. Biswaksen Panda, Adv.
	M/s. TAS Law
WPC 468/2022	Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. Maninder Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Adv.
	Mr. Abhikalp Pratap Singh, AOR
	Mr. Abhay Anturkar, Adv.
	Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, Adv.
	Mr. Dhruv Sharma, Adv.
	Ms. Ira Mahajan, Adv.
	Mr. Ramchandra Madan, Adv.
	Mr. Toshiv Goyal, Adv.
	Mr. Raghav Agrawal, Adv.
	Ms. Shreya Saxena, Adv.
	Ms. Yamini Singh, Adv.
	Ms. Pritha Suri, Adv.
	Ms. Vijetha Ravi, Adv.
	Mr. Ajay Sabharwal, Adv.
	Mr. Rangasaran Mohan, Adv.
WPC 470/2022,	Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.
WPC 479/2022 &	Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv.
WPC 538/2022	Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. Rohit Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, Adv.

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Mr. Javedur Rahman, AOR Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv. Mr. Sunny Jain, Adv. Mr. Dharmendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. Amit Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv. Mr. Harsh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Revanta Solanki, Adv. Ms. Aparajita Jamwal, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Purohit, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar, Adv. Ms. Devyani Gupta, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Anand, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Seem, Adv. Mr. L. Nidhiram Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aman Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ashima Chauhan Singh, Adv. Mr. Mudassir, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Harish Salve, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Chirag J Shah, Adv. Mr. Utsav Trivedi, Adv. Mr. Ravi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Sachdeva, Adv. Ms. Manini Roy, Adv. Ms. Shivani Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Nihar Thackeray, Adv. Ms. Ira Mahajan, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Sharma, Adv. Ms. Mughda Pande, Adv. Mr. Ajay Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Piyush Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Srishti Kumar, Adv. Mr. Kumar Sumit, Adv.

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Ms. Chaitali Jugran, Adv. Ms. Kanjani Sharma, Adv. Mr. Wedo Khalo, Adv. Ms. Pracheta Kar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Sidhra, Adv. Mr. Nadeem Afroz, Adv. Ms. Sujal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, Adv. Mr. Navneet R, Adv. Mr. Biswaksen Panda, Adv. Mr. Anjani Kumar Rai, Adv. M/s. TAS Law Mr. Ankit Yadav, AOR Ms. Prakriti Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Gajjala Bhaskar, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv. Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Adv. Mr. Abhikalp Pratap Singh, AOR Mr. Abhay Anturkar, Adv. Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Sharma, Adv. Ms. Ira Mahajan, Adv. Mr. Ramchandra Madan, Adv. Mr. Toshiv Goyal, Adv. Mr. Raghav Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Raghav Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Shreya Saxena, Adv. Ms. Yamini Singh, Adv. Ms. Pritha Suri, Adv. Mr. Ajay Sabharwal, Adv. Mr. Rangasaran Mohan, Adv. Ms. Vijetha Ravi, Adv. Mr. Rangsaran Mohan, Adv. Ms. Pankhuri Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Abhiyudaya Vats, Adv. Ms. Ranu Purohit, Adv. Ms. Bhavana Duhoon, Adv.

Mr. Pai Amit, AOR Ms. Rukhmini Bobde, Adv. Ms. Trishala Trivedi, Adv. Mr. Ajit Pravin Wagh, Adv. Mr. Ankit Ambasta, Adv. Mr. Chirag Gupta, Adv. Ms. Neeta Sanjay Savale, Adv. Ms. Astha Prasad, AOR Mr. Javedur Rahman, AOR Mr. Kailash Prashad Pandey, AOR Mr. Vijay Pal, Adv. Mr. Pramod Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Kundal Lal, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Umang Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Deepankar, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar Aherodiya, Adv. Ms. Kajal Kumari, Adv. Ms. Sundri, Adv. Mr. Om Prakash, Adv. Ms. Rekha Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Karunesh Shukla, Adv. Mr. Asim Sarode, Adv. Ms. Shriya Awale, Adv. Ms. Smita Singalkar, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Gupta II, AOR Mr. T.R.B. Sivakumar, AOR Mr. Shreyas Gacche, Adv. Mr. Rajsaheb Patil, Adv. Ms. Supriya Patil, Adv. Dr. Gunratan Sadavarte, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Pawan Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. S.C. Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv.

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Mr. Gaurav Belsare, Adv.

WPC 493/2022

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Mr. Kamal Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Raj Singh Rana, AOR

Mr. Sadashiv, AOR

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

• 1 Arguments heard in-part.
• 2 Put up for further hearing on 28 February 2023 as part-heard matter.

(CHETAN KUMAR) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR) A.R.-cum-P.S. Assistant Registrar