Social Democratic Party Of India vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.50 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W

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). 55/2019

JANHIT ABHIYAN Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA Respondent(s)

WITH W.P.(C) No. 73/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No. 12600/2019-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDL. DOCUMENTS)

W.P.(C) No. 72/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.12370/2019-STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(C) No. 76/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.13320/2019-STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(C) No. 69/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.11705/2019-STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(C) No. 80/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.13950/2019-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON)

W.P.(C) No. 122/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION)

W.P.(C) No. 106/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION)

W.P.(C) No. 95/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.15973/2019-STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(C) No. 222/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.33408/2019-STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(C) No. 133/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.21662/2019-EX-PARTE STAY)

W.P.(C) No. 178/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.28123/2019-EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 182/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) Digitally signed by MANISH SETHI Date: 2019.03.12 18:06:59 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

W.P.(C) No. 249/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.35491/2019-EX-PARTE STAY and IA No.35492/2019-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 146/2019 (X) (IA No. 23606/2019-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 168/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.26432/2019-EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 212/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.32228/2019-STAY APPLICATION and IA No.32231/2019-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 162/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) T.P.(C) No. 341/2019 (XVI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.31806/2019-EX-PARTE STAY) T.P.(C) No. 323/2019 (XVI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.29427/2019-STAY APPLICATION) T.P.(C) No. 357/2019 (XVI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.32797/2019-STAY APPLICATION) Date : 11-03-2019 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA

Learned counsel for the parties:

Mr. K.K. Venugopal, A.G. Mr. Tushar Mehta, A.G. Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. A.K. Sharma, AOR Mr. Raj Bahadur, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Dr. Rajeev Dhawan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Yadav Narender Singh, AOR Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Yadav, Adv. Ms. K. R. Chitra, AOR

Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv. Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Adv. Ms. Gayatri Verma, Adv. Ms. Sonakshi Malhan, Adv. Ms. Suriti Chowdhary, Adv. Ms. Mrinal Kanwar, Adv. Mr. Pawan Pathak, (In-person) Dr. K.S. Chauhan, Adv. Mr. P. K. Jayakrishnan, AOR Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, Adv. Mr. Ravi Prakash, Adv. Mr. Chand Kiran, Adv. Mr. R.S.M. Kalky, Adv. Mr. Anzu. K. Varkey, AOR Mr. Dinesh P. Rajbhar, Adv. Mr. D.K. Pradhan, Adv. Mr. Nitin Kumar, Adv. Ms. Arundhati Chakrobaty, Adv. Mr. Rahul M., Adv. Mr. C.P. Singh, Adv. Mr. R.R. Bag, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, AOR Mr. M.N. Rao, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vangala Eswaraiah, Sr. Adv. Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, AOR Mr. T.V. Bhaskar Reddy, Adv. Ms. Suchitra Hrangkhawl, Adv. Mr. Ganesan Subbian, Adv. Mr. Vijendar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Reepak Kansal, Adv. Mr. Preetam Shah, Adv. Mr. Pratik R. B., Adv. Dr. Ashutosh Garg, AOR Mr. A. Subba Rao, AOR Mr. KLDS Vinober, Adv. Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Narayan, AOR Mr. Prasanna S., Adv. Mr. Shashwat Goel, Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Ms. Jahnavi Sindhu, Adv.

Ms. Shruti Narayan, Adv. Dr. M.P. Raju, Adv. Mr. D. Vidyanandam, Adv. Mr. Vikrant Nehra, Adv. Mr. Manish K. Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. S. S. Nehra, AOR (N.P.) Mrs. Niranjana Singh, AOR Mr. Saket Singh, Adv. Ms. Sangeeta Singh, Adv. Mr. Namit Saxena, Adv. Mr. Sudhanshu Chandra, Adv. Mr. Nirmal Kumar Ambastha, AOR Mr. V. K. Biju, AOR Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv. Ms. Divya Shukla, Adv. Ms. Nimisha Menon, Adv. Ms. Namisha Chadha, Adv. Ms. Nachiketa Joshi, Adv. Mr. Subodh S. Patil, AOR

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

Counter Affidavit of the Union of India may be filed within seven days. Rejoinder may be filed within two weeks thereafter.

It is submitted by Dr. Rajeev Dhawan, learned senior counsel appearing in one set of petitions, that the matter may require consideration by Constitution Bench.

We do not consider it necessary to pass any further order/interim order at this stage

List on 28.03.2019 along with other connected cases for further orders.

(SUSHIL KUMAR RAKHEJA) (ANAND PRAKASH) AR CUM PS BRANCH OFFICER