Rahima Khatun vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.15

COURT NO.2

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SECTION XIV

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No.17512/2021

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-06-2019 in WPC No.3462/2019 passed by the Gauhati High Court)

SAHERA KHATUN

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Respondent $(s)$

(With I.R. and IA No.95039/2021-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.95043/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.95042/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

Date: 26-09-2022 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE HIMA KOHLI

For Petitioner(s) Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv. Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR Ms. Rupali Samuel, Adv. Mr. Shaz Khan, Adv. Mr. Harsh Vardhan Kediay, Adv. Mr. Yash S. Vijay, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Pratap, Adv. For Respondent(s) Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG Mr. Akshav Amritanshu, Adv. Ms. Swati Ghildival, Adv. Ms. Diksha Rai, Adv. Mr. A.K. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. Mr. Arnav Singhdeo, Adv.

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

• 1 Delay condoned.
• 2 Dr Menaka Guruswamy, senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner states that the name of the petitioner's father was included in the NRC of 1951 and the voters' list of 1966, 1970 and 1997 also included her name.
• 3 Issue notice, returnable in three months.
• 4 Ms Aishwarya Bhati, Additional Solicitor General and Mr Shuvodeep Roy, counsel appear on behalf of the Union of India and the State of Assam respectively and waive service.
• 5 A copy of the petition be served on the counsel for the Union of India and counsel for the State of Assam.
• 6 Counter affidavit be filed within a period of six weeks.
• 7 No coercive steps shall be taken against the petitioner till the next date of listing.

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