S. Rajaseekaran vs. Union Of India And Ors. Ministry Of Road Transport And Highways Secretary

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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). 295/2012

S.RAJASEEKARAN Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. & ORS. Respondent(s)

[MR. GAURAV AGRAWAL, SENIOR ADVOCATE IS AMICUS CURIAE] ................[AND W.P. (C) NO. 295/2012 IS ALSO LISTED "FOR DIRECTIONS" IN TERMS OF ORDER DT. 08.01.2025] (IA No. 26710/2025 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 202442/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 71387/2023 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 33035/2021 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 77921/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION AND IA No. 76249/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION)

Date : 24-03-2025 This matter was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY S. OKA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN

	Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, Sr. Adv.(Amicus Curiae)<br>Mr. Ravi Raghunath, AOR<br>Mr. Manan Daga, Adv.
	For Petitioner(s): Mr. Krishna Kumar, AOR<br>Mr. Vinodh Kanna B, Adv.
	For Respondent(s): Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, A.S.G.<br>Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR<br>Mr. Sharath Nambiar, Adv.<br>Mr. T S Sabrish, Adv.<br>Mr. Debojit Borkakati, Adv.<br>Ms. Tusharika Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. Viresh B. Saharya, AOR
	Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Sr. Adv.

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Ms. Prerna Mehta, AOR

Mr. Vivek Kishore, AOR

Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sudarshan Lamba, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Annirudh Sharma II, Adv. Mr. Jagdish Chandra Solanki, Adv. Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Akshay Gupta, Adv. Mr. Aadithya Aravindh, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, AOR Ms. Yashmita Pandey, Adv. Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR Mr. Tanish Arora, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. D. K. Devesh, AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR Mr. Divyanshu Kumar Srivastava, AOR Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Ms. Devina Sehgal, AOR Mr. Yatharth Kansal, Adv. Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Mr. Prashant Bhagwati, Adv. Ms. Ruchira Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shishir Deshpande, AOR Ms. Pooja Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Verma, Adv.

Mr. Kishan Chand Jain, Adv. Mr. Haraprasad Sahu, Adv. Mr. Pranaya Kumar Mohapatra, AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Ms. Devyani Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Anand, Adv. Ms. Saushria Havelia, Adv. Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv. Mr. Rajat Bhardwaj, A.A.G. Ms. Baani Khanna, AOR Mr. Robin Singh, Adv. Mr. Kapil Balwani, Adv. Mr. V. Shyamohan, AOR Mr. Sanjay Jain, AOR Mr. Shantanu Sagar, AOR Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Gunjesh Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Manoneet Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Prakash Kumarmangalam, Adv. Mr. Satyajeet Kumar, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Neha Singh, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv. Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Yadav, Adv. Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Singh Ga, Adv. Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, AOR, Adv.

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Mr. Nitin Lonkar, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, A.S.G. Mr. Mrinal Elkar Mazumdar, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Adv. Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Parihar, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapur, Adv. Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv. Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Singh Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Kurup, Adv. Mr. Vineet Singh, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Raghavendra M. Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. M. Bangaraswamy, Adv. Mr. Md. Apzal Ansari, Adv. Mr. Venkata Raghu Mannepalli, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Santhosh K, Adv. Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv. Ms. Yashika Sharma, Adv. Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv. Ms. Yachna Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aryan Srivastava, Adv. Mr. M.P. Vinod, AOR Mr. Kishan Chand Jain, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ashwini Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sidhant Sahay, Adv. Mr. E.C. Agrawala, AOR Ms. Ruchira Gupta, Standing Counsel, Adv. Ms. Tulika Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Beenu Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Venkat Narayan, Adv. Mr. Azmat Hayat Amanullah, AOR Ms. Rebecca Mishra, Adv. Mr. Subhasish Mohanty, AOR Mr. Mata Prasad Singh, Adv. Mr. Bikash Chandra, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, AOR Mr. Rajesh Kumar Maurya, Adv. Mrs. Kshama Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ujjwal Ashutosh, Adv. Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. P.S. Negi, Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. T.N. Nayak, Adv. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Mr. Aman Dev Sharma, Adv. Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Fateh Singh, Adv.

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

IA No. 26710/2025 (APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS), IA No. 202442/2023 (APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS), IA No. 71387/2023 (CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION), IA No. 33035/2021 (CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION), IA No. 77921/2024 (PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) AND IA No. 76249/2024 (PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION)

We finally grant time to the Union of India till 7th April, 2025 to report compliance.

List on 9th April, 2025 when we will consider all the pending issues.

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IA NO.68786/2025 (PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

This Application shall also be considered on 9th April, 2025. The learned ASG appearing for the Union of India to take instructions on this Application as well.

(ASHISH KONDLE) (AVGV RAMU) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)