ITEM NO.1501 COURT NO.3 SECTION II-A

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 4634/2014

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 30-04-2014 in CRLA No. 1132/2012 passed by the High Court Of Judicature At Bombay)

VIJAY MADANLAL CHOUDHARY & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(IA No. 2104/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 59849/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION)

WITH

SLP(C) No. 28922/2011 (XII-A)

SLP(C) No. 29273/2011 (XII-A)

SLP(Crl) No. 9987/2015 (II-C)

SLP(Crl) No. 10018/2015 (II-C) IA No. 134177/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

SLP(Crl) No. 10019/2015 (II-C) IA No. 20299/2015 - appln. for exempt from filing c/c.

IA No. 134181/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

SLP(Crl.)...CRLMP No. 21254/2015 (II-B) IA No. 138127/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

T.P.(Crl.) No. 151-157/2016 (XVI-A) IA No. 6531/2016 - STAY APPLICATION)

Crl.A. No. 1270/2017 (II-C) IA No. 99001/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 44917/2017 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 85552/2018 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) Crl.A. No. 391-392/2018 (II-C) IA No. 87756/2021 - APPLICATION FOR TAGGING/DETAGGING IA No. 89201/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 28162/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL Digitally signed by DEEPAK SINGH Date: 2022.07.27 17:50:18 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES

IA No. 27787/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES)

Crl.A. No. 1210/2018 (II)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 226/2018 (X) IA No. 130193/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 134922/2018 - STAY APPLICATION)

T.P.(C) No. 1583/2018 (XVI-A) IA No. 136656/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY)

SLP(Crl) No. 6834/2019 (II-C) IA No. 116701/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 212/2019 (X) IA No. 115668/2019 - STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 91/2020 (X) IA No. 37028/2020 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF)

SLP(Crl) No. 993/2016 (II-A) IA No. 2069/2016 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 2068/2016 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 2070/2016 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES IA No. 2067/2016 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES)

T.P.(Crl.) No. 150/2016 (XVI-A) IA No. 6523/2016 - STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 152/2016 (X) IA No. 17469/2016 - STAY APPLICATION)

SLP(Crl.)...CRLMP No. 6051/2017 (II-B) IA No. 6051/2017 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 102336/2018 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION)

SLP(Crl) No. 2890/2017 (II-A)

Crl.A. No. 1269/2017 (II-C) IA No. 98988/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 70924/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION IA No. 85412/2018 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF IA No. 126584/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

Crl.A. No. 1271-1272/2017 (II-C) IA No. 98993/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 44991/2017 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 85416/2018 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF)

SLP(Crl) No. 5487/2017 (II-A) IA No. 69536/2017 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT IA No. 63437/2017 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) W.P.(Crl.) No. 202/2017 (X) IA No. 132490/2017 - STAY APPLICATION) Crl.A. No. 223/2018 (II-C) SLP(Crl) No. 1701-1703/2018 (II-C) SLP(Crl) No. 1705/2018 (II-C) W.P.(Crl.) No. 26/2018 (X) IA No. 24123/2019 - GRANT OF BAIL IA No. 16169/2018 - STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(Crl.) No. 33/2018 (X) IA No. 21629/2018 - STAY APPLICATION) SLP(Crl) No. 1534/2018 (II-A) IA No. 24496/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) Diary No(s). 9360/2018 (II-C) IA No. 61408/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 36874/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 36876/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) Diary No(s). 9365/2018 (II-C) IA No. 36904/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) T.C.(Crl.) No. 4/2018 (XVI-A) IA No. 127388/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 59725/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 51388/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 59717/2020 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS) W.P.(Crl.) No. 75/2018 (X) IA No. 50988/2018 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) Diary No(s). 17000/2018 (II-C) IA No. 125876/2018 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 125877/2018 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS IA No. 125878/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 251/2018 (X) IA No. 135004/2018 - STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(Crl.) No. 309/2019 (X) IA No. 170286/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(Crl.) No. 306/2019 (X) IA No. 169979/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(Crl.) No. 33/2021 (X) IA No. 9307/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 7042/2021 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF IA No. 9305/2021 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF IA No. 9304/2021 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS) W.P.(Crl.) No. 40/2021 (X) IA No. 8389/2021 - EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF IA No. 10085/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 10084/2021 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF IA No. 10082/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(Crl.) No. 66/2021 (X) IA No. 33407/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 33409/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 22236/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 15182/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 20340/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 22233/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 20339/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTSFACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 15179/2021 - STAY APPLICATION)

SLP(Crl) No. 11839/2019

SLP(Crl) No. 2971/2018 (II-A) IA No. 48451/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 57092/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

Crl.A. No. 793-794/2018 (II-C)

Diary No(s). 17462/2018 (II-C) IA No. 79616/2018 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 79617/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

SLP(Crl) No. 4078/2018 (II-A) IA No. 68570/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 117/2018 (X) IA No. 72449/2018 - APPLICATION FOR INTERIM BAIL IA No. 104894/2018 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION)

SLP(Crl) No. 5444/2018 (II-A) IA No. 85624/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 85625/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Diary No(s). 20250/2018 (II-C) IA No. 81201/2018 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 81202/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

SLP(Crl) No. 7408/2018 (II-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.116651/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.116653/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT

W.P.(Crl.) No. 173/2018 (X) IA No. 105204/2018 - STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 175/2018 (X) IA No. 105845/2018 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 18121/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 5980/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 127658/2021 - VACATING STAY)

SLP(Crl) No. 6922/2018 (II-A) IA No. 117382/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 22433/2019 - GRANT OF BAIL)

SLP(Crl) No. 4322-4324/2019 (II-A) IA No. 75223/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 158473/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 253/2019 (X) IA No. 138111/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 287/2019 (X) IA No. 158940/2019 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 303/2019 (X) IA No. 169784/2019 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF IA No. 147389/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 365/2019 (X) IA No. 82318/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 194060/2019 - EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF) SLP(Crl) No. 647/2020 (II-C) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 61/2020 (X) IA No. 25753/2020 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF)

SLP(Crl) No. 6338/2021 (II-B) IA No. 104987/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 137897/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

SLP(Crl) No. 8156/2018 (II-C) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.139282/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 313/2019 (X) IA No. 171043/2019 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF)

SLP(Crl) No. 244/2019 (II-A) IA No. 3704/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

Diary No(s). 22529/2018 (II) IA No. 162424/2018 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 162428/2018 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS IA No. 162430/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 134877/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 162432/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 134873/2021 - MODIFICATION OF COURT ORDER IA No. 134876/2021 - STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 184/2020 (X) IA No. 72754/2020 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING THE SPARE COPIES IA No. 78082/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 63841/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 78081/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 63840/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 63839/2020 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF)

T.C.(Crl.) No. 5/2018 (XVI-A)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 309/2018 (X) IA No. 168460/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 163646/2018 - STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 9/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.5688/2019-STAY APPLICATION W.P.(Crl.) No. 16/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.9887/2019-STAY APPLICATION

Crl.A. No. 682/2019 (II-C) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.55863/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 118/2019 (X) IA No. 64782/2019 - EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF)

SLP(Crl) No. 3647/2019 (II-A)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 119/2019 (X) IA No. 66758/2019 - STAY APPLICATION)

SLP(Crl) No. 5153/2019 (II-A) IA No. 74785/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 74786/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 74788/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

SLP(Crl) No. 4546/2019 (II-A) IA No. 78551/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

SLP(Crl) No. 5350/2019 (II-C) IA No. 91379/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 217/2019 (X) IA No. 119137/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 119199/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 244/2019 (X) IA No. 137767/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 134058/2019 - STAY APPLICATION)

SLP(Crl) No. 8111/2019 (II-C) IA No. 136727/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

SLP(Crl) No. 8174/2019 (II-C) IA No. 137540/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 267/2019 (X) IA No. 148193/2019 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 273/2019 (X) IA No. 150911/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(Crl.) No. 286/2019 (X) IA No. 158935/2019 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 288/2019 (X) IA No. 160169/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 171923/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 163038/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 299/2019 (X) IA No. 167367/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 305/2019 (X) IA No. 169856/2019 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF)

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W.P.(Crl.) No. 35/2020 (X) IA No. 17661/2020 - EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 49/2020 (X) IA No. 21442/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 52783/2020 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 52785/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 52780/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 52779/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

SLP(Crl) No. 1586/2021 (II) IA No. 25623/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

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W.P.(Crl.) No. 333/2018 (X) IA No. 179541/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 59075/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 25349/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 123733/2021 - VACATING STAY)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 336/2018 (X) IA No. 94053/2019 - ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES IA No. 182548/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 49/2019 (X) IA 134688/2019 - FOR INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 28965/2019 - STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 127/2019 (X) IA No. 71331/2019 - STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 139/2019 (X) IA No. 77144/2019 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 147/2019 (X) IA No. 82658/2019 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 150387/2019 - MODIFICATION)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 173/2019 (X) IA No. 93366/2019 - STAY APPLICATION IA No. 60235/2020 - VACATING STAY)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 205/2019 (X) IA No. 111298/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 88429/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 88424/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

W.P.(Crl.) No. 239/2019 (X) IA No. 132358/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 138372/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE AMENDED WRIT PETITION)

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W.P.(Crl.) No. 283/2019 (X) IA No. 158461/2019 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION)

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T.C.(Crl.) No. 3/2018 (XVI-A)

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W.P.(Crl.) No. 142/2020 (X)

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W.P.(Crl.) No. 520 of 2021

Date : 27-07-2022 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH MAHESHWARI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.T. RAVIKUMAR

For Parties:

Mr. Vikram Chaudhari, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nikhil Jain, AOR Mr. Harshit Sethi, Adv. Mr. Sangram S. Saron, Adv. Mr. Rishi Sehgal, Adv. Mr. Keshavam Chaudhari, Adv Mr. Prabhneer Swani, Adv. Mr. Arveen Sekhon, Adv. Mr. Hemant Shah, Adv. Mr. Vinod Kumar Jain, Adv. Mr. Satya Prakash, Adv. Mr. Suryanarayana Singh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Anshuman Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Prasouk Jawin, Adv. Ms. Rabiya Thakur, Adv. Mr. Nishant Rao, Adv. Mr. Arshit Anand, Adv. Mr. E.C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Kapil Sibbal, Sr. Adv. Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Arijit Singh Khurana, Adv. Mr. Arshdeep Singh Khurana, Adv. Mr. Prateek K. Chadha, Adv. Mr. Ayush S., Adv. Mr. Adit S. Pujari, Adv. Mr. Amit Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Akshat Gupta, Adv. Ms. Madhavi Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Niti, Adv. Ms. Ambika Mathur, Adv. Mr. Shreedhar Kale, Adv Mr. Raghav Tankha, Adv Mr. Harsh Mittal, Adv Mrs. Shally Bhasin, AOR Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv Mr. Balaji Subramanian, Adv. Ms. Ishani Banerjee, Adv.

Mr. SCV Vimal Pani, Adv. Ms. L Maheswari, Adv. Mr. Balaji Subramaniam, Adv. Mr. A. Lakshminarayanan, AOR Mr. Ramesh, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Luthra,Sr. Adv. Mr. Tarun Dua, AOR Mr. Anant Garg, Adv. Mr. Asif Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Adityaa Raju, Adv. Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv. Mr. Shri Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Dewan, Adv. Mr. Vishal Prasad, Adv. Ms. Chitralekha Das, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Parikshith, Adv. Mr. Asif Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Sanjivani Pattjoshi, Adv. Mr. Bharat Monga, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Singhal, Adv. Mr. Adityaa Raju, Adv. Mr. Dewang Singh Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Manchanda, Adv. Mr. Kushagra Raghuvanshi, Adv. Mr. Chirag Madan, Adv. Ms. Shubhangini Jain, Adv. Mr. Ayush Kaushi, Adv. Mr. Hardik Rupal, Adv. Mr. Angaj Gautam, Adv. Mr. Yash Giri, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Raju, Adv. Mr. Sayandeep Pahari, Adv. Ms. Padma Venkataraman, Adv. Mr. Sayandeep Pahari, Adv. M/S. PLR Chambers And Co., AOR Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv. Mr. Vivek Reddy, Sr. Adv. Mrs. Shally Bhasin, AOR Mr. Pratik Reddy, Adv. Mr. Victor Das, Adv. Ms. Anwesha Padhi, Adv. Ms. Madhavi Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Mohit Rai, Adv. Mr. Vikram Chaudhri, Sr.Adv. Mr. Atul Agarwal, Adv.

Mr. Sourabh Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR Mr. Vikram Chaudhry, Sr. Adv. Mr. Atul Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Vikram Chaudhri, Sr.Adv. Mr. Keshavam Chaudhri, Adv. Mr. Amit K. Nain, AOR Mr. Harshit Sethi, Adv. Mr. Rishi Sehgal, Adv. Ms. Ria Khanna, Adv. Mr. Devanshu Yadav, Adv. Mr. Kapil Dahiya, Adv. Mr. Vikram Chaudhari, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raktim Gogoi, Adv. Mr. Varun Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Kartikeya Singh, Adv. Mr. Samarth Shandilya, Adv. Mr. Gautam Awasthi, AOR. Mr. Vikram Chaudhri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Keshavam Chaudhri, Adv. Mr. Rishi Sehgal, Adv. Ms. Ria Khanna, Adv. Mr. Gautam Awasthi, AOR Mr. Vikram Chaudhri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Harshit Sethi, Adv. Mr. Keshavam Chaudhri, Adv. Ms. Anzu K. Varkey, AOR Mr. Rishi Sehgal, Adv. Ms. Ria Khanna, Adv. Mr. Kapil Dahiya, Adv. Mr. Devanshu, Adv. Mr. Vikram Chaudhari, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raktim Gogoi, Adv. Mr. Harshit Sethi, Adv. Mr. Kartikeya Singh, Adv. Mr. Avadh Bihari Kaushik, AOR Mr. Rishi Sehgal, Adv. Mr. Keshavam Chaudhri, Adv. Ms. Ria Khanna, Adv.

Mr. Kapil Dahiya, Adv.

Mr. Vikram Chaudhari, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Rishi Sehgal, Adv. Mr. Hemant Shah, Adv. Mr. Harshit Sethi, Adv. Mr. Keshavam Chaudhari, Adv. Ms. Ria Khanna, Adv. Mr. Avadh Bihari Kaushik, AOR Mr. Vikram Chaudhri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anand Dilip Dagga, Adv. Mr. Raktim gogoi, Adv. Mr. Kartikeya Singh, Adv. Mr. Rishi Sehgal, Adv. Ms. Ria Khanna, Adv Mr. Avadh Bihari Kaushik, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Suryaprakash V. Raju, ASG Mr. Aman Lekhi, ASG Mr. K.M. Nataraj, ASG Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Sairica Raju, Adv. Ms. Sharadha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Neela Kedar Gokhale, Adv. Mr. Ritwiz Rishabh, Adv. Mr. Sharath Nambiyar, Adv. Mr. A k Sharma,AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta,SG Mr. Aman Lekhi, ASG Mr. Zoheb Hussain, Adv. Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh Adv. Ms. Nisha Bagchi Adv. Mr. Binu Tamta Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Suryaprakash V. Raju, ASG Mr. K.M. Nataraj, Adv. Ms. Zoheb Hussain, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Sairica Raju, Adv. Mr. Deepanshu Dutta, Adv, Mr. Sughosh Subramanyajm, Adv. Ms. Shradha Deshmukh, Adv. Ms. Neela Kedar Gokhale, Adv. Mr. Ritwiz Rishabh, Adv. Mr. Sharath Nambiar, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR

Mr. Pranay Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Ld.SG Mr. S.V. Raju, ASG Mr. K.M. Nataraj, ASG Mr. Anshuman Singh, Adv. Mr. Ankit Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Arpit Goel, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makker, AOR Mr. M.K.Maroria, AOR Ms. Sairica Raju, Adv. Ms. Annam Venkatesh, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hussain,Adv. Mr. Rajat N. Adv. Mr. Harsh Paul Singh, Adv. Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Adv. Mr. Shoaib Alvi, Adv. Mr. Om Prakash Shukla, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, Adv. Ms. Deepabali Dutta, Adv. Ms. Shradha Deshmukha, Adv. Mr. Anvit Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR

Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. S V Raju, ASG Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Ms. Deepabali Dutta, Adv.

Mr. S.V.Raju, Sr. ASG Ms. Aastha Mehta, Adv. Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR

Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Adv. Mr. Sughosh Subramanium, Adv. Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. B. V. Balaram Das, AOR

Ms. Aishwarya Bhati,ASG Mr. G.S Makker,AOR Ms. Archana Pathak Dave,Adv. Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi,Adv Mr. Sughosh Subramanyam, Adv.

Mr. A. Mariarputham, Sr. Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Mr. Praveen Kr. Singh, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. SV Raju, ASG Mr. K.M. Nataraj, ASG Mr. Vijay Mandal C. Adv. Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vats Joshi, Adv. Ms. Indira B, Adv. Mr. Anuj Udupa, Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv. Mr. Syed Abdul Haseeb, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Digvijay, Dam, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Adit Khorana, Adv. Ms. Sairica Raju, Adv. Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Mr. Deepbali Datta, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR

Mr. Tushar Mehta, SGI Mr. Jayant Kr. Sud, ASG Mr. S.V. Raju, ASG Mr. M.K. Maroria, AOR Mr. Rajan Kr. Chourasia, Adv. Ms. Deepabali Duttai, Adv. Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Ms. Sairica Raju, Adv. Mr. Syed Abdul Haseeb, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv Mr. Zoheb Hussain, Adv. Mr. Adit Khorana, Adv. Mr. Om Prakash Taygi,Adv.

Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Suryaprakash V.Raju, ASG Ms. Sairica Raju, Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hussain, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Sughosh Subramanyam, Adv. Mr. B. Vinodh Kanna, AOR

Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Ms. Aishwarya Bhati,ASG Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Shradha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Vansaja Shukla, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Adv. Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Sughosh Subramanyam, Adv. Mr. B.K. Satija, AAG Mr. Sanjay K., Adv. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AAG Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AAG Ms. Monika Gusain, AOR Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Varun Shankar, Adv. Mr. Lakshman RS, Adv. Mr. Atharva Koppal, Adv. Mr. Divyanshu Jain, Adv. Mr. Arnav Narain, AOR Mr. S.B. Upadhyay, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pawan R. Upadhyay, Adv. Mrs. Sharmila Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Anisha Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Sarvjit Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Prakash Pathak, Adv. Mr. Nishant Kumar, Adv. Mr. S. Niranjan Reddy, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Mr. Yogesh Raavi, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Reddy, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Aggarwal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shishir Mathur, Adv. Mr. Shohit Chaudhry, AOR Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv. Mr. D.L. Chidnanad, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Ms. Rukhimini Bobde, Adv. Mr. A.K. Sharma, AOR

Mr. Pramod K. Dubey, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vivek Jain, AOR Mr. Hemant Shah, Adv. Ms. Suchitra Kumbhat, Adv. Mr. Pramod Kumar Dubey, Sr. Adv. Mr. Hemant Shah, Adv. Mr. Prithveesh MK, Adv. Mr. Gurpreet S. Parwanda, Adv. Mr. Nishanth Patil, AOR Ms. Malvika Kala, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Ajay Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Rajan Narain, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Suryaprakash V.Raju, ASG Ms. Sairica Raju, Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hussain, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Sughosh Subramanyam, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. SV Raju,ASG Mr. Aman Lekhi, ASG Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Deepabali Datta, Adv. Mr. M.K. Maroria, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. SV Raju, ASG Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Sairica S Raju, Adv. Mr. Sughosh Subramanyam, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Amit K Desai, Sr. Adv. Mr. S. HariHaran, Adv. Mr Naveen Malhotra, Adv. Mr S. Mahesh Sahasranaman, Adv. Mr Gopalkrishna Shenoy, Adv. Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR

Ms. Prapti Allagh, Adv. Mr. Varun K. Chopra, Adv. M/s VKC Law Offices, AOR Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prateek K Chadha, AOR Ms. Ayushi Rajput, Adv. Ms. Radhika Dhanotia, Adv. Mr. Yash S. Vijay, Adv. Mr. Shaffi Mather, Adv. Mr. Aabad Ponda, Sr. Adv. Mr. Parmatma Singh, AOR Mr. Mayank Jain, Adv. Mr. Madhur Jain, Adv. Ms Neha Sharma, AOR Ms. Binu Tamta, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr.S.K. Rajora, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. E.Vinay Kumar, Adv. Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, AOR Mr. Mayank Jain, Adv. Mr. Madhur Jain, Adv. Mr. Parmatma Singh, AOR Mr. Sourabh Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Subhash Jadhav, Adv Mr. Chandan Singh Shekhawat, Adv Mr. Pranav Sarthi, Adv Ms. Natabrata Bhattacharya, Adv Ms. Awantika Manohar, AOR Ms. Natasha Vinayak, AOR Mr. S. Hari Haran, Adv. Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR Ms. Prapti Allagh, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajiv Shankar Dvivedi, AOR Mr. Rishabh Jain, Adv. Mr. Sushant Kr. Sarkar, Adv. Ms. Arti Dvivedi, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Kumar Singh, Adv.

Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR Mr. Swaroop Anand, Adv. Ms. Nupur Kumar, Adv. Mr. Divyansh Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Nagendra R. Naik, Adv. Mr. Pai Amit, AOR Ms. Pankhuri Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Agrawal,Adv. Ms. Komal Mudhra, Adv Mr. Abhiyudaya Vats, Adv. Ms. Bhavana Duhoon, Adv. Ms. Christi Jain, AOR Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Hitesh Jain, Adv. Mr. Subhash Jadhav, Adv. Ms. Gunjan Mangla, Adv. Mr. Chadan Singh Shekhawat, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Pranav Sarthi, Adv. Mr. Tawanji Shukla, Adv. Ms. Malvika Kapila, AOR Ms. Anjali Jha, AOR Ms. Anjali Jha Manish, AOR Mr. Priyadarshi Manish,Adv. Ms. Divyanshee Singh, Adv. Mr. Shivam Sharma, Adv. Mr. Raj Kishor Choudhary, AOR Mr. Varun Raghavan, Adv. Mr. Shakeel Ahmed, Adv. Ms. Malvika Raghavan, Adv. Mr. Satish Pandey, AOR Mr. Akbar Ali, Adv. Mr. Prabhoo Dayal Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Salim Ansari, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Akbar Ali, Adv. Mr. Vikas Gupta, Adv. Mr. S. K. Verma, AOR Mr. Vishal Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Narender Hooda, Adv. Mr. Shaurya Lamba, Adv.

Ms. Pallavi Hooda, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Seema Sindhu, Adv. Ms. Aalia Siddiqui, Adv. Dr. Surender Singh Hooda, AOR Ms. Preeti Singh, AOR Dr. G.K.Sarkar, Adv. Mrs. Malbika Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Avadh Bihari Kaushik, AOR Mr. Devanshu Yadav, Adv. Dr. G.K. Sarkar, Adv. Mrs. Malbika Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Prashant Srivatav, Adv. Mr. Ayush Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Devanshu Yadav, Adv. Mr. Ayush Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Devanshu Yadav, Adv. Mr. Sameer Pandey, Adv. Mr. Gautam Awasthi, AOR Mr. Gautam Awasthi, AOR Mr. Ayush Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Devanshu Yadav, Adv. Mr. Sameer Pandey, Adv. Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr.Adv. Mr. Omar Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Malak Manish Bhatt, AOR Ms. Neeha Nagpal, Adv. Mr. Vishendra Tomar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Gupta, Adv. Mr. Jaspal Singh, Adv. Ms. Neeha Nagpal, Adv. Mr. Malak Manish Bhatt, AOR Mr. Vijay Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Mudit Jain, Adv. Mr. Yugant Sharma, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv. Mr. Ajit Sharma, AOR Mr. Prithvees MK, Adv. Mr. Nishanth Patil, AOR Ms. Shubhika Saluja, Adv. Ms. Malvika Kala, Adv. Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.

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Mr. Vivek Jain, AOR Mr. Zulfiquar Memom, Adv. Mr. Mrinal Bharti, Adv. Mr. Parvez Memom, Adv. Mr. Chirag Naik, Adv. Ms. Vaijayanti Sharma, Adv. Mr. Nirvikar Singh, Adv. Mr. Manish Shekhari, Adv. Mr. Palash Bhatkoti, Adv. Ms. Vaijayanti Sharma, Adv. Mr. Nitin Sharma, Adv. Mr. Karan Bharihoke, AOR Mr. Kunal Verma, AOR Mr. E. M. S. Anam, AOR Mr. Vishnu Shanker, Adv. Ms. Ranjana Roy Gawai, Adv. Ms. Vasudha Sen, Adv. Mr. Arshdeep Singh Khurana, Adv. Mr. Ujjawal Jain, Adv. Ms. Divya Roy, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar Jain, AOR Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Irshad Ahmad, AOR Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, AOR Mr. Sudhanshu Prakash, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Sabhrawal Adv. Ms. Rakhi M., Adv Mr. Rajan Parmar, Adv. Mr. Vinayaka S. Pandit, Adv. Ms. Neha Jain, Adv. Mr. Sudhanshu Prakash,Adv Mr. Sruthi Iyer,Adv Mr. Neha Jain,Adv Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, AOR Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Ms. Kanishka Prasad Adv. Mr. Abbula kalam, Adv. Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Rai Adv. Mr. S.B. Upadhyay, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv. Mrs. Sharmila Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Anisha Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. S. S. Sastry, Adv.

Mr. Rajender Vats, Adv. Mr. Nishant Kr. Adv. Mr. Gaurav P. Pathak Adv. Mr. Vipul Srivastav, Adv. Mr. Sarvjit Pratap Singh, Adv. M/S. Unuc Legal Llp, AOR M/S. Ap & J Chambers, AOR Mr. Bharadwaj S., AOR Mr. Guru Prasanna S.,Adv. Mr. Ranjit Kumar Sharma, AOR Mrs. Priya Puri, AOR Mr. Arshdeep, Adv. Mr. Sharad Puri, Adv. Mr. Ranjay Dubey, Adv. Mr. Yati Sharma, Adv. Mr. G.Sivabalamurugan, AOR Mr. Aljo K. Joseph, AOR Mr. Ranjan Kumar, Adv. Mrs. Shelna K., Adv. Mr. Nikilesh Ramachandran, AOR Mr. Amit K. Nain, AOR Mr. Manish Pratap Singh, Adv. Ms. Mahima Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, AOR Mr. Manish Pratap Singh, Adv. Ms. Mahima Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Tushar Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Jha, Adv. Mr. Pranshu Kaushal, Adv. Mr. Shubham Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Ajay Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Raghav, Adv. Mr. Braj K. Mishara, Adv. Mr. Vijay Kumar, Adv. Mr. Arun Raghavender, Adv. Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. Shantanu M. Adkar, Adv. Mr. R. Lakshmishankar, Adv. Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. Ms. Bina Madhavan, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Indukuri, Adv. Mr. R. Narayan Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Shanker, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Mehra, Adv. Mr. Narayan Verma, Adv. Ms. Rao Vishwaja, Adv. M/S. Lawyer's S Knit & Co, AOR Mr. Akshay Nagarajan, Adv. Mr. Rishi Malhotra, AOR Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv. Mr. Shatadru Chakraborty, Adv. Ms. Kanchan Yadav, Adv. Mr. Surbhi Anand, Adv. M/S. Legal Options, AOR Mr. Tanveer Ahmed Mir, Adv. Mr. Arjun Singh Bhati, AOR Mr. Dhruv Gupta, Adv., Mr. Vaibhav Suri, Adv. Mr. Prabhav Ralli, Adv. Ms. Urja Pandey, Adv. Mr. Amit Gupta, Adv. Mr. Akhilesh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Dharmesh Joshi, Adv. Mr. Uttam Dubey, Adv. Mr. Hari Sankar Mahaptra, adv. Mr. Bhavini Sribastava, Adv. M/S. Mitter & Mitter Co., AOR Mr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Gursharan S. Virk, Adv. Mr. Nakul Mohta, Adv. Ms. Misha Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Devansh Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Johnson Subba, Adv. Mr. Bharat Moga, Adv. Mr. Deepak Prakash, AOR Mr. Abhishek A. Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Pratushpava Saha, Adv. Mr. Mahir Chablani, Adv. Mr. Rohit Ghosh, Adv. Ms. Kanika Sharma, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. M. T. George, AOR Ms. Susy, Adv. Mr. Johns George, Adv.

Ms. Rashi Bansal, AOR Mr. Shekhar G Devasa, Adv. Mr. Manish Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Prashanth R. Dixit, Adv. Ms. Thashmitha K.M. Adv. Mr. Ramesh Jadhav, Adv. Ms. Satvisa Pattanayak, Adv. M/S. Devasa & Co., AOR M/S. Ap & J Chambers, AOR Mr. Namit Saxena, AOR Mr. Awnish Maithani, Adv. Ms. Arushi Dhawan, Adv. Mr. M.K. Subramanian, Adv. Mr. Vinodh Kanna B., AOR Mr. Vinodh Kanna B., AOR Mr. Ritesh Patil, Adv. Mr. Shamik Shirishbhai Sanjanwala, AOR Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR Mr. Ankit Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Prateek Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv. Mr. Shaik Mohamad Haneef, Adv. Mr. T. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv. Mr. K.V. Girish Chowdary, Adv. Ms. Rajeswari Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Devendra Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Karunakar Mahalik, AOR Mr. B. Paramesh, Adv. Mr. Roopam Rai, Adv. Mr. Shyam Sundar Rai, Adv. Mr. Manoranjan Mishra, Adv. Ms. Gouranga Biswal, Adv. Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Syed Ahmed Saud, Adv. Mr. Daanish Ahmad Syed, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Parvez Dabas, Adv. Mr. Uzmi Jameel Husain, Adv. Mr. Aqib Baig, Adv.

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Mr. Mohd. Shahib, Adv. Mr. Sunil Saraogi, Adv. Mr. Sarabjot Singh,Adv. M/S. Shakil Ahmad Syed, AOR Dr. Sujay Kantawala, Adv. Mr. Azmat Hayat Amanullah, AOR Mr. Nishant Awana, Adv. Mr. Sagar Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Nitya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gaurav T. Shahi, Adv. Mr. Devansh Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Sujit Sahoo, Adv. Mr. Aditya Talpade, Adv. Mr. Divyesh Pratap Singh, Adv. Ms. Srishti Singh, AOR Mr. Gautam Talukdar, AOR Mr. A.P. Singh, Adv. Mr. Shreyansh Rathi, Adv. M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. Sarvesh Singh Baghel, AOR Mr. Mukhtar Alam, Adv. Ms. Natasha, Adv. Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. M B R S Raju, Adv. Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Mrs. Lakshmi Rao, Adv. Mr. Prateek Yadav, Adv. Ms. Garima Jain, Adv. Ms. Aakriti Priya, Adv. Mr. Shiva Krishnamurti, Adv. Mr. V. Shyamohan, AOR Ms. Jaspreet Gogia, AOR Mr. Mandakini Singh, Adv. Ms. Ashima Mandla, Adv. Ms. Mandakini Singh, Adv. Mr. Karanvir Gogia, Adv. Ms. Shivangi Singhal, Adv. Ms. Ashima Mandla, Adv. Mr. O. P. Gaggar, AOR

Mr. Ashoka Kumar Thakur, Adv. Mr. Imran Khan, Adv. Mr. Anil K. Chopra, AOR Mr. Shreeyash U. Lalit, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vishal Sharma, Adv. Ms. Devika Khanna, Adv Mrs. V. D. Khanna, AOR Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mr. Amandeep Mehta, Adv. Mr. Gautam Awasthi, AOR Mr. Ayush Choudhary,Adv. Mr. Devanshu Yadav, Adv. Mr. Gautam Awasthi, AOR Mr. Ayush Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Devanshu Yadav, Adv. Mr. Sameer Pandey, Adv. Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv. Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, Adv. Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv. Ms. Shwetal Shepal, Adv. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sukhada Kakade, Adv. Mr. Vishal Mahajan, AAG Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv. Mr.Suraj Kumar, Adv. Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR Mr. Dinesh Kumar Sabharwal,Adv Mr. Sameer Bhatnagar,Adv Mr. Syed Mehdi Imam, AOR

Mr. V. Vasudevan, Adv. Mr. Aswathi M.K., AOR Mr. Birj Kant Mishra, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.K. Rajora, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Ms. Maneesha Kongovi, Adv. Mr. R. Sudhinder, Adv. Ms. Prerana Amitabh, Adv. Mr. Shivabhushan Hatti, Adv. Mr. Shashank Dixit, Adv. Mr. R Gopalakrishan, AOR Mr. V. Vasudev, Adv. Mr. Awasthi M.K., AOR Mr. Malak Manish Bhatt, AOR Mr. Gautam Khazanchi, Adv. Ms. Neeha Nagpal, Adv. Mr. Anshuman Sinha, Adv. Mr. Vijay K. Pande, Adv. Ms. Jaikriti S Jadeja, AOR Ms. Pragya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vinay Prakash, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. Maneesh Saxena, Adv. Mr. Vipin Kumar Saxena, Adv. Ms. Kajal Rani, Adv. Ms. Natasha Dalmia, AOR Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Mr. Parmatma Singh, AOR Mr. Mayank Jain, Adv. Mr. Madhur Jain, Adv. Mr. A. Selvin Raja, AOR Mr. Tanveer Ahmed Mir, Adv Mr. Arjun Singh Bhati, AOR Mr. Dhruv Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Suri, Adv. Mr. Prabhav Ralli, Adv. Ms. Urja Pandey, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Bhandari Adv. Ms. Kartika Sharma Adv. Mr. Arav Pandit Adv.

Mr. Shreyansh Agrawal Adv. Ms. Rooh-e-Hina Dua, AOR Mr. Rajive Bhalla, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Yajur Bhalla, Adv. Mr. Deepak Samota, Adv. Mr. Sumeir Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Shubham Bhalla, AOR Mr. B. Vinodh Kanna, AOR Mr. V. Purushothaman Reddy, Adv. Mr. Gurusharan S. Virk, Adv. Mr. Nakul Mohta, Adv. Ms. Misha Rohatgi Mohta,AOR Mr. Devansh Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Johnson Subba, Adv. Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv. Mr. Somanath Padhan, AOR Mr. Ashok Anand, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Kr. Singh, Adv. Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Rajiv Shankar Dvivedi, AOR Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr.Adv. Mr. Rishabh Jain, Adv. Mr. Sushant Kr. Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Jyoti Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Arti Dvivedi, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Sachin Jolly, Adv. Mr. Akshay Anand, Adv. Mr. Devanshu Yadav, Adv. Mr. Gautam Awasthi, AOR Mr. Gautam Awasthi, AOR Dr. G.K. Sarkar, Adv. Mrs. Malbika Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Prashant Srivastav, Adv. Mr. Devanshu Yadav, Adv. Ms. Maneesha Kongovi Adv. Mr. R Sudhinder Adv. Ms. Prerana Amitabh Adv. Mr. Shivabhushan Hatti Adv. Mr. Shashank Dixit Adv. Mr. R Gopalakrishnan AOR

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Mr. S. HariHaran, Adv. Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vishal Gosain, Adv. Mr. Nagarkatti Kartik Uday, AOR Ms. Deepika Kalia, Adv. Ms. Adya Rajkotia Luthra, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sunny Choudhary, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR Mr. Raj Kamal, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Kartika Sharma, Adv. Mr. Arav Pandit, Adv. Ms. Ananya Skri, Adv. Mr. Akarsh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shreyansh Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Roohe Hina Dua, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Aman Lekhi, ASG Mr. M.K.Maroria, AOR Ms. Deepabali Dutta Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hussain Adv. Mr. Kanu Agarwal Adv. Mr. Wills Mathews, Adv. Mr. Mathen Joseph, Adv. Mr. Devendra Kumar Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Paul John Edison, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Garg, Adv. Mr. Ashish Gopal Garg, Adv. Ms. Shweta Garg, AOR Mr. Anshuman Srivastava, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hussain, Adv. Ms. Deepabali Dutta, Adv. Mr. Navanjay Mahapatra, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. S. V. Raju, ASG Mr. M.K.Maroria, AOR

Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Ms. Deepabali Dutta, Adv. Mr. S.A. Haseeb, Adv. Ms. Sairica Raju, Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hussain, Adv. Mr. Adit Khorana, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. N. Hariharan, Sr. Adv. Mr. S. Hariharan, Adv. Mr. Ankur Chawla, Adv. Mr. Arshdeep Singh Khurana, Adv. Mr. Naveen Malhotra, Adv. Mr. S. Mahesh Sahasranaman, Adv. Mr. Gopalkrishna Shenoy, Adv. Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR Ms. Prapti Allagh, Adv. Mr. V.K.Biju, AOR Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. Mr. Chetanya Singh, Adv. Mr. Amlendu Kumar Akhilesh Kumar Jha, Adv. Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Shaji George, Adv. Ms. Vijay Laxmi, Adv. Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR Ms. Shweta Garg, AOR Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Shradha Deshmukh , Adv. Mr. Vansaja Shukla, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. D.Kumanan, AOR Mr. Narender Kumar Verma, AOR Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, AOR Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR Ms. Uma Devi. M, AOR

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Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.M. Khanwilkar pronounced the judgment of the Bench comprising His Lordship, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Hon'ble Mr. Justice C.T. Ravikumar.

The conclusion and operative order of the judgment read as under:

"CONCLUSION

1. In light of the above analysis, we now proceed to summarise our conclusion on seminal points in issue in the following terms: - (i) The question as to whether some of the amendments to the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 could not have been enacted by the Parliament by way of a Finance Act has not been examined in this judgment. The same is left open for being examined along with or after the decision of the Larger Bench (seven Judges) of this Court in the case of Rojer Mathew.

(ii) The expression "proceedings" occurring in Clause (na) of Section 2(1) of the 2002 Act is contextual and is required to be given expansive meaning to include inquiry procedure followed by the Authorities of ED, the Adjudicating Authority, and the Special Court.

(iii) The expression "investigation" in Clause (na) of Section 2(1) of the 2002 Act does not limit itself to the matter of investigation concerning the offence under the Act and is interchangeable with the function of "inquiry" to be undertaken by the Authorities under the Act.

(iv) The Explanation inserted to Clause (u) of Section 2(1) of the 2002 Act does not travel beyond the main provision predicating tracking and reaching upto the property derived or obtained directly or indirectly as a result of criminal activity relating to a scheduled offence.

(v)(a) Section 3 of the 2002 Act has a wider reach and captures every process and activity, direct or indirect, in dealing with the proceeds of crime and is not limited to the happening of the final act of integration of tainted property in the formal economy. The Explanation inserted to Section 3 by way of amendment of 2019 does not expand the purport of Section 3 but is only clarificatory in nature. It clarifies the word "and" preceding the expression projecting or claiming as "or"; and being a clarificatory amendment, it would make no difference even if it is introduced by way of Finance Act or otherwise.

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(b) Independent of the above, we are clearly of the view that the expression "and" occurring in Section 3 has to be construed as "or", to give full play to the said provision so as to include "every" process or activity indulged into by anyone. Projecting or claiming the property as untainted property would constitute an offence of money-laundering on its own, being an independent process or activity.

(c) The interpretation suggested by the petitioners, that only upon projecting or claiming the property in question as untainted property that the offence of Section 3 would be complete, stands rejected.

(d) The offence under Section 3 of the 2002 Act is dependent on illegal gain of property as a result of criminal activity relating to a scheduled offence. It is concerning the process or activity connected with such property, which constitutes the offence of money-laundering. The Authorities under the 2002 Act cannot prosecute any person on notional basis or on the assumption that a scheduled offence has been committed, unless it is so registered with the jurisdictional police and/or pending enquiry/trial including by way of criminal complaint before the competent forum. If the person is finally discharged/acquitted of the scheduled offence or the criminal case against him is quashed by the Court of competent jurisdiction, there can be no offence of money-laundering against him or any one claiming such property being the property linked to stated scheduled offence through him.

(vi) Section 5 of the 2002 Act is constitutionally valid. It provides for a balancing arrangement to secure the interests of the person as also ensures that the proceeds of crime remain available to be dealt with in the manner provided by the 2002 Act. The procedural safeguards as delineated by us hereinabove are effective measures to protect the interests of person concerned.

(vii) The challenge to the validity of sub-section (4) of Section 8 of the 2002 Act is also rejected subject to Section 8 being invoked and operated in accordance with the meaning assigned to it hereinabove.

(viii) The challenge to deletion of proviso to sub-section (1) of Section 17 of the 2002 Act stands rejected. There are stringent safeguards provided in Section 17 and Rules framed thereunder. Moreover, the pre-condition in the proviso to Rule 3(2) of the 2005 Rules cannot be read into Section 17 after its amendment. The Central Government may take necessary corrective steps to obviate confusion caused in that regard.

(ix) The challenge to deletion of proviso to sub-section (1) of Section 18 of the 2002 Act also stands rejected. There are similar safeguards provided in Section 18. We hold that the amended provision does not suffer from the vice of arbitrariness.

(x) The challenge to the constitutional validity of Section 19 of the 2002 Act is also rejected. There are stringent safeguards provided in Section 19. The provision does not suffer from the vice of arbitrariness.

(xi) Section 24 of the 2002 Act has reasonable nexus with the purposes and objects sought to be achieved by the 2002 Act and cannot be regarded as manifestly arbitrary or unconstitutional.

(xii) (a) The proviso in Clause (a) of sub-section (1) of Section 44 of the 2002 Act is to be regarded as directory in nature and this provision is also read down to mean that the Special Court may exercise judicial discretion on case-to-case basis.

(b) We do not find merit in the challenge to Section 44 being arbitrary or unconstitutional. However, the eventualities referred to in this section shall be dealt with by the Court concerned and by the Authority concerned in accordance with the interpretation given in this judgment.

(xiii) (a) The reasons which weighed with this Court in Nikesh Tarachand Shah for declaring the twin conditions in Section 45(1) of the 2002 Act, as it stood at the relevant time, as unconstitutional in no way obliterated the provision from the statute book; and it was open to the Parliament to cure the defect noted by this Court so as to revive the same provision in the existing form.

(b) We are unable to agree with the observations in Nikesh Tarachand Shah distinguishing the enunciation of the Constitution Bench decision in Kartar Singh; and other observations suggestive of doubting the perception of Parliament in regard to the seriousness of the offence of money-laundering, including about it posing serious threat to the sovereignty and integrity of the country.

(c) The provision in the form of Section 45 of the 2002 Act, as applicable post amendment of 2018, is reasonable and has direct nexus with the purposes and objects sought to be achieved by the 2002 Act and does not suffer from the vice of arbitrariness or unreasonableness.

(d) As regards the prayer for grant of bail, irrespective of the nature of proceedings, including those under Section 438 of the 1973 Code or even upon invoking the jurisdiction of Constitutional Courts, the underlying principles and rigours of Section 45 may apply.

(xiv) The beneficial provision of Section 436A of the 1973 Code could be invoked by the accused arrested for offence punishable under the 2002 Act.

(xv) (a) The process envisaged by Section 50 of the 2002 Act is in the nature of an inquiry against the proceeds of crime and is not "investigation" in strict sense of the term for initiating prosecution; and the Authorities under the 2002 Act (referred to in Section 48), are not police officers as such.

(b) The statements recorded by the Authorities under the 2002 Act are not hit by Article 20(3) or Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

(xvi) Section 63 of the 2002 Act providing for punishment regarding false information or failure to give information does not suffer from any vice of arbitrariness.

(xvii) The inclusion or exclusion of any particular offence in the Schedule to the 2002 Act is a matter of legislative policy; and the nature or class of any predicate offence has no bearing on the validity of the Schedule or any prescription thereunder.

(xviii) (a) In view of special mechanism envisaged by the 2002 Act, ECIR cannot be equated with an FIR under the 1973 Code. ECIR is an internal document of the ED and the fact that FIR in respect of scheduled offence has not been recorded does not come in the way of the Authorities referred to in Section 48 to commence inquiry/investigation for initiating "civil action" of "provisional attachment" of property being proceeds of crime.

(b) Supply of a copy of ECIR in every case to the person concerned is not mandatory, it is enough if ED at the time of arrest, discloses the grounds of such arrest.

(c) However, when the arrested person is produced before the Special Court, it is open to the Special Court to look into the relevant records presented by the authorised representative of ED for answering the issue of need for his/her continued detention in connection with the offence of money-laundering.

(xix) Even when ED manual is not to be published being an internal departmental document issued for the guidance of the Authorities (ED officials), the department ought to explore the desirability of placing information on its website which may broadly outline the scope of the authority of the functionaries under the Act and measures to be adopted by them as also the options/remedies available to the person concerned before the Authority and before the Special Court.

(xx) The petitioners are justified in expressing serious concern bordering on causing injustice owing to the vacancies in the Appellate Tribunal. We deem it necessary to impress upon the executive to take corrective measures in this regard expeditiously.

(xxi) The argument about proportionality of punishment with reference to the nature of scheduled offence is wholly unfounded and stands rejected.

ORDER

T.P. (Crl.) No. 150/2016, T.P. (Crl.) Nos. 151-157/2016, T.P. (C) No. 1583/2018 and T.P. (Crl.) No. 435/2021

1. These transfer petitions are disposed of with liberty to the private parties to pursue the proceedings pending before the High

Court. The contentions, other than dealt with in this judgment, are kept open, to be decided in those proceedings on its own merits. It would be open to the parties to pursue all (other) contentions in those proceedings, except the question of validity and interpretation of the concerned provision(s) already dealt with in this judgment.

T.C. (Crl.) Nos.3/2018 and 4/2018

2. In these transferred cases, the parties are relegated before the High Court by restoring the concerned writ petition(s) to the file of the concerned High Court to its original number limited to consider relief of discharge/bail/quashing, as the case may be, on its own merits and in accordance with law. It would be open to the parties to pursue all (other) contentions in those proceedings, except the question of validity and interpretation of the concerned provision(s) already dealt with in this judgment. The transferred cases are disposed of accordingly.

W.P. (Crl.) Nos. 169/2020, 370/2021, 454/2021 and 475/2021

3. (a) These writ petitions involve issues relating to Finance Bill/Money Bill. Hence, the same are delinked, to be heard along with Civil Appeal No.8588 of 2019 titled 'Rojer Mathew vs. South Indian Bank Ltd. & Ors.'.

W.P. (Crl.) Nos. 251/2018 and 532/2021

(b) In these writ petitions, as the relief claimed was only regarding the validity and interpretation of the provisions of the 2002 Act, the same are disposed of in terms of this judgment.

	W.P. (Crl.) Nos. 152/2016, 202/2017, 26/2018, 33/2018, 75/2018,
	117/2018, 173/2018, 175/2018, 184/2018, 226 of 2018, 309/2018,
	333/2018, 9/2019, 16/2019, 49/2019, 122/2019, 127/2019, 139/2019,
147/2019,	205/2019,	217/2019,		244/2019,	272/2019,		283/2019,
289/2019,	300/2019,	308/2019,		326/2019,	365/2019,		367/2019,
	39/2020, 259/2020, 60/2020, 91/2020, 239/2020, 267/2020, 366/2020,
	385/2020, 404/2020, 429/2020, 18/2021, 19/2021, 21/2021, 27/2021,
	66/2021, 179/2021, 199/2021, 207/2021, 239/2021, 263 of 2021,
	268/2021, 282/2021, 303/2021, 305/2021, 323/2021 and 453/2021

(c) In these writ petitions as further relief of bail/discharge/quashing has been prayed, the same are disposed of in terms of this judgment with liberty to the private parties to pursue further reliefs before the appropriate forum, leaving all contentions in that regard open, to be decided on its own merits.

Crl. A. Nos. 1269/2017, 1270/2017, 223/2018, 391-392/2018, 793- 794/2018, 1210/2018 and 682/2019

			SLP (Crl.) Nos. 4634/2014, 9987/2015, 10018/2015, 10019/2015,
			993/2016, 1271-1272/2017, 2890/2017, 5487/2017, 1701-1703/2018,
			1705/2018, 5444/2018, 6922/2018, 8156/2018, 5350/2019, 8174/2019,
			9652/2019, 10627/2019, 260/2020, 3474/2020, 6128/2020, 609/2021,
			734/2021, 1355/2021, 1403/2021, 1440/2021, 1586/2021, 1855/2021,
			1920/2021, 2237/2021, 2250/2021, 2435/2021, 2818/2021, 3228/2021,
			3274/2021, 3439/2021, 3514/2021, 3629/2021, 3769/2021, 3813/2021,
			3921/2021, 4024/2021, 4834/2021, 5156/2021, 5174/2021, 5252/2021,
			5457/2021, 5652/2021, 5696-97/2021, 6189/2021, 7021-23/2021 and
8429/2021

SLP (C) Nos. 28394/2011, 28922/2011, 29273/2011 and 8764-67/2021

Diary Nos. 9360/2018, 9365/2018, 17000/2018, 17462/2018, 20250/2018 and 22529/2018, 8626/2021 and 11605/2021

4. These appeals/petitions are de-tagged and ordered to be listed separately before appropriate Bench as the impugned judgment in the concerned case deals with the prayer for bail/discharge/quashing. This relief will have to be decided on case-to-case basis. Accordingly, these matters be listed separately before appropriate Bench. The Registry to do the needful in this regard.

WP (Crl.) Nos. 336/2018, 173/2019, 212/2019, 253/2019, 261/2019, 266/2019, 273/2019, 285/2019, 288/2019, 298/2019, 299/2019, 306/2019, 346/2019, 09/2020, 35/2020, 49/2020, 52/2020, 240/2020 and 329/2020

WP (C) Nos. 1401/2020 and 56/2021

SLP (Crl.) Nos. 1534/2018, 2971/2018, 7408/2018, 11049/2018, 11839/2019, 1732/2020, 2023/2020 and 6303/2020;

WP (Crl.) Nos. 119/2019, 239/2019, 263/2019, 36/2020, 124/2020, 137/2020, 140/2020, 142/2020, 145/2020, 228/2020, 69/2021, 359/2021 and 520/2021 SLP (Crl.) Nos. 1114/2018, 1115/2018, 618/2020, 2814/2020,

6456/2020, 6660/2020, 6338/2021 and 6847/2021;

WP (Crl.) Nos. 118/2019, 267/2019, 286/2019, 287/2019, 303/2019, 305/2019, 309/2019, 313/2019, 28/2020, 61/2020, 89/2020, 90/2020, 93/2020, 184/2020, 221/2020, 223/2020, 285/2020, 286/2020, 410/2020, 411/2020, 04/2021, 06/2021, 33/2021, 40/2021, 47/2021, 144/2021 and 301/2021

SLP (Crl.) Nos. 244/2019, 3647/2019, 4322-24/2019, 4546/2019, 5153/2019, 9541/2019, 647/2020, 3366/2020, 5536/2020, 1031/2021, 1072/2021, 1073/2021, 1107/2021, 2050-54/2021 and 6834/2019

SLP (C) No. 20310/2021

Diary No. 31616/2021;

WP (Crl.) Nos. 05/2020, 311/2020, 380/2020, 387/2020 and 11/2021, SLP (Crl.) Nos. 4078/2018, 8111/2019 and 6172/2020, Transferred Case (Crl.) No. 5/2018, Diary No. 41063/2015

5. In these cases, the challenge is regarding the validity and interpretation of other statutes (other than 2002 Act), such as Indian Penal Code, 1860, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Customs Act, 1962, Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Companies Act, 2013, Central Goods & Services Act, 2017, etc. Hence, the same are delinked and be placed before the appropriate Bench "groupwise/Act-wise" as indicated above. The Registry to do the needful in that regard.

6. The interim relief granted in the petitions/appeals which are disposed of in terms of this order, to continue for a period of four weeks from today, to enable the private parties to take recourse to appropriate remedies before the concerned forum, if so advised.

7. The interim relief granted in petitions/appeals, which are delinked and ordered to be listed separately or otherwise, shall continue for four weeks from today, with liberty to the parties to mention for early listing of the concerned case including for continuation/vacation of the interim relief."

Pending applications in the disposed of matters, if any, stand

disposed of.

(DEEPAK SINGH) (VIDYA NEGI) COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR [Signed reportable judgment is placed on the file]