COURT NO.14

SECTION XIV

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

PETITION(S) FOR SPECIAL LEAVE TO APPEAL (C) NO(S).7649/2023

HIMANSHU SINGH & ORS.

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

$Respondent(s)$

(only slp nos. 7649, 7626, 11650, 11223-11235, 15749, 16088, 16133, 16733, 16791, 18605 18595, 27483, 21792, 21770, 12923 and 20556-20559, 16509, 14471-14477 of 2023 and 692 of 2024 are to be listed. IA No. 15012/2024 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 91793/2023 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT <pre>IA No. 251716/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT</pre> <pre>IA No. 138843/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)</pre>

WITH SLP(C) No. 18595/2023 (XIV)

(FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION ON IA 201375/2023 IA No. 201375/2023 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION) SLP(C) No. 12923/2023 (XIV)

(FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION ON IA 201608/2023 IA No. 201608/2023 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION) SLP(C) No. 16733/2023 (XIV)

(FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION ON IA 201590/2023) IA No. 201590/2023 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION) SLP(C) No. 21792/2023 (XIV)

(FOR ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES ON IA 204539/2023 FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING ON IA 204542/2023 FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION ON IA 15016/2024 IA No. 204539/2023 - ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES IA No. 15016/2024 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 204542/2023 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING)

SLP(C) No. 21770/2023 (XIV) (FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION ON IA 15003/2024 FOR DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT ON IA 27329/2024 Signal Tensor 15003/2024 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION <table><tbody>Call Table 2024-04 10Deleting the NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT)Call 2024-04 100</tbody> 17:49:48 IST<br>Reason:

SLP(C) No. 7626/2023 (XIV)

(FOR impleading party ON IA 113197/2023 FOR impleading party ON IA 138848/2023 FOR impleading party ON IA 232605/2023 FOR impleading party ON IA 239812/2023 IA No. 239812/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 232605/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 138848/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 113197/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) SLP(C) No. 16133/2023 (XIV) (FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION ON IA 201046/2023 IA No. 201046/2023 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION) SLP(C) No. 11223-11235/2023 (XIV) (FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION ON IA 15235/2024 IA No. 15235/2024 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION) SLP(C) No. 11650/2023 (XIV) (FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION ON IA 15106/2024 IA No. 15106/2024 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION) SLP(C) No. 14471-14477/2023 (XIV) IA No. 177163/2023 - ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES IA No. 14148/2024 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 141199/2023 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT IA No. 230316/2023 - WITHDRAWAL OF CASE / APPLICATION) SLP(C) No. 18605/2023 (XIV) (FOR DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT ON IA 59365/2024 IA No. 59365/2024 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT) SLP(C) No. 27483/2023 (XIV) FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION ON IA 14933/2024 IA No. 14933/2024 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION) SLP(C) No. 692/2024 (XIV) FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION ON IA 59266/2024 IA No. 59266/2024 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION) SLP(C) No. 16509/2023 (XIV) (FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION ON IA 15000/2024 IA No. 15000/2024 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION) SLP(C) No. 15749/2023 (XIV) FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION ON IA 201627/2023 IA No. 201627/2023 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION) SLP(C) No. 16791/2023 (XIV)

(FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION ON IA 15013/2024 FOR DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT ON IA 59489/2024 IA No. 15013/2024 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 59489/2024 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT) SLP(C) No. 20556-20559/2023 (XIV) (FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION ON IA 15011/2024 IA No. 15011/2024 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION) with SLP (C) No.16088/2023 (IA No. 201613/2023 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION) Date : 08-04-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.V.N. BHATTI [IN CHAMBER] For Petitioner(s) Mr. Krishnamohan K., AOR Ms. Dania Nayyar, Adv. Ms. Yamini Sharma, Adv. Dr. Vinod Kumar Tewari, AOR Mr. Ranbir Singh Yadav, AOR Mr. Mareesh Pravir Sahay, AOR Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Rishi Kumar Singh Gautam, AOR Mr. Sachin Bajpai, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Mohan, Adv. Mr. Ankit Yadav, AOR Mr. Ratnesh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Manish Patni, Adv. Mr. Akshay Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Alankrit Bhatnagar, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR Mr. Ranbir Singh Yadav, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Ms. Munisha Anand, Adv.

Mr. Niraj, Adv. Mr. Rishi Tutu, Adv. Mr. Abhay Arora, Adv. Mr. R. C. Kohli, AOR Ms. Neha Agarwal, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. T. R. B. Sivakumar, AOR Mr. Rajesh P., AOR Mr. Rajat Joneja, Adv. Mr. Ashish K Singh, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Sagar, AOR Ms. Megha Gaur, Adv. Mr. Vibhav Mishra, Adv. Mr. Parmanand Gaur, AOR Mr. Venancio Dcosta, Adv. Ms. Astha Ojha, Adv. Ms. Gauri Goel, Adv. (NP) Mr. Faisal Sherwani, AOR Ms. Amrita Singh, AOR Mr. Ankit Gupta, Adv. Mr. Anupam Singh, AOR Mr. Nishant Kumar, AOR Mr. Sanjeev Singh, Adv. Ms. Mudrakshi, Adv. Ms. Taniya Bansal, Adv. Ms. Meenakshi S., Adv. Ms. Sandipa Bhattacharjee, Adv. Dr. Joginder Singh Berwal, Adv. Mr. Sudhansu Palo, AOR Mrs. V. D. Khanna, AOR Mr. Brijesh Kumar Tamber, AOR Mr. Kuber Dewan, Adv.

Mr. Neeharika Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Kaustubh Srivastava, Adv. Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, AOR Mr. Vishal, Adv. Mr. Kapil Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Amitabh Singh, Adv. Ms. Subhadra Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Pallav Saxena, Adv. Mr. Anoop Prakash Awasthi, AOR Ms. Prapti Singh, Adv. Ms. Parthvi Ahuja, Adv. Ms. Divya Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Krishan Kumar, AOR Mr. Kailash Prashad Pandey, AOR Mr. Vijay K. Jain, AOR Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR Ms. Amrita Singh, AOR Mr. Ankit Gupta, Adv. Mr. T. R. B. Sivakumar, AOR Mr. Anupam Singh, AOR Mr. Kuber Dewan, Adv. Ms. Neeharika Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Kaushtubh Srivastava, Adv. Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, AOR Ms. A. Deepa for Respondent no.7

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

I.A. Nos.91793/2023 in SLP (C) SLP (C)No.7649/2023

The applicant prays for deletion of respondent nos.9 to 13 from the array of parties in the SLP.

The application is allowed at the risk of the petitioners.

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Cause title be amended accordingly.

I.A. No.138843/2023 and I.A. No.251716/2023 in SLP (C) No.7649/2023 Post these I.As after two weeks.

In the meantime, learned counsel for the applicant is permitted to take steps for filing application for impleadment of few other respondents.

I.A. No.15012/2024 in SLP (C) No.7649/2023 and I.A. No.201375/2023 in SLP (C) No.18595/2023

Application for change of description of respondent no.5 in SLP (C) No.7649/2023 is necessitated on account of a few changes incorporated in the Registrar of Companies.

Application for substitution is allowed.

Cause title be amended accordingly.

I.A. No.201608/2023 in SLP (C) No.12923/2023

Application for substitution of name of respondent no.3 as HDFC Bank Ltd. in place of HDFC Ltd., is allowed.

Cause title be amended accordingly.

I.A. No.201590/2023 in SLP (C) No.16733/2023

Application for substitution of name of respondent no.4 – Housing Development and Finance Corporation Ltd. (HDFC Ltd.) as 'HDFC Bank Ltd.' is allowed.

Cause title be amended accordingly.

I.A. No.204539/2023, I.A. No.204542/2023 and I.A. No.15016/2024 in SLP (C) No.21792/2023

The applicant prays for deletion of respondent nos.13 to 33 from the array of parties in the cause title of the SLP.

The application is allowed at the risk of the petitioners.

Cause title be amended accordingly.

Application for condonation of delay in filing spare copies and substitution of respondent no.5 as HDFC Bank Ltd. in place of HDFC Ltd. is allowed.

Cause title be amended accordingly.

I.A. No.15003/2024 and I.A. No.27329/2024 in SLP (C) No.21770/2023

Application for condonation of delay in filing spare copies and substitution of respondent no.4 as HDFC Bank Ltd. in place of HDFC Ltd. is allowed.

Cause title be amended accordingly.

Application for deletion of respondent no.6 – PNB is allowed at the risk of the petitioner.

Cause title be amended accordingly.

I.A. No.113197/2023, 138848/2023, I.A. No.232605/2023, I.A. No.239812/2023 in SLP (C) No.7626/2023

At the request of the learned counsel for the applicant/petitioner, post these I.A.s after summer vacation.

I.A. No.201046/2023 in SLP (C) No.16133/2023

Application for substitution of name of respondent no.6 – Housing Development and Finance Corporation Ltd. (HDFC Ltd.) as "HDFC Bank Ltd." is allowed.

Cause title be amended accordingly.

I.A. No.15235/2024 in SLP (C) No.11223-35/2023

Application for substitution of name of respondent no.6 – HDFC Ltd. as "HDFC Bank Ltd." is allowed.

Cause title be amended accordingly.

I.A. No.15106/2024 in SLP (C) No.11650/2023

Application for substitution of name of respondent no.5 – HDFC

Ltd. as "HDFC Bank Ltd." is allowed.

Cause title be amended accordingly.

I.A. No.141199/2023, I.A. No.177163/2023 and I.A. No.230316/2023 in SLP (C) No.14471-77/2023

No representation on behalf of the petitioner/applicant.

Eight weeks' time is granted to file counter affidavit on behalf of the HDFC Bank.

I.A. No.59365/2024 in SLP (C) NO. 18605/2023

At the request of the learned counsel for the petitioner, post after summer vacation.

I.A. No.14933/2024 in SLP (C) No.27483/2023

Application for substitution of name of Respondent no.27 – Housing Development and Finance Corporation Ltd.) (HDFC Ltd.) as "HDFC Bank Ltd." is allowed.

Cause title be amended accordingly.

Eight weeks' time is granted to file counter affidavit.

I.A. No.59266/2024 in SLP (C) No.692/2024

Application for substitution of name of Respondent no.4 – Housing Development and Finance Corporation Ltd.) (HDFC Ltd.) as "HDFC Bank Ltd." is allowed.

Cause title be amended accordingly.

List after summer vacation.

I.A. No.15000/2024 and I.A. No.77193/2024 in SLP (C) No.16509/2023

Application for substitution of name of Respondent no.5 – HDFC Ltd. as "HDFC Bank Ltd." is allowed.

Application for deletion of respondent no.6 is also allowed

from the array of parties at the risk of the petitioner.

Cause title be amended accordingly.

List after summer vacation.

I.A. No.201627/2023 in SLP (C) No.15749/2023

Application for substitution of respondent no.6 – Housing Development and Finance Corporation Ltd. (HDFC Ltd) as "HDFC Bank Ltd." is allowed.

Cause title be amended accordingly.

I.A. No.15013/2024 and I.A. No.59489/2024 in SLP (C) No.16791/2023 and I.A. No.15011/2024 in SLP (C) No.20556-59/2023

Post the matters after summer vacation.

I.A. No.201613/2023 in SLP (C) No.16088/2023

Application for substitution of respondent no.6 is allowed. Cause title be amended accordingly.

(KAVITA PAHUJA) (AMITA PANDEY)

COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)