Ministry Of Environment Forests And Climate Change vs. Mehdad

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

BEFORE THE REGISTRAR ANIL LAXMAN PANSARE

Civil Appeal No(s). 6167-6169/2018

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE Appellant(s)

VERSUS

MEHDAD & ORS. Respondent(s)

Date : 22-04-2019 These appeals were called on for hearing today.

For Appellant(s)

Mr Vipin Kumar, Adv. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR

For Respondent(s)

Digitally signed by VINOD KUMAR TIWARI Date: 2019.04.25 14:54:16 IST Reason:

Signature Not Verified

Mr Arpit Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Sanjeeb Panigrahi, AOR Mr. D. L. Chidananda, AOR Mr S Partha Sarathi, Adv. Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR Mr Mukesh Verma, Adv. Mr Pawan Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. Yash Pal Dhingra, AOR Mr Deepak Jain, Adv. Mrs Jaspreet Aulakh, Adv. Mr Ayush Acharjee, Adv. Mrs Shaila Arora, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Manu Srivastava, AOR Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR M/S. K J John And Co, AOR Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr Parikshit P Angadi, Adv. Mr Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR Mr Salvador S Rebello, Adv. Mr Akhil A Roy, Adv. Ms Viddusshi, Adv. Mr Sahil Singh, Adv. Mr Pratap Venugopal, AOR

For Impleader

Ms Shibani Ghosh, AOR

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

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Service is complete on respondent nos. 3,11 and 14 but none has entered appearance.

Respondent nos. 9 and 10 have filed counter affidavit.

Respondent no.12 is granted four weeks time as last opportunity for filing counter affidavit.

Respondent nos. 6,7,8,13 and 15 have failed to file counter affidavit despite last opportunity having been granted, as such, further opportunity is declined.

Ld. Counsel for the petitioner to take fresh steps to effect service on respondent nos. 2,4 and 17 within two weeks time.

Ld. Counsel for the petitioner has not taken fresh steps for effecting service on respondent nos. 1 and 16. However, strictly last chance of two weeks is granted. If steps are taken, issue notices else registry to process the matter as per rules for listing before the Hon'ble Judge in Chambers for orders.

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None appeared for the petitioner when called.

Respondent nos. 1,2,8,10,14 and 17 have failed to file counter affidavit despite last opportunity having been granted, as such, further opportunity is declined.

Item No.53

Respondent no.11 is granted four weeks time as last opportunity for filing counter affidavit.

Service is complete on respondent nos. 3,5 to 7, 9,12,13,15,16 and 18 but none has entered appearance.

Ld. Counsel for the petitioner has not taken fresh steps for effecting service on respondent no.4 despite last opportunity having been granted, as such, registry to process the matter as per rules for listing before the Hon'ble Judge in Chambers for orders.

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None appeared for the petitioner when called.

Ld. Counsel for the petitioner has not taken fresh steps for effecting service on the common unserved respondents, as such, registry to process the matter as per rules for listing before the Hon'ble Judge in Chambers for orders.

Ld. Counsel for respondent no.8 in all matters submitted that he will be filing counter affidavit during the course of the day. If filed, be taken on record.

ANIL LAXMAN PANSARE Registrar