Sunka Ram vs. Ntpc

ITEM NO.102 COURT NO.15 SECTION XIV-A

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

Civil Appeal No(s). 19413/2017

SEWA DASS Appellant(s)

VERSUS

NTPC LTD. & ANR. Respondent(s)

([ GROUP MATTER ] (IA No. 78658/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS & IA No. 53925/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

WITH

SLP(C) No. 2668-2671/2022 (XIV) (IA FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 24448/2022) SLP(C) No. 21890/2018 (XIV) (FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES ON IA 114556/2018) SLP(C) Nos.202-203/2022 (XIV) (FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES ON IA 161762/2021) C.A. No. 9117/2022 (XIV-A) (IA FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 183648/2022) SLP(C) No. 12255/2022 (XIV) Diary No.21605/2021 (XIV) (IA No. 163653/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) SLP(C) No. 16014/2021 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) No. 19061/2021 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) No. 19356/2021 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) No. 19865/2021 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) Nos. 20588-20589/2021 (XIV) Diary No.30606/2021 (XIV) (IA No. 164579/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) C.A. No. 7578-7579/2019 (XIV-A) SLP(C) No. 24192/2019 (XIV) (IA No. 146652/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT & IA No. 146649/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) C.A. No.8896/2019 (XIV-A) (FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES ON IA 171177/2019) Digitally signed by VISHAL ANAND Date: 2024.04.20 12:38:06 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

Diary No.37814/2019 (XIV) (IA No. 177551/2019 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP & IA No. 177552/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Diary No.39483/2019 (XIV) (IA No. 176595/2019 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP) C.A. No. 1823/2020 (XIV-A) IA No. 36604/2022 - ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES & IA No. 36633/2022 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION) SLP(C) No. 5514/2020 (XIV) (IA No.30051/2020-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP and IA No.30052/2020-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING SLP) SLP(C) No. 4515/2021 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.) Diary No.21514/2021 (XIV) (IA No.162815/2021-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP) C.A. No. 771/2023 (XIV-A) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.55080/2022-DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT) SLP(C) Nos.12231-12238/2022 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.91809/2022-APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION, IA No.91808/2022-PERMISSION TO FILE SPECIAL LEAVE PETITIONS and IA No.91810/2022-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN.) SLP(C) No. 12118/2022 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.83341/2022-APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION and IA No.83339/2022-PERMISSION TO FILE SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION) Diary No.17182/2023 (XIV) (IA No.96730/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP and IA No.96732/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) Diary No.1918/2020 (XIV) (IA No.160556/2021-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP, IA No.160558/2021-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING SLP and IA No.160560/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/ FACTS/ ANNEXURES) C.A. No. 2567-2573/2024 (XIV-A) (IA No. 2053/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 14680/2023 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.110402/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP IA No.110406/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No.110403/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING SLP and IA No.110404/2023-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Diary No(s). 21510/2021 (XIV) (IA FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP N IA 163092/2021) C.A. No. 5765/2022 (XIV-A) (IA No.165495/2021-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING APPEAL, IA No.165496/2021-APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION and IA No.165497/2021- CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN.) Diary No.21521/2021 (XIV) (IA FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP ON IA 57276/2022. Diary No.21522/2021 (XIV) (IA FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP ON IA 132438/2021)

C.A. No. 776-777/2023 (XIV-A) (IA No.167251/2021-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING APPEAL, IA No.167253/2021-APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION, IA No.167250/2021- PERMISSION TO FILE APPEAL/PETITION, IA No.167254/2021-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN. and IA No.167255/2021- DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT) C.A. No. 154/2023 (XIV-A) C.A. No. 5038/2023 (XIV-A) Diary Nos.21622/2021 (XIV) (FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING APPEAL ON IA 165981/2021 FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION ON IA 165982/2021) C.A. No. 5039/2023 (XIV-A) (IA FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING ON IA 163970/2021) Diary No.30610/2021 (XIV) (IA FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP ON IA 163976/2021 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 163978/2021) Diary No.30612/2021 (XIV) (IA FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP ON IA 165297/2021 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 165298/2021. SLP(C) Nos.21416-21417/2022 (XIV) SLP(C) No.23555/2022 (XIV) Diary No.39907/2022 (XIV) (IA No.170685/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP, IA No.170690/2023-APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION, IA No.170691/2023- SETTING ASIDE AN ABATEMENT, IA No.170693/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN., IA No.170686/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING SLP, IA No.170689/2023-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES and IA No.170692/2023- APPLICATION FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING THE APPLICATION FOR SETTING ASIDE THE ABATEMENT) Diary No.16885/2023 (XIV) (IA No.110310/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP and IA No.110311/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) Diary No. 16890/2023 (XIV) (IA No.115716/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP and IA No.115715/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) Diary No.16892/2023 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.96798/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP and IA No.96801/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) C.A. No. 10918/2018 (XIV-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.134777/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING APPEAL and IA No.134778/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING APPEAL) SLP(C) No. 27125/2018 (XIV) (IA No.132825/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP and IA No.132828/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING SLP) SLP(C) No. 24918/2018 (XIV) (IA No. 122892/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

SLP(C) No. 32565/2018 (XIV) (IA FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES ON IA 159695/2018) SLP(C) No. 32563/2018 (XIV) (IA FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES ON IA 157193/2018 SLP(C) No. 32567/2018 (XIV) (IA FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES ON IA 162960/2018, FOR impleading party ON IA 92033/2021, FOR impleading party ON IA 92039/2021 FOR APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION ON IA 48679/2022 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT ON IA 48682/2022) SLP(C) No. 32566/2018 (XIV) (FOR PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS ON IA 158195/2018, FOR impleading party ON IA 92077/2021, FOR impleading party ON IA 92219/2021, FOR INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT ON IA 92224/2021 & FOR impleading party ON IA 116170/2021) SLP(C) No. 32568/2018 (XIV) SLP(C) No. 32561/2018 (XIV) SLP(C) No. 32575/2018 (XIV) SLP(C) No. 32577/2018 (XIV) SLP(C) No. 32574/2018 (XIV) SLP(C) No. 32570/2018 (XIV) SLP(C) No. 32573/2018 (XIV) Diary No(s). 8332/2019 (XIV) (IA No.55591/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP) Diary No.12722/2018 (XIV) (FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP ON IA 63314/2018 SLP(C) No. 24919/2018 (XIV) (IA FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES ON IA 122225/2018) SLP(C) No. 32562/2018 (XIV) SLP(C) No. 32576/2018 (XIV) (FOR impleading party ON IA 10785/2020) SLP(C) No. 32569/2018 (XIV) SLP(C) No. 7158/2019 (XIV) SLP(C) No. 9306-9313/2019 (XIV) (I.A. No. 36675 of 2022 is to be listed before Hon'ble Judge in Chamber) IA No. 36675/2022 - ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES) Diary No.3195/2019 (XIV) (IA No.27310/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP, IA No.27312/2019-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.27313/2019-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Diary No.3534/2019 (XIV) (IA No.28857/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP, IA No.28858/2019-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.28856/2019-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES[TO BE TAKEN UP ALONG WITH ITEM NO. 14 I.E. D NO. 3195/2019]

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Diary No.5992/2019 (XIV) (FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP ON IA 45359/2019 & FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 45360/2019 Diary No.9570/2019 (XIV) (IA No.56620/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) Diary No(s). 9841/2019 (XIV) (FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP ON IA 56865/2019) Diary No.10061/2019 (XIV) (IA No.56455/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP) [ TO BE TAKEN UP ALONG WITH ITEM NO. 15 I.E. D.NO.9841/2019 ] Diary No.12021/2019 (XIV) (FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP ON IA 65338/2019, FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES ON IA 65339/2019, FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 65340/2019, FOR impleading party ON IA 151741/2022, FOR impleading party ON IA 151745/2022, FOR impleading party ON IA 34354/2023 & FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT ON IA 34354/2023) C.A. No. 4620/2019 (XIV-A) (FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES ON IA 61510/2019) Diary No.12032/2019 (XIV) (IA No.67406/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP, IA No.67408/2019-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.67407/2019-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES SLP(C) No. 12256/2022 (XIV)) Diary No.13172/2018 (XIV) (IA FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP ON IA 155956/2018,FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING SLP ON IA 155958/2018, FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION ON IA 155960/2018 & FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN. ON IA 155963/2018) C.A. No. 29/2019 (XIV-A) (IA No. 53961/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) SLP(C) No. 1375/2019 (XIV) C.A. No. 1470/2019 (XIV-A) C.A. No. 1471/2019 (XIV-A) C.A. No. 1483/2019 (XIV-A) (IA No. 53940/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) SLP(C) No. 1373/2019 (XIV) SLP(C) Nos. 1376-1381/2019 (XIV) Diary No.44157/2018 (XIV) (IA No.26713/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP, IA No.26721/2019-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No.26723/2019-APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION, IA No.26728/2019- PERMISSION TO FILE SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION, IA No.26725/2019- CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN. and IA No.26716/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING and IA No.26719/2019-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/ FACTS/ANNEXURES) Diary No.44162/2018 (XIV) (IA No.26891/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP, IA No.26894/2019-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT,

and IA No.26892/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING SLP and IA

No.26893/2019-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/ FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 15045/2019 (XIV) (IA No.85395/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) Date : 18-04-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE BELA M. TRIVEDI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ MITHAL For Appellant(s) Mr. Jinendra Jain, AOR Mr. Shekhar Raj Sharma, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Narwal, Adv. Mr. Varun Chandiok, Adv. Ms. Suman Thakur, Adv. Ms. Vrinda Kapur, Adv. Ms. Anubhi Goyal, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Sanganeria, AOR Mr. Ajay Marwah, AOR Mr. R K Bansal, Adv. Mr. Swaroopanada Mishra, Adv. Mr. Karan Thakur, Adv. Mr. Swaroopananda Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Shukla, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, AOR Mr. Akshay Verma, AOR Ms. Sushma Verma, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Srivastava, AOR Mr. Gaurav Verma, Adv. Mr. Suryanarayana Singh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR Mr. Aditya Bhanu Neekhra, Adv. Mr. Aniket Patel, Adv. Mr. Praveen Jain, AOR Mr. M.R. Bansal, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Jain, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Gupta, Adv. Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR Mr. Harish Pandey, AOR Mr. Viplav Sharma, AOR

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For Respondent(s) Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Ms. Aishwarya Bhatti, A.S.G. Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr. Amit Yadav, Adv. Mr. Manmohan Singh Narula, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rishi Malhotra, AOR Mr. Utkarsh Singh, Adv. Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR Mr. Pramod Dayal, AOR Mr. Ravi Bakshi, Adv. Mr. Mandendra Pratap Singh, Adv. Ms. Sayma Feroz, Adv. Mr. Kunal Prakash, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ravi Bakshi, Adv. Mr. Manvendra Pratap Singh, Adv. Ms. Sayma Feroz, Adv. Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR Ms. Puja Dewan, AOR Mr. Varun Chandiok, Adv. Ms. Suman Thakur, Adv. Ms. Vrinda Kapur, Adv. Ms. Anubhi Goyal, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Sanganeria, AOR Ms. Aswathi M.K., AOR Mr. Ajay Marwah, AOR Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

1. As prayed, list after two weeks.

2. In the meantime, the concerned learned counsels may verify the status of their clients/appellants.

(VISHAL ANAND) (MAMTA RAWAT) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)