Government Of Nct Of Delhi vs. Shiv Lal

SECTION XIV

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) ....................................

COURT NO.4

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 21-09-2015 in WPC No.5166/2015 passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi)

GOVERMENT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

RAJEEV JAIN & ANR.

ITEM NO.7

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Date : 26-09-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN For Petitioner(s) Ms. Sujeeta Srivastava, AOR Ms. Nishtha Tyagi, Adv. Ms. Astha Tyagi, AOR Mr. Dinesh Chander Trehan, Adv. Ms. Nishtha Tyagi, Adv. Ms. Prachi Bajpai, AOR Mr. Atul Kumar, AOR Ms. Sweety Singh, Adv. Ms. Archana Kumari, Adv. Mr. Rahul Pandey, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumari, Adv. Mr. Sudipto Singha Roy, Adv. Mr. Sudipta Singha Roy, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Raj, Adv. Mr. Hrash Kumar, Adv. Mr. VB Pandey, Adv. Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Mr. Vivek Singh, Adv. Mr. C.p. Rajwar, Adv. Mr. Binay Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Adv. Dr. V.B. Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. Ms. Niharika Ahluwalia, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Anil Kaushik, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bikash Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Apratim Thakur, Adv. Mr. Aiman Zamir, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Sharma, AOR Mr. Bharat Beriwal, Adv. Mr. Ankit Singh, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, AOR Mr. Vishal, Adv. Mr. Kapil Chaturvedi, Adv.

Mrs. Subhadra Dwivedi, Adv.

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Mr. Devesh Pratap Singh, AOR Mr. N.s. Dalal, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kulhare, Adv. Mr. Alok Kumar, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Dalal, Adv. Ms. Rachana Dalal, Adv. Ms. Silpi Sucharita Swain, Adv. Mr. N S Vasisht, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Kataria, Adv. Mr. M P Bhargava, Adv. Mr. Aashu Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Varun Kapur, AOR Mr. Davesh Bhatia, AOR Mr. Pankaj Vivek, Adv. Mr. Aditya Ranjan, AOR Mr. Himanshu Chug, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar Jha, AOR Ms. Vijayalaxmi Jha, Adv. Mr. Sanchar Anand, Adv. Mr. Apoorva Singhal, AOR Mr. Shiv Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aman Kumar Thakur, Adv. Mr. Munawwar Naseem, Adv. Ms. Sanjna Dua, Adv. Ms. Namrata Langade, Adv. For M/S. Dua Associates, AOR Mr. Bhuwan Raj, AOR Mr. Anil Kaushik, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajat Rana, Adv. Mr. Rishi Raj Sharma, AOR Ms. Smita Maan, AOR Mr. Ajay Verma, Sr. Adv. Ms. Jasmine Damkewala, AOR Mr. Akhil Sachar, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Ghawana, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Ghawana, Adv. Mr. Vikalp Chandela, Adv. Mr. Sachin Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv.

Mr. T. V. S. Raghavendra Sreyas, AOR Mr. Siddharth Vasudev, Adv. Mr. Amar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Mohit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Divyam Agarwal, AOR Mr. Madhav Khurana, Adv. Ms. Anindita Mitra, AOR Ms. Sujeeta Srivastava, AOR Mr. Vikas Jain, AOR Mr. Aviral Saxena, Adv. Ms. Shrawani, Adv. Mr. Hardik Jayal, Adv. M/S. Shakil Ahmad Syed, AOR Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. Ms. Malvika Kapila, AOR Ms. Tanwangi Shukla, Adv. Ms. Harbani Shinh, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nitin Mishra, AOR Mr. Govind Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shambhavi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shitiz, Adv. Ms. Mitali Gupta, Adv. Ms. Niharika Ahluwalia, AOR Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Adv. Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv. Mr. Chitransh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Purnendu Bajpai, Adv. Mr. Padmesh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Shaswat Parihar, Adv. Mr. Rajan Kr. Chourasia, Adv. Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR

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

1. On the joint request of learned counsel for the parties, the matters are ordered to be listed for final hearing on 23.10.2024.

2. The parties are at liberty to file their respective counter affidavits, rejoinder affidavits, additional affidavits, brief notes of submission, if so required, by 16.10.2024.

3. The application(s) for condonation of delay in filing the spare copies is condoned.

4. Fresh steps be taken to effect service upon the unserved respondents, meanwhile.

5. The application(s) for substituted service, if any, be also filed in the meanwhile.

6. The matter to retain its position.

(SATISH KUMAR YADAV) (PREETHI T.C.) ADDITIONAL REGISTRAR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR