Kali Dass vs. Union Of India Secretary
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Hon'ble Hon'Ble The Chief Justice, Hon'ble Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Hon'ble Hon'Ble The Chief Justice, Hon'ble Hon'Ble The Chief Justice, Hon'ble Surya Kant
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12 Nov 2023
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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
<pre>Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s).1099/2019</pre>IN RE: ARTICLE 370 OF THE CONSTITUTION
(WITH IA NO. 138432/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 147639/2023 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 147636/2023 -CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 129177/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 139294/2023 - INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATION, IA No. 146764/2023 -INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATION, IA No. 9573/2020 -INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 144248/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 144241/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 174525/2019 -INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 142552/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 164438/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 10999/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 189526/2019 - ${\tt 142335/2023}$ <pre>INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT,</pre> $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. INTERVENITON/INFLEADMENT,<br>INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No.<br>No. 136349/2019 <pre>INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT,</pre> $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ 154272/2022 INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 129178/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES, IA No. 166037/2019 - STAY APPLICATION, IA No. 146832/2023 - WITHDRAWAL OF CASE / APPLICATION)
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$W.P.(C)$ No. 871/2015 (PIL-W) (WITH IA NO. 38200/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 34489/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 1/2015 - PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES)
W.P.(C) No. 722/2014 (PIL-W)
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| INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 55541/2019 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR | |||||||||
| AND ARGUE IN PERSON) |
SLP(C) No. 19618/2017 (XIV) (WITH IA No. 182696/2018 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION)
W.P.(C) No. 1013/2019 (PIL-W) (WITH IA 169328/2019 FOR INTERVENTION APPLICATION ON IA 180145/2019, IA No. 145853/2019 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 118588/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 154967/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 143833/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 180145/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 142338/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 164975/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 164876/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 155795/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 169328/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 136293/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 160049/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 142343/2019 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON, IA No. 118589/2019 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON)
W.P.(C) No. 1082/2019 (X) (WITH IA No. 171000/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 136299/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)
W.P.(C) No. 1068/2019 (PIL-W) (WITH IA No. 136304/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 125260/2019 - STAY APPLICATION)
W.P.(C) No. 1037/2019 (X)
(WITH IA No. 95994/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 96178/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 96173/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 9596/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 171722/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 171690/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 95993/2021 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 153133/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 136356/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)
W.P.(C) No. 1062/2019 (PIL-W) (WITH IA No. 124539/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 136347/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 124540/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES)
W.P.(C) No. 1070/2019 (PIL-W)
(WITH IA No. 171772/2019 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION, IA No. 83434/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 14005/2022 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 34434/2022 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION, IA No. 125529/2019 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF, IA No. 153121/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 136314/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 84479/2022 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 171350/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)
W.P.(C) No. 1104/2019 (X) (WITH IA No. 37063/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 136313/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 165583/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 1165/2019 (PIL-W) (WITH IA No. 116395/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION, IA No. 140590/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 116397/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 140592/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 1210/2019 (PIL-W) (WITH IA No. 125359/2020 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 107217/2021 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 1222/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 396/2017 (X) (WITH IA No. 118468/2018 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 43725/2017 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 756/2017 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No. 398/2018 (X) (WITH IA No. 71210/2018 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF, IA No. 49481/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 924/2018 (PIL-W) (WITH IA No. 109719/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 1092/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1162/2018 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No. 1048/2019 (PIL-W) (WITH IA No. 188819/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 112494/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION, IA No. 136357/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 122866/2019 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON, IA No. 188822/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, IA No. 188813/2022 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS) W.P.(C) No. 1268/2019 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No. 1368/2019 (PIL-W) Date : 05-09-2023 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B.R. GAVAI
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT
| For Petitioner(s)<br>WP C 1099/2019 | Mr. Muzaffar. H. Baig, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR<br>Mr. Murtaza. A. Khan, Adv.<br>Ms. Safina Baig, Adv.<br>Mr. M. Z. Chaudhary, Adv.<br>Mr. Ali Safeer Farooqi, Adv.<br>Mr. S. Mansoori, Adv. |
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| WP C 1099/2019 | Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, AOR |
| WP C 1099/2019 | Ms. Nitya Ramakrishnan, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. N. Sai Vinod, AOR<br>Mr. Prasanna S, Adv.<br>Ms. Malavika Prasad, Adv.<br>Mr. Shadan Farasat, Adv.<br>Ms. Rupali Samuel, Adv.<br>Mr. Archit Krishna, Adv.<br>Mr. Vibhor Jain, Adv.<br>Mr. M. V. Mukunda, Adv.<br>Ms. Swati Arya, Adv.<br>Mr. Yuvraj Singh Rathore, Adv. |
| WP C 871/2015 | Dr. Aniruddha Rajput, Adv.<br>Mr. Anirudh Sharma, AOR<br>Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, Adv.<br>Mr. Pattabhiram, Adv.<br>Mr. Anirudh Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, Adv.<br>Mr. Praneet Pranav, Adv.<br>Mr. Yashraj Singh Bundela, Adv. |
| WP C 722/2014 | Mr. Barun Kumar Sinha, Adv.<br>Mrs. Pratibha Sinha, Adv.<br>Mr. Rakesh Mudgal, Adv.<br>Mr. Pankaj Kumar Shukla, Adv.<br>Mr. Niraj Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Sneh Vardhan, Adv.<br>Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR |
| SLP C 19618/2017 | Mr. Anil Kumar Jha, AOR<br>Mr. Binay Kumar Das, Adv.<br>Mr. Vijayendra Misra, Adv.<br>Ms. Y. K. S. Chauhan, Adv.<br>Ms. Vijayalakshmi Jha, Adv.<br>Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv.<br>Ms. Jyothi Pathak Jha, Adv.<br>Ms. Neha Das, Adv.<br>Mr. Ravi Shankar Ravi, Adv.<br>Mr. Sanjay Kumar Lal Das, Adv.<br>Mr. Navin Jha, Adv. |
| WP C 1013/2019 | Petitioner-in-person |
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| WP C 1082/2019 | Mr. M. C. Dhingra, AOR<br>Mr. Vikrant Yadav, Adv.<br>Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankur Prakash, Adv.<br>Mr. Manish Vashishtha, Adv.<br>Mr. Syed Imtiyaz Ali, Adv.<br>Mrs. Kamakshi Mehlwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Ashok Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Mohnish Nirwan, Adv. |
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| WP C 1068/2019 | Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Aparna Singh, Adv.<br>Ms. Shivani Vij, Adv.<br>Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv.<br>Ms. Aditi Gupta, Adv.<br>Ms. Trisha Chandran, Adv.<br>Ms. Jhanvi Dubey, Adv.<br>Ms. Ishita Chowdhury, Adv.<br>Mr. Satyajit Sarna, Adv.<br>Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv.<br>Mr. Vikramaditya, Adv.<br>Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv.<br>Ms. Charu Ambwani, AOR<br>Mr. Soayib Qureshi, Adv. |
| WP C 1037/2019 | Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, AOR<br>Mr. Shishir Pinaki, Adv.<br>Mr. Muzaffar Iqbal Khan, Adv.<br>Mr. Dhanaeswar Gudapalli, Adv.<br>Ms. Aparajita Jamwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv.<br>Mr. Rishabh Parikh, Adv.<br>Mr. Desam Sudhakara Reddy, Adv.<br>Ms. Mallika Das, Adv.<br>Mr. D. Siva Rami Reddy, Adv.<br>Mr. K. Venkateshwara Prasad, Adv.<br>Mr. Medi Yadaiah, Adv. |
| WP C 1062/2019 | Mr. C U Singh, Sr. Adv.<br>Dr. Saif Mahmood, Adv.<br>Mr. D. Abhinav Rao, AOR<br>Mr. Mayank Mikhail Mukherjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Amjid Maqbool, Adv.<br>Ms. Bidya Mohanty, Adv. |
| WP C 1070/2019 | Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Prashanto Chandra Sen, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Arjun Krishnan, AOR<br>Mr. Ankur Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Pratik Patnaik, Adv. |
| Mr. Kaustav Som, Adv.<br>Ms. Aishwarya Dash, Adv.<br>Dr. Prashant Pratap, Adv.<br>Ms. Farah Hashmi, Adv.<br>Ms. Somya Yadava, Adv.<br>Ms. Shruthi Parasa, Adv.<br>Ms. Akshita Chhabra, Adv.<br>Ms. Khyati Jain, Adv.<br>Mr. Ranvir Singh, Adv. | |||
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| WP C 1104/2019 | Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, AOR<br>Mr. Shishir Pinaki, Adv.<br>Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv.<br>Ms. Malavika Prasad, Adv.<br>Ms. Ujwala Uppaluri, Adv.<br>Mr. Jayavardhan Singh, Adv.<br>Ms. Hima Lawrence, Adv.<br>Mr. Rishabh Parikh, Adv.<br>Mr. Pawan Bhushan, Adv.<br>Mr. Lakshay Laroiya, Adv. | ||
| WP C 1165/2019 | Dr. Rajeev Dhavan, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Pritha Srikumar, AOR<br>Mr. Sulabh Rewari, Adv.<br>Mr. Aditya Chatterjee, Adv.<br>Ms. Mansi Binjrajka, Adv.<br>Mr. Binit Agrawal, Adv. | ||
| WP C 1210/2019 | Mr. C | U Singh, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. P. V. Dinesh, AOR<br>Mr. Jaimon Andrews, Adv.<br>Ms. Anna Oommen A, Adv. | |
| WP C 1222/2019 | Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Adv.<br>Ms. Ayushi, Adv.<br>Mr. Akshat Malpani, Adv.<br>Mr. Mohd. Irshad Hanif, AOR | ||
| WP C 396/2017 | Ms. Jyotika Kalra, AOR<br>Dr. Charu Wali Khanna, Adv.<br>Mr. Joydeep Mukherjee, Adv.<br>Ms. Annwesha Deb, Adv. | ||
| WP C 756/2017 | Mr. Tripurari Ray, Adv.<br>Mr. Balwant Singh Billowria, Adv.<br>Mr. Anirudh Ray, Adv.<br>Mr. Vivekanand Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Nithyananda Murthy P, Adv.<br>Mrs. Bhanu Prabha, Adv.<br>Mr. N Suresha, Adv.<br>Dr. Nisha Kant Ojha, Adv. |
| Mr. Rajinder Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Suresh Kumar Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Atul Wadera, Adv.<br>Ms. Shilpa Singh, AOR | ||
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| WP C 398/2018 | Mr. Ravindra Kumar Raizada, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Dileep Kumar Dubey, Adv.<br>Mr. Rajeev Pandey, Adv.<br>Mr. Surjeet Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Adarsh Upadhyaya, Adv.<br>Mr. Sarthak Raizada, Adv.<br>Mr. Pankaj Jamthani, Adv.<br>Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Adv.<br>Mr. Anant Sangal, Adv.<br>Mr. Shivam Singhania, Adv.<br>Ms. Divya Roy, AOR | |
| WP C 924/2018 | Mr. Pallav Mongia, AOR | |
| WP C 1092/2018 | Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR | |
| WP C 1162/2018 | Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, Adv.<br>Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR<br>Mr. Chandra Shekhar, Adv.<br>Mr. Ajit Kumar Pathak, Adv.<br>Mr. Eklavya Dwivedi, Adv. | |
| WP C 1048/2019 | Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Utkarsh Pratap, Adv.<br>Mr. Lavkesh Bhambhani, Adv.<br>Mr. Harshwardhan Thakur, Adv.<br>Mr. Vidur Dwivedi, Adv.<br>Mr. Akashdeep Panday, Adv.<br>Mr. Sazid Sr Shah, Adv.<br>Mr. Amod Kumar Bhidurdi, Adv.<br>Mr. Saquib Siddiqui, Adv.<br>Mr. Mehmood Umar Faruqui, Adv.<br>Mr. Shahbaaz Jameel, Adv.<br>Mr. Ali Muzaffar, Adv.<br>Ms. Sarika Verma, Adv.<br>Mr. Kausar Raza Faridi, AOR | |
| WP C 1268/2019 | Mr. Zafar A. Shah, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR<br>Mr. J. N. Shaheen, Adv.<br>Mr. M. A. Ronga, Adv.<br>Mr. Bashir Sadiq, Adv.<br>Mr. Onkar Prasad, Adv.<br>Mr. Sunil Prakash Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Ajay Amitraj, Adv.<br>Dr. Ritu Bhardwaj, Adv.<br>Mr. Raju Sonkar, Adv. |
Ms. Baby Bonia, Adv.
WP C 1368/2019 Mr. Abhimanue Shrestha, AOR
For Respondent(s) Mr. R Venkataramani, Attorney General for India Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. K M Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, A.S.G. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv. Mr. Anandh Venkataramani, Adv. Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Venkataramani, Adv. Mr. Vinayak Mehrotra, Adv. Ms. Mansi Sood, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Kartikey Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Pranatap Singh, Adv. Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Harish Salve, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Ajit Yadav, Adv. Mr. Surjeet Singh, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Raizada, Adv. Mr. Alabhya Dhamija, Adv. Mr. Mithun Shashank, Adv. Mr. Sudipto Sircar, Adv. Ms. Divya Roy, AOR Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul G. Tanwani, Adv. Mr. Anantha Narayana M.G., AOR Mr. Manan Sanghai, Adv. Ms. Suveni Bhagat, Adv. Mr. Harshad Sundar, Adv. Ms. Vishwaja Rao, Adv. Mr. Rahul Narang, Adv. Mr. Prashant Singh, Adv. Mr. V.C. Shukla, Adv. Mr. Shubendu Anand, Adv. Mr. Ayush Anand, Adv. Mr. Ritvik Banot, Adv. Mr. Anant Sangal, Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel, Adv.
Mr. V Giri, Sr. Adv. Ms. Suveni Bhagat, Adv. Mr. Harshad Sunder, Adv. Mr. Rahul Narang, Adv. Ms. Rao Vishwaja, Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Mr. Rahul G. Tanwani, Adv. Mr. Manan Shanghai, Adv. Mr. V C Shukla, Adv. Mr. Prashant Singh, Adv. Mr. Anantha Narayan, Adv. Mr. Vipin Kumar Sexana, Adv. Mr. Chaman Rana, Adv. Ms. Alka Goyal, Adv. Ms. Urvashi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Kumar Kartikay, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv. Mr. Vipin Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vibhu Shanker Mishra, Adv. Ms. Samta Pushkarna Mishra, Adv. Mr. Mani Shanker Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kamal Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Jitendra Bharti, Adv. Ms. Baby Devi Bonia, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anil Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Ravi Sharma, Adv. Ms. Mugdha Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ajay Awasthi, Adv. Mrs. Aditi Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Kanika Singhal, Adv. Mr. Himadri Haksar, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sayooj Mohandas M., Adv. Mr. Bhaskar Gautham, Adv. Mr. Vishal Arun, AOR Ms. Serena Jethmalani, Adv. Mr. S Guru Krishna Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dileep Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Yash Raj Singh Bundela, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajan Kumar Chourasia, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Kant, Adv. Mr. Surjeet Singh, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Pavan Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aviral Saxena, Adv. Ms. Kavitha K T, Adv. Mr. Ashwin K, Adv. Mr. Gopal Jha, Adv. Mr. Tadimalla Bhaskar Gowtham, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Sinha, Adv. Mr. Rajesh K. Singh, Adv. Mr. Shyamal Kumar, Adv. Mr. Bitu Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar Tomar, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Singh, AOR Mr. Bimal Roy Jad, Sr. Adv. Dr. Brij Bhushan K. Jauhari, Adv. Ms. Riddhi Jad, Adv. Mr. O.P. Singh, Adv. Mr. Suresh Kumar Bhan, Adv. Mr. Kumar Ji Bhat, Adv. Mr. AK Kaul, Adv. Mr. N B Vishen, Adv. Mr. Harsh Mahan, Adv. Mr. Deepak Jyoti Ghildiyal, Adv. Ms. Purnima Jauhari, AOR Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, AOR Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Rajesh K Singh, Adv. Mr. Shyamal Kumar, Adv. Mr. Bitu Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Aditi Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Sindoora Vnl, Adv. Mr. V. C. Shukla, Adv. Mr. Kumar Prashant, Adv. Mr. Parmod Kumar Vishnoi, Adv. Mr. Avnish Dave, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Dwivedi, Adv. Ms. Riya Sethi, Adv. Mr. Aadhar Saha, Adv. Mr. V. K. Biju, AOR Mrs. Ria Sachthey, Adv. Mr. Chetanya Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha Purushotham, Adv. Mr. Shaji George, Adv. Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Ms. Shalaka Srivastava, Adv. Dr. Ranjeet Bharti, Adv. Dr. Vivek Sharma, Adv. Mrs. Rubeena Jawed, Adv. Ms. Vijay Lakshmi, Adv. Mrs. Deepa Joseph, Adv. Mr. Vineet Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Vikram Sharma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pranav Kohli, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR
Mr. Prem Sadotra, Adv. Ms. Abhivyakti Banerjee, Adv. Mr. D.C. Raina, Advocate General/Sr. Adv. Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, A.A.G. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv. Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi, Adv. Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv. Mr. Akshay Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Sabharwal, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Tomar, Adv. Mr. Ritik Sharma, Adv. Mr. Eklavya Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR Mr. Rajesh Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Nitin Sangra, Adv. Ms. Shweta Singh Parihar, AOR Dr. Charu Mathur, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Praveen Acharya, AOR Mr. Ujjwal Mishra, Adv. Ms. Anisha Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Ravi Kant Purohit, Adv. Mr. Zafar A. Shah, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Onkar Prasad, Adv. Mr. Sunil Prakash Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ajay Amitraj, Adv. Dr. Ritu Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Raju Sonkar, Adv. Mr. J. N. Shaheen, Adv. Mr. M. A. Ronga, Adv. Mr. Bashir Sadiq, Adv. Ms. Baby Devi Bonia, Adv. Mr. Dinesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. K. K. Mohan, AOR Mr. Prateek Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Nishant Singh, Adv. Ms. Nitya Ramakrishnan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prasanna S., AOR Ms. Malavika Prasad, Adv. Mr. Archit Krishna, Adv. Mr. Vibhor Jain, Adv. Ms. Rupali Samuel, Adv. Mr. Syed Iqbal Tahir, Adv. Ms. Swati Arya, Adv. Mr. Yuvraj Singh Rathore, Adv.
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Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shaunak Dutta, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Pratap, Adv. Mr. Lavkesh Bhambhani, Adv. Mr. Harshwardhan Thakur, Adv. Mr. Yash Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Shakti Kanta Pattanaik, AOR Ms. Warisha Farasat, Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Mr. Harshit Anand, Adv. Mr. Aman Naqvi, Adv. Mr. Prasana S, Adv. Ms. Hrishika Jain, Adv. Ms. Natasha Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Mreganka Kukreja, Adv. Mr. Satyajeet Kumar, AOR Ms. Taruna Ardhendumauli Prasad, AOR Ms. Adeeba Mujahid, AOR Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, AOR Mr. Mustafa Sajad, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Thakur, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR Ms. Keerti Jaya, Adv. Mr. Ranvijay Singh Chandel, Adv. Mrs. Geetanjali Bedi, Adv. Mr. Shivamm Sharrma, Adv. Ms. Anusha R., Adv. Ms. Sanjivani Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Shekhavat, Adv. Ms. Filza Moonis, AOR Mr. Ninad Dogra, AOR Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR Mr. Anupam Raina, AOR Mr. Sunando Raha, Adv. Mr. Nishant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Osheen Bhat, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Mr. Apoorv Shukla, AOR
Mr. B. K. Satija, AOR Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Ms. Miranda Solaman, Adv. Mr. K. V. Muthu Kumar, AOR Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR Mr. Omprakash Ajitsingh Parihar, AOR Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Charanjeet Singh Chanderpal, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar, AOR Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, AOR Ms. Rajshree Rai, Adv. Mr. Vinay Rai, Adv. Mr. J.k. Mishra, Adv. Mr. Amrendra Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Piyush Singh, Adv. Mr. Vishal, Adv. Ms. Madhulika, Adv. Mr. Harvinder Chowdhury, AOR Mr. G. Sivabalamurugan, AOR Mr. Vasantha Kumar A, Adv. Mr. Sanchit Vashisthe, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Vashistha, Adv. Mr. Purnendu Bajpai, Adv. Mr. Mudit Chaudhry, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Nagarwal, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rohit Nagar, Adv. Mr. Deepak Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ankita Goutham, Adv. Mr. Abinav Upadhyaya, Adv. Mr. Vikram Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Satamita Ghosh, Adv.
Mr. Raghav Sabharwal, AOR
Ms. Tanvi Dubey, Adv. Mr. Anukrit Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Varun Byreddy, Adv. Mr. Mekala Ganesh Kumar Reddy, Adv. Mr. Riju Raj Singh Jamwal, Adv. Ms. Madhusmita Bora, AOR Mr. P.V. Surendarnath, Sr. Adv. Ms. Resmitha R. Chandran, AOR Mr. Subhash Chandran K.R., Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Vipin Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sawan Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. K. Krishna Kumar, AOR Mr. Soayib Qureshi, AOR Ms. Disha Singh, AOR Mr. Shivendu Gaur, Adv. Mrs. Nidhi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mohit, Adv. Mr. R.k Kashyap, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Irshad Ahmad, AOR Mr. Mohit Chaudhary, AOR Applicant-in-person Intervenor-in-person
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R
1 We have heard counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners/intervenors and counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents/intervenors. The appearances for the contesting sides and the time taken by each counsel for oral arguments are reflected in Annexures 'A' and 'B'. The transcripts of the oral submissions have been uploaded on the website of the Supreme Court.
- 2 Submissions of the petitioners were heard on 2 August 2023, 3 August 2023, 8 August 2023, 9 August 2023, 10 August 2023, 16 August 2023, 17 August 2023, 22 August 2023 and 23 August 2023.
- 3 Submissions of the respondents were heard on 24 August 2023, 28 August 2023, 29 August 2023, 31 August 2023, 1 September 2023, 4 September 2023 till 1.25 pm.
- 4 Thereafter, submissions in rejoinder were heard after 2.00 pm on 4 September 2023 and 5 September 2023.
- 5 Arguments concluded.
- 6 Judgment reserved.
- 7 Any written submissions in rejoinder not exceeding three pages be emailed to nodal counsel on or before 12 September 2023 who shall compile the same in one volume and email them to [email protected].
(SANJAY KUMAR-I) (POONAM VAID) DEPUTY REGISTRAR COURT MASTER
Annexure 'A'
Counsel on the petitioners' side
| No | Counsel | Appearing for | Time taken |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mr Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. | Petitioners in Writ Petition (Civil)<br>No 1037 of 2019 | 12<br>hours<br>35<br>minutes<br>and<br>2<br>hours 35 minutes<br>in rejoinder |
| 2 | Dr Gopal Subramanium,<br>Sr. Adv. | Petitioner in Writ Petition (Civil) No<br>1104 of 2019 | 3<br>hours<br>10<br>minutes<br>and<br>1<br>hour 5 minutes in<br>rejoinder |
| 3 | Mr Zafar A Shah, Sr. Adv. | Petitioner (Jammu and Kashmir<br>High<br>Court<br>Bar<br>Association,<br>Srinagar) in Writ Petition (Civil) No<br>1268 of 2019 | 4 hours and 35<br>minutes<br>in<br>rejoinder |
| 4 | Dr Rajeev Dhavan,<br>Sr. Adv. | Petitioner in Writ Petition (Civil) No<br>1165 of 2019 | 4 hours and 1 hour<br>in rejoinder |
| 5 | Mr Dushyant Dave,<br>Sr. Adv. | Petitioner in Writ Petition (Civil) No<br>1222 of 2019 | 2<br>hours<br>45<br>minutes and 50<br>minutes<br>in<br>rejoinder |
| 6 | Mr Shekhar Naphde,<br>Sr. Adv. | Petitioner in Writ Petition (Civil) No<br>1070 of 2019 | 1 hour 50 minutes |
| 7 | Mr. Dinesh Dwivedi,<br>Sr. Adv. | Petitioner No 2 (Prem Shankar Jha)<br>in WP(C) No 1013 of 2019 | 1 hour 45 minutes |
| 8 | Mr C U Singh, Sr. Adv. | Petitioners in WP(C) Nos 1062 of<br>2019 and 1210 of 2019 | 1 hour 50 minutes |
| 9 | Mr Sanjay Parikh, Sr.<br>Adv. | Petitioners in WP(C) No 1368 of<br>2019 | 35 minutes |
| 10 | Mr P.C.Sen, Sr. Adv. | Petitioners in WP(C) No 1070 of<br>2019 | 35 minutes |
| 11 | Ms Nitya Ramakrishnan,<br>Sr. Adv. | Intervenor (Jammu and Kashmir<br>People's Democratic Party) in IA<br>154272 of 2022 in WP(C) 1099 of<br>2019 and Petitioner Nos 2-5 in<br>WP(C) 1099 of 2019 | 30 minutes |
| 12 | Dr Menaka Guruswamy,<br>Sr. Adv. | Petitioner in WP C 1048 of 2019<br>and Intervenor (Awami National<br>Conference) in IA 138432 of 2023<br>in WP(C) 1099 of 2019 | 30 minutes |
| 13 | Mr Muzaffar H Baig, Sr.<br>Adv. | Petitioner (Javed Ahmad Bhat) in<br>W.P. (C) 1099 of 2019 | 30 minutes |
| 14 | Mr Gopal<br>Sankaranarayanan, Sr.<br>Adv | Petitioner in WP(C) 1068 of 2019 | 1 hour 50 minutes |
| 15 | Mr. Manish Tiwari, Adv. | Impleador (Padi Richo) in IA No<br>160049 of 2019 in WP(C) 1013 of<br>2019 | 35 minutes |
| 16 | Ms Warisha Farasat, Adv. | Intervenor (Venkatesh Nayak) in IA<br>No 159055 of 2023 in WP(C) 1099<br>of 2019 |
| 17 | Mr Irfan Hafeez Lone, in | Intervenor in IA No 174525 of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| person | 2019 in WP(C) 1099 of 2019 | ||
| 18 | Dr Zahoor Ahmad Bhat, | Intervenor in IA No 139294 of | |
| in-person | 2023 in WP(C) 1099 of 2019 |
Annexure 'B'
Counsel on the respondents' side
| N<br>o. | Counsel | Appearing for | Time taken |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mr Tushar Mehta, SG | Union of India in WP(C) 1099 of<br>2019 | 11 hours 25<br>minutes |
| 2 | Mr R Venkataramani, AG | Union of India in WP(C) 1099 of<br>2019 | 2 hours |
| 3 | Mr Harish Salve, Sr. Adv. | Intervenors (Terseme Ram and<br>Ravi) in IA No 09573 of 2020 in<br>WP(C) 1099 of 2019 | 1<br>hour<br>15<br>minutes |
| 4 | Mr Rakesh Dwivedi,<br>Sr. Adv. | Petitioner in WP(C) No 1162 of<br>2018 and for impleador in IA<br>84479 of 2022 in WP(C) 1070 of<br>2019 | 2 hours 45<br>minutes |
| 5 | Mr V Giri, Sr. Adv. | Intervenor (All India Kashmiri<br>Samaj) in IA No. 139743/2023 in<br>WP(C) 1070 of 2019 | 1<br>hour<br>20<br>minutes |
| 6 | Mr K M Nataraj, ASG | Union of India in WP(C) 1099 of<br>2019 | 15 minutes |
| 7 | Mr Mahesh Jethmalani,<br>Sr Adv | Intervenor in IA 171690/2019 in<br>WP(C) No 1037 of 2019 | 40 minutes |
| 8 | Mr S Gurukrishna Kumar,<br>Sr. Adv. | Intervenor (Mahendar Mehta &<br>Shyam Sundar) in IA No 9596 of<br>2020 in WP(C) No 1037 of 2019 | 15 minutes |
| 9 | Mr Ravindra Kumar<br>Raizada, Sr. Adv. | Petitioners in WP(C) No. 398/2018 | 45 minutes |
| 10 | Mr Bimal Roy Jad, Sr.<br>Adv. | Intervenor (Roots in Kashmir) in IA<br>No 153121 of 2019 in WP(C) 1070<br>of 2019 and petitioners in W.P (C)<br>No. 396 of 2017 | |
| 11 | Mr Kanu Agrawal, Adv. | Union of India in WP(C) 1099 of<br>2019 | |
| 12 | Mr Vikramjit Banerjee,<br>ASG | Union of India in WP(C) 1037 of<br>2019 | |
| 13 | Ms Archana Pathak<br>Dave, Adv. | Intervenor<br>(Kashmiri<br>Hindu<br>Cultural Welfare Trust) in IA No<br>171722 of 2019 in WP(C) No 1037<br>of 2019 | |
| 14 | Mr V K Biju, Adv. | Intervenor (Major AK Ravindran @<br>Major Ravi S M (Rtd.) IA No<br>171000/2019 in WP (C) No<br>1082/2019<br>and<br>IA<br>No<br>169328/2019 in WP (C) No<br>1013/2019 | |
| 15 | Mr Vikram Sharma, Sr.<br>Adv./ President J&K High<br>Court Bar Association | Intervenor (Jammu and Kashmir<br>High Court Bar Association) in IA<br>108743 of 2018 in WP(C) No 722<br>of 2014 | |
| 16 | Dr Aniruddha Rajput,<br>Adv. | Petitioners in Writ Petition (Civil)<br>No.871 of 2015 | |
| 17 | Mr D C Raina, Sr. Adv./<br>Advocate General, UT of | Respondent (Jammu and Kashmir)<br>in SLP(C) 19618 of 2017, W.P.(C) |
| J & K | No.<br>1082/2019,<br>W.P.(C)<br>No. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1062/2019<br>and<br>W.P.(C)<br>No. | ||
| 1092/2018 | ||
| 18 | Mr Rahul Tanwani, Adv. | Intervenors (All India Kashmiri |
| Samaj, TK Moza and Mrs Karishma | ||
| Tej Kumar Moza) in IA Nos 164975 | ||
| and 164876 of 2019 in W.P.(C) | ||
| No. 1013/2019 | ||
| 19 | Mr Eklavya Dwivedi, | impleador in IA 84479 of 2022 in |
| Advocate | WP(C) 1070 of 2019 | |
| 20 | Mr. Rajesh Bhushan, | IA 146764 of 2023 in WP(C) No |
| Advocate | 1099 of 2019 | |
| 21 | Dr Charu Mathur, | Intervenors in IA Nos 144241 and |
| Advocate | 144248 of 2023 in WP(C) No 1099 | |
| of 2019 |