Santosh Kumar vs. State Of U. P

COURT NO.8

SECTION XI

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petitions for Special Leave to Appeal (C) Nos.7157-7160/2021

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 26-02-2021 in SA No. 335/2020, SA No. 328/2020, SA No. 473/2020 26-02-2021 & SA No. 369/2020 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad)

RAJESH KUMAR CHATURVEDI

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

STATE OF U.P. & ORS.

Respondent(s)

([ GROUP MATTERS - TO BE TAKEN UP AT THE TOP OF THE LIST ] (IA No. 76883/2021 - ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES, 71608/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. $\mathtt{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. 70872/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 65555/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 216912/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 83063/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 71607/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 59186/2023 -EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 165221/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 70871/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., $\texttt{IA}$ No. 107337/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 78642/2021 -EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 65554/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, IA No. 75078/2021 -PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, $\texttt{IA}$ 63460/2021 $\mathbf{L}$ PERMISSION TO ${\tt FILE}$ ADDITIONAL $\mathbf{N}$ DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, IA No. 71606/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, ${\tt IA}$ No. 70869/2021 -PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, IA No. 216298/2023 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION & IA No. 63461/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES)

WITH

$SLP(C)$ No. 16468/2021 (XI)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.132090/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.132089/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

SLP(C) No. $18907/2021$ (XI)

IA No. 143445/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT & IA No. 143446/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Signal $M$ ( $\mathbb{C}$ ) No. 18901-18906/2021 (XI)

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IA No. 161674/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION, IA No. 24342/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 161243/2021 – APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 160855/2021 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 25318/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 160649/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 155898/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 7255/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 140154/2021 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 24555/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, IA No. 7254/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, IA No. 6060/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL, DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES & IA No. 45089/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 20558-20562/2021 (XI)

(IA No. 67015/2022 - DISCHARGE OF ADVOCATE ON RECORD, IA No. 157336/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 157332/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., & IA No. 157331/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 20563/2021 (XI)

(IA No. 158642/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.158641/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 158639/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. & IA No. 158638/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 953/2021 in CONMT.PET.(C) No. 690/2021 (XI) (IA No. 165251/2021 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION,IA No. 62747/2022 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION,IA No. 165252/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.,IA No. 148524/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 13906/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 13905/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 952/2021 in CONMT.PET.(C) No. 689/2021 (XI) (IA No. 149173/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 954/2021 in CONMT.PET.(C) No. 670/2021 (XI) (IA No. 149194/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 20180/2021 (XI) IA No. 160060/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT & IA No. 160061/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 6723/2022 (XI) (IA No. 72608/2022 - ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES) SLP(C) No. 3739-3744/2022 (XI) (IA No. 160936/2022 - EXEMPTIN FROM FILING O.T. & IA No. 26369/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 3676-3738/2022 (XI) (IA No. 25537/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 3745-3750/2022 (XI) (IA No. 27676/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 5330-5332/2022 (XI) (IA No. 36422/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 6757-6765/2022 (XI) (IA No. 47021/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 218-278/2022 in SLP(C) No. 3676-3738/2022 (XI) (IA No. 43517/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 212-217/2022 in SLP(C) No. 3739-3744/2022 (XI) (IA No. 43982/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

SLP(C) No. 9562-9565/2022 (XI) (IA No. 70409/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, A No. 70407/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. & IA No. 70403/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 7657/2021 (XI) (IA No. 69721/2021 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT & IA No. 69477/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) SLP(C) No. 7358-7362/2021 (XI) (IA No. 68329/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.,IA No. 68327/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, IA No. 65762/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/ FACTS/ANNEXURES & IA No. 65763/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 7956/2021 (XI) (IA No. 70230/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) SLP(C) No. 7532-7545/2021 (XI) (IA No. 67194/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 8049-8093/2021 (XI) (IA No. 71090/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 8232/2021 (XI) SLP(C) No. 8199/2021 (XI) SLP(C) No. 8401/2021 (XI) SLP(C) No. 8439/2021 (XI) SLP(C) No. 8388/2021 (XI) SLP(C) No. 8382/2021 (XI) SLP(C) No. 8578/2021 (XI) SLP(C) No. 8451/2021 (XI) SLP(C) No. 8400/2021 (XI) SLP(C) No. 14982-14985/2021 (XI) (IA No. 116642/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES & IA No. 116643/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 827/2022 (XI) (IA No. 1107/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT & IA No. 1108/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 9939/2022 (XI) (IA No. 74463/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 12177-12180/2022 (XI) SLP(C) No. 11437-11438/2022 (XI) (IA No. 90764/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 12933-12936/2022 (XI) (IA No. 95352/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 13595/2022 (XI) W.P.(Crl.) No. 283/2022 (X) (IA No. 100874/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 100873/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES & IA No. 101752/2022 - STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(Crl.) No. 282/2022 (X) (IA No. 100813/2022 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 100812/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. & IA No. 100811/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 17652/2022 (XI) (IA No. 142803/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 142801/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. & IA No. 142799/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(Crl.) No. 336/2022 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.125349/2022-STAY APPLICATION and IA No.125348/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.125346/2022- PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(Crl.) No. 405/2022 (X) (IA No. 150059/2022 - EX-PARTE STAY) SLP(C) No. 20532/2022 (XI) (I.R. and IA No.159789/2022-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP, IA No.159787/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No.159788/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No.159785/2022- PERMISSION TO FILE SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION, IA No.159792/2022- PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, IA No. 187362/2022 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING THE SPARE COPIES, IA No. 184206/2022 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT & IA No. 159792/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 19845/2022 (XI) (IA No. 203343/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.,IA No. 166345/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. & IA No. 203341/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(Crl.) No. 240/2023 (X) (IA No.69500/2023-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS & IA No. 69499/2023 - STAY APPLICATION) SLP(C) No. 20263/2022 (XI) (IA No.169735/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 20935-20969/2022 (XI) (IA No.166148/2022-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLPs, IA No.166150/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No.166149/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 39248/2023 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT & IA No. 37848/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) SLP(Crl) No. 415/2023 (II) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.204278/2022-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP, IA No.204282/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.204280/2022-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/ FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 3324-3325/2023 (XI) (IA No.19648/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLPs, IA No.19645/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No.19647/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No.19643/2023- PERMISSION TO FILE SPECIAL LEAVE PETITIONS and IA No.19649/2023- CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING SLPs) SLP(Crl) No. 284/2023 (II) (IA No. 3961/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. & IA No. 3962/2023 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 11271/2023 (XI) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.69072/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP and IA No.69073/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 9287/2023 (XI) (I.R. IA No.91312/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. & IA No.91311/2023-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1005/2023 in SLP(C) No. 20532/2022 (XI)

(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.88013/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 16939/2023 (XI) (NAME OF MR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAIZADA, LEARNED ADDITIONAL ADVOCATE GENERAL, BE REFLECTED IN THE CAUSE LIST IA No. 135065/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT & IA No. 135066/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Diary No.10773/2021 (XI) (IA No. 64096/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM PAYING COURT FEE) SLP(C) No. 7736-7742/2021 (XI) (IA No. 68733/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) SLP(C) No. 7962-7979/2021 (XI) (IA No. 70266/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) SLP(C) No. 7873-7903/2021 (XI) (IA No. 69916/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) SLP(C) No. 7783-7784/2021 (XI) (IA No. 69050/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) SLP(C) No. 7933-7945/2021 (XI) (IA No. 70168/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) SLP(C) No. 8039/2021 (XI) (IA No. 70987/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/ FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 8544/2021 (XI) (IA No. 71143/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 8974-8984/2021 (XI) Diary No(s). 11239/2021 (XI) (IA No. 66768/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM PAYING COURT FEE) Diary No(s). 11241/2021 (XI) SLP(C) No. 8169/2021 (XI) SLP(C) No. 8131-8149/2021 (XI) (IA No. 71418/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 8201/2021 (XI) SLP(C) No. 9031/2021 (XI) SLP(C) No. 9030/2021 (XI) SLP(C) No. 8650/2021 (XI) SLP(C) No. 8630/2021 (XI) SLP(C) No. 8776-8790/2021 (XI) SLP(C) No. 11709-11711/2021 (XI) (IA No. 85223/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT & IA No. 85225/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 10791-10794/2021 (XI) (IA No. 81596/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT & IA No. 81598/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 11375-11387/2021 (XI) (IA No. 82549/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 82547/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. & IA No. 82546/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 11437-11463/2021 (XI) (IA No. 44187/2023 - DISCHARGE OF ADVOCATE ON RECORD & IA No. 87593/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) SLP(C) No. 11712/2021 (XI) (IA No. 44172/2023 - DISCHARGE OF ADVOCATE ON RECORD & IA No. 87536/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED

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JUDGMENT) SLP(C) No. 12705-12718/2021 (XI) (IA No. 6569/2023 - DISCHARGE OF ADVOCATE ON RECORD) SLP(C) No. 12002/2021 (XI) SLP(C) No. 15679/2021 (XI) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 853-855/2021 in SLP(C) No. 11709-11711/2021 (XI) (IA No. 130022/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Date : 04-09-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL For Petitioner(s) Ms. Anwesha Saha, AOR Ms. Kamakshi S. Mehlwal, AOR Mr. Abhik Kumar, Adv. Ms. Deepa Joeseph, Adv. Mr. Deepak Girdhar, Adv. Mr. Rinku Mathur, Adv. Ms. Deepa Joseph, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Krishna, AOR Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shyam Diwan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prashant Shukla, Adv. Mr. Suyash Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Satyajeet Kumar, AOR Ms. Shalini Shukla, Adv. Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri,Sr.Adv. Mr. Saeed Qadri, Adv. Ms. Bhavna Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Deepak Bhati, Adv. Ms. Udita Singh, AOR Mr. PS Patwalia, Sr. Adv. Mr. RK Singh, Adv. Mrs. Neeraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Tom Joseph, AOR Mr. Kumar Gaurav, Adv. Ms. Arya Krishnan, Adv. Mr. R. Krishnaraj, Adv. Ms. Charu Sangwan, AOR Mr. Krishna Raj, Adv.

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Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. R.K. Singh, Adv. Mrs. Neeraj Singh, Adv. Ms. Anzu. K. Varkey, AOR Mr. Kumar Gaurav, Adv. Mr. Ajay Chaudhary, Adv.(V.C.) Mr. Sunil Prakash Sharma, AOR Mr. Yatish Mohan, Adv. Mr. Hemant Kumar Sagar, Adv. Mr. E. C. Vidya Sagar, AOR Ms. Ritu Reniwal, Adv. Mr. Mahendra Kumawat, Adv. Mr. Ram Bhadauria, Adv. Mr. Robin Khokhar, AOR Mr. Ghanshyam Singh, Adv. Mr. Sonit Sinhmar, Adv. Mr. Rajnish Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Ankur Yadav, AOR Ms. Vanshika Mittal, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Roy, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Krishnanand Pandey, AOR Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv. Mr. Ravindra Sadanand Chingale, AOR Mr. Abhay Kumar, AOR Mr. Tirupati Gaurav Shahi, Adv. Mr. Shagun Ruhil, Adv. Mr. Karan Chopra, Adv. Mr. Anand Nandan, Adv. Mr. Amit Pawan, AOR Mr. Mohammed Faiz Alam, Adv. Mr. Kuldeep Mishra, Adv. Mr. Avinash Kr. Lakhanpal, AOR Mr. Ajit Sharma, AOR Mr. R.K. Singh, Adv. Mrs. Neeraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Kumar Gaurav, Adv. Mr. Rohit Singh, AOR Mr. Ajit Kumar Sinha, Sr. Adv. Mr. R.K. Singh, Adv.

Mrs. Neeraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Kumar Gaurav, Adv. Mr. Aman Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Rastogi, AOR Mr. Satvik Varma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Vaibhav Niti, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Sanjay Rastogi, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Krishnanand Pandeya, AOR Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv. Mr. Garvesh Kabra, AOR Mr. Ajay Kumar Prajapati, Adv. Mr. Shaurya Sahay, AOR Mr. Shobhit Dwivedi, Adv. Ms. Shweta Yadav, Adv. Mr. Yasharth Kant, AOR Ms. Tanvi Saran, Adv. Ms. Sonal Kushwah, Adv. Mr. S. Kishan Razdan, Adv. Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, AOR Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Mr. Shaurya Krishna,, Adv. Ms. Mani Munjal, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Ms. Parul Shukla, AOR Mr. Saday Mondol, Adv. Ms. Shubhangi Pandey, Adv. Mr. Farrukh Rasheed, AOR Md. Ekhlakh Alam, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ashif, Adv. Mr. R. K. Singh, Adv. Mrs. Neeraj Singh, Adv. Ms. Anzu. K. Varkey, AOR Mr. Kumar Gaurav, Adv. Mr. Ajay Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Ramkrishnan Veeraraghwan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prashant Shukla, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv.

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Mr. Suyash Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Girdhar Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Satyajeet Kumar, AOR

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

1. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, learned Senior counsel for the State of U.P. today contends that they are adopting the counter affidavit filed in Special Leave Petition (Civil) (Nos.) 7157-7160 of 2021 for all the cases and there is no need to file a separate counter affidavit. Two tabular charts containing the "Fake candidates" and "Tampered candidates" have been supplied today to the learned Senior counsel for the petitioner. As Mr. Patwalia, who is arguing the case as a lead counsel, is engaged after lunch in other cases and on his request, we postpone the hearing with reluctance.

2. List on Wednesday, the 11th September, 2024 after transfer and bail matters.

3. Learned State counsel may call for the relevant records to substantiate their contentions during the course of hearing on the next date.

(VISHAL ANAND) (ANU BHALLA) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)