ITEM NO.501 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W

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

Writ Petition (Civil) No.274/2009

IN RE SECTION 6A OF THE CITIZENSHIP ACT 1955 Petitioner(s)

(With IA No.125532/2018 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.68465/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.48049/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.105327/2018 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.83457/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/ DIRECTIONS, IA No.73916/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.43257/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No.61664/2021 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No.130128/2017 – CLARIFICATION/ DIRECTION, IA No.86040/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No.153715/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No.86036/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No.151606/2018 – CLARIFICATION/ DIRECTION, IA No.14361/2021 - CONTEMPT PETITION, IA No.14359/2021 - CONTEMPT PETITION, IA No.153061/2022 - DISCHARGE OF ADVOCATE ON RECORD, IA No.10/2013 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.213642/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.121861/2018 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.190221/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.103961/2018 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.217240/2023 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No.43256/2018 – INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT, IA No.125524/2018 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No.22616/2018 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No.209500/2023 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No.61640/2021 – INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT, IA No.110873/2017 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No.7921/2023 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No.86047/2018 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

WITH W.P.(C) No. 916/2014 (PIL-W) (With IA No. 138341/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) Diary No.34152/2018 (XIV) (With IA No.135242/2018 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING, IA

No.135243/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No.160372/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, IA No.135345/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE Signature Not Verified

Digitally signed by CHETAN KUMAR Date: 2023.12.06 16:36:42 IST Reason:

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ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES and IA No.135241/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE SLP)

Diary No.21214/2018 (XIV)

(With IA No.84178/2018 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING)

Diary No.20944/2018 (XIV)

(With I.R. and IA No.80351/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.80352/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.80350/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP)

Diary No.21959/2018 (XIV)

(With I.R. and IA No.82961/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.82962/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.82959/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP)

Diary No.21377/2018 (XIV)

(With I.R. and IA No.92415/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.92417/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.92411/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP and IA No.92419/2018- CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING)

Diary No.21368/2018 (XIV)

(With I.R. and IA No.82085/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.82087/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.82088/2018-INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No.82084/2018- PERMISSION TO FILE SLP and IA No.82086/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS)

W.P.(C) No.470/2018 (XI)

(With I.R. and IA No.69948/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

W.P.(C) No.1047/2018 (XI)

(With IA No.125802/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

W.P.(C) No.68/2016 (PIL-W)

(With IA No. 186168/2018 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION and IA No. 1/2017 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION)

W.P.(C) No.876/2014 (X)

(With IA No.36773/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No. 1/2014 - STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(C) No.449/2015 (XI)

(With IA No.1/2015 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.120151/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No.120136/2018 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No.120147/2018 – INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT)

W.P.(C) No.450/2015 (XI)

(With IA No.1/2015 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)

W.P.(C) No.311/2015 (XI)

S.L.P.(C) No.25858/2015 (XIV)

W.P.(C) No.562/2012 (X)

Date : 06-12-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :	HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE<br>HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT<br>HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. SUNDRESH<br>HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA<br>HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA
For Petitioner(s)<br>WPC 274/2009	Mr. Mukul Kumar, AOR
SLP D.34152/2018	Mr. Shivendra Singh, AOR<br>Mr. Bikram Dwivedi, Adv.<br>Mr. Sanjeev Chaudhary, Adv.<br>Mr. Puneett Singhal, Adv.
SLP D.34152/2018 &<br>SLP D.21377/2018	Mr. Mansoor Ali, AOR<br>Mr. Imtiyaz Ali, Adv.<br>Mr. Shahid Rizvi, Adv.<br>Mr. Bilal Mansoor, Adv.<br>Mr. S. Islam, Adv.<br>Mr. Zeeshan Rizvi, Adv.
SLP D.20944/2018,<br>SLP D.21959/2018<br>WPC 470/2018	Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR
WPC 1047/2018	Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, AOR
WPC 68/2016,<br>WPC 876/2014 &<br>WPC 311/2015	Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Somiran Sharma, AOR<br>Ms. Kavya Jhawar, Adv.<br>Mr. Sudipto Sircar, Adv.<br>Ms. Anshula Laroiya, Adv.<br>Mr. Adith Deshmukh, Adv.<br>Mr. Arpit Jacob Varaprasad, Adv.

	Ms. Shristi Borthakur, Adv.<br>Mr. Dhrubajit Saikia, Adv.<br>Ms. Aadya Malik, Adv.<br>Mr. Suryanusen Gupta, Adv.
WPC 449/2015 &<br>WPC 450/2015	Mr. Sunil Murarka, Adv.<br>Mr. Partha Sil, AOR<br>Mr. Tavish Bhushan Prasad, Adv.<br>Ms. Sayani Bhattacharya, Adv.<br>Mr. Joydeep Mukherjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhiraj Choudhary, Adv.
SLPC 25858/2015	Mr. Sanjay Hegde, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Anas Tanwir, Adv.<br>Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR
WPC 562/2012	Mr. K.N. Choudhury, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Manish Goswami, Adv.<br>Mr. Rongon Choudhury, Adv.<br>Mr. Navneet Gautam, Adv.<br>Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR<br>Mr. Anjani Kumar Mishra, AOR
For Respondent(s)	Mr. R. Venkatramani, AG<br>Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG<br>Mr. K.M. Natraj, ASG<br>Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR<br>Mrs. Rekha Pandey, Adv.<br>Mrs. Shradha Deshmukh, Adv.<br>Mrs. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.<br>Mr. Kanu Agarawal, Adv.<br>Mrs. Ruchi Gour Narula, Adv.<br>Ms. Diksha Rai, Adv.<br>Mrs. Sneha Kalita, Adv.<br>Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv.<br>Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.<br>Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.<br>Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandy, Adv.<br>Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.<br>Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR<br>Mrs. Mrinal Elkar Mazumdar, Adv.

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Mr. Anil Hooda, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Singh Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, Sr. Adv., SG Mr. Devajit Saikia, Sr. Adv., Adv.Gen., Assam, Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Diksha Rai, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. P Nayak, Adv. Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv. Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Kritagya Kait, Adv. Mr. Tanmay Mehta, Adv. Mr. Rohit Khare, Adv. Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Arijit Dey, Adv. Mr. Apurva Sachdev, Adv. Mr. Atiga Singh, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Devajit Saikia, Adv.Gen., Assam, Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. P Nayak, Adv. Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv. Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Kritagya Kait, Adv. Mr. Tanmay Mehta, Adv. Mr. Rohit Khare, Adv. Mr. Akshay Nain, Adv. Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Arijit Dey, Adv. Ms. Atiga Singh, Adv. Ms. Apurva Sachdev, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, AOR

Mr. M.C. Dhingra, Adv. Mr. A.K. Singh, Adv. Mr. Vikrant Yadav, Adv. Mrs. Madhvi Yadav, Adv. Mr. Mahender Ram, Adv. Mrs. Arna Dass, Adv. Ms. Krishna Sarma, Adv. Mr. Navnit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Adv. M/s. Corporate Law Group Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR Mr. Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, AAG Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv. Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Bhuwan Chandra, Adv. Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR Mr. Sidhant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR Ms. Manyaa Chandok, Adv. Ms. Ishita Deswal, Adv. Ms. Abhivyakti Banerjee, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Srisatya Mohanty, Adv. Ms. Anju Thomas, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Awasthi, Adv.

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Mr. Himanshu Chakravarty, Adv. Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Mishra, Adv. Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. Ms. Lihzu Shiney Konyak, Adv. Ms. Anvita Dwivedi, Adv. Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ankit Yadav, AOR Ms. Sujal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shailendra Slaria, Adv. Ms. Prakriti Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Tarun Mehra, Adv. Mr. Gajjala Bhaskar, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Adv. Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Mustafa Khaddam Hussain, Adv. Ms. Rupali Samuel, Adv. Ms. Sumedha Ray Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Adv. Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv. Ms. Lubna Naaz, Adv. Mr. Rohin Bhatt, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Rai, Adv. Ms. Tehsheena Z Hussain, Adv. Mr. Mohammad Wasim, Adv. Ms. Gurneet Kaur, Adv. Mr. Syed Ashhar, Adv. Mr. Arkam Pasha, Adv. Mr. G.N. Reddy, AOR Mrs. Niranjana Singh, AOR Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR

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Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Mr. Chaitanya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Siddhesh Shirish Kotwal, AOR Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv. Mr. Tejasvi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. T. Illayarasu, Adv. Mr. V.K. Sidharthan, AOR Mr. D.S. Mahra, AOR Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Merusagar Samantaray, AOR Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, AOR Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. C.K. Sasi, AOR Ms. Meena K Pouiose, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mrs. Bihu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Pratishtha Vij, Adv. Mr. Mohit Prasad, Adv. Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Priyanshu Malik, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, AAG Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Adv.

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Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Raavi Sharma, Adv. M/s. K.J. John & Co. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Mr. K.N. Balgopal, Adv.Gen., Nagaland Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Adv. Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Adv. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv. Ms. Harsha Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Simanta Kumar, Adv. Mr. Devvrat Singh, Adv. Mr. Jainendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Maneesh Pathak, Adv. Mr. Nishant Verma, Adv. Mr. Kailas U More, Adv. Mrs. Nirmala D Borade, Adv. Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Mr. Sri Harsha Peechara, Adv. Mr. Duvvuri Subrahmanya Bhanu, Adv. Ms. Pallavi, Adv. Ms. Kriti Sinha, Adv. Mr. Akshat Kulshreshtha, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry, AOR Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., AOR Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR Mr. Siddharth Sangal, AOR Ms. Nilanjani Tandon, Adv. Ms. Harshita Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Mohan Pandey, AOR Mr. Surendranath P V, Sr. Adv. Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR Mr. Subhash Chandran K.R., Adv. Mr. John Thomas Arakal, Adv. Mr. Sawan Kumar Shukla, Adv. Ms. Krishna L.R., Adv. Mrs. Lekha Sudhakar, Adv.

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Mr. G.N. Reddy, AOR Mr. Partha Sil, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Mr. Sanjay R Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Adeel Ahmed, AOR Mr. Abdur Rehman Sikdar, Adv. Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv. Ms. Taqdees Fatima, Adv. Mr. Anas Tanwir, Adv. Mr. Piyush Sachdev, Adv. Mr. Md Sharuk Ali, Adv. Ms. Anupama Gupta, Adv. Ms. Riya Dutta, Adv. Ms. Sana Parveen, Adv. Ms. Lilly Biswas, Adv. Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Chander Uday Singh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv. Ms. Bidya Mohanty, Adv. Ms. Karishma Maria, Adv. Mr. Mrinmoy Dutta, Adv. Mr. Amjid Maqbool, Adv. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi, Adv. Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Tomar, Adv. Mr. Argha Roy, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv. Mr. Mehmood Pracha, Adv. Mr. Syed Ali Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Syed Tanweer Ahmad, Adv. Mr. S S Bandyopadhyay, Adv. Mr. Syed Miran Ahmad, Adv. Mr. S Kundu, Adv.

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Mr. Abhaya Nath Das, Adv. Mrs. Barnali Basak, Adv. Ms. Riya Soni, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, AOR Mr. Ajay Tewari, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Mohit Chaudhary, AOR Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR Mr. Harsh Parashar, AOR Mr. Sanand Ramakrishnan, AOR Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, Adv. Mr. Praneet Pranav, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. Chander Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Anjani Kumar Mishra, AOR Mrs. Hardeep Kaur Mishra, Adv. Dr. P.N. Mishra, Adv. Mr. Praveen Mishra, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, AOR Mr. Dhawal Uniyal, AOR Mr. Himanshu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR Mr. Chandra Shekhar, Adv.

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Mr. Saurabh Mishra, AAG Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Adv. Mr. Avijit Roy, AOR Mr. Vivek Sharma, AOR Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR Ms. Krishna Sarma, Adv. Mr. Navnit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Adv. M/. Corporate Law Group Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Ms. Hetvi Patel, Adv. Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mansoor Ali, AOR Mr. M.R. Shamshad, Adv. Mr. Shahid Rizvi, Adv. Mr. S. Islam, Adv. Mr. Bilal Mansoor, Adv. Mr. Arijit Sarkar, Adv. Ms. Rubina Jawed, Adv. Ms. Nabeela Jamil, Adv. Mr. Zeeshan Rizvi, Adv. Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ankit Yadav, AOR Ms. Sujal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shailendra Slaria, Adv. Ms. Prakriti Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Tarun Mehra, Adv. Mr. Gajjala Bhaskar, Adv. Mr. Abhishek, AOR Mr. K.N. Choudhury, Sr. Adv. Mr. Manish Goswami, Adv. Mr. Navneet Gautam, Adv.

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Mr. Rongon Choudhury, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. Krishna Dev Jagarlamudi, AOR Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR

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

• 1 Heard in part.
• 2 Put up for further hearing tomorrow (7 December 2023) as a part-heard matter.

(CHETAN KUMAR) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR) A.R.-cum-P.S. Assistant Registrar