Kali Poongundran vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.501(PH)

COURT NO.1

SECTION PIL-W

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

<pre>Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 55/2019</pre>

JANHIT ABHIYAN

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA

Respondent $(s)$

(IA NO.118321/2019- INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA NO.78059/2020-FOR IMPLEADMENT, IA NO.78060/2020-FOR PERMISSION TO FILE IMPLEADMENT, IA NO.78062/2020-FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ATTESTED AFFIDAVIT, IA NO.78063/2020-FOR TAGGING/DETAGGING, IA NO.78064/2020-FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ATTESTED AFFIDAVIT, IA NO.96450/2020-FOR EXEMPTION FROM AFFIDAVIT, $\mathbf{A}^{\mathbf{T}}$ NO.126497/2022-INTERVENTION FILING ATTESTED APPLICATION, IA NO.129021/2022- INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT, $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ NO.130318/2022 -INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA NO.130328/2022-INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, 130333/2022-INTERVENTION/ $\mathbf{IA} \qquad \mathbf{NO.}$ IMPLEADMENT, IA NO.130607/2022-INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ NO.132368/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA NO.133670/2022 -INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA NO.134125/2022 -INTERVENTION APPLICATION)

WITH

T.C.(C) No. $8/2021$ (XVI-A) (IA NO.132213/2022-INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

$W.P.(C)$ No. 596/2019 (X)

W.P.(C) No. 446/2019 (PIL-W) (130350/2021- APPLICATION FOR IMPLEADMENT OF THE APPLICANT $\mathsf{AS}$ RESPONDENT IN THE WRIT PETITION AND DELETION OF R-1 FROM ARRAY OF PARTIES)

$W.P.(C)$ No. 427/2019 (X) (IA No. 55546/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY)

W.P.(C) No. $331/2019$ (X)

W.P.(C) No. 343/2019 (PIL-W)

(IA No.45038/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY AND IA No.130355/2021-FOR Signature Model In EADMENT)

17:09 WIND P. (C) No. $798/2019$ (PIL-W) (IA No.91170/2019-EX-PARTE STAY)

W.P.(C) No. 732/2019 (PIL-W) (IA NO.86439/2020-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 854/2019 (PIL-W) IA No. 85373/2019 - STAY APPLICATION)

T.C.(C) No. 12/2021 (XVI-A)

T.C.(C) No. 10/2021 (XVI-A)

T.C.(C) No. 9/2021 (XVI-A)

W.P.(C) No. 73/2019 (PIL-W)

(IA No.12600/2019-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ ANNEXURES, IA No.12602/2019-STAY APPLICATION, IA No.35286/2019-FOR IMPLEADMENT, IA No.42250/2019-INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.49600/2019-INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.55246/2019-FOR IMPLEADMENT, IA No.111355/2019-INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.111356/2019-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. AND IA No.130366/2021- INTERVENTION IMPLEADMENT)

W.P.(C) No. 72/2019 (PIL-W)

IA No. 12370/2019- STAY APPLICATION, IA No.35234/2019- INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT AND IA No.130372/2021-INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT)

W.P.(C) No. 76/2019 (PIL-W) IA No.13320/2019-STAY APPLICATION, IA No.35236/2019- INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT AND IA No.130397/2021-INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT)

W.P.(C) No. 80/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No.13950/2019-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON)

W.P.(C) No. 222/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No.33408/2019-STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(C) No. 249/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No.35491/2019-EX-PARTE STAY and IA No.35492/2019-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

W.P.(C) No. 341/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No.130381/2021-INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

T.P.(C) No. 1245/2019 (XVI-A) (IA No.97310/2019-STAY APPLICATION)

T.P.(C) No. 2715/2019 (XVI-A) (IA No.176063/2019- EX-PARTE STAY)

T.P.(C) No. 122/2020 (XVI-A) (IA No.12236/2020-STAY APPLICATION)

SLP(C) No. 8699/2020 (XV) (IA No.65946/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.65948/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No.65949/2020-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ ANNEXURES)

T.C.(C) No. 7/2021 (XVI-A)

T.C.(C) No. 11/2021 (XVI-A)

W.P.(C) No. 69/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No.11705/2019-STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(C) No. 122/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No.90572/2019-INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No.90574/2019- DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT)

W.P.(C) No. 106/2019 (PIL-W)

W.P.(C) No. 95/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No.15973/2019-STAY APPLICATION, IA No.22012/2019-AN APPLICATION FOR DIRECTIONS AND IA No.53795/2021-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)

W.P.(C) No. 133/2019 (PIL-W)

IA No.21662/2019-EX-PARTE STAY, IA No.90756/2019- INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT AND IA No.90578/2019-DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT)

W.P.(C) No. 178/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No.28123/2019-EX-PARTE STAY)

W.P.(C) No. 182/2019 (PIL-W)

W.P.(C) No. 146/2019 (X) (IA No. 23606/2019 - STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(C) No. 168/2019 (PIL-W)

IA No.26432/2019-EX-PARTE STAY, IA No.90582/2019- INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No.90584/2019-DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT, IA No.128007/2022-INTERVENTION APPLICATION)

W.P.(C) No. 212/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No.32228/2019-STAY APPLICATION and IA No.32231/2019-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

W.P.(C) No. 162/2019 (PIL-W)

W.P.(C) No. 419/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No.54583/2019-EX-PARTE STAY)

W.P.(C) No. 473/2020 (X)

(IA No.48460/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.50680/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING NOTARISED/ATTESTED AFFIDAVIT AND COURT FEE AND IA No.52700/2020-AN APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ATTESTED/NOTARIZED AFFIDAVIT)

W.P.(C) No. 493/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No. 62215/2019 - STAY APPLICATION)

Date : 14-09-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH MAHESHWARI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE BELA M. TRIVEDI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA For the Parties : Mr. K.K. Venugpoal, AGI Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. R. Balasubramaninan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Kurup, Adv. Mr. Padmesh Mishra, Adv. Ms. Sujatha Bagadhi, Adv. Dr. Ram Sankar, Adv. Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, Adv. Mr. Digvijay Dam, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prasanna S., Adv. Mr. Rahul Narayan, AOR Mr. Tushar Arora, Adv. Mr. Chandra Tanay Choubey, Adv. Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Parikh, SR. Adv. Mr. Shashank Singh, AOR Ms. Disha wadekar, Adv. Mr. Adil Sharfuddin, Adv. Mr. Anupam Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Satwik Parikh, Adv. Mohd. Asad Khan, Adv. Mr. Ajay Prabhu, Adv. Prof. Ravi Verma Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. S.S. Nehra, AOR

Mr. Monish Rana, Adv.

Mr. Subhash Chandra Sagar, Adv. Mr. Hemanth Kumar Sagar, Adv. Prof. Ravi Verma Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. ADN Rao, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Amit P. Shahi, Adv. Ms. Rajshri A. Dubey, Adv. Mr. D. Shiva Shankar, Adv. Ms. Agrimma Singla, Adv. Mr. Manish Dhingra, Adv. Ms. Ritambhara Garg, Adv. Mr. H.B. Dubey, Adv. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. Mrs. Naghma Imtiaz, Adv. Mr. Ahmed Zargham, Adv. Mr. Saif Naseem, Adv. Ms. Asifa Rashid Mir, Adv. Ms. Maria, Adv. Ms. Adhya Mishra, Adv. For M/s. Equity Lex Associates, AOR Mr. P. Wilson, Sr. Adv. Mr. R. Nedumaran, AOR Mr. Apoorv Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Arijit Singh, Adv. Dr. K.S. Chauhan, Sr. Adv. Prof. (Dr.) K. Elumalai, Adv. Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, AOR Mr. Ravi Prakash, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Ajit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR Ms. Jhanvi Dubey, Adv. Ms. Ishita Chowdhury, Adv. Ms. Shivani Vij, Adv. Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Aditi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Sr. Adv. Mr. D. Kumanan, AOR Mr. Sheikh F.Kalia, Adv. Ms. Racheeta Chawla, Adv.

Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, AAG Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Yashraj Singh Bundela, Adv. Ms. Vibha Datta Makhija, Sr.Adv. Mr. Satyajeet Kumar, AOR Mr. Prashant Shukla,Adv. Mr. Praveen Gaur, Adv. Ms. Sampriti Bakshi, Adv. Mr. Suyash Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Baani Khanna, Adv. Ms. Shreya Mishra, Adv. Mr. Shankar Singh, Adv. Ms. Aaina Walia, Adv. Ms. Vibha Datta Makhija, Sr.Adv. Mr. Prashant Shukla,Adv. Mr. Praveen Gaur, Adv. Ms. Sampriti Bakshi, Adv. Ms. Baani Khanna, Adv. Mr. Satyajeet Kumar, Adv. Mr. Jayant Muth Raj, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Malavika Jayanth, Adv. Ms. Seema Jain, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham Roy, Adv. Mr. Yaduinder Lal, Adv. Ms. Rajni Ohri Lal, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Jayanth Muthraj, Sr. Adv. Mr. Jaimon Andrews, Adv. Mr./Ms. Ameen Hassan K., Adv. Mr. Piyo Harold Jaimon, Adv. Mr. Ravi K. Deshpande, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anshu R. Deshpande, Adv. Mr. Somya Chakarborty, Sr. Adv. Mr. Lal Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Shobhit Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Umesh Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Vishal Singh, Adv. Mr. R.C. Kohli, AOR Prof. (Dr.) G. Mohan Gopal, Adv. Mr. Shishir Pinaki, Adv. Mr. Muzaffar Khan, Adv. Mr. Vijender Mishra, Adv. Mr. V. Ramcander Goud, Adv. Ms. Mallika Das, Adv.

Mr. B. Ramakrishna Rao, Adv. Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, AOR Mr. Saurabh Mishra, AAG Mr. Yashraj Singh Bundela, Adv. Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Mr. A.N. Rajan Babu, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham Roy, Adv. Mr. Yaduinder Lal, Adv. Ms. Rajni Ohri Lal, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, Adv. Dr. M.P. Raju, Adv. Mr. M. Vijaya Bhaskar, AOR Mr. R.S.M. Kalky, Adv. Mr. Murari Lal, Adv. Mr. S.P. Singh, Adv. Mr. Randhir Singh, Adv. Mr. Zulfiker Ali P.S., AOR Mr. Pratik R. Bombarde, AOR Mr. Reepak Kansal, Adv. Mr. Jitendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Adv. Mr. D.D. Verma, Adv. Mr. Subhas Kumar, Adv. Mr. P.A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Mr. Rakesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Purvish J. Malkan, Adv. Mr. Ankur Mittal, Adv. Mr. Haris Beeran, Adv. Mr. Mushtaq Satine, Adv. Mr. Usman Ghani Khan, Adv. Mr. Azhar Assees, Adv. Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Ms. Hrishika Jain, Adv. Mr. Shourya Dasgupta, Adv. Mr. Aman Naqvi, Adv. Mr. Bharat Gupta, Adv. Mr. Ujwala Uppaluri, Adv.

Mr. Aman Naqvi, Adv.

Petitioner-in-person Mr. Namit Saxena, AOR Mr. Sachin Patil, Adv. Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv. Mr. Durgesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Kailas Bajirao Autade, AOR Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv. Mr. Somanath Padhan, AOR Mr. Ashok Anand, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Miss Sukhada Kakade, Adv. Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Dinesh P. Rajbhar, Adv. Ms. Anzu K. Varkey, AOR Mr. Milind Singh,Adv. Mr. Rahul Mohod, Adv. Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR Mr. Milind Singh, Adv. Ms. Archana Singh, Adv. Mr. Rajbeer Baudh, Adv. Mr. S. Gowthaman, Aor Mr. Tripurari Ray, Adv. Mr. Varun Thakur, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Varun Thakur, Adv. Mr. Brajesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Shashank Ratnoo, Adv. Mr. Varun Thakur, Adv. Mr. Brajesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Rahul Narayan, AOR Mr. Yadav Narender Singh, AOR Mr. Manu Prakash Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Vijay Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupama Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Amar Jyoti Sharma, Adv. Mr. Bir Inder Singh Gurm, Adv. Dr. M.P. Raju, Adv. Mr. S.S. Nehra, AOR Mr. P.I. Jose, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Verma, Adv. Mr. Monish Rana, Adv. Mr. S.S. Nehra, Adv. Dr. Ritu Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. K.K.L. Gautam, Adv. Ms. Saroj Bala, adv. Ms. Vaishali Nariyala, Adv. Mr. Kaushal Jeet Kait, Adv. Mr. Kritagya Kumar Kait, Adv. Mr. Manoj Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rahul Masod, Adv. Ms. Vasundhara Rana, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, AOR Mr. Sudhansu Palo, AOR Mr. Gautam Das, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raj Kumar Yadav, Adv. Mr. Budhadev Palo, Adv. Mr. Abhilash Kr. Tripathy, Adv. Ms. Ipsita Behura, adv. Mr. Bijender S.Chaudhry, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.K.Rajora, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Ms. Deepti Hooda, Adv. Ms. Swati Singh, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Singh Choudhary, Adv. Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR Mr. Nirmal Kumar Ambastha, AOR Ms. Ashmita Bisarya, Adv. Mr.Annam Venkatesh, AOR Mr. Siddharath Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, AOR. Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. V.K. Biju, AOR Ms. Swathi H. Prasad, Adv.

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Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. Mr. Chetanya Singh, Adv. Mr. Amlendu Kumar Akhilesh Kumar Jha, Adv. Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv. Dr. Ranjeet Bharti, Adv. Ms. Rubina Jawed, Adv. Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Gaurav Sharma, AOR Mr. Dhawal Mohan, Adv. Mr. Prateek Bhatia, Adv. Ms.Mitushi Goyal, Adv Ms. Savita Singh, AOR Mr. Mahfooz A. Nazki, AOR Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv Mr. Shaik Mohamad Haneef, Adv Mr T. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv Mr. K.V.Girish Chowdary, Adv Ms. Rajeswari Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Arnav Sing Deo, Adv. Intervenor-in-person Ms. Diya Kapur, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Siddharth Nath, Adv. Mr. Raghav Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Ladha, Adv. Ms. Sonali Jain,Adv. Ms. Vasudha Jain, Adv. Ms. Khushboo Hora, Adv. Mr. A.Karthik,AOR Mr. R.C. Kohli,AOR Ms. Srishti Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Mrs. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Thulasi K. Raj, Adv.

Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Immanuel Meitei, Adv. Mr. Subodh S. Patil, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, AOR Mr. Sandeep Sudhakar Deshmukh, AOR Mr. K.V. Mohan, AOR Mr. K.V. Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. Rahul kumar Sharma, Adv. Dr. Charu Mathur, AOR Ms. Tanvi Dubey, Adv. Mr. Malak Bhatt,Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Anukrit Gupta, Adv.

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

Heard in part.

For further hearing, list these matters on 15th September, 2022 at 10.30 A.M.

(NEETU KHAJURIA) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER