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 $\mathbf{T}\mathbf{A}$ NO.126497/2022-INTERVENTION FILING ATTESTED AFFIDAVIT, APPLICATION, IA NO.129021/2022- INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT, $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ NO.130318/2022 -INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ NO.130328/2022-INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, 130333/2022-INTERVENTION/ $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ $\mathsf{NO},.$ NO.130607/2022-INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IMPLEADMENT, IA $IA$ NO.132368/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA NO.133670/2022 -INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ NO.134125/2022 $\mathbf{L}$ INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA NO.137541/2022 -INTERVENTION APPLICATION, $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ NO.137595/2022 -APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA NOS. 137597/2022 -INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA NO.144295/2022-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON, IA NO. 144720/2022-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FADOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

WITH

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

W.P.(C) No. $596/2019$ (X) FOR impleading party ON IA 87113/2019)

W.P.(C) No. $446/2019$ (PIL-W) (130350/2021- APPLICATION FOR IMPLEADMENT OF THE APPLICANT $AS$ 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) Signature Not Verified Digital Water (C) No. $331/2019$ (X) $\begin{array}{c}\n\text{Data: 2028-03} \ 14:02:58 \overline{\text{IST}} \ \text{Bessenv}\n\end{array}$ W.P.(C) No. 343/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No.45038/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY AND IA No.130355/2021-FOR IMPLEADMENT)

W.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, IA NO.143263/2022-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON)

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, IA NO.35236/2019- INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, 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 : 27-09-2022 These petitions 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

Counsel for the parties

Mr. Yadav Narender Singh, AOR Mr. Ajay Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gulab Chandra Yadav, Adv. Mt. Sudhir Singh, Adv. Mr. Varun Mishra, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Yadav, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Yadav, Adv. Mr. K.K. Venugopal,AG Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. R. Bala Subramanian, Sr. Adv. Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Chinmaee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Apoorva Kurup, Adv. Mr. Padmesh Mishra, Adv. Ms. Sujatha Bagadhi, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, Adv. Mr. Digvijay Dam, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG Mr. Aman Sharma, Adv. Mr. Manvendra Singh, Adv. Ms./Mr. L.N. Shivani, Adv. Ms. Shivika Mehra, Adv. Ms. Shagun Thakur, Adv.

Ms. Poornima Singh, Adv. Ms. Shreya Jain, Adv. Mr. A.K. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. Padmesh Mishra, Adv. Mr. A.k. Sharma, AOR Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, AOR Mr./Ms. Sajal Singhai, Adv. Mr. Rajender Singh Chaudhry, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.K. Rajora, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Ms. Deepti Hooda, Adv. Ms. Sawati Singh, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Singh, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, AAG Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Ms. Yashraj Singh Bundela(G.A.) Mr. Sandeep Sharma, 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. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. Mr. Arnav Singh Deo, Adv. Mr. Prabhash Bajaj, Adv. Mr. Ajay Sabharwal, Adv. Ms. Ashita Chawla, Adv. Mr. Raghav Tewari, Adv. 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. Jayanth Muth Raj, Sr. Adv. Ms. Malavika Jayanth, Adv. Ms. Ranji Ohri Lal, Adv. Mr. Yaduinder Lal, Adv.

Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR 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. Vishnu Sharma, AOR Mr. P. Wilson, Sr. Adv. Mr. R. Nedumaran, AOR Mr. Apoorv Malhotra, 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, Adv. Mr. H.B. Dubey, Adv. Mr. Salman Khurshid,Sr. Adv. Ms. Asifa Rashid Mir, Adv. Ms. Aadya Mishra, Adv. Ms. Maria Kousar, Adv. Mrs. Naghma Imtiaz, Adv. Mr. Zangham Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Saif Naseem, Adv. For M/s Equity Lex Associates, AOR Mr. S. Niranjan Reddy, Sr. Adv. 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. Ms. Akhila Palem, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sahil Raveen, Adv. Mr. Jayanth Muth Raj, Sr. Adv. Mr. Jaimon Andrews, Adv. Mr.Piyo Harold Jaimon, Adv. Mr.Ameen Hassan, Adv. Ms. Aswathi M.K., AOR

Mr. Lal Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Shobhit Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Umesh Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Vishal Singh, Adv. Mr. R. C. Kohli, AOR Ms.Vibha Datta Makhija, Sr.Adv Mr.Prashant Shukla Adv Mr.Praveen Gaur, Adv. Mr.Sampriti Baksi, Adv. Mr.Suyash Srivastava Adv Mr.Baani Khanna, Adv. Mr.Shreya Mishra, Adv. Mr.Shankar Singh, Adv Mr. Aaina Walia, Adv. Mr.Subodh S. Patil, AOR Ms. Vibha Dutta Makhija, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prashant Shukla, Adv. Mr. Praveen Gaur, Adv. Ms. Sampriti Bakshi, Adv. Mr. Suyash Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Baani Khanna, Adv. Mr. Karam Murugan, Adv. Ms. Shreya Mishra, Adv. Mr. Shankar Singh, Adv. Ms. Aaina Walia, Adv. Mr. Satyajeet Kumar, AOR Ms. Vanshja Shukla, AOR(State of Uttarakhand) Mr. Sajal Singhai, Adv. Mr. Sudhansu Palo, AOR Ms. Ipsita Behura, Adv. Mr. Gautam Das, Adv. Mr. Raj Kumar Yadav, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Adv. Mr. Budhadev Palo, Adv. Ms. Padmaja Choudhury, Adv. Mr. Abhilash Kr. Tripathy, Adv. Mr. B. Jagannath Rao, Adv. Mr. Dinesh Kumar Jha, Adv. Mr. Nirmal Kumar Ambastha, AOR Ms. Ashmita Bisarya, Adv. Mr. Damodar Solanki, Adv. Ms. Manju Sharma Jetley, AOR Prof.(Dr.) G. Mohan Gopal, Adv. Mr. Shishir Pinaki, Adv.

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Mr. Muzaffar Khan, Adv. Mr. Vijendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. V. Ramchander Goud, Adv. Ms. Mallika Das, Adv. Mr. Ramakrishna, Adv. Mr. Kasoju Mahesh Acharya, Adv Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, AOR Prof. Ravivarma Kumar, Sr. Adv. Dr. M.P. Raju, Adv. Mr. S.S. Nehra, AOR Mr. P.I. Jose, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Verma, Adv. Mr. Subhash Chandra Sagar, Adv. Mr. Hemant Sagar, Adv. Mr. Mahendra Singh, Adv. Mr. Manoj Swarup, Adv. Dr. K.S. Bhati, Adv. Mr. E.C. Viyasagar, Adv. Ms. Sharada Bai, Adv. Ms. Belle Ravivarma, Adv. Ms. Sindhu Acharya, Adv. Ms. Priyanka Yavagal, Adv. Mr. Giridhar Gangothri, Adv. Ms. Shikha Jaihind Yadav, Adv. Mr. Vinayak Mohan, Adv. Dr. M.P. Raju, Adv. Mr. M. Vijaya Bhaskar, AOR Mr. Murari Lal, Adv. Mr. R.S.M. Kalky, Adv. Mr. S.P. Singh, Adv. Mr. Randhir Singh, Adv. Mr. Sumit Kishore, Adv. Mr. Pratik R. Bombarde, AOR Mr. Reepak Kansal, Adv. Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, Adv. Mr. Jitendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Adv. Mr. D.D. Verma, Adv. Mr. Renjith B. Marar, Adv. Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S, AOR Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Purvish J. Malkan, Adv. Mr. Ankur Mittal, Adv. Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Mr. Shereef K.A., Adv. Mr. Rakesh Kumar, AOR

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Mr. Sanjay Kr. Yadav, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupama N., Adv. Mr. W. Inmanuel Meitei, Adv. Petitioner-in-person Mr. Haris Beeram, Adv. Mr. Mushtaq Satine, Adv. Mr. Usman Ghani Khan, Adv. Mr. Azhar Assees, Adv. Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Ms. Hrishika Jain, Adv. Mr. Ujwala Uppaluri, Adv. Mr. Bharat Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shourya Dasgupta, Adv. Mr. Aman Naqvi, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Bhatnagar, Adv. Ms. Ujjwala Uppaluri, Adv. Mr. Sachin Patil, Adv. Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv. Mr. Risvi Muhammed, Adv. Mr. Durgesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Kailas Bajirao Autade, AOR Mr. Namit Saxena, AOR Mrs.Niranjana Singh, AOR Ms. Somyashree, Adv. Ms. Sarvshree, Adv. Prof. (Dr.) Ravi Varma Kumar, Sr.Adv. Mr. Dinesh P. Rajbhar, Adv. Mr. KasojuMahesh Chary, Adv Ms. Anzu. K. Varkey, AOR Mr. Himanshu Tyagi, AOR (HP) Mr. Ayush Negi, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Disha Mittal, Adv. Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Ashok Anand, Adv Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh, Adv Miss Sukhada Kakade, Adv

Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Milind Singh, Adv. Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR Ms. M. Venmani, Adv. Mr. Abhisar Thakral, Adv. Mr. Deepak Vuttsya, Adv. Mr. Raunak Vuttsya, Adv. Mr. D. Venkata Krishna, Adv. Mr. M. Venmani, Adv. Mr. A.N.Rajan Babu, Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Ms. Seema Jain, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham Roy, Adv. Mr. Yaduinder Lal, Adv. Ms. Rajni Ohri Lal, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Dr. M.P. Raju, Adv. Mr. S. S. Nehra, AOR Mr. Rajendra Verma, Adv. Mr. Arun Dagar, Adv. Mr. Rahul Nehra, Adv. Mr. P.I. Jose, Adv. Mr. Annam Venkatesh, AOR Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Adv. Mr. Shashank Singh, AOR Mr. Adil Sharfuddin, Adv. Ms. Disha Wadekar, Adv. Mr. Anupam Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Satwik Parikh, Adv. Mr. Mubarak Ali, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Asad Khan, Adv. Mr. V. K. Biju, AOR Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. Mr. Chetanya Singh, Adv. Mr. Amlendu Kumar Akhilesh Kumar Jha, Adv. Dr. Ranjeet Bharti, Adv. Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv. Ms. Rubina Jawed, Adv. Mr. Parthsarithi M. Saraf, Adv. Mr. Kavitha K.T., Adv. Mr. Subhash Chandran, Adv. Mr. N.P. Rakeshpaniker, Adv. Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR

Mr. Siddharath Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Senior Advocate Mr. D.Kumanan, AOR Mr. Sheikh F Kalia, advocate Ms. Racheetha Chawala, advocate Mr. Gaurav Sharma, AOR Mr. Dhawal Mohan, Adv. Mr. Prateek Bhatia, Adv. Ms. Tushika Goel, Adv. Ms. Savita Singh, AOR Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Mr. K.V. Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Diya Kapur, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Siddharth Nath, Adv. Mr. Raghav Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Lodha, Adv. Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv. Ms. Vasudha Jain, Adv. Ms. Khushboo Hora, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Mr. A. Karthik, AOR Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Mrs. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Ms. Thulasi K. Raj, Adv. Mr. V.K. Biju, AOR Ms. Swathi H. Prasad, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. Mr. Chetanya Singh, Adv. Mr. Amlendu Kumar Akhilesh Kumar Jha, Adv. Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Ranjeet Bharti, Adv. Ms. Rubina Jawed, 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 Mohod, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gurawa, Adv. Ms. Vasundhara Rana, Adv. Mr. Aditya Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Vinod Kumar Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, AOR Mr.Ajay Bansal AAG of Punjab & Haryana Mr.Gaurav Yadava Adv Ms Veena Bansal Adv Mr. Sourav Jindal Adv Mr.Varun Thakur, Adv. Mr. Brajesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sudhir Singh, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kr. Sharma, AOR Ms. Madhavi Khandelwal,Adv. Mr. Shashank Patro, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kr. Sharma, AOR Mr. Shashank Patrao, Adv. Mr. Varun Thakur, Adv. Mr. Brajesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kr. Sharma, AOR Mr. Prakash Sharma, Adv. (in-person) Mr. Pawan Prakash Pathak, Adv. Mr. Mrinal Shashi Shekhar Chakravorty, (Petitioner-in-person) Mr. Ravi Chandran Iyar, Adv. Mr. Amol B.Karande, AOR Mr. Rajsaheb Patil, Adv. Mr. Vikrant Yadav, Adv. Mr. A. Selvin Raja, AOR Mr. A. Raja Mohammed, Adv. Mr. A. Mohammed Yusuff, Adv. Ms. V. Shahira Banu, Adv. Mr. S.A.S. Alandeen, Adv. Ms. Nikita Kumari, Adv. Dr. Charu Mathur, AOR Ms. Tanvi Dubey , Advocate Mr. Rahul Unnikrishnan, Advocate Mr. Malak Bhatt, Advocate Mr. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Advocate

Mr. Sandeep S. Deshmukh, AOR Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Intervenor-in-person

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

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

Mr. V.K. Biju, learned Advocate appearing for respondent no.2 in W.P.(C) No.55 of 2019, resumed his arguments at 10.30 a.m. and concluded at 10.55 a.m.; Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General commenced his submissions at 10.55 a.m. and concluded at 11.05 a.m.; and Mr. Mrinall Shashi Shekhar Chakravorty, applicantin-person advanced his submission from 11.05 a.m. to 11.08 a.m.

After conclusion of the aforesaid submissions, in rejoinder, Prof. (Dr.) Ravi Verma Kumar commenced his arguments at 11.08 a.m. and concluded at 11.47 a.m.; Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, learned Senior Advocate commenced his arguments at 11.47 a.m. and concluded at 12.15 p.m.; Mr. P. Wilson, learned Senior Advocate commenced his arguments at 12.15 p.m. and concluded at 12.35 p.m.; Ms. Meenakshi Arora, learned Senior Advocate commenced her arguments at 12.35 p.m. and concluded at 12.50 p.m.; Mr. Sanjay Parikh, learned Senior Advocate commenced his arguments at 12.50 p.m. and concluded at 12.55 p.m.; Dr. K.S. Chauhan, learned Senior Advocate commenced his arguments at 12.55 p.m. and concluded at 1.00 p.m.; Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj, learned Advocate commenced his arguments at 1.00 p.m. and concluded at 1.05 p.m.; Prof. Dr. Mohan Gopal, learned Advocate commenced his arguments at 2.00 p.m. and concluded at 2.30 p.m.; and Mr. Varun Thakur, learned Advocate commenced his arguments at 2.30 p.m. and concluded at 2.35 p.m.

Hearing in the matters is concluded.

Judgment reserved.

All the learned counsel appearing for various parties including intervenors, who have yet not submitted their written submissions, are at liberty to submit their written submissions not exceeding three pages within three days from today.

COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)

(INDU MARWAH) (MATHEW ABRAHAM)