ITEM NO.3+1+2+4+5+6 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.335/2024

VANSHIKA YADAV Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(With IA No.119476/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 136442/2024 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No.153591/2024 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

WITH W.P.(C) No.362/2024 (X)

(With IA No.135182/2024 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.130607/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No.130606/2024 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF, IA No.135183/2024 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No.135181/2024 - STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.369/2024 (PIL-W) (With IA No.136116/2024 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.131601/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.135632/2024 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.368/2024 (PIL-W) (With IA No.131968/2024 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION, IA No. 131530/2024 - EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF and IA No.134489/2024 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.431/2024 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No.379/2024 (X) (With IA No.133080/2024-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No.377/2024 (PIL-W) (With IA No.134302/2024 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS and IA No. 132828/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No.376/2024 (PIL-W) (With IA No.132820/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No. 132819/2024 - STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.375/2024 (X) (With IA No.132817/2024 - EX-PARTE STAY and IA No.132818/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

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T.P.(C) No.1659/2024 (XIV) (With IA No.138484/2024-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.425/2024 (X) W.P.(C) No.401/2024 (X) (With IA No.136640/2024-EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.415/2024 (X) W.P.(C) No.407/2024 (X) T.P.(C) No.1597/2024 (XVI) (With IA No.133980/2024-EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.412/2024 (X) W.P.(C) No.383/2024 (X) (With IA No.134197/2024-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF and IA No.134198/2024-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) T.P.(C) No.1600/2024 (IX) (With IA No.134256/2024-EX-PARTE STA) W.P.(C) No.419/2024 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No.406/2024 (X) (With IA No.137965/2024-EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF and IA No.137964/2024-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No.403/2024 (PIL-W) (With IA No.136825/2024-EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.398/2024 (X) W.P.(C) No.414/2024 (X) W.P.(C) No.423/2024 (X) W.P.(C) No.404/2024 (X) W.P.(C) No.427/2024 (X) W.P.(C) No.441/2024 (X) W.P.(C) No.420/2024 (X) (With IA No.140324/2024-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.430/2024 (X) W.P.(C) No.446/2024 (X) W.P.(C) No.410/2024 (PIL-W) T.P.(C) No.1602/2024 (XV) (With IA No.134285/2024 - EX-PARTE STAY) T.P.(C) No.1596/2024 (XVI) (With IA No.133634/2024-EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.382/2024 (X) W.P.(C) No.381/2024 (X) (With IA No.133878/2024 - EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No.394/2024 (PIL-W) (With IA No.135671/2024 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON)

W.P.(C) No.384/2024 (X) (With IA No.134205/2024-EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.389/2024 (X) T.P.(C) No.1808/2024 (XV) W.P.(C) No.435/2024 (X) (With IA No.142713/2024-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) Diary No.28729/2024 (X) W.P.(C) No.417/2024 (X) W.P.(C) No.393/2024 (X) T.P.(C) No.1741/2024 (XV) (With IA No.146522/2024-EX-PARTE STAY) T.P.(C) No.1737/2024 (XV) (With IA No.146180/2024-EX-PARTE STAY) T.P.(C) No.1735/2024 (XV) (With IA No.146095/2024-EX-PARTE STAY) T.P.(C) No.1730/2024 (XV) (With IA No.145468/2024-EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.449/2024 (X) (With IA No.146615/2024-STAY APPLICATION)

Date : 22-07-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA

For Petitioner(s)	Mr. Narender Hooda, Sr. Adv.
WPC 335/2024 &	Mr. Sumit Kumar Sharma, Adv.
WPC 377/2024	Mr. Rajat Sangwan, Adv.
	Mr. Anurag Kulharia, Adv.
	Mr. Vaibhav Yadav, Adv.
	Dr. Navya Jannu, Adv.
	Mr. Sunny Kadiyan, AOR
	Mrs. Parul Dagar, Adv.
	Mr. Rajesh Sheoran, Adv.
	Mr. Anas Chaudhary, Adv.
	Ms. Shehla Chaudhary, Adv.
	Mr. Hemendra Singh Kashyap, Adv.
	Mohd. Sharyab Ali, Adv.

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	Mr. Shaurya Lamba, Adv.
	Mr. Shiv Bhatnagar, Adv.
	Mr. Aditya Mishra, Adv.
	Mr. Ashish Kumar Pandey, Adv.
	Mr. Yuvraj Nandal, Adv.
	Ms. Manisha Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. Gyan Prakash, Adv.
	Ms. Keerti Singh, Adv.
	Ms. Divya Kumari Singh, Adv.
	Ms. Tannu, Adv.
	Mr. Vedant Pardhan, Adv.
WPC 362/2024	Mr. Mathews J. Nedumpara, Adv.
	Ms. Usha Nandini V., AOR
	Ms. Maria Nedumpara, Adv.
	Ms. Hemali Kurne, Adv.
	Ms. Rohini Amin, Adv.
	Mr. Shameem Fayiz, Adv.
WPC 369/2024	Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. Shwetank Sailakwal, AOR
	Mr. Tanmaya Agarwal, Adv.
	Mrs. Aditi Agarwal, Adv.
	Mr. Deepak Panjwani, Adv.
	Mr. Anas Tanwir, Adv.
	Mr. Ebad Ur Rahman, Adv.
	Mr. Mayank Suryan, Adv.
	Mr. Zaid Raza, Adv.
	Mr. Shahrukh Ali, Adv.
	Mr. Ankit Tiwari, Adv.
	Mr. Tanay Hegde, Adv.
	Ms. Riya Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. Prateek Chandra, Adv.
	Mr. Durgesh Shukla, Adv.
	Mr. Mohammad Asif Abbas, Adv.
	Mr. Raghav Gupta, Adv.
	Mr. Aayushman Jauhri, Adv.
	Mr. Aparna Jauhri, Adv.
	Mr. Aakash Mishra, Adv.
WPC 368/2024	Mr. Aslam Ahmed Jamal, AOR
	Mr. Rohit Jain, Adv.
	Ms. Shabiesta Nabi, Adv.

	Ms. Kheyali Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhishek Dwivedi, Adv.<br>Mr. Arun Kumar Arunachal, Adv.<br>Mr. Tasleem Arif, Adv.<br>Mr. Satyapal Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Raees Ahmad, Adv.<br>Mr. Harilal S, Adv.<br>Mr. Rahat Khan Afridi, Adv.<br>Ms. Latika Rungta Bajaj, Adv.
WPC 431/2024 &<br>WPC 446/2024	Mr. Haris Beeran, Adv.<br>Mr. Azhar Assees, Adv.<br>Mr. Anand B. Menon, Adv.<br>Ms. Maneesha Sunilkumar, Adv.<br>Ms. Karthika Rajmohan, Adv.<br>Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR
WPC 379/2024	Mr. Kunal Cheema, AOR<br>Ms. Ruchita Kunal Cheema, Adv.<br>Mr. Raghav Deshpande, Adv.<br>Mr. Shubham Chandankhede, Adv.
WPC 376/2024	Mr. S.D. Singh, Adv.<br>Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR<br>Ms. Shweta Sinha, Adv.<br>Mr. Ram Kripal Singh, Adv.<br>Ms. Meenu Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Siddharth Singh, Adv.
WPC 375/2024	Mr. Ashish Pandey, AOR<br>Mr. Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Adv.<br>Mr. Prateek Rai, Adv.<br>Mr. Shubham Saxena, Adv.<br>Dr. Daksha Sharma, Adv.<br>Ms. Aarti Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Anmol Goyal, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankur Rana, Adv.
TPC 1659/2024,<br>TPC 1597/2024,<br>TPC 1600/2024,<br>TPC 1602/2024,<br>TPC 1596/2024,	Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Vardhman Kaushik, AOR<br>Mr. Anand Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Mayank Sharma, Adv.<br>Ms. Sanjana Mehrotra, Adv.

TPC 1808/2024,	Mr. Nishant Gautam, Adv.
TPC 1741/2024,	Mr. Sanjana Mehrotra, Adv.
TPC 1737/2024,	Mr. Dhruv Joshi, Adv.
TPC 1735/2024 &	Mr. Vinay Kauhsik, Adv.
TPC 1730/2024	Mr. Ajay Kanojiya, Adv.
	Mr. Rudra Rout, Adv.
	Mr. Vinay Kaushik, Adv.
	Ms. Shikha John, Adv.
	Mr. Shubham Dwivedi, Adv.
WPC 425/2024	Ms. Charu Mathur, AOR
	Ms. Tanvi Dubey, Adv.
	Mr. Mekala Ganesh Kumar Reddy, Adv.
WPC 401/2024	Mr. Anilendra Pandey, AOR
	Mr. C.P. Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Manoj Kumar, Adv.
	Mr. Rajeev Kumar Ranjan, Adv.
	Ms. Priya Kashyap, Adv.
WPC 415/2024	Mr. Shiv Sagar Tiwari, AOR
	Mrs. Neetu Verma, Adv.
	Mr. Satendra Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Himanshu Chauhan, Adv.
WPC 407/2024	Mr. Nishesh Sharma, AOR
	Mr. Amar Nath Saini, Adv.
	Mrs. Neelam Pathak, Adv.
	Mr. Karan Gupta, Adv.
	Mrs. Chitranjali Negi, Adv.
	Mr. Rohit Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Nand Ram, Adv.
WPC 412/2024	Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR
	Mr. Shivam Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Rajendra Kumar Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Parth Sarathi, Adv.
	Mr. Gyanendra Vikram Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Rajesh Kumar Maurya, Adv.
	Ms. Soumya Gulati, Adv.

WPC 383/2024	Mr. Dheeraj Kumar Singh, Adv.<br>Dr. Arstu Upadhyay, Adv.<br>Mr. Baldev Singh Pathania, Adv.<br>Mr. Eshu Aggarwal, Adv.<br>Ms. Aparna Dubey, Adv.<br>Ms. Sonali Vikaram Bashi, Adv.<br>Mr. Sudhir Naagar, AOR
WPC 419/2024	Mr. Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Shamim Ahammed, Adv.<br>Mr. Supratik Sarkar, Adv.<br>Mr. Arko Maity, Adv.<br>Mr. Saurav Gupta, AOR
WPC 406/2024	Mr. Alakh Alok Srivastava, AOR<br>Mr. Rishabh Bafna, Adv.
WPC 403/2024	Mr. Aditya Singh, AOR<br>Mr. Kamal Kishor, Adv.<br>Mr. Aditya Kumar, Adv.
WPC 398/2024	Mrs. Mukta Gupta, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Tanmay Yadav, AOR<br>Ms. Nitya Gupta, Adv.
WPC 414/2024	Mr. Santosh Paul, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Sriharsh Nahush Bundela, AOR<br>Mr. Vedant Mishra, Adv.<br>Mr. Virendra Mohan, Adv.
WPC 423/2024	Mr. Chinmoy Khaladkar, Adv.<br>Mr. B.K. Pal, AOR
WPC 404/2024	Mr. Suhaas Ratna Joshi, AOR<br>Mr. Mahendra Singh Rawat, Adv.<br>Ms. Mallika Joshi, Adv.<br>Mr. P. Ramesh, Adv.
WPC 427/2024	Mr. Raghav Sabharwal, AOR<br>Ms. Tanvi Dubey, Adv.<br>Mr. Anukrit Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr. Mekala Ganesh Kumar Reddy, Adv.

WPC 441/2024	Dr. Avinash Poddar, Adv.<br>Ms. Anchal Poddar, Adv.<br>Mr. Gaurav Gupta, Adv.<br>Ms. Diva Singh, Adv.<br>Ms. Rudrani Mishra, Adv.<br>Ms. Samiksha Goswami, Adv.<br>Mr. Awadhesh Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Devendra Singh, AOR
WPC 420/2024	Mr. Anuj Aggarwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Shubhanshu Gupta, AOR<br>Mr. Chaitanya, Adv.<br>Mr. Kartik Pant, Adv.<br>Mr. Anand Kumar Singh, Adv.
WPC 430/2024	Ms. A Sumathi, Adv.<br>Ms. Ila Shikhar Sheel, AOR
WPC 410/2024	Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR<br>Mr. Aman Nandarjog, Adv.<br>Mr. Ujjwal Malhotra, Adv.
WPC 382/2024	Mr. Danish Zubair Khan, AOR<br>Mr. Feroz Shaikh, Adv.<br>Mr. Aamir Naseem, Adv.<br>Mr. Inam Ahmad Khan, Adv.
WPC 381/2024	Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Yoothica Pallavi, AOR<br>Mr. Aditya Shankar Pandey, Adv.<br>Mr. Atul Kumar, Adv.<br>Ms. Rekha Bakshi, Adv.<br>Mr. Shaurya Sahay, Adv.<br>Mr. Himanshu Sehrawat, Adv.<br>Mr. Aditya Kumar, Adv.<br>Ms. Tanvi Anand, Adv.<br>Mr. Vishal Ranjan, Adv.
WPC 394/2024	Petitioner-in-person
WPC 384/2024	Mr. Shaju Francis, Adv.<br>Ms. Meenakshi Kalra, AOR<br>Mr. S.N. Kalra, Adv.

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WPC 335/2024

	Mr. Kamal, Adv.
	Ms. Jyoti Sharma, Adv.
WPC 389/2024	Mr. Basant R, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. A. Karthik, AOR
	Ms. Sreepriya K, Adv.
	Ms. Smrithi Suresh, Adv.
	Mr. Raunak Arora, Adv.
WPC 435/2024	Mr. Divakar Kumar, AOR
	Mr. Ravi Kumar, Adv.
Diary 28729/2024	Mr. Karunakar Mahalik, AOR
	Mr. Adutiya Veer, Adv.
	Mr. Gournga Biswal, Adv.
	Mr. Manoranjan Mishra, Adv.
	Mr. Manoj Kumar, Adv.
	Mr. C.P. Singh, Adv.
	Mrs. Monika, Adv.
	Mr. Sarbendra Kumar, Adv.
WPC 417/2024	Ms. Abiha Zaidi, AOR
	Ms. Suriti Chowdhary, Adv.
	Mr. Anuj Bhave, Adv.
	Mr. Pritam Raman Giriya, Adv.
WPC 393/2024	Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Sr. Adv.
	Ms. Mithu Jain, AOR
	Mr. Shashwat Jaiswal, Adv.
WPC 449/2024	Ms. Isha Sing, AOR
For Respondent(s)	Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG
	Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR
	Mr. K. Parmeswaran, Adv.
	Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv.
	Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv.
	Mr. Udai Khanna, Adv.
	Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
	Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv.

WPC 335/2024

Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kanu Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Vardhman Kaushik, AOR Mr. Nishant Gautam, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kanojia, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Joshi, Adv. Mr. Anand Singh, Adv. Mr. Mayank Sharma, Adv. Ms. Sanjana Mehrotra, Adv. Ms. Shikha John, Adv. Mr. Rudra Rout, Adv. Mr. Shubham Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Ananya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Subham Diwedi, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Preet S. Phanse, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Simranjeet Singh Rekhi, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Jugul Kishor Gupta, AOR Mr. Raj Narayan Singh, Adv. Mr. Dilip Kumar, Adv. Ms. Babila K.K., Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar Jha, Adv. Mr. Sudhanshu Coudhari, Sr. Adv.

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Mr. Sudhir Patil, Adv. Ms. Pranjal Chapalgaonkar, Adv. Ms. Gautami Yadav, Adv. Mrs. Sangeeta S. Pahune Patil, Adv. Mr. Sagar Pahune Patil, AOR Mr. Namit Saxena, AOR Mr. Divik Mathur, Adv. Mr. Abhilash M.R., Adv. Mr. Sayooj Mohandas, Adv. Mr. Tom Joseph, Adv. Mr. Rajkumar, Adv. Mr. Gauram Kumar Laha, Adv. Mr. Arun Kumar, Adv. Ms. Sandra Jaison, Adv. M/s. M.R. Law Associates Mr. Thomas P. Joseph, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Hariprasad, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bijo Mathew Joy, AOR Mr. Dinny Thomas, Adv. Ms. Swathi H Prasad, Adv. Ms. Gifty Marium Thomas, Adv. Ms. Anzu K Varkey, Adv. Mr. Ashwin Kumar Nair, AOR Mr. Ritik Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sunil Gupta, Adv. Mrs. Sheetal Gupta, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, AOR Mr. Abhinav Raghuvanshi, AOR Mr. Kushagra Pandey, Adv. Mr. Avinash Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR Mr. Samarpit Gupta, Adv. Mr. Ivan, Adv. Mr. Pranjul Chopra, Adv. Mr. Vivek Mathur, AOR

Mr. Gauhar Mirza, Adv. Mr. Sanyat Lodha, AOR Ms. Bhumika Kapur, Adv. Ms. Neharika Chhabra, Adv. Ms. Shivani Mehta, Adv. Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, AAG Mrs. Abhinandini Sharma, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR Mr. Akshay Girish Ringe, AOR Mr. P. Wilson, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Mr. C. Kranthi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Naman Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Lokesh Krishnan, Adv. Mr. Sarathraj B, Adv. Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv. Mr. Kailash Prashad Pandey, AOR Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Ms. Niharika Dewivedi, Adv. Ms. Ritika Raj, Adv. Mr. Varun Varma, Adv. Mr. Prakhar Shuka, Adv. Mr. Mahi Pal Singh, Adv. Ms. Manisha Chawla, Adv. Ms. Yamini Sharma, Adv. Mr. Virendra Mohan, Adv. Mr. Ajay Mishra, Adv. Mr. Ashish Pandey, AOR Ms. Meera Kaura, AOR Mr. Tejas Patel, Adv. Ms. Tannushree Bhalla, Adv. Ms. Muskaan Gandhi, Adv.

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WPC 335/2024

Ms. Ritika Saini, Adv. Mr. Aditya Kumar Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Rai, Adv. Mr. Vikas Vadit, Adv. Mr. Piyush Goel, Adv. Mr. Sunpreet Bawa, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Sangeet Joshi, Adv. Ms. Deeksha Gaur, Adv. Mr. R.D. Rathore, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar, AOR Dr. Avinash Poddar, Adv. Ms. Anchal Poddar, Adv. Dr. Gaurav Gupta, Adv. Ms. Rudrani Mishra, Adv. Ms. Samiksha Goswami, Adv. Mr. Devendra Singh, AOR Mr. Mayank Aggarwal, AOR Mr. Pradeep Kumar Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Vineet Yadav, Adv. Mr. Amir Yadav, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Jain, AOR Ms. Divya Jain, Adv. Mr. Jasbir Singh Malik, Adv. Ms. Chandni Sharma, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Pareek, Adv. Mr. Tushar Rathi, Adv. Mr. Narender Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Suman Sharma, Adv. Mr. Varun Punia, AOR

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

1 One of the questions at the NEET (UG) Examination 2024 read as follows:

"Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Atoms are electrically neutral as they contain equal number of positive and negative charges.

Statement II: Atoms of each element are stable and emit their characteristic spectrum.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

• (1) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
• (2) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
• (3) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
• (4) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect."
• 2 As indicated above, four options were indicated in the question as framed, of which, students had to select one option as their answer.
• 3 In order to resolve the issue as regards the correct answer to the above question, we are of the considered view that an expert opinion should be sought from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
• 4 We request the Director at IIT Delhi to constitute a team of three experts of the subject concerned. The expert team constituted by the Director is requested to formulate its opinion on the correct option for the above

question and to remit its opinion to the Secretary General of this Court, preferably by 12 noon on 23 July 2024.

5 The Secretary General is requested to communicate a copy of this order to the Director, IIT Delhi today itself so that expeditious steps for the preparation of the opinion be taken, as stated above.

Writ Petition (C) No 335 of 2024 and connected matters

1 List the matters tomorrow (23 July 2024) as part heard matter.

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