The Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Ltd. (Now Known As International Paper Appm Limited) Rep By Its Company Secretary vs. The State Of Andhra Pradesh And Ors. Energy Department Rep By The Principal Secretary

ITEM NO.105 COURT NO.3 SECTION IV-C SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Civil Appeal No(s). 5172/2007 STATE OF CHATTISGARH & ORS. Appellant(s) VERSUS A.C.C. LTD & ORS. Respondent $(s)$ <pre>([ TO GO BEFORE THREE HON'BLE JUDGES ] )</pre> WITH C.A. No. 5291/2007 (IV-C) SLP(C) No. 17748/2007 (IV-C) (CONNECTED WITH CA-5172 OF 2007) C.A. No. 5180/2007 (IV-C) SLP(C) No. 20310/2007 (IV-C) (CONNECTED WITH CA-5172 OF 2007) SLP(C) No. 22203/2007 (IV-C) (CONNECTED WITH CA-5172 OF 2007) SLP(C) No. 22433-22438/2007 (IV-C) (CONNECTED WITH CA-5172 OF 2007) SLP(C) No. 23442/2007 (IV-C) (CONNECTED WITH CA-5172 OF 2007) SLP(C) No. 25548/2007 (IV-C) (CONNECTED WITH CA-5172 OF 2007) SLP(C) No. 23317/2007 (IV-C) SLP(C) No. 4994/2008 (IV-C) (CONNECTED WITH CA-5172 OF 2007) SLP(C) No. 3094/2008 (IV-C) (CONNECTED WITH CA-5172 OF 2007) SLP(C) No. 1797/2008 (IV-C) (CONNECTED WITH CA-5172 OF 2007) SLP(C) No. 21948/2008 (IV-C) (CONNECTED WITH CA-5172 OF 2007) SLP(C) No. 27183/2008 (IV-C) C.A. No. 4590/2009 (IV-C) C.A. No. 1531/2011 (XI-A) Diary No(s). 16005/2019 (IV-C) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.83142/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.83143/2019-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE Signa TEMPOUGNED JUDGMENT) Digitally since the ry $No(s)$ . 20618/2019 (XI-A) 12212.1<mark>15</mark>OR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.88874/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.88875/2019-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) Diary No(s). 19727/2020 (IV-C) (only application for deletion/removal of respondent No. 4 is to be

listed IA No. 19690/2022 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION) SLP(C) No. 18740/2007 (IV-C) (CONNECTED WITH CA-5172 OF 2007) SLP(C) No. 18794/2007 (IV-C) (CONNECTED WITH CA-5172 OF 2007) C.A. No. 5177/2007 (IV-C) SLP(C) No. 21532/2007 (IV-C) (CONNECTED WITH CA-5172 OF 2007) Date : 30-08-2022 These appeals were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY S. OKA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH For Appellant(s) Mr. Sukhamrit Singh, Adv. Mr. Prabuddha Singh Gaur, Adv. Ms. Ishita M. Puranik, Adv. Ms. Prerna Mehta, AOR Mr. Pai Amit, AOR Mr. Nishanth Patil, AOR Mr. Ashok Grover, Sr. Adv. Mr. Praveen Kumar, AOR Ms. Sunaina Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR Mr. Akshat Shrivastava, AOR Mr. Satvic Mathur, Adv. Mr. Manjeet Kripal, Adv. Mr. Subhash Samvatsar,Sr. Adv. Mr. Sumeet Samvatsar, Adv. Mr. Nitin S. Tamwekar, Adv. Mr. Seshatalpa Sai Bandaru, AOR Mr. Kaustubh Fadnis, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Prabudh Singh, Adv. Mr. Zakir Husain, Adv. Ms. Devika Khanna, Adv. Mrs. V.D. Khanna, Adv. Mr. Vmz Chambers, AOR Ms. Manjeet Kirpal, AOR Mr. Mahesh Agarwal,Adv.

Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv. Mr. Anshuman Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Parul Shukla, Adv. Mr. Chirag Nayak, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Surender Kumar Gupta, AOR Mr. Chitwan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Niraj Sharma, AOR Mr. Naveen Kumar, Adv. Mr. Matrugupta Mishra, Adv. Ms. Ritika Singhal, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Singh Thakur, Adv. Ms. Divya Roy, AOR Mr. Ujjwal A. Rana, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Mehta, Adv. M/S. Gagrat And Co, AOR Mr. Rajat Jariwal, Adv. Ms. Aayushi Khurana, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Anish Kapur, Adv. Mr. Kuber Dewan, Adv. Ms. Suman Yadav, Adv. Ms. Nikhita Khetrapal, Adv. Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, AOR Ms. Pratiksha Sharma, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Pai Amit, AOR Mr. Rohit R. Saboo, Adv. Ms. Honey Satpal, Adv. Ms. Pankhuri Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Abhiyudaya Vats, Adv. Mr. Ajay Bhargava, Adv. Ms. Vanita Bhargava, Adv. Ms. Trishala Trivedi, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Rajat Jariwal, Adv. Ms. Aayushi Khurana, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Saurabh Mishra, AAG Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR

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Mr. Abhimanyu Singh, Adv. Mr. Nishanth Patil, AOR Mr. Ujjwal A. Rana, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Mehta, Adv. M/S. Gagrat And Co, AOR Mrs. Kirti Renu Mishra, AOR Ms. Apurva Upamanyu, Adv. Mr. Vikas Kumar, Adv. Mr. Manish Paliwal, AOR Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR Mr. Navin Prakash, AOR Mr. Shantanu Kumar, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Mr. Shivanshu Singh, Adv. Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Mr. Devashish Bharuka, AOR Mr. Shivam Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sangeet Singh, Adv. Mr. Arpit Singh, Adv. Mr. Raj Kishor Choudhary, AOR Mr. Vmz Chambers, AOR Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR Mr. B.R. Menon, Adv. Mr. Rohit Choudhary, Adv. Ms. Preeti Khewani, Adv. Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, AOR Mr. Paramhans Sahani, Adv. Mr. Aashish Anand Bernard, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar, AOR

Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Sakesh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Gitanjali N. Sharma, Adv. Ms. K. V. Bharathi Upadhyaya, AOR M/S Corporate Legal Partners, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Delay condoned.

Leave granted in all the Special Leave Petitions.

Counter affidavit if any, be filed within two weeks.

Rejoinder if any be filed within a week thereafter.

The parties to prepare a convenience compilation and also file a short synopsis in five pages.

Mr. Amit Pai, learned counsel takes the responsibility to ensure that convenience compilation and synopsis of all the three States and the private parties is filed within three weeks.

List for directions to ensure that the matter is ready to be listed for final hearing on 11.10.2022.

Diary No(s). 19727/2020

At the request of learned counsel for the petitioner, de-tag.

(ASHA SUNDRIYAL) (POONAM VAID) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)