Union Of India Through Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare Government Of India vs. Biological E Ltd. Through Its Authorized Signatory Mr. Sreesha Attur Senior Vice President (F And A)

ITEM NO.12 COURT NO.6 SECTION XIV/XVIA

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

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C)......CC No(s). 5333-5338/2017

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 19/05/2016 in CMA No. 10799/2016 19/05/2016 in CM No. 10801/2016 19/05/2016 in CM No. 11498/2016 19/05/2016 in CMA No. 11500/2016 19/05/2016 in CMA No. 11501/2016 19/05/2016 in CMA No. 11503/2016 19/05/2016 in WPC No. 2212/2016 01/12/2016 in WPC No. 2212/2016 19/05/2016 in WPC No. 2213/2016 01/12/2016 in WPC No. 2213/2016 19/05/2016 in WPC No. 2214/2016 01/12/2016 in WPC No. 2214/2016 passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi)

ALL INDIA DRUG ACTION NETWORK AND ANR Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

PFIZER LTD AND ORS Respondent(s)

I.A. 1-2/2017(with permission to file SLPs and office report)

Along with Record of T.P.(C) Nos.1729-1737 of 2016 (Reference to Advocate's Letter dated 29-3-2017)

WITH

SLP(C) No. 7061/2017 (With appln.(s) for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned Judgment and impleadment and permission to file additional documents and Interim Relief and Office Report)

Date: 31/03/2017 These applications were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN

For Petitioner(s)

Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Ms. Tanya Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR

Mr. Ranjit Kumar, SG Ms. Pinky Anand, ASG Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv. Mr. Syed Wasim A. Qadri, Adv. Mr. S.K. Pathak, Adv. Ms. Kritika Sachdeva, Adv. Ms. Saudmini Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Rishi Singh, Adv.

Mr. Kirtiman Singh, Adv.

Mr. Amit Mahajan, Adv. Mr. Rishikant Singh, Adv. Mr. Waize Ali Noor, Adv. Mr. Prateek Dhanda, Adv. Mr. Santosh, Adv. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Harish N. Salve, Sr. Adv. Mr. C.S. Vaidyanathan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Manish Jha, Adv. Mr. Kunal Mimani, Adv. Mr. Kunal Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Dheeraj Nair, AOR Mr. Abhinav Vasisht, Sr. Adv. Mr. Joran Diwan, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Aayushi Sharma, Adv. Ms. Devika Mohan, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Sachin Gupta, AOR Mr. Divyaish Shrivastava, Adv. Ms. Archana Sahadeva, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Lal, Adv. Ms. Herinder Kaur Brar, Adv. Mr. Sarvesh Singh, AOR Mr. Ashwin Sapra, Adv. Mr. Sumit Attri, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Bhatnagar, Adv. Mr. Biplab Lenin, Adv. M/s. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas AOR,Advts. Mr. Rajeev K. Panday, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Maheshwaranand Roy, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C)......CC No(s). 5333-5338/2017 and SLP(C) No. 7061/2017:-

Heard Mr. Ranjit Kumar, learned Solicitor General, Mr. Colin Gonsalves, learned Senior counsel, Mr. Harish N. Salve, learned Senior counsel, Mr. C.S. Vaidyanathan, learned Senior counsel and other learned counsel appearing for the parties at length.

Permission to file the Special Leave Petitions is granted in Special Leave to Appeal (C)......CC No(s). 5333-5338/2017.

Application for impleadment is allowed in Special Leave Petition (Civil) No.7061/2017.

Let notice be issued in both the matters, both in the usual course as also by way of dasti service, returnable on 12th July, 2017.

We are informed by the learned Solicitor General that Transfer Petitions (Civil) Nos.1729-1737 of 2016, seeking transfer of various Writ Petitions pending before different High Courts to this Court, are pending before this Court.

We are also informed by him that the Union of India has also filed (i) Transfer Petitions vide Diary Number 5508 of 2017 seeking transfer of petitions pending in different High Courts, (ii) Transfer Petition vide Diary Number 9715 of 2017 seeking transfer of LPA Nos.104 of 2017 and 105 of 2017 filed before the Delhi High Court to this Court and (iii) Special Leave Petitions vide Diary Number No.9155 of 2017 against the Judgments dated 1-12-2016 and 21-12-2016 of the Delhi High Court.

After having heard the learned Solicitor General, learned Senior counsel appearing for the parties and having regard to the facts and circumstances of this case, we direct transfer of all the matters which are pending before different High Courts to this Court.

Needless to say the proceedings pending before different High Courts shall remain stayed.

Learned Solicitor General has undertaken before us that he shall take all necessary steps in respect of transfer of matters which are stated to be pending before different High Courts to this Court.

As prayed, let the matters be listed on 12th July, 2017.

(VISHAL ANAND) (SNEH LATA SHARMA) COURT MASTER COURT MASTER

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