Government Of India Represented By Its Joint Secretary vs. C. Sai Vishnuvardhan

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Civil Appeal No.7513/2005 STATE OF A.P. & ORS. Appellant(s) VERSUS B. ARCHANA REDDY & ORS. Respondent $(s)$ (FOR DIRECTIONS) WITH C.A. No.70/2006 (XII-A) $W.P.(C)$ No.279/2012 (X) C.A. No.2265/2013 (XII-A)

C.A. No.2264/2013 (XII-A)

C.A. No.7619/2005 (XII-A)

C.A. No.72/2006 (XII-A)

C.A. No.7618/2005 (XII-A)

C.A. No.71/2006 (XII-A)

C.A. Nos.19-34/2006 (XII-A)

C.A. No.2806/2006 (XII-A)

C.A. No.2628-2637/2010 (XII-A) (IA No.102285/2020 - FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS; $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No.102259/2020 - FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; and, IA No.101114/ 2020 - FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

C.A. Nos.2638-2639/2010 (XII-A)

C.A. No.6206/2010 (XII-A)

$Signate Res. A_{Ref. Rel} Nos. 8875-8883/2010 (XII-A)$ 🚛 No.118141/2020 - FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS; $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ 118137/2020 - FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

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SLP(C) No.18379/2012 (XII-A) (IA No.4/2016 – FOR INTERVENTION) C.A. No.2262/2013 (XII-A) C.A. No.2261/2013 (XII-A) T.P.(C) No.2404/2017 (XVI-A) (IA No.136846/2017 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) ITEM NO.504 Writ Petition (Civil) No. 55/2019 (PIL-W) T.P.(C) No.1245/2019 (XVI-A) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.97310/2019 – FOR STAY) T.P.(C) No.2715/2019 (XVI-A) T.P.(C) No.122/2020 (XVI-A) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.12236/2020 – FOR STAY) T.C.(C) No.8/2021 (XVI-A) W.P.(C) No.596/2019 (X) (IA NO.87113/2019 – FOR IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.446/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No.427/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.55546/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.343/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.45038/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.331/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 798/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.91170/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.732/2019 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No.73/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No.12600/2019 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES; and, IA No.12602/2019 – FOR STAY)

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W.P.(C) No.72/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.12370/2019 – FOR STAY) W.P.(C) No.76/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.13320/2019 – FOR STAY) W.P.(C) No.69/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.11705/2019 – FOR STAY) W.P.(C) No.80/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.13950/2019 – FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON) W.P.(C) No.122/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No.106/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No.222/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.33408/2019 – FOR STAY) W.P.(C) No.133/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.21662/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.249/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; IA No.35491/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY; and, IA No.35492/2019 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No.212/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; IA No.32228/2019 – FOR STAY; and, IA No.32231/2019 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No.162/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No.341/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No.419/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.54583/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.854/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No.85373/2019 – FOR STAY) W.P.(C) No.473/2020 (X)

SLP(C) No.8699/2020 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.; IA No.65946/2020 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT; IA No.65948/2020 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT; and, IA No.65949/2020 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) T.C.(C) No.10/2021 (XVI-A) T.C.(C) No.7/2021 (XVI-A) T.C.(C) No.9/2021 (XVI-A) T.C.(C) No.12/2021 (XVI-A) T.C.(C) No.11/2021 (XVI-A) W.P.(C) No.182/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No.178/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.28123/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.168/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.26432/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.95/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.15973/2019 – FOR STAY) W.P.(C) No.146/2019 (X) (IA No.23606/2019 – FOR STAY) W.P.(C) No.493/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No.62215/2019 – FOR STAY) Date : 30-08-2022 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

Mr. K.K. Venugopal,Attorney General for India Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. K.M. Natraj, ASG Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. Vikramjeet Banerjee, ASG Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Dananjay Mohapatra, Adv. Mr. Akshay Nain, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Kurup, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Nuli, Adv. Mr. S. Pathak, Adv. Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Chinmaee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Aakanksha Kaul,Adv. Mr. Manek Singh,Adv. Mr. Aman Sahani,Adv. Ms. Divita Dutta,Adv. Mr. Pranav Gupta,Adv. Mr. Padmesh Mishra,Adv. Ms. Vanshaja Shukla,Adv. Mr. Digvijay Dam,Adv. Mr. Kapil Sibal,Sr. Adv. Mr. S. Niranjan Reddy,Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv. Mr. Shaik Mohamad Haneef, Adv. Mr. T. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv. Ms. Rajeswari Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. K.V. Girish Chowdary, Adv. Ms. Akhila Palem, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sahil Raveen, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajeev Dhavan, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. Venkat Reddy, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kr. Tyagi, Adv. Mr. P. Srinivas Reddy, Adv. For M/s. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR Ms. Ishita Chowdhury, Adv.

Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Jhanvi D., Adv. Dr. K.S. Chauhan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, AOR Mr. R.S.M. Kalky, Adv. Mr. S.P. Singh, Adv. Mr. N. Venkatramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Guru Krishna Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Praneet Pranav, Adv. Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, AOR Mr. Vinay Navare, Sr. Adv. Mr. C.K. Mohan Rao, Sr. Adv. Mr. V.V.V. Pattabhi Ram, Adv. Mr. Saraswat Parihar, Adv. Mr. Raghu Vamsy, Adv. Ms. Sirshti Mishra, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Babu, Adv. Mr. T.N. Rama Rao, Sr. Adv. V. Madhvi Rao, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.K. Rajora, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. S. Dhanjay Reddy, Adv. Mr. R. C. Kohli, AOR Mr. A.D.N. Rao,Sr.Adv. Mr. Annam Venkatesh, AOR Mr.Rahul Mishra,Adv. Ms. Agrima Singh,Adv. Mr. D. Shiv Shankar,Adv. Mr. Ashish Pandey, Adv. Kumari Rashmi Rani, Adv. Ms. Rashi Jaiswal, Adv. Dr. Om Prakash Kharbanda, Adv. Dr. Rochak Kharbanda, Adv. Dr. Raj Kumar Jain, Adv. Mr. Veenit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vipin Kumar Jai, AOR Mr. John Mathew, AOR Mr. Kartik S.D., Adv.

Mr. Sarin Naved, Adv.

Mr. Inroz Alam, Adv. Mr. Snehasish Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR Mr. Saif Zia, Adv. M/s. Shakil Ahmad Syed, AOR Mr. Daanish Ahmed Syed, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Parvez Dabas, Adv. Mr. Uzmi Jameel Husain, Adv. Mr. Aqib Baig, Adv. Mohd. Shahib, Adv. Ms. Bina Madhavan, Adv. Mr. Rao Vishwaja, Adv. M/s. Lawyer's Knit & Co, AOR Mr. D. Bharat Kumar, Adv. Mr. Tadimalla Bhaskar Gowtham, Adv. Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Mr. M. Chandrakanth Reddy, Adv. Mr. Abhijit Sengupta, AOR Mr. Varun Thakur, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Sudhansu Palo, AOR Ms. Ipsita Behura,Adv. Mr. Nirmal Kumar Ambastha, AOR Ms. Ashmita Bisarya, Adv. Mr. Namit Saxena, Adv. Mr. Awnish Maithani,Adv. Ms. Shraddha Saxena,Adv. Mr. M. Vijaya Bhaskar, AOR Mr. Abhishek Chauhan,Adv. Dr. K. Elumalai, Adv. Mr. Ajit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Haris Beeran,Adv. Mr. Mushtaq Salim,Adv. Mr. Usman Ghani Khan,Adv. Mr. Azhar Assees,Adv. Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Mr. Bharat Gupta,Adv. Mr. Shourya Dasgupta,Adv. Mr. Aman Naqvi,Adv.

Mr. Dhruv Bhatnagar,Adv. Ms. Harshika Jain,Adv. Mr. Dinesh P. Rajbhar,Adv. Ms. Anzu. K. Varkey, AOR Mr. Akash Kakade,Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Swetab Kumar,Adv. Mr. Ashok Anand,Adv. Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh,Adv. Ms. Sukhda Kakade,Adv. Mr. K.K.L. Gautam,Adv. Ms. Saroj Bala,Adv. Ms. Arundhati Chakroborty,Adv. Ms. Vaishali Nariyala,Adv. Mr. Kaushal Jeet Kait,Adv. Mr. Kritagya Kumar Kait,Adv. Mr. Sangh Sankalp Kaushal,Adv. Mr. Rahul Mohod,Adv. Ms. Vasundhara Rana,Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, AOR Mr. Roy Abraham,Adv. Ms. Reena Roy,Adv. Ms. Seema Jain,Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham Roy,Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal,Adv. Mr. Jaimon Andrews,Adv. Mr. K.P. Rajagopal,Adv. Mr. Ameen Hassan,Adv. Ms. Piyo Harold Jaimon,Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR DR. M.P. Raju,Adv. Mr. S. S. Nehra, AOR Mr. Rajendra Verma,Adv. Mr. Rahul Nehra,Adv. Mr. R.K. Gupta,Adv. Mr. Rahul Chitnis,Adv. Mr. Aaditya A. Pande,Adv. Mr. Geo Joseph,Adv. Ms. Shwetal Shepal,Adv. Mr. Durgesh Gupta,Adv. Mr. Sachin Patil,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. Ranjeet Bharti,Adv. Ms. Rubina Jawed,Adv. Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh,Adv. Ms. Vijay Lakshmi,Adv. Mr. Gaurav Sharma, AOR Mr. Dhawal Mohan,Adv. Mr. Prateek Bhatia,Adv. Ms. Mitushi Goyal,Adv. Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Mr. K.V. Balakrishnan,Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma,Adv. Ms. Diya Kapur,Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Ms. Sonali Jain,Adv. Mr. Raghav Kumar,Adv. Mr. Prasnna S.,Adv. Mr. Rahul Narayan, AOR Mr. Yadav Narender Singh, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kr. Verma, Adv. Mr. D. Kumanan, AOR Mr. Sheikh F. Kalia, Adv. Ms. Savita Singh, AOR Mr. Pratik R. Bombarde, AOR Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S, AOR Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Mr. Rakesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Vishnu Sharma, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR Mr. D.S. Mahra, AOR Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, AOR Mr. Kamini Jaiswal, AOR

• Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR
• Mr. Vipin Kumar Jai, AOR
• Ms. Minakshi Vij, AOR
• Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR
• Mr. E. M. S. Anam, AOR
  • Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, AOR
• M/s. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR
• Ms. Urmila Sirur, AOR
• Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR
• Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, AOR
• Mr. Kailas Bajirao Autade, AOR
• Mr. Namit Saxena, AOR
• Ms. Niranjana Singh, AOR
• Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR
• Mr. Shashank Singh, AOR
• M/S. Equity Lex Associates
• Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR
• Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR
• Mr. G. N. Reddy, AOR Ms. D. Bharathi Reddy, AOR Mr. K. N. Rai, AOR Mr. Akshay Verma, AOR Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR
• Mr. A. Karthik, AOR Mr. R. C. Kohli, AOR
• Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR

Mr. Subodh S. Patil, AOR

Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR

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

These matters are listed today before this Bench for directions.

We have heard Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Learned Attorney General for India, Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General of India, Mr. Balbir Singh, Mr. K.M. Natraj and Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, learned Additional Solicitors General of India; Mr. Kapil Sibal, Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Mr. Guru Krishna Kumar, Mr. S. Niranjan Reddy, Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Dr. K.S. Chauhan, learned Senior Advocates.

All the counsel are of the view that some additional time may be given to them for preparation and to indicate as to the total period that the matters are likely to take.

Considering the nature of matters, it is directed that item No.504 [W.P.(C) No.55/2019 and batch] shall be taken up first followed by matters listed under item No.501 [C.A. No.7513/2005 and batch]. The learned counsel are at liberty to advance their submissions, which may be common in both the matters.

In order to facilitate smooth and effective conduct of hearing, Mr. Shadan Farasat, Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, Mr. Kanu Agrawal and Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, learned counsel are appointed as Nodal Counsel to see that common case compilations in Item No.504 [W.P.(C) No.55/2019 and batch] and Item NO.501 [C.A. No.7513/2005 and batch] are prepared. The case compilations must include all the relevant documents, statutory instruments and other material, which learned counsel wish to place reliance on. The compilations shall not, however, include any case law unless the concerned cases are not otherwise available. So long as possible, the Index of Citations alone with relevant paragraph numbers and page numbers should be given so that the books can be handed up at the relevant time.

The Reports, if any, shall be filed in separate Volumes.

We request all the learned counsel, who wish to advance their submissions to file their written submissions (not exceeding three pages) in advance and also to indicate the time required for the learned counsel to advance his/her propositions.

Let this entire exercise be undertaken in item Nos.504 (W.P. (C) No.55/2019 and batch) and 501 (C.A. No.7513/2005 and batch).

After having prepared the compilations, the Nodal Counsel are requested to share the digitized version of the compilations with the concerned Advocates-on-Record/party-in-person, if any.

List these matters for directions on 06.09.2022 at 10:30 A.M. After having had the assessment of the features indicated above, the matters shall be placed for final hearing before the Court on and from 13.09.2022.

(NARENDRA PRASAD) (VIRENDER SINGH) ASSTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS BRANCH OFFICER