Government Of National Capital Territory Of Delhi Through Its Secretary vs. M. A. Usmani

ITEM NO.101 COURT NO.8 SECTION XIV

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

Civil Appeal No(s). 2357/2017

GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI Appellant(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA Respondent(s)

(WITH APPLN. FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES, PERMISSION TO URGE ADDL. GROUNDS, IMPLEADMENT AND INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPOT)

WITH

C.A. No. 2358/2017 (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR IMPLEADMENT AND APPLN.(S) FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES AND INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT)

C.A. No. 2359/2017 (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES AND APPLN.(S) FOR IMPLEADMENT AND INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT)

C.A. No. 2360/2017 (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES AND INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT)

C.A. No. 2361/2017 (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR DIRECTIONS AND APPLN.(S) FOR PLACING ADDL. FACTS AND DOCUMENTS ON RECORD AND APPLN.(S) FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES AND INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT)

C.A. No. 2362/2017 (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR URGING ADDL. GROUNDS AND APPLN.(S) FOR PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES AND INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT)

C.A. No. 2363/2017 (WITH APPLN.(S) FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES AND INTERIM RELIEF AND OFFICE REPORT)

CONMT.PET.(C) No. 175/2016 In W.P.(Crl.) No. 539/1986 (WITH OFFICE REPORT) C.A. No. 2364/2017 (With Office Report) Digitally signed by ASHWANI KUMAR Date: 2017.02.20 15:46:59 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

Crl.A. No. 277/2017 (With appln.(s) for c/delay in filing SLP and Office Report) Date : 15/02/2017 These appeals were called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.K. SIKRI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.K. AGRAWAL

For Parties Mr. P.P. Rao, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gopal Subramaniam, Sr. Adv. Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr.Adv. Mr. Chirag M. Shroff,Adv. Mr. Rahul Mehra, Adv. Ms. Meher Dev, Adv. Mr. Swarendu Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Prateek Chadha, Adv. Ms. Anusha Ramesh, Adv. Ms. Neha Sangwan, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Chabra, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Dhawan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Naveen R. Nath,Adv. Ms. Nityarama Krishnan, Adv. Ms. Subashini, Adv. Mr. Ashwath Sitaraman, Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra,Adv. Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, AG Mr. Ranjit Kumar, SG Mr. P.S. Narsimha, ASG Ms. V. Mohana, Sr. Adv. Ms. Binu Tamta, Adv. Ms. Madhvi Divan, Adv. Mr. P.K. Mullick, Adv. Mr. Prateek Jalan, Adv. Mr. Ritin Roy, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Khanna, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, Adv. Mr. B. Krishna Prasad,Adv. Mr. Sidarth Luthra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gautam K., Adv. Ms. Tara Narula, Adv. Ms. Gargi Khanna,Adv.

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

During the hearing of these appeals our attention is drawn to the provisions of Article 145(3) of the Constitution of India. Having gone through the matters and the aforesaid provisions, we are of the opinion that these appeals need to be heard by a Constitution Bench as these matters involve substantial questions of law as to the interpretation of Article 239AA of the Constitution.

The Registry shall accordingly place the papers before Hon'ble the Chief Justice for constituting an appropriate Constitution Bench.

As the matters are urgent, counsel for both sides request that the Constitution Bench be constituted at an early date. Learned counsel for appellants submit that the appellants have moved applications for interim directions as well and that is another reason for urgent hearing of the matters. The parties may make a request to Hon'ble the Chief Justice in this behalf.

(Ashwani Thakur) (Mala Kumari Sharma) COURT MASTER COURT MASTER

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