The State Of Kerala Local Self Government Depart Represented By The Secretary To Government vs. Idukki Society For Prevention Of Cruelty Of Animals Idukki District Represented By A. G. Babu Secretary

ITEM NO.104

COURT NO.12

SECTION III

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Civil Appeal No. 5988/2019

ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF INDIA & ANR. Appellant(s) VERSUS PEOPLE FOR ELIMINATION OF STRAY TROUBLES. & ORS. Respondent(s)

(IA No. 196166/2022 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION and IA No. 141459/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS and IA No. 89077/2022 -APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS and IA No. 74085/2018 - APPROPRIATE 38557/2023 ORDERS/DIRECTIONS and $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. $\mathcal{L} = \mathcal{L} \mathcal{L}$ APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS and IA No. 22823/2022 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION No. 77765/2018 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and $\quad\text{and}\quad$ $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. 196155/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No. 10860/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No. 145257/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No. 38561/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No. 10871/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No. 128421/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No. 38549/2023 INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. 15857/2023 INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT $\quad\text{and}\quad$ $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. 131449/2023 $\overline{a}$ INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ and $\mathbf{N}$ O. 196151/2022 $\overline{a}$ INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT $\quad\text{and}\quad$ $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. 189486/2022 INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No. 196161/2022 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON and IA No. 189497/2022 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON and IA No. 38552/2023 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON and IA No. 147935/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

WITH

C.A. No. 5952/2019 (XI-A)

W.P.(C) No. 319/2020 (PIL-W) $\mathbf{T}\mathbf{0}$ FILE ADDITIONAL $$ 24146/2020 -PERMISSION DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

W.P.(C) No. 1439/2019 (PIL-W) (IA No. 119635/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No. 188586/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

CONMT.PET.(C) No. 40/2022 in C.A. No. 5988/2019 (III) Signat Grand Red ADMISSION) Digitally signed by<br>Nidhi Ahuja Date: 2020 1.10<br>10:51 Display No(s). 35297/2022 (IX) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No.170996/2022-INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No.169336/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE

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Civil Appeal No. 5988/2019 etc.

IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.169337/2022-PERMISSION TO FILE PETITION (SLP/TP/WP/..) and IA No.170999/2022-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No.169338/2022-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES and IA No.171074/2022-APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION) Diary No(s). 35322/2022 (IX) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.170690/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.170689/2022-PERMISSION TO FILE PETITION (SLP/TP/WP/..)) SLP(C) No. 20845/2022 (IX) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.174849/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) W.P.(C) No. 765/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.143732/2023-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) C.A. No. 5990/2019 (III) C.A. No. 5991/2019 (III) C.A. No. 5992/2019 (III) (IA No. 2/2015 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES) C.A. No. 6042/2019 (III) (IA No. 1/2010 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) C.A. No. 6551/2019 (IV-A) (IA No. 108994/2019 - VACATING STAY) C.A. No. 6552/2019 (IV-A) (IA No. 100795/2017 - VACATING STAY) C.A. No. 5950/2019 (XI-A) C.A. No. 5956/2019 (XI-A) C.A. No. 5951/2019 (XI-A) C.A. No. 5953/2019 (XI-A) C.A. No. 5955/2019 (XI-A) (IA 187109/2019 - FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON) C.A. No. 5948/2019 (XI-A) C.A. No. 5954/2019 (XI-A) C.A. No. 5989/2019 (III)

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Civil Appeal No. 5988/2019 etc.

C.A. No. 6553/2019 (IV-A) (IA No. 697/2021 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No. 700/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No. 108987/2019 - VACATING STAY)

C.A. No. 5930/2019 (XIV-A)

W.P.(C) No. 599/2015 (PIL-W) (IA No. 3/2015 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No. 10/2016 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No. 1/2015 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON and IA No. 6/2016 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON and IA No. 11/2016 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES and IA No. 9/2016 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES and IA No. 8/2016 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES)

C.A. No. 5972/2019 (XI-A) (MR. V. K. BIJU, ADVOCATE IMPLEADING AS A PARTY RESPONDENT. and IA No.99975/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION)

W.P.(C) No. 805/2015 (PIL-W) (IA No. 7/2017 - AMENDMENT IN CAUSE TITLE and IA No. 9/2017 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No. 1/2015 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON)

W.P.(C) No. 808/2015 (PIL-W) (IA No. 2/2015 - DISPENSING WITH SERVICE OF NOTICE)

C.A. No. 5947/2019 (XI-A) (IA No. 117316/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)

C.A. No. 5949/2019 (XI-A)

Date : 01-11-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN

For parties

Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv. Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Meena K Poulose, Adv. Ms. Meena K Poulose, Adv.

Mr. Arunabh Chowdhary, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Amol Chitale, Adv.

Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, Adv.

Mr. Susheel Joseph Cyriac, Adv.

Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv.

Ms. Uditha Chakravarthy, Adv.

Ms. Priya S Bhalerao, Adv.

Mr. Varun Kanwal, Adv. M/S. Lex Regis Law Offices, AOR Mr. Ajit Sharma, AOR Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR Ms. Karishma Maria, Adv. Mr. Sudhanshu S. Choudhari, AOR Ms. Manisha T. Karia, AOR Ms. Nidhi Nagpal, Adv. Mr. Aditya Kesar, Adv. Mr. Rohan Trivedi, Adv. Mr. Vikram Chandravanshi, Adv. Mr. Amitesh Chandra Mishra, Adv. Ms. Reetu Saipawar, Adv. M/S. ACM Legal, AOR Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, Adv. Mr. KM Vignesh Ram, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR Mr. Debmalya Chandra Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Kartik Bhatnagar, Adv. Mr. Rohan Sharma, Adv. Ms. Esha Dutta, Adv. Mr. Anmol, Adv. Mr. Nicholas Choudhury, Adv. Mr. Shreesh Chadha, Adv. Ms. Shaalini Agrawal, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Sudarsh Menon, AOR Ms. Surbhi Kapoor , AOR Mr. Abhay Anil Anturkar, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Tank, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha Awalgaonkar, Adv. Mr. Chand Qureshi, AOR Petitioner-in-person Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR

Mr. Vikrant Singh Bais, AOR Mr. V. K. Biju, AOR Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. Mr. Chetanya Singh, Adv. Mr. Amlendu Kumar Akhilesh Kumar Jha, Adv. Ms. Rubina Jawed, Adv. Dr. Ranjeet Bharti, Adv. Mr. K. M. Nataraj, ASG. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kr. Verma, Adv. Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv. Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. D. K. Devesh, Adv. Mr. Apurv Singhvi, Adv. Ms. Shubhangi Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rohan Darade, Adv. Mr. Arunabh Chowdhury, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amol Chitale, Adv. Mr. Amol Chiltale, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, Adv. Mr. Susheel Joseph Cyriac, Adv. Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv. Ms. Uditha Chakravarthy, Adv. Ms. Uditha Chakarvarthy, Adv. Ms. Priya S Bhalerao, Adv. Ms. Priya S. Bhalerao, Adv. Mr. Varun Kanwal, Adv. M/S. Lex Regis Law Offices, AOR Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Shakul R. Ghatole, Adv. Mr. Vatsalya Vigya, AOR Caveator-in-person Mr. Munawwar Naseem, AOR Mr. Rohin Dubey, Adv. Ms. Anindita Mitra, AOR M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Varun Varma, Adv.

Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Ratnesh Kumar Shukla, AOR Mr. Shree Pal Singh, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Dinesh Kumar Garg, AOR Mr. Dhananjay Garg, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Garg, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Chanakya Gupta, Adv. Ms. Ishita Bist, Adv. Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Mr. Neeraj Kiahan Kaul, Sr. Adv. Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Kamini Jaiswal,, Sr. Adv. Mr. Saurabh Kirpal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Percival Billimoria, Sr. Adv. Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv. Ms. Jasmine Damkewala, AOR Mr. Harshwardhan Thakur, Adv. Mr. Lavkesh Bhambhani,, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Pratap, Adv. Mr. Sourabh Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Garg, Adv. Ms. Vaishali Sharma, Adv. Mr. Lavkesh Bhambhani, Adv. Ms. Rachita Sood, Adv. Mr. Divyam Dhyani, Adv. Mr. Divyam Khera, Adv. Ms. Nishtha Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Tanimah Gaur, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Arora, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Ms. G. Indira, AOR

Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR Mr. B.K. Satija, A.A.G. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Ms. Suvarna Singh, Adv. Mr. S. Nagamuthu, Sr. Adv. Mrs. D. Geetha, Adv. Ms. Ramola Priya, Adv. Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Mr. V. K. Biju, AOR Ms. Anushree Prashit Kapadia, AOR Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Sushil Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Pahlad Singh Sharma, AOR Mr. Virendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kshitij Vedwal, Adv. Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Mr. Varun Kanwal, Adv. Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR Ms. Uma Devi. M, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR

Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Mr. Atul Yeshwant Chitale, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nirbhay Singh, Adv. Mr. Madhav Chitale, Adv. Mrs. Suchitra Atul Chitale, AOR Mr. Abhilash. M.R., Adv. Mr. Sayooj Mohandas.M, Adv. Mr. Jyothiranjan, Adv. Mr. Jyoti Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Amarnath Gupta, Adv. Mrs. Sampa Sengupta Ray, Adv. Mr. Jayant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vishal Arun, AOR Mrs. Meenal Sinha, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Mohan V. Katarki, Sr. Adv. Mr. Subhash Chandra Sagar, Adv. Mr. E. C. Vidya Sagar, AOR Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv. Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Ms. Meena K Poulose, Adv. Mr. Sureshan P., AOR Mr. Shivam Yadav, Adv. Mr. Deepak Joshi, Adv. Ms. Rukhmini Bobde, Adv. Ms. Soumya Priyadarshinee, Adv. Mr. Ankit Ambasta, Adv. Mr. Amit Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Amlaan Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vishal Prasad, AOR Ms. Manisha T. Karia, AOR Ms. Nidhi Nagpal, Adv. Mr. Aditya Kesar, Adv. Mr. Rohan Trivedi, Adv. Mr. Vikram Chandravanshi, Adv. Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Pranjal Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Sourav Roy, AOR Mr. K. M. Nataraj, ASG. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. R. R. Rajesh, Adv. Mr. Sharad Singhania, Adv. Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Ms. Shreya Singh, Adv. Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv. Ms. Varnika Singh, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Ms. Varnika Singh, Adv. Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. K K Pradhan, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Aman Ashesh, Adv. Mr. Khuloos Aziz Chawla, Adv. Mr. Ajay K. Agrawal, AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Ms. Samriti Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Devvvrat Singh, Adv. Mr. Devvrat Singh, Adv. Ms. Harsha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Jainendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Maneesh Pathak, Adv. Mr. Gopal Prasad, AOR Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv. Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Mishra, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Harsh Parashar, AOR

Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv. Mr. Kv Girish Chowdary, Adv. Ms. Rajeswari Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Meeran Maqbool, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Guasain, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. T. K. Nayak, Adv. Mr. Som Raj Choudhury, AOR Mr. D. Kumanan, AOR Mrs. Deepa. S, Adv. Mr. Sheikh F Kalia, Adv. Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Abbas, Adv. Mr. B.k. Satija, A.A.G. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Mr. Keshav Mittal, Adv. Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. Sri Harsha Peechara, Adv. Mr. Duvvuri Subrahmanya Bhanu, Adv. Ms. Pallavi, Adv. Ms. Kriti Sinha, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry, AOR Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Mr. Ajay Singh, Adv. Mr. Ram Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shubham Singh, Adv. Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. K M Nataraj, A.S.G.

Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. R R Rajesh, Adv. Mr. S K Singhania, Adv. Mr. Shetty Uday Sagar, Adv. Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR Mr. B. Karunakaran, Adv. Mr. Ajith Williyam S., Adv. Mr. P. Shankar, Adv. Mr. V. M. Eashwar, Adv. Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR Mr. S. C. Birla, AOR Mr. Subrat Birla, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Kapoor , AOR Mr. Abhay Anil Anturkar, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Tank, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha Awalgaonkar, Adv. Mr. Azmat Hayat Amanullah, AOR Mr. Jaimon Andrews, Adv. Mr. Piyo Harold Jaimon, Adv. Mr. Firdouse C.P., Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Ms. Rooh-e-Hina Dua, Adv. Mr. Harshit Khanduja, Adv. Ms. Radhika Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Mishra, Adv. Ms. Ritika Raj, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv. Mr. Sajith P., Adv. Mr. Nirbhay Kumar, Adv. Mr. Nishant Mandal, Adv. Mr. Anshu Anand, Adv. Mr. Jitendra Thakur, Adv. Mr. Gurudutt, Adv. Mr. Gola Malikaarjun Yadav, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Shukla, Adv. Mr. Raman Raj Gangwar, Adv.

Mr. Chand Qureshi, AOR Ms. Vipasha Singh , AOR Mr. Romy Chacko, AOR Mr. Debmalya Chandra Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Kartik Bhatnagar, Adv. Mr. Rohan Sharma, Adv. Ms. Esha Dutta, Adv. Mr. Anmol, Adv. Mr. Nicholas Choudhury, Adv. Mr. Shreesh Chadha, Adv. Ms. Shaalini Agrawal, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Surendranath P V, Sr. Adv. Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR Mr. Subhash Chandran K R, Adv. Ms. Krishna L R, Adv. Mr. John Thomas Arakal, Adv. Mr. M.gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Mr. Varun Kanwal, Adv. Mr. Munawwar Naseem, AOR Respondent-in-person Mr. John Mathew, AOR Mr. Abraham Mathew, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.a., AOR Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Mr. Adithya Koshy Roy, Adv. Ms. Anju Kanodiya, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Rajat Joseph, AOR Ms. Anu Shrivastava, AOR Ms. Usha Nandini V., AOR

Mrs. Gargi Khanna, AOR Mr. Junais P., Adv. Mr. Prasanth K., Adv. M/S. Lead Counsel, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Respondent-in-person Mr. Alok Gupta, AOR Dr. Ls Chaudhary, Adv. Dr. Ajay Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. D.s. Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. S. Parambir Singh, Adv. Mr. Vishesh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Vinita, Adv. Ms. Monika, Adv. Mr. Bharat Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR Petitioner-in-person Mr. Gopal Prasad, AOR Mr. Anish R. Shah, AOR Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv. Ms. Varnika Singh, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. K K Pradhan, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Aman Ashesh, Adv. Mr. Khuloos Aziz Chawla, Adv. Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv. Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Mishra, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Neeraj Kiahan Kaul, Sr. Adv. Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Kamini Jaiswal,, Sr. Adv. Mr. Saurabh Kirpal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Percival Billimoria, Sr. Adv. Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Jasmine Damkewala, AOR Mr. Harshwardhan Thakur, Adv. Mr. Lavkesh Bhambhani,, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Pratap, Adv. Mr. Sourabh Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Garg, Adv. Ms. Vaishali Sharma, Adv. Mr. Lavkesh Bhambhani, Adv. Ms. Rachita Sood, Adv. Mr. Divyam Dhyani, Adv. Mr. Divyam Khera, Adv. Ms. Nishtha Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Tanimah Gaur, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Arora, Adv. Ms. Supriya Juneja, AOR Mr. Ajit Sharma, AOR Mr. Satyam Thareja, AOR Mr. P V Dinesh, Adv. Ms. Anna Oommen, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, AOR Mr. Puneet Singh Bindra, Adv. Ms. Simran Jeet, Adv. Mr. Akshay Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sameer Sethi, Adv. Mr. Puneet Singh Bindra, AOR Ms. Mahalakshmi Pavani, Sr. Adv. Ms. Swati Jindal, AOR Mr. Sowmya China, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Kumar, Adv. Ms. Anjali Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu, Adv. Mr. Neeleshwar Pavani, Adv. Mr. Shaurya Mishra, Adv. Ms. Meenakshi Vimal, Adv. Mr. Kunal Kakumanu, Adv. Ms. Anu Shrivastava, AOR Mr. Vishnu Sharma, AOR Ms. Nanita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vivek Sharma, Adv. Mr. Suranjan Sroy, Adv.

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

I.A. No. 204407/2023 in C.A. No. 5947/2019, I.A. No. 203988/2023 in C.A. No. 5949/2019, I.A. No. 204024/2023 in C.A. No. 5952/2019, I.A. No. 220437/2023 in C.A. No. 5954/2019, I.A. No. 203772/2023 in C.A. No. 5955/2019 and I.A. No. 220434/2023 in C.A. No. 5956/2019.

The aforementioned applications for deletion of party respondents are filed on the ground that no relief sought against those respondents. Applications for deletion are allowed at the risk and cost of the appellants.

C.A. No. 5972/2019 and C.A. No. 6552/2019

Learned counsel for the appellants are granted four weeks' time to complete service on the unserved respondents.

In Civil Appeal No. 6552/2019, Respondent No. 4 is reported to be dead. Learned counsel prays for four weeks' time to take steps.

C.A. No. 5950/2019 and C.A. No. 5953/2019

Mr. C. K. Sasi, learned counsel appearing for the State of

Kerala undertakes to complete service on the unserved respondents within two weeks.

If in any other matter, there is any unserved respondent, the appellants/petitioners to take steps to effect service on them. As last opportunity, four weeks are given to complete service.

It is made clear that if on the next date of hearing, service still remains incomplete, the incomplete matters will be segregated and the hearing will commence in the matters where the service is complete.

Let the necessary compilations be filed on or before 15th December, 2023.

Outline submissions of the learned counsel in each of the matter, not exceeding three pages, be also filed on or before 02nd January, 2024.

List the matters on 10th January, 2024.

(NIDHI AHUJA) (VIRENDER SINGH) AR-cum-PS BRANCH OFFICER

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