Jose P John vs. The State Of Tamil Nadu

COURT NO.5

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

<pre>Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 864/2022</pre>

MUTHYALA SUNIL KUMAR

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Respondent $(s)$

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W.P.(C) No. 1213/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.223531/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1243/2023 in W.P.(C) No. 864/2022 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1244/2023 in W.P.(C) No. 756/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1245/2023 in W.P.(C) No. 819/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) Date : 21-11-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Aakash Nandolia, AOR Mr. Gaurav Pachnanda, Sr. Adv. Mr. Navin Pahwa, Sr. Adv. M/S. Lawyer S Knit & Co, AOR Ms. Bina Madhavan, Adv. Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. Mr. Eeshan D. Khaire, Adv. Mr. S. Murlidhar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Mr. S Mahes Sahasranaman, Adv. Mr. Aakash Nandolia, Adv. Ms. Sagun Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Manoj V George, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Mr. Km Vignesh Ram, Adv. Mr. Nasib Masih, Adv. Ms. Akshita Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Chaahat Khanna, Adv. Mr. Timothy Koshy Varghese, Adv. Mr. Dileep Poolakkat, Adv. Mr. Aljo K. Joseph, AOR Mr. Mohammad Shadick, Adv. Ms. Tanya Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Kalra, Adv. Mr. Pramod Kumar Tripathy, Adv. Mrs. Shubhangi Tuli, AOR Ms. Haripriya Padmanabhan, Adv. Ms. Haripriya Padmanaban, Adv. Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. S. Sabari Bala Pandian, Adv. Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv.

Mr. Raghunatha Sethupathy B, AOR Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Mr. Abhinav, Adv. Ms. Prerna Acharya, Adv. Mr. Sahil Ghai, Adv. Ms. Kaushitaki Sharma, Adv. Mr. N. Sai Vinod, AOR Mr. T. Harish Kumar, AOR Mr. Navneet Dugar, Adv. Mr. Subham Kothari, Adv. Ms. Preethi G, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Ms. Priya S Bhalerao, Adv. Mr. Varun Kanwal, Adv. Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. S. P Sasidhar, Adv. Mr. Dileep Poolakkot, Adv. Mr. Muhammed Siddick, Adv. Mr. Shivam Sai, Adv. Dr. Prahlad Narayan Singh, Adv. Mr. Bijo Mathew Joy, AOR M/S. Lead Counsel, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Arvind Datar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, AAG Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Ms. Devyani Gupta, Adv. Ms. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. C Kranthi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv. Mr. Naman Dwivedi, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Anand, Adv. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Jayanth Muth Raj, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Abraham Mathew, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv.

Mr. Kv Girish Chowdary, Adv. Mr. T Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv. Ms. Rajeswari Mukherjee, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Guasain, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. Rahul Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry , AOR Mr. Sriharsha Peechara,Adv. Mr. Duvvuri Subrahmanya Bhanu, Adv. Ms. Pallavi, Adv. Ms. Kriti Sinha, Adv. Mr. Akshat Kulshrestha, Adv. Mr. Balbir Singh, A.S.G. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Ms. Rekha Pandey, Adv. Mr. Naman Tandon, Adv. Ms. Monica Benjamin, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv. Mr. Manish Pushkarna, Adv.

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

Contempt Petition (C) No. 1243 of 2023 in W.P. (C) No. 864 of 2022 , Contempt Petition (C) No. 1244 of 2023 in W.P. (C) No. 756 of 2023 and Contempt Petition (C) Nos. 1245 of 2023 in W.P. (C) No. 819 of 2023

1. Issue notice, returnable on 10.01.2024.

2. Personal appearance of the respondents, however, is exempted.

3. Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, Advocate-on-Record for the State of Tamil Nadu, accepts notice.

4. Let counter affidavit, if any, be filed within two weeks.

5. Learned Additional Advocate General (AAG) for the State of Tamil Nadu assures that the interim orders passed by this Court shall be faithfully complied with.

6. Learned senior counsel appearing for the State of Kerala also assures that the interim orders passed by this Court shall be meticulously and faithfully complied with.

WP (C) 864/2022 and remaining connected Matters

7. Rule Nisi

8. List all these matters for final hearing on 10.01.2024.

9. The respondents/States each may file its one common counter affidavit instead of filing separate counter affidavits.

10. Similarly, one rejoinder common to all the cases is permitted to be filed on behalf of the petitioners.

(KAPIL TANDON) (PREETHI T.C.) COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)