Jose P John vs. The State Of Tamil Nadu

COURT NO.8

SECTION X

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

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

MIJTHYAI A SIINTI KIIMAR

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Respondent $(s)$

([ PART HEARD BY : HON'BLE VIKRAM NATH AND HON'BLE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, JJ. ] [ GROUP MATTER ] [ TOP OF THE BOARD ] IA No. 148678/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 92617/2023 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 148676/2022 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 162957/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 162956/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) WITH 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) Diary No(s). 46438/2023 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1033/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.193583/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 998/2023 (X) (FOR GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF ON IA 189436/2023 IA No. 189436/2023 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 1043/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.195029/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 1058/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.197422/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 1064/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.198112/2023-STAY APPLICATION) $W.P.(C)$ No. 1047/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.195514/2023-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 1059/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.197437/2023-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 1066/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.198760/2023-EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. $1103/2023$ (X) Signature MOReci ADMISSION and IA No. 202739/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) Digita No. $1104/2023$ (X) <table>

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(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.179266/2023-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 988/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.187601/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 947/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.180713/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 981/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.186368/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 992/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.188539/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 957/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.181914/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 964/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.182861/2023-STAY APPLICATION and IA No.182866/2023-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 993/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.188635/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF IA No. 188635/2023 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 29/2024 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.9173/2024-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 28/2024 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.9001/2024-EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 38/2024 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.13388/2024-STAY APPLICATION and IA No.13389/2024-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 1348/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.249812/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 1355/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.251104/2023-STAY APPLICATION and IA No.251105/2023-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 1396/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.257490/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 1411/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.259484/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 1415/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.260419/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 1408/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.259411/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 1409/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.259419/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 1406/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.259382/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 1438/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.266231/2023-EX-PARTE STAY) Date : 15-02-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA For Petitioner(s) Mr. S Murlidhar, Sr. Adv. Mr. S. Mahesh Sahasranaman, Adv.

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Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Ms. Sagun Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Nisha Pandey, Adv. Mr. Navin Pahwa, Sr. Adv. Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. Ms. Bina Madhavan, Adv. Mr. Eeshan D. Khaire, Adv. M/S. Lawyer S Knit & Co, AOR Mr. Dileep Poolakkot, Adv. Mr. Bijo Mathew Joy, AOR Mr. Muhammed Siddick, Adv. Mr. Shivam Sai, Adv. Ms. Mansha Shukla, Adv. M/S. Lead Counsel, AOR Mr. S. Mahesh Sahasranaman, Adv. Mr. Aakash Nandolia, AOR Mr. Manoj V George, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Mr. Km Vignesh Ram, Adv. Ms. Chaahat Khanna, Adv. Ms. Tanya Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rishab Gupta, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Srivastav, Adv. Mrs. Shubhangi Tuli, AOR Mr. Raghenth Basant, Sr. Adv. Mr. N. Sai Vinod, AOR Ms. Prerna Acharya, Adv. Ms. Kaushitaki Sharma, Adv. Mr. Abhinav, Adv. Mr. Sahil Ghai, Adv. Mr. Atul Shankar Vinod, AOR Mr. B Ragunath, Adv. Mrs. Nc Kavitha, Adv. Mr. Vijay Kumar, AOR Mr. Dileep Poolakkat, Adv. Mr. Aljo K. Joseph, AOR Mr. Vinay Kumar Puvvala, Adv. Mr. Prashant Jhajharia, Adv.

	Mr. Raghunatha Sethupathy B, AOR<br>Mr. S. Sabari Bala Pandian, Adv.
	Mr. T. Harish Kumar, AOR<br>Mr. Navneet Dugar, Adv.<br>Mr. Subham Kothari, Adv.<br>Ms. Preethi<br>G, Adv.
	Mr. Shine P. Sasidhar, Adv.<br>Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR<br>Ms. Uditha Chakravarthy, Adv.<br>Ms. Shalaka Srivastava, Adv.
For Respondent(s)	Mr. Vikramjit Benerjee, A.S.G.<br>Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR<br>Ms. Rekha Pandey, Adv.<br>Mr. Naman Tandon, Adv.<br>Ms. Monica Benjamin, Adv.<br>Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv.<br>Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv.<br>Mr. Manish Pushkarna, Adv.<br>Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, Adv.
	Mr. Arvind P Datar, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR<br>Mr. C Kranthi Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv.<br>Mr. Naman Dwivedi, Adv.<br>Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv.<br>Ms. V Keerthana, Adv.<br>Mr. Aman Prasad, Adv.
	Mr. Jayanth Muth Raj, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR<br>Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv.<br>Mr. Abraham Mathew, Adv.<br>Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.
	Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR<br>Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv.<br>Mr. Kv Girish Chowdary, Adv.<br>Mr. T Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv.<br>Ms. Rajeswari Mukherjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Meeran Maqbool, Adv.<br>Ms. Archita Nigam, Adv.

Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Prakash Jadhav, Adv. Mr. Ravichandra Jadhav, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Adv.

Ms. Devina Sehgal, AOR Mr. Dhanajay Yadav, Adv. Mr. Anmol Sehgal, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry , AOR Ms. G. Indira, AOR

Ms. Anindita Pujari, AOR

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

Heard learned ASG/Senior Counsel/Counsel for the parties at length.

Hearing concluded.

Judgment reserved.

Brief submissions/notes by the parties, not exceeding two pages, may be filed within a week from today.

(SONIA BHASIN) COURT MASTER (SH) (RAM SUBHAG SINGH) COURT MASTER (NSH)