Ramvilas S. Lohiya vs. The State Of Maharashtra

ITEM NO.27 COURT NO.12 SECTION II-A

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

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 4101/2020

[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 13-09-2019 in CRLWP No. 3607/2019 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay]

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

ANAND RAMDHANI CHAURASIA & ANR. Respondent(s)

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SLP(Crl) No. 10648/2023 (II-A) IA No.171797/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.171798/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. SLP(Crl) No. 2006/2024 (II-A) FOR ADMISSION and I.R. SLP(Crl) No. 1924/2024 (II-A) SLP(Crl) No. 1920/2024 (II-A) SLP(Crl) No. 4891/2024 (II-A) FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.83586/2024-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.83591/2024-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. SLP(Crl) No. 5187/2024 (II-A) (IA No. 88530/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 88533/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(Crl) No. 13581/2024 (II-A) IA No.212179/2024-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.212181/2024-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. Date : 07-05-2025 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHANSHU DHULIA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN For Petitioner(s) Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vivek Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kashmira Singh Chahar, Adv. Ms. Neelam Singh, AOR Mr. Avinash Poddar, Adv. Mr. Ankit, Adv. Mr. Sameer Singh, Adv. Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. Shivam Singh, Adv. Mr. Tushar Sonawane, Adv. Mr. Kailas Bajirao Autade, AOR Mr. Sriram P., AOR Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Sr. Adv. Ms. Udita Singh, AOR Mr. Tamim Qadri, Adv. Mr. Saeed Qadri, Adv. Mr. Saahil Gupta, Adv.

Mrs. Bhavna Kapur, Adv. Mr. Danish Ali, Adv. Mr. Yatin M. Jagtap, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar Sharma, AOR Ms. Aditi Tripathi, AOR Mr. Shrirang Varma, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Luthra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rohit Anil Rathi, AOR Mr. Shyam Mohta, Adv. Mr. Nalin Talwar, Adv. Mr. Yashas R.K., Adv. Ms. N.Singh, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Sudhakar Deshmukh, AOR Mr. Nishant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Savadikar, Adv. M/S. Shakil Ahmad Syed, AOR Mr. Zafar M. Pathan, Adv. Mr. Syed Ahmed Saud, Adv. Mr. M. I. Pathan, Adv. Mr. M. M. Pathan, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Parvez Dabas, Adv. Mr. Uzmi Jameel Husain, Adv. Mr. Daanish Ahmed Syed, Adv. Mr. Aqib Baig, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Shakim, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Shahib, Adv. Mr. Shashibhushan P. Adgaonkar, AOR Mr. Satyajit A. Desai, Adv. Mr. Pratik Singh, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Gautam, Adv. Mr. Abhinav K. Mutyalwar, Adv. Mr. Sachin Singh, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Singh, Adv. Ms. Anagha S. Desai, AOR Mr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra, AOR Mr. Nar Hari Singh, AOR Ms. Mrinal Gopal Elker, AOR Mr. Jagdish Trivedi, Adv. Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv. (NP) Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR

Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Agarwal, Sr. Adv. (NP) Mr. Pankaj Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Aarif Ali, Adv. Mr. Mateen Shaikh, Adv. Mr. Mateen Sheikh, Adv. Mr. Razzik Shaikh, Adv. Mr. Arshad Sheikh, Adv. Mr. Razzik Sheikh, Adv. Mr. Shahid Nadeem, Adv. Mr. Arshad Shaikh, Adv. Mr. Mujahid Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Chand Qureshi, AOR Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Saleem Khan, Adv. Ms. Saima Anjum, Adv. Mr. Vijay Kumar, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Zafar M. Pathan, Adv. Mr. Syed Ahmed Saud, Adv. Mr. M. I. Pathan, Adv. Mr. M. M. Pathan, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Parvez Dabas, Adv. Mr. Daanish Ahmed Syed, Adv. Mr. Uzmi Jameel Husain, Adv. Mr. Aqib Baig, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Shakim, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Shahib, Adv. M/S. Shakil Ahmad Syed, AOR Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Aabad Ponda, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Sudhakar Deshmukh, AOR Mr. Subhash Jadhav, Adv. Mr. Amit Patil, Adv. Mr. Chandan Shekhawat, Adv. Mr. Nishant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Savadikar, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General (NP) Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. (NP) Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Ketan Paul, Adv. Mr. Digvijay Dam, Adv.

Mr. Sudarshan Lamba -aor, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Pratyush Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Prerna Dhal, Adv. Mr. S. N. Terdal, Aor, Adv.

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

List on 08.05.2025.

(NIRMALA NEGI) (RENU BALA GAMBHIR) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR