Vodafone Idea Ltd vs. Union Of India And Anr Through Its Secretary Department Of Telecommunications

H1 ITEM NO.12 COURT NO.1 SECTION XVII S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS I.A.No.222-294/2016 in Civil Appeal No(s).6183-6255/2015 UNION OF INDIA Appellant(s) VERSUS RELIANCE COMMUNICATIONS LTD. ETC. ETC. Respondent(s) (for early hearing and office report) Date : 26/09/2016 These applications were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR For Appellant(s) Mr. P.S. Narasimha, ASG Mr. P.S. Patwalia, ASG Mr. H. Raghavendra Rao, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Nanda, Adv. Mr. K. Parameshwar, Adv. Mr. D. S. Mahra, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Harsh Kaushik, Adv. Mr. M. Malhotra, Sr. Adv. (For Reliance) Ms. Shelly Bhasin, Adv. Mr. Manish Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Lakshmeesh Kamath, Adv. Mr. Gopal Jain, Sr. Adv. (Idea Cellular Ltd.) Ms. Shelly Bhasin, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Lakshmeesh Kamath, Adv. Mr. Mayank Grover, Adv. (Respondent No.55- Ms. Avantika Panwar, Adv. 58) Mr. Faisal Sherwani, Adv. Ms. Manali Singhal, Adv. (Tata Teleservices Mr. Santosh Sachin, Adv. Maharashtra Ltd.) Mr. Abhijat P. Medh, Adv. Mr. Manjul Bajpai, Adv. Mr. Tarun Gulati, Adv. (For Vodafone) Mr. Sparsh Bhargava, Adv. 2 Mr. Anupam Mishra, Adv. Ms. Ishita Farsaiya, Adv. Mr. Kishore Kunal, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Bajpai, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Shelly Bhasin, Adv. Mr. Lakshmeesh Kamath, Adv. Ms. Shruti Garg, Adv. Mr. E.C.Agrawala, Adv. Mr. Mansoor Ali Shoket, Adv. Mr. Nitin Kala, Adv. Mr. Kunal Singh, Adv. Mr. Albia Khan, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Kishore Kunal, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar Jain, Adv. Mr. Swetank Shantanu, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R According to the office report a large number of appeals raising common questions of law are pending in this Court in which although service is complete yet no counter affidavits have been

filed. Learned counsel appearing for some of the respondents

submit that the Registry could be directed to take up these matters

next week so that counter affidavits wherever required could be filed by the respondents concerned and the preliminaries completed to enable this Court to dispose off these matters. We see no reason to decline that prayer. We accordingly direct the Registrar to consolidate all these appeals and list them for completion of pleadings on 03.10.2016. The Registrar shall grant one final opportunity to all the 3

respondents in these appeals to file their counter affidavits within 10 days and rejoinder affidavit to the same within one week thereafter and submit a report regarding completion of the pleadings for direction before this Court on 24.10.2016. List these applications on 24.10.2016 along with all connected appeals mentioned above. (Ashok Raj Singh) (Veena Khera) Court Master Court Master