Anitha P vs. The State Of Tamil Nadu

COURT NO.8

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 $(s)$

([ GROUP MATTER ] 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)

(FOR ADMISSION and IA No. 202739/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) Signal $\sqrt{2023}$ (X)

BOX RADMISSION and IA No.202746/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) 14.32 WSP. (C) No. $1105/2023$ (X)

(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.203057/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF)

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W.P.(C) No. 834/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.159370/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 820/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.157996/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 857/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.162046/2023-EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 1139/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.208034/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 1147/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.210844/2023-EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 1156/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.213219/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 1152/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.212055/2023-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 804/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.154157/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 859/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.162267/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 832/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.159270/2023-EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 822/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.158136/2023-EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 855/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.162021/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 898/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.170815/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 865/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.163519/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 879/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.165562/2023-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 872/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 894/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.169905/2023-EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 955/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.181814/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 892/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.168740/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 891/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.168616/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 953/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.181533/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 949/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.180837/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 950/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.180911/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 923/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.177495/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) W.P.(C) No. 956/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.181912/2023-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 969/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.183193/2023-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 935/2023 (X)

(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. 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) ([TO BE TAKEN UP ALONG WITH W.P.(C) No. 1400/2023]........ FOR ADMISSION and IA No.259484/2023-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. 1415/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.260419/2023-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) Date : 10-01-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN

	For Parties	Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv.
		Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR
		Ms. Priya S Bhalerao, Adv.
		Mr. Priya S. Bhalerao, Adv.
		Mr. Varun Kanwal, Adv.

Mr. Dileep Poolakkot, Adv. Mr. Bijo Mathew Joy, AOR Mr. Muhammed Siddick, Adv. Mr. Shivam Sai, Adv. Mr. Shine P. Sasidhar, Adv. Mr. Gireesh Kumar K, Adv. M/S. Lead Counsel, AOR Mr. S Muralidhar, Sr. Adv. Mr. S Sahasranaman, Adv. Mr. S Mahesh Sahasranaman, Adv. Mr. Aakash Nandolia, AOR M/S. Lawyer S Knit & Co, AOR Mr. Gaurav Pachnanda, Sr. Adv. Ms. Bina Madhavan, Adv. Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. Mr. Eeshan D. Khaire, Adv. Mr. Lakshay Saini, Adv. Mr. Shaik Sohil Akthar, Adv. Mr. S. Murlidhar, Sr. Adv. Mr. S Mahes Sahasranaman, Adv. Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Mr. Aakash Nandolia, AOR Ms. Sagun Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Manoj V George, Adv. Mr. Km Vignesh Ram, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Mr. Nasib Masih, Adv. Ms. Chaahat Khanna, Adv. Ms. Akshita Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Timothy Koshy Varghese, Adv. Mr. B Ragunath, Adv. Mrs. Nc Kavitha, Adv. Mr. Vijay Kumar, AOR Mr. Atul Shankar Vinod, AOR Mr. Dileep Poolakkat, Adv. Mr. Aljo K. Joseph, AOR Ms. Tanya Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Srivastav, Adv.

Mr. Gaurav Kalra, Adv. Mrs. Shubhangi Tuli, AOR Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, Adv. Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. Raghunatha Sethupathy B, AOR Mr. S. Sabari Bala Pandian, Adv. Ms. Monica Saini, Adv.

Mr. N. Sai Vinod, AOR Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Mr. Abhinav, Adv. Ms. Prerna Acharya, Adv. Mr. Sahil Ghai, Adv. Ms. Kaushitaki Sharma, Adv. Mr. T. Harish Kumar, AOR Mr. P.V. Dinesh, Adv. Ms. Annaoommen, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, AOR Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, A.A.G. Mr. V Giri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Ms. Devyani Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. C Kranthi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Naman Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv. Ms. V Keerthana, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Anand, 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. Mr. Meeran Maqbool, Adv. Ms. Archita Nigam, 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. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry , AOR Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. Vikramjit Benerjee, 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. Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, Adv. Ms. Anindita Pujari, AOR Mr. Shaileshwar Yadav, Adv. Ms. Radhika Mohapatra, Adv. Ms. Bhumika Chouksey, Adv. Mr. Santhosh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Shreesh Tyagi, Adv. Ms. Pranali Tayade, Adv. Mr. Sravan Kumar Naranam, AOR

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

CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1243/2023 in W.P.(C) No. 864/2022 CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1244/2023 in W.P.(C) No. 756/2023 CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1245/2023 in W.P.(C) No. 819/2023 Diary No(s). 46438/2023

Notices were issued on 21st November, 2023 in the contempt matters fixing today's date. However this Court had exempted personal appearance of the respondents. Today when the matters are called out, learned counsel for the opposite parties have sought further time to file their reply to the notice. Normally such time would not have been granted however, considering the nature of the request made

and the taking into consideration the other relevant facts, we grant one last opportunity to the respondents in contempt matters to file their reply on or before 19th January, 2024.

List the matters again on 31st January, 2024.

If the response is not filed on or before 19th January, 2024, the opposite parties would remain present before this Court. However if the response is filed within the time allowed, their personal appearance would continue to remain exempted. Further during the time, that will remain after 19th January, 2024, it would be open for the petitioners to file their rejoinder affidavits.

Interim order granted earlier to continue till further orders.

The interim relief granted in other petitions be extended only in WP(C) No. 1178 of 2023.

Learned counsel for Respondent-State of Odisha prays for and is granted three weeks' time to file counter affidavit.

(SONIA BHASIN) COURT MASTER (SH)

(RANJANA SHAILEY) COURT MASTER (NSH)

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