Anitha P 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)

Respondent $(s)$

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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Mr. Shivam Sai, Adv. Ms. Mansha Shukla, Adv. Mr. Shine P. Sasidhar, Adv. Mr. Gireesh Kumar K, Adv. M/S. Lead Counsel, AOR Mr. S. Mahesh Sahasranaman, Adv. Mr. Aakash Nandolia, AOR Mr. Navin Pahwa, Sr. Adv. Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. Mr. Eeshan D Khaire, Adv. M/S. Lawyer S Knit & Co, AOR Mr. S. Mahesh Sahasranaman, Adv. Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Ms. Sagun Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Nisha Pandey, Adv. 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. 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. S. Mahesh Sahsranaman, 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<br>Mr. Prashant Jhajharia, Adv.<br>Mr. Vinay Kumar Puvvala, Adv.
	Mr. Prabhu Ramasubramanian, Adv.<br>Mr. Raghunatha Sethupathy B, AOR<br>Mr. S. Sabari Bala Pandian, Adv.
	Mr. T. Harish Kumar, AOR
	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. Arvind P Datar, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Amit Anad Tiwari, Sr. AAG<br>Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR<br>Mr. C Kranthi Kumar, Adv.<br>Ms. Devyani Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv.<br>Mr. Naman Dwivedi, Adv.<br>Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv.<br>Ms. V Keerthana, Adv.<br>Ms. Tanvi Anand, Adv.<br>Mr. Aman Prasad, Adv.<br>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<br>Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr. Prakash Jadhav, Adv.<br>Mr. Ravichandra Jadhav, 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. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry , AOR

Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. Harnaman Singh, Adv. Mr. Rahul Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Gandepan, Adv. Mr. P. Gandepan, Adv. Ms. Devina Sehgal, AOR Mr. Dhananjay Yadav, Adv. Mr. Anmol Sehgal, Adv. Ms. Anindita Pujari, AOR Ms. Radhika Mohapatra, Adv. Mr. Shaileshwar Yadav, Adv. Ms. Bhumika Chouksey, Adv. 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.

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

We have heard the matter at substantial length.

However, learned counsel for the petitioners prayed for 24 hours accommodation to further study the matter.

Put up tomorrow i.e. 15th February, 2024 as a first case before this Bench as PART-HEARD.

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