West Bengal M. R. Dealers, Association vs. Seikh Abdul Majed

ITEM NO.35+59 COURT NO.8 SECTION XVI

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 (C) No(s). 20838/2022

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 28-09-2022 in FMA No. 764/2022 passed by the High Court at Calcutta)

THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ANR. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

SEKH ABDUL MAJED & ORS. Respondent(s)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.174777/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT )

WITH

Diary No(s). 36408/2022 (XVI) (IA No.178787/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.178786/2022-PERMISSION TO FILE PETITION (SLP/TP/WP/..))

SLP(C) No. 20730/2022 (XVI) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.173815/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

SLP(C) Diary No(s). 36421/2022 (IA No.178909/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.178908/2022-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP)

Date : 28-11-2022 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. SUNDRESH

For Parties

Mr. Siddharth Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sarthak Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Samit Sanyal, Adv. Mr. Vishal Arun Mishra, Adv. Mr. Madhav A. Chitale, Adv. Mr. Pavan Kumar, Adv. Mr. Debanshu Ghorai, ADv. Mr. Ujjawal Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Sahi, ADv. Ms. Harshita Nigam, Adv. Mr. Dinesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Sharma, Adv.

Mr. D.P. Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, ADv. Mr. Sanjay Bashu, Adv. Mr. Ravinder Singh, Adv. Mr. Piyush Agarawal, Adv. Mr. Nipun Saxena, Adv. Mr. Raveesh Gupta, Adv. Utsha Das Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shrivalli Kajaria, Adv. Mantika Haryani, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Aswasthi, ADv. Mr. Archit Adlakha, Adv. Ms. Soumya Saxena, Adv. Mr. Devvrat Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Pandey, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. ADv.

Mr. Sanjay Basu, Adv. Mr. Ravinder Singh, ADv. Mr. Piyush Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Aparajita Jamwal, Adv. Adit Pujari, Adv. Mr. Sanjiv Kaushik, Adv.

Mr. Mukul Rohtgi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Jaideep Gupra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv. Ms. Kshitij Singh, Adv.

Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gautam Swarup, Adv. Mr. Adhitya Srinivasan, Adv. Mr. Ankur Das, Adv. Pingal Bhattacharjee, Adv. Mr. Shamit Sanyal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Sehgal, AOR

Mr. C.M. Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Chandrakant Sukumar, Adv. Mr. Pawan Kumar Dhiman, Adv . Mr. Dinesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vipin Sandu, Adv. Ms. Kajal Rani, Adv. Mr. Rahul Maratha, Adv. Mr. P. S. Nerwal, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. M/S. Mukesh Kumar Singh And Co., AOR

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

Permission to file special leave petitions is granted. The matter requires consideration.

Issue notice, returnable in the month of March, 2023.

Mr. Rajat Sehgal and Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the respondents have accepted notice.

Liberty is granted to the respondents to file counter affidavit/reply within a period of four weeks.

Rejoinder, if any, may be filed within four weeks after service of the counter affidavit/reply.

In the meanwhile, status quo as was prevailing before the pronouncement of the impugned judgment dated 28.09.2022 shall be maintained and will continue.

Learned counsel for the petitioner appearing in SLP(C) Diary No. 36421/2022 prays for, and is granted, permission to replace page no. 364 in the paper book of the special leave petition.

(BABITA PANDEY) COURT MASTER (SH)

(KAMLESH RAWAT) COURT MASTER (NSH)

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