Sabu Steephen vs. Union Of India Cabinet Secretary

ITEM NO.37

COURT NO.12

SECTION III

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Civil Appeal No(s). 5988/2019

ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF INDIA

Appellant(s)

VERSUS

PEOPLE FOR ELIMINATION OF STRAY TROUBLES. & ORS. Respondent(s)

( IA No. 89077/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 74085/2018 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 22823/2022 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 77765/2018 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 10871/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 10860/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 112528/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 5/2016 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 17594/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 4/2015 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 2/2015 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 112525/2018 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 77761/2018 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 74076/2018 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 172708/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 89076/2022 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 7/2016 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES) WITH C.A. No. 5947/2019 (XI-A) (FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON ON IA 187131/2019 IA No. 187131/2019 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON) C.A. No. 5950/2019 (XI-A) C.A. No. 5949/2019 (XI-A) C.A. No. 5956/2019 (XI-A) C.A. No. 5951/2019 (XI-A) C.A. No. 5952/2019 (XI-A) Signature Not Verified $\begin{bmatrix}\n\text{data} & \text{total} \ \text{total} & \text{total}\n\end{bmatrix}$ No. 5953/2019 (XI-A) $\begin{array}{c}\n\text{a.6. E62E-6} \ \text{b.59:59} \ \text{IST}\n\end{array}$ C.A. No. 5955/2019 (XI-A) ( FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON ON IA 187109/2019 IA No. 187109/2019 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON)

C.A. No. 5948/2019 (XI-A) C.A. No. 5954/2019 (XI-A) W.P.(C) No. 319/2020 (PIL-W) (IA No. 24146/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 1439/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 188586/2019 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 119635/2020 IA No. 119635/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 188586/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 2677/2022 (IX) IA No. 108497/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 599/2015 (PIL-W) (FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON ON IA 1/2015 FOR ON IA 2/2015 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 3/2015 FOR ON IA 4/2015 FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON ON IA 6/2016 FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 8/2016 FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 9/2016 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 10/2016 FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 11/2016 FOR ON IA 12/2016 FOR ON IA 13/2016 FOR ON IA 14/2016 C.A. No. 5990/2019 (III) C.A. No. 5992/2019 (III) ( FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 2/2015 FOR ON IA 3/2016 IA No. 2/2015 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES) C.A. No. 5991/2019 (III) C.A. No. 6042/2019 (III) ( FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING ON IA 1/2010 IA No. 1/2010 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) C.A. No. 5989/2019 (III) (FOR ON IA 52426/2017) C.A. No. 6551/2019 (IV-A) ( FOR VACATING STAY ON IA 108994/2019 IA No. 108994/2019 - VACATING STAY) C.A. No. 6552/2019 (IV-A) (and IA No.100795/2017-VACATING STAY and Statement of Objections filed on behalf of Respondent no. 3. IA No. 100795/2017 - VACATING STAY) C.A. No. 6553/2019 (IV-A) (FOR VACATING STAY ON IA 108987/2019 FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 697/2021 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT ON IA 700/2021 IA No. 697/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 700/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 108987/2019 - VACATING STAY) C.A. No. 5930/2019 (XIV-A) C.A. No. 5972/2019 (XI-A) (MR. V. K. BIJU, ADVOCATE IMPLEADING AS A PARTY RESPONDENT. and IA No.99975/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION IA No. 29261/2017 - IMPLEADMENT IA No. 4/2016 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 3/2016 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 2/2016 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON IA No. 99975/2017 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) W.P.(C) No. 805/2015 (PIL-W) (FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON ON IA 1/2015 FOR ON IA 2/2015 FOR ON IA 3/2017 FOR ON IA 4/2017 FOR ON IA 5/2017 FOR ON IA 6/2017 FOR AMENDMENT OF THE PETITION ON IA 7/2017 FOR ON IA 8/2017 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 9/2017 FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT [Application for impleadment as party respondent] ON IA 47777/2017 and IA No.80873/2017-DELETING THE NAME OF RESPONDENT IA No. 7/2017 - AMENDMENT IN CAUSE TITLE IA No. 9/2017 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 47777/2017 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 1/2015 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON) W.P.(C) No. 808/2015 (PIL-W) (FOR DISPENSING WITH SERVICE OF NOTICE ON IA 2/2015) Date : 09-09-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI

Counsel for the parties:

Mr. Ajit Sharma, AOR Mr. Chander Uday Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv. Ms. Surekha Raman, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham Ray, Adv. M/S. K J John And Co, AOR Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR Mr. Sudhanshu S. Choudhari, AOR Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv. Mr. Akash Singh, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, Adv. Mr. KM Vignesh Ram, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Ashiwan Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv. Ms. Manisha T. Karia, AOR Ms. Sukhda K., Adv. Ms. Nidhi Nagpal, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Kumar, Adv. Petitioner-in-person Mr. B. Karunakaran, Adv. Mr. Kannan, Adv. Mr. K. Balambigai, Adv. Mr. M. Dinesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv., Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Abdulla Naseeh V.T., Adv. Ms. Meena K. Poulose, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. Amol Chitale, Adv. Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv. Mr. Susheel Joseph Cyriac, Adv. Ms. Uditha Chakravarthy, Adv. M/S. Lex Regis Law Offices, AOR Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Vikrant Singh Bais, AOR

Mr. V. K. Biju, AOR Ms. Swathi H. Rasad, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. Mr. Chetanya Singh, Adv. Mr. Amlendu Kumar Akhilesh Kumar Jha, Adv. Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Ranjeet Bharti, Adv. Ms. Rubina Jawed, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anmol , Adv. Cheshta Jetly, Adv. Mr. Karanvir Gogia, Adv. Mr. Hardeep Singh Anand, AOR Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Ratnesh Kumar Shukla, AOR Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Mr. Chandan Kumar Mandal, Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Ms. Uma Devi. M, AOR Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR

Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Ms. Anushree Prashit Kapadia, AOR Mr. Raghvenra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Sinha, Adv. Mr. Simanta Kumar, Adv. Ms. Rajlakshmi Singh, Adv. Mr. Sunil Saraogi, Adv. Mr. Varun Singh, Adv. Mr. Amit K. Pateria, Adv. Mr. Jainendra Ojha, Adv. Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv. Mr. Subrat Birla, Adv. Ms. Neelam Sethi, Adv. Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR Mr. Shree Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR Mr. Dinesh Kumar Garg, AOR Mr. Pahlad Singh Sharma, AOR Ms. Jasmine Damkewala, AOR Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR Ms. G. Indira, AOR M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. V. K. Biju, AOR Mr. Anil Grover, AAG, Haryana Mr. Ajit Bhasme, Sr. Adv. Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Rahul Khurana, Adv. Ms. Ritu Rastogi, Adv.

Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Suresh Kumar Bhan, Adv. Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Mr. Atul Yeshwasnt Chitale, Sr. Adv. Ms. Tanvi Kakar, Adv. Mrs. Suchitra Atul Chitale, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Mohan V. Katarki, Sr. Adv. Mr. Subash Chandra Sagar, Adv. Mr. Hemant Kumar Sagar, Adv. Mr. E. C. Vidya Sagar, AOR Mr. Vinayak Mohan, Adv. Mr. Vishal Arun, AOR Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, Adv. Ms. Puspita Basak, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Sureshan P., AOR Ms. Rahul Chitnis, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Ms. Manisha T. Karia, AOR Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Pranjal Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sourav Roy, AOR Mr. Kaushal Sharma, Adv. Mr. Prabudh Singh, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. Mr. Arnav Singh Deo, Adv. Mr. Ajay K. Agrawal, AOR

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Mr. Sanjay Sarin, Adv. Mr. Munawwar Naseem, Adv. Ms. Sanjna Dua, Adv. Mr. Rohin Oza, Adv. Mr. Suhas Kadam, Adv. M/S. Black & White Solicitors, AOR Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv. Ms. Varnika Singh, Adv. Ms. Deeksha Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Satyam Thareja, AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Ms. Samriti Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Harsh Parashar, AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupam Ngangom, Adv. Mr. Wahengbam Immanuel Meitei, Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv. Mr. K.V. Kharlyngdoh, Adv. Mr. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Som Raj Choudhury, AOR Ms. Shrutee Aradhana, Adv. Mr. D.Kumanan, AOR Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Abbas B., Adv. Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Mr. S.. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Ms. Sweena Nair, Adv. Mr. P. Mohith Rao, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. Ajay Singh, Adv. Mr. Ram Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, AOR

Mr. Pai Amit, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, S.G. Mr. K.M. Natraj, ASG Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kr. Verma, Adv. Ms. Namrata Bhatnagar, Adv. Mr. R.R. Rajesh, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. S.K. Singhania, Adv, Mr. Shetty Udaysagar, Adv. Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, Adv. Mr. Anuj Srinivas Udupa, Adv. Mr. Nakul Chengappa K.K., Adv. Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv. Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv. Mr. Chitransh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Ms. Radhika Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Ms. Niharika Dwivedi, Adv. Ms. Madhumita Sukla, Adv. Ms. Mirdula Singh, Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Karthik S.D., Adv. Mr. C. Govind Venugopal, Adv. Mr. Ashok Sood S., Adv. Mr. John Mathew, AOR Mr. D. Kumanan, AOR Mr. Sheikh E. Kalia, Adv. Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. S. C. Birla, AOR Dr. L.S. Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Viresh Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Ajay Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR Mr. Alok Gupta, AOR Mrs. D. Geetha, Adv.

Ms. Aswathi M.K., AOR Mr. Gopal Prasad, AOR Mmr. Krishnan Venugopal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Debmala Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Kartik Bhatnagar, Adv. Mr. Rohan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anmol, Adv. Mr. Nicholas Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Shereesh Chadha, Adv. Ms. Esha Dutta, Adv. S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Ravinder Singh, Adv. Ms. Raveesha Gupta, Adv. Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Sharma, AOR

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

List for direction and interim orders on 28.09.2022.

In the meanwhile, the parties are at liberty to file a short synopsis with regard to the interim relief and order.

All applications for intervention are allowed.

We would also request Justice Siri Jagan Committee to file status report at least 7 days before the next date of hearing. An e-copy of the report will be made available to the learned counsel for the parties.

(SUSHIL KUMAR RAKHEJA) (R.S. NARAYANAN) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)

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