Union Of India Ministry Of Finance Secretary vs. K. N. Vijayakumar And Ors Etc. Etc

ITEM NO.15 + 26

COURT NO.1

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(Civil) No.906/2016

VIVEK NARAYAN SHARMA

Petitioner(s)

SECTION PIL( $W$ )

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA

Respondent(s)

WITH

W.P.(C) No.908/2016 (With appln.(s) for permission to appear and argue in person and Office Report)

W.P.(C) No.913/2016 (With appln.(s) for directions and Office Report)

W.P. (C) No. $916/2016$ (With (With (With appln.(s) for intervention and appln.(s) for impleadment as petitioner and appln.(s) for stay and Office Report)

$W.P.(C)$ D.37946/2016 (With Office Report)

W.P. (Crl.) No.162/2016 (with appln.(s) for directions and permission to appear and argue <pre>in person and office report)</pre>

W.P. (C) No. $951/2016$ (With Office Report)

$W.P.(C)$ No.952/2016 (With appln.(s) for intervention and office report)

W.P. (C) No. $929/2016$ (With office report)

W.P. (C) No. $930/2016$ (With appln. (s) for exemption from filing O.T. and stay and office report)

W.P. (C) No. $943/2016$ th appln.(s) for directions and permission to appear and argue $\begin{bmatrix}\n&\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text{length} &\text$

W.P.(C) No.953/2016 (With Office Report) W.P.(C) No.954/2016 (With appln.(s) for interim relief and permission to appear and argue in person and office report) Date : 25/11/2016 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD For Petitioner(s) Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. (WP(C) No.906/2015) Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Aadil Singh Boparaj, Adv. Mr. Ahmed Zorgham, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Mahajan, Adv. Ms. Nikita Singh, Adv. Ms. Ankita Singh, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Jha, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Lamba, Adv. Mr. V.K. Biju, Adv. Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Ghose, Adv. Ms. Anusha, Adv. Mr. Talhar, Adv. Mr. Ram Jethmalani, Sr. Adv. Mr. S.R. Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. P.V. Dinesh, Adv. Ms. Sindhu T.P., Adv. Mr. Bineesh K., Adv. Mr. Rajesh P., Adv. Mr. Rajendra Beniwal, Adv. Ms. Arushi Singh, Adv. (IA No.3-5) Dr. Jagendra Jadeja (In person) Mr. Varun Punia, Adv. Mr. V.K. Biju, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar Verma, Adv. Mr. Santi Ranjan Das, Adv. Mr. Anindo Mukherjee, Adv. Mrs. Sarla Chandra, Adv. Mr. Manoj Prasad, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Harshul Singh, Adv. Ms. Kritika Khurana, Adv. Mr. Ankur Prakash, Adv.

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	Mr. Sangam Lal Pandey, Adv.
	Mr. C.R. Jaya Sukin, Adv.
	Mr. Saurav Arora, Adv.
	Mr. Varun Punia, Adv.
(For Intervenor)	Mr. Kunal Kanungo, Adv.
	Ms. Pratiksha Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. Tripurari Ray, Adv.
	Mr. Asad Alvi, Adv.
	Mr. D.Vidynandan, Adv.
	Mr. Faiz Rizvi, Adv.
	Ms. Aishwarya Pathak, Adv.
	Mr. Satya Mitra, Adv.
	Mr. Manohar Lal Sharma, Adv.
	Ms. Suman, Adv.
	Mr. P.V. Surendranath, Sr. Adv.
(For Intervenor)	Ms. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Adv.
	Ms. Resmitha R. Chandran, Adv.
	Mr. Viplav Sharma, Adv.
	Dr. Dhaval Deshpande, Adv.
	Mr. Tapan Thatte, Adv.
	Ms. Aparna Jha, Adv.
	Mr. M.P. Parthiban, Adv.
	Mr. T.R.B. Sivakumar, Adv.
For Respondent(s)
	Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, AG
	Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG
	Mr. A.N.S. Nadmarni, ASG
	Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Adv.
	Mr. R. Balasubramaniam, Adv.
	Ms. Rekha Pandey, Adv.
	Ms. Diksha Rai, Adv.
	Mr. Nikhil Rohatgi, Adv.
	Mr. Ajay Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. A. Prabhudesai, Adv.
	Mr. S.S. Rebello, Adv.
	Mrs. Anil Katiyar, Adv.
	Ms. Aarti Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. Santosh Kumar, Adv.
	Mr. Saurabh Kirpal, Adv.
	Ms. Sadhna Kumar, Adv.
	Mr. S. Ahmed, Adv.
	Mr. Tariq Ahmead, Adv.
	Mr. Sunil Kumar Verma, Adv.

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

Mr.Mukul Rohatgi, learned Attorney General has filed an affidavit explaining the scheme introduced by the Government of India and steps taken by it. He is also free to file counter affidavit to the writ petitions by Friday, 2nd December, 2016. Mr. Kapil Sibal, learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of one of the petitioners' submits that he does not propose to file any response to the affidavit already filed but reserves his right to file rejoinder affidavit to the counter affidavit, if any. He is free to do so.

List these matters again along with other similar/connected matters on Friday, 2nd December, 2016 at 2.00 p.m.

(Ashok Raj Singh) (Veena Khera) Court Master Court Master