Lokniti Foundation Secretary vs. Union Of India Ministry Of Home Affairs Secretary

ITEM NO.12 COURT NO.2 SECTION PIL

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 310/1996

PRAKASH SINGH & ORS Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

U O I & ORS Respondent(s)

(With appln.(s) for impleadment/Directions, extension of time, exemption from filing O.T., Extension of time, Directions, C/delay in filing affidavit, impleadment and office report) (For Final Disposal)

WITH CONMT.PET.(C) No. 92/2007 In W.P.(C) No. 310/1996

CONMT.PET.(C) No. 240/2007 In W.P.(C) No. 310/1996 (With appln.(s) for exemption from filing o.t.)

W.P.(C) No. 417/2010

W.P.(C) No. 42/2011 (With appln.(s) for ex-parte stay and exemption from filing o.t. and Office Report)

W.P.(C) No. 286/2013

W.P.(C) No. 335/2013 (With appln.(s) for deletion of respondents and impleadment)

Conmt.Pet.(C) No.235 in W.P.(C) NO.310 of 1996

Date: 15/01/2015 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.S. THAKUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.K.AGRAWAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Harish N. Salve,Sr.Adv. (A.C.) (WP(C) 286/2013) For M/s. Legal Options (WP(C) 310/1996, Mr. Prashant Bhushan,Adv. Conmt.P.(C)92/2007) Mr. Rohit Kumar Singh,Adv. Mr. Prakash Singh (In-person) Digitally signed by Mahabir Singh Date: 2015.01.17 10:35:14 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

(Conmt.P.(C)240/07) Mr. Ambhoj Kumar Sinha,Adv. (W.P.(C) 417/10) Dr. Ashok Dhamija,Adv. Ms. Sonia Dhamija,Adv. Dr. Kailash Chand,Adv. (W.P.(C) 42/11) Mr. Manohar Lal Sharma,Adv. (Petitioner-in-person) (W.P.(C) 335/13) Mr. Prakash Kumar Singh,Adv.(A.C.) (Conmt.Pet.235/14)) Mr. Prashant Bhushan,Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Ranjit Kumar,S.G. Mr. Gopal Singh,Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar,Adv. Ms. Binu Tamta,Adv. Ms. Rashmi Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Chandan Kumar, Adv. Mr. S.A.Haseeb, Adv. Mr. B. V. Balaram Das,Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta,ASG Ms. Hemantika Wahi,Adv. Ms. Hemantika Wahi,Adv. Mr. P.S.Patwalia, ASG, Mr. S.W.A.Qadrri, adv. Mr.Zaid, Adv. Ms. Anjani Aiyagari,Adv. Ms. Asha G. Nair,Adv. Mr. S.A. Hasib,Adv. Mr. D.S. Mahra,Adv. Ms. Sushma Suri,Adv. (St. of Tamil Nadu) Mr. B. Balaji,Adv. Mr. R. Rakesh Sharma,Adv. Ms. R. Shase,Adv. (St. of Uttar Pradesh) Mr. Gaurav Bhatia,AAG Mr. Ravi Prakash Mehrotra,Adv. Mr. Vibhu Tiwari,Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Kr. Sharma,Adv. (St. of Assam) Mr. Riku Sarma,Adv. Mr. Navnit Kumar,Adv. For M/s. Corporate Law Group (St.of Arunachal Pradesh)Mr. Anil Shrivastav,Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas,Adv.

(St. of Haryana) Mr. Manjit Singh,AAG Ms. Nidhi Gupta,Adv. Ms. Vivekta Singh,Adv. Mr. Tarjit Singh, Adv. Mr. Vishwa Pal Singh, Adv. (St.of Himachal Pradesh) Mr. Suryanaryana Singh,AAG Ms. Pragati Neekhra,Adv. (St.of Madhya Pradesh) Mr. C.D. Singh,Adv. Mr. Apurva Kurup,Adv. Mr. V.C. Shukla,Adv. Ms. Sakshi Kakkar,Adv. Ms. Damini Hajela,Adv. (St. of Jharkhand) Mr. Gopal Prasad,Adv. Mr. Jayesh G.,Adv. (St. of Chhatisgarh) Mr. C.D. Singh,Adv. Mr. Apurva Kurup,Adv. Mr. V.C. Shukla,Adv. Ms. Sakshi Kakkar,Adv. (St. of Rajasthan) Mr. S.S.Shamshery, AAG, Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharmaa, Adv. Ms. Shreya Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Sitesh Narayan Singh,Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar,Adv. (St. of Manipur) Mr. Sapam Biswajit,Adv. Mr. Ashok Kr. Singh,Adv. (St. of Punjab) Mr. Ajay Bansal,AAG Mr. Gaurav Yadav,Adv. Mr. Kuldip Singh,Adv. (St. of West Bengal) Mr. Anip Sachthey,Adv. Mr. Mohit Paul,Adv. (St. of Goa) Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar,Adv. Mr. Rahul Arya,Adv. Mr. T. Mahipal,Adv. (St. of Kerala) Mr. M.T. George,Adv. Ms. Kavita K.T.,Adv. (St. of Nagaland) Ms. K. Enatoli Sema,Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh,Adv. Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, adv.

(St. of Uttarakhand) Ms. Rachana Srivastava,Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Sharma,Adv. (St. of Sikkim) Mr. A.Mariarputham, AG Ms. Aruna Mathur,Adv. Mr. Yusuf Khan,Adv. For Arputham Aruna & Co. (St. of Maharashtra) Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee,Adv. Mr. Charudatta,Adv. Mr. A. S. Raja,Adv. (St. of Andhra Pradesh) Mr. Guntur Prabhakar,Adv. Ms. Prerna Singh,Adv. (St. of Telangana) Mr. P. Venkat Reddy,Adv. Mr. Sumanth Nookela,Adv. For M/s. Venkat Palwai Associates (St. of Mizoram) Mr. Pragyan Sharma,Adv. Mr. Heshu Kayine,Adv. Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran,Adv. (State of Meghalaya) Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee ,Adv. Mr. Subhro Sanyal,Adv. Mr. S.Bhowmick, adv. (Govt. of Puducherry) Mr. V. G. Pragasam,Adv. Mr. S.J. Aristotle,Adv. Mr. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. (Andaman & Nicobar Admn.)Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran,Adv. Ms. G. Indira,Adv. (U.T. of Chandigarh) Mr. Chandra Prakash,Adv. (St. of Tripura) Mr. Gopal Singh,Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas,Adv. MS.Rashmi Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Vivek Singh,Adv. Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha,Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao,Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra,Adv. Mr. Khwairakpam Nobin Singh ,Adv. Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh,Adv.

Mr. Aruneshwar Gupta ,Adv. Mr. Mohanprasad Meharia ,Adv. Mr. M. P. Jha ,Adv. Mr. P. Parmeswaran ,Adv. Mr. P. V. Dinesh ,Adv. Mr. Radha Shyam Jena ,Adv. Mr. Rajesh Srivastava ,Adv. Mr. Ravindra Keshavrao Adsure,Adv. Mrs. Anil Katiyar ,Adv. Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde ,Adv. Mr. Tara Chandra Sharma ,Adv. Mr. T. Harish Kumar ,Adv. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy ,Adv. Ms. Anitha Shenoy ,Adv. Ms. Kaveeta Wadia ,Adv. Ms. Sumita Hazarika ,Adv. M/s. S. Narain & Co. ,Adv. Mr. B. Krishna Prasad ,Adv. Mr. B. Subrahmanya Prasad,Adv. Mr. R. Ayyam Perumal,Adv. Mr. Tushar Bakshi,Adv.

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

Heard.

Mr. Harish N. Salve, learned amicus, proposes to file a compilation of certain further documents and materials. He may do

Mr. Anuvrat Sharma ,Adv.

so within a period of six weeks. Mr. Ranjit Kumar, learned Solicitor General, may respond to the same within a period of four weeks thereafter.

Post on Wednesday, the 8th April, 2015.

(MAHABIR SINGH) (VEENA KHERA) COURT MASTER COURT MASTER