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

ITEM NO.8 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W

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

Writ Petition (Civil) No.310/1996

PRAKASH SINGH & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA Respondent(s)

(With appln.(s) for clarification/direction)

WITH CONMT.PET.(C) No.235/2014 In W.P.(C) No.310/1996 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for intervention and permission to appear and argue in person)

Date : 19-02-2018 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD

Mr. Raju Ramachandran, Sr. Adv. (A.C.) Hamsini Shankar, Adv.

For Petitioner(s)

Petitioner-in-person

Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR Mr. Rohit Kr. Singh, Adv. Ms. Neha Rathi, Adv.

• Mr. Shakti Vardhan Sharma, Adv.
• For Respondent(s) Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG Mr. Maninder Singh, ASG Ms. V. Mohana, Sr. Adv. Ms. Binu Tamta, Adv. Mr. Wasim A Qadri, Adv. Ms. Prerna Priyadarshini, Adv. Mr. Zaid Ali, Adv. Mr. M.K. Maroria, Adv. Reason:

Mr. B. Balaji, AOR

Ms. Sharmila Upadhyay, AOR M/s. K J John And Co. Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv. Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. M/s. Arputham Aruna And Co. M/s. Corporate Law Group Mr. Pragyan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shikhar Garg, Adv. Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR Mr. G. N. Reddy, AOR Ms. Nidhi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Piyush Hans, Adv. Ms. Rachna Gandhi, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Mr. Rohit K. Singh, AOR Mr. V. G. Pragasam, AOR Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. S. Manuraj, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Parikshit P. Angadi, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Nanda, AOR Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Ms. Mamta Singh, Adv.

Ms. Shodhika Sharma, Adv. Ms. Vishakha, Adv. Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Mr. Ravi Prakash Mehrotra, AOR Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Ajay Choudhary, AOR Ms. Kamakshi S. Mehlwal, AOR Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv. Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv. Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv. Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR Ms. Akanksha Choudhary, Adv. Ms. Bhavana Duhoon, Adv. Mr. D. S. Mahra, AOR Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Adv. Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Mr. S. Bhowmick, Adv. Ms. Garima Bose Dey, Adv. Ms. Rachana Srivastava, AOR Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, AOR Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR Mrs. Sujatha Bagadhi, Adv. Mr. Baij Nath Patel, Adv. Ms. Kaveeta Wadia, AOR Mr. P. V. Dinesh, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR

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Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR M/s. S. Narain & Co. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR Mr. T.N. Rama Rao, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. T. Veera Reddy, Adv. Mr. T. V. George, AOR Mr. Jayesh Gaurav, Adv. Mr. Gopal Prasad, AOR Mr. Rajesh Srivastava, AOR Ms. Sumita Hazarika, AOR M/s. Venkat Palwai Law Associates Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR Mr. Tara Chandra Sharma, AOR Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR Mr. Mohanprasad Meharia, AOR Mr. Anip Sachthey, AOR Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, AOR Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, AOR Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR Mr. Avnish Oza, Adv. Mr. Chirag Jain, Adv. Mr. A. Selvin Raja, Adv. Mr. T. Harish Kumar, AOR Mr. R. Ayyam Perumal, AOR Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.

Mr. Merusagar Samantaray, AOR Mr. Salvedor S. Rebello,, Adv. Ms. Lhingneivala, Adv. Ms. Sneha Pravu Tendulkar, Adv. Ms. Nivedita Nair, Adv. Mr. Edward Belho, Adv. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv. Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv. Ms. Deepika Kalia, Adv. Mr. Kapish Seth, Adv. Veera Mahuli, Adv. Shrutanjay Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. A.K. Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv. Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek, Adv. Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. Mr. Sayooj Mohandas, Adv. Mr. Shekhar G. Devasa, Adv. Mr. G.R. Mohan, Adv. Mr. Manish Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Luv Kumar, Adv. Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Singh, Adv. Mr. Raja Das, Adv. Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Chanchal Kr. Ganguyli, Adv. Mr. Adeel Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Piyush Sachdev, Adv. Ms. Runa Bhuyan, Adv. Ms. A. Subhashini, Adv. Mr. S.N. Shukla, In-person

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

Let a copy of the application be served on Mr. Prashant Bhushan, learned counsel for the petitioner, to enable him to file a reply within two weeks hence.

Let the matter be listed on 2nd April, 2018.

(Chetan Kumar) (H.S. Parasher) Court Master Assistant Registrar