Philosopher Iawphniaw vs. Lawyerson War

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

Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No. 22690/2022

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 24-11-2022 in PIL No. 18/2019 passed by the High Court of Meghalya at Shilong)

STATE OF MEGHALAYA & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

LAWYERSON WAR & ORS. Respondent(s)

(IA No. 77214/2023 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 192633/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 92656/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No. 77210/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

WITH

SLP(C) No. 23795/2022 (XIV)

(IA No. 4270/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 267966/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 267929/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 267885/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 267884/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 177779/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 198901/2022 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 177587/2023 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 138419/2023 - MODIFICATION OF COURT ORDER, IA No. 167306/2023 - PERMISSION FOR WITHDRAWAL OF AMOUNT and IA No. 193043/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

Date : 14-05-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA

For Petitioner(s)

Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Aditya S. Pandey, Adv. Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv. Mr. Vikas Bansal, Adv. Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. P.S. Negi, Adv. Mr. Chinmoy Pradip Sharma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Irfan Hasieb, Adv. Ms. Rangoli Seth, Adv.

Mr. Krishnajyoti Deka, Adv. Mr. Subornadeep Bhattacharjee, Adv. Mrs. Gauri Subramanium, Adv. Ms. Sanjleena Lal, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Chatterjee, Adv. Ms. Asiya Khan, AOR For Respondent(s) Ms. Liz Mathew, Sr. Adv. Ms. Shahrukh Alam, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Singh, Adv. Ms. Mallika Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Bagavathy Vennimalai, Adv. Mr. Navneet R., AOR Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G. (N/P) Mr. Padmesh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anmol Chandan, Adv. Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, Adv. Mr. Pratyush Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Vivek Singh, AOR Mr. Rahul Arya, Adv. Mr. Ritik Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. M. Vishal Sundaramughan, Adv. Mr. K.K. Sinha, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Panday, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Ghade, AOR Ms. Yoothica Pallavi, AOR Ms. Dharitry Phookan, AOR Mr. Rishi Matoliya, AOR

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

List the special leave petitions for final hearing in the week commencing 30.09.2024.

I.A. No. 167306/2023 in SLP(C) No. 23795/2022

The present application has not been opposed by the State of

Meghalaya (respondent no. 1) and other respondents. Accordingly, the bank guarantee furnished by the applicant(s) will be released.

We, however, clarify that in case any information is received with regard to the export of limestone, appropriate action will be taken in accordance with law.

The application is accordingly disposed of.

(DEEPAK GUGLANI) (R.S. NARAYANAN) AR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR