Fulo Baitha @ Phoolo Baitha vs. Lalan Kumar Paswan

ITEM NO.13+41+46

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

COURT NO.3

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) ....................................

[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 28-06-2021 in LPA No.113/2020 16-05-2024 in LPA No.125/2024 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Patna]

USHA DEVI@USHA KUMARI

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS.

$Respondent(s)$

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IA No. 293754/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 8129/2025 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES Diary No(s). 47362/2024 (XVI) IA No. 250701/2024 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT IA No. 295875/2024 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION IA No. 43446/2025 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 241493/2024 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 22832/2025 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 237205/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 241495/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 22833/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 237207/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 295876/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 250716/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 250715/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES SLP(C) No. 942/2025 (XVI) IA No. 13186/2025 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 7949/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 13187/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 7950/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 8137/2025 Date : 25-03-2025 This matter was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NONGMEIKAPAM KOTISWAR SINGH For Petitioner(s) Ms. Garima Prashad, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sudeep Kumar, AOR Mr. Kumar Harshvardhan, Adv. Ms. Manisha, Adv. Ms. Rupali, Adv. Ms. Ananya, Adv. Ms. Garima Prasad, Sr.Adv. Mr. Sanjiv Saxena, Adv. Mr. Tavish Bhushan Prasad, AOR Ms. Mayuri Raghuvanshi, AOR Ms. Paromita Majumdar, AOR

Mr. Navaniti Pd Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Navin Pahwa, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Niti, AOR Ms. Madhavi Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Divyanshu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Jairaj Singh, Adv. Mr. Tapesh Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Naveen Kumar, Adv. Mr. Prabhat Kumar Rai, AOR Ms. Nidhi Singh, Adv. Mr. Nitesh Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Aditya Goyal, Adv. Ms. Stuti Bisht, Adv. Mr. Ujjawal Kumar Rai, Adv. Mr. Vasu Kukreja, Adv. Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amit Pawan, AOR Mr. Hassan Zubair Waris, Adv. Ms. Aastha Shrestha, Adv. Ms. Shivangi Singh Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv. Mr. Alok Abhinav, Adv. Mr. Naman Sherstra, Adv.Rawat, Adv. Mr. Suchit Singh Rawat, Adv. Mr. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Sr. Adv. Ms. Garima Prashad, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sudeep Kumar, AOR Mr. Kumar Harshvardhan, Adv. Ms. Manisha, Adv. Ms. Rupali, Adv. Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv. Mr. Alok Abhinav, Adv. Mr. Naman Sherstra, Adv. For Respondent(s) Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vardhman Kaushik, AOR Mr. Dhruv Joshi, Adv. Mr. Mayank Sharma, Adv. Mrs. Mayank Sharma, Adv. Mr. Nishant Gautam, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Pooja Thayat, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Pratap, Adv. Ms. Arunima Das, Adv. Ms. Aditi Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Elaisha Asher, Adv.

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Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR Ms. Shweta Kumari, Adv. Mr. Vikas Chopra, Adv. Mr. Manoj Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vedant Singh, AOR Mr. Anshul Narayan, Addl. Standing Counsel, Adv. Mr. Prem Prakash, AOR Mr. Amit Pratap Shaunak, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Shrey Kapoor , AOR Mr. Mohit Kumar Gupta, AOR Mr. S. Mahendran, AOR Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, AOR Mrs. Kshama Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar Maurya, Adv. Mr. Ujjwal Ashutosh, Adv. Ms. Ayushi Kushwah, Adv. Mr. Ram Bachan Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Divyansh Mishra, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Shakti Pandey, Adv. Mr. Avnish Pandey, AOR Mr. Rudreshwar Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shishir Pinaki, AOR Mr. Dhanaeswar Gudapalli, Adv. Mr. Amber Jain, Adv. Mr. Akshat Srivastava, AOR Ms. Kumud Lata Das, AOR Ms. Pooja Rathore, Adv. Mr. Sourabh Suman, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

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