Dhruva Choudhary vs. Union Of India

COURT NO.4

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) $No(s)$ . 7649/2023 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 14-03-2023 in WP(C) No. 1225/2021 passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi)

HIMANSHU SINGH & ORS.

Petitioner(s)

Respondent $(s)$

$\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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Date : 15-07-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN For Parties Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Himanshu Tyagi, AOR Krishnamohan K., AOR Ms. Dania Nayyar, Adv. Mr. Tejaswi Bhanu, Adv. Ms. Pepakayala Geetanjali, Adv. Mr. Yashvardhan, Adv. Mr. Piyush Singh, Adv. Ms. Monalisha Harsh, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Mukul Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Nitesh Ranjan, AOR Mr. Vijay Kasana, AOR Mr. Akshay Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Shresth Nanda, Adv. Mr. Manish Kr Patni, Adv. Mr. Ankit Yadav, AOR Ms. Prakriti Rastogi, Adv. Ms. Shaoni Das, Adv. Mr. Marinal Harshvardhan, Adv. Mr. Sushant Dogra, Adv. Mr. Yougender Singh, Adv. Mr. Suresh Sisodiya, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. Dhirendra Singh Baghal, Adv. Dr. Ram Kishor Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Deepak Chopra, Adv. Mr. Sumit, Adv. Mr. Chand Qureshi, AOR Mr. Anshul Gupta, AOR Mrs. Kirti Dua, Adv. Mr. Shubham Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Ravi Shandilkar, Adv. Mr. Aman Singh, Adv. Mr. Gurpreet Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Tainguriya, Adv. Mr. Rishabh, Adv. Mr. Rudhraksh, Adv. Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR

Mr. Pradeep Kumar Khatana, Adv. Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv. Mr. Raj Kishor Choudhary, AOR Mr. Sumit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shakeel Ahmed, Adv. Ms. Pratibha Singh, Adv. Mr. Nakul Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Anupam Bhati, Adv. Mr. Mohit Bidhuri, Adv. Mr. Vinod Kaushik, Adv. Mr. R. Krishnaraj, Adv. Mr. Tom Joseph, AOR Mr. Rahul Mehalwal, Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhardwaj, AOR Mr. Amit Wadhwa, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Hadala, Adv. Dr. Nitin Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vikrant Rana, Adv. Mr. Raunak Parekh, Adv. Mr. Arun Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. Jitesh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Jagadish Kumar Jha, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jain, Adv. Dr. Vinod Kumar Tewari, AOR Mr. Vivek Jain, AOR Mr. Manoj Yadav, Adv. Mr. Akshat Bisht, Adv. Mr. Ranbir Singh Yadav, AOR Mr. Aditya Parolia, Adv. Mr. Piyush Singh, Adv. Mr. Akshay Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Vivek Kumar, Adv. Mr. Alankrit Bhatnagar, Adv. Mrs. Kashish Sareen, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Sumbul Ismail, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Goel, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR Mr. Avinash Sharma, AOR Ms. Akanksha Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Niwas Kumar, Adv. Mr. Atul Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv.

Mr. Ikshit Singhal, Adv. Mr. Narendra Kumar Goyal, Adv. M/S. Mukesh Kumar Singh And Co., AOR Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR Ms. Mithu Jain, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Jaiswal, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Gupta , AOR Mr. Shashwat Parihar, Adv. Mr. Deepanshu Badiwal, Adv. Mr. Vipin Yadav, Adv. Ms. Gunjan Rathore, Adv. Mr. Prabhat Ranjan Raj, Adv. Mr. Shivam Mishra, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Anand, AOR Mr. Mareesh Pravir Sahay, AOR Ms. Yaman Verma, Adv. Mr. Kartik Jindal, Adv. Ms. Shrishti Malik, Adv. Mr. Shubham Kulshreshta, Adv. Mr. Satya Rath, Adv. Mr. Lzafeer Ahmad B. F., AOR Mr. Shubham Arun, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Dahiya, AOR Mr. Aditya Dahiya, Adv. Mr. Aakash Dahiya, Adv. Mr. Ritesh Khare, Adv. Ms. Namrata Chandorkar, Adv. Mr. Devendra Kumar Shukla, AOR Mr. Akhilesh, Adv. Mr. Bhupendra Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Rajat Dabas, Adv. Mr. Aditya Rana, Adv. Mr. Palash Sahi, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Suman, Adv. Ms. Pragya Barsaiyan, Adv. Mr. Suprateek Neogi, Adv. Mr. Rajat Mittal, AOR Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Abhinav Jagannathan, Adv. Mr. Paresh Bihari Lal, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Baghel, Adv. Ms. Anamika Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Pradeep Kumar K, Adv. Mr. Omprakash, Adv. Mr. Tushar Bhushan, AOR Mr. Amit Mishra, Adv. Ms. Mitakshara Goyal, Adv. Mr. Akshat Hansaia, Adv. Mr. Devansh Srivastava, AOR Mr. Nitin Goel, Adv. Mr. Mayank Goel, Adv. Mr. Akhil Rana, Adv. Mr. Shreshth Nanda, Adv. Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, AOR Mr. Rishi Kumar Singh Gautam, AOR Mr. Sachin Bajpai, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Mohan, Adv. Mr. Abid Ali Beeran P, AOR Mr. Saswa, Adv. Mr. Abhinay, AOR Mr. Pooran Chand Roy, Adv. Ms. Deeksha Prakash, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. K M Natraj, A.S.G. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Anuj Srinivas Udupa, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Saransh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aman Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sachin Sharma, Adv. Mrs. Sushma Verma, Adv. Ms. Sweksha, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Parihar, Adv. Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Adv. Mr. Kuber Dewan, Adv. Ms. Neeharika Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Kaustubh Srivastava, Adv. Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, AOR Mr. Rishi Tutu, Adv. Mr. Anuj Kumar Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Anuj Kumat Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Abhay Arora, Adv. Mr. Anurag Kumar, Adv.

Ms. Khyati, Adv. Mr. R. C. Kohli, AOR Mr. Sandeep Gupta, AOR Mr. Rachit Devgan, Adv. Ms. Sugandha Sharma, Adv. Ms. Kanchan Gupta, Adv. Ms. Poonam Kavita Kashyap, Adv. Mr. Divyanshu Sahay, AOR Ms. Shradha Narayan, Adv. Mr. Arjun Syal, Adv. Ms. Mehaak Jaggi, AOR Mr. Vishal Gupta, AOR Mr. Sumeet Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Garg, Adv. Mr. Paras Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Anupam Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Lavi Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Adv. Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. A.v.s.subramanyam, Adv. Mr. Niraj Kumar, Adv. Mr. T. R. B. Sivakumar, AOR Mr. Shivraj Singh Tomar, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kukkar, Adv. Mr. H.B. Keshava, Adv. Mr. Ashish Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Manu Garg, Adv. Mr. Vijay Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vipul, Adv. Mr. Naman, Adv. Ms. Megha Gaur, Adv. Mr. Rajat Manchanda, Adv. Ms. Aditi Singhal, Adv. Mr. Vibhav Mishra, Adv. Mr. Parmanand Gaur, AOR Ms. Usha Singh, Adv. Mr. Shah Rukh Inam, Adv. Mr. Aditya Singh, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Garg, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Chaubey, AOR

Mr. Srijan Sinha, Adv. Mr. Tanmaya Agarwal, AOR Mr. Wrick Chatterjee, Adv. Mrs. Aditi Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Vinayak Mohan, Adv. Mr. Rajat Joneja, Adv. Mr. Rajesh P., AOR Ms. Awantika Manohar, AOR Mr. Manish Paliwal, AOR Mr. Aditya Singh Bakshi, Adv. Ms. Megha Yadav, Adv. Mrs. Trupti Das, Adv. Mr. Puneet Singh Bindra, AOR Mr. Rishabh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sachin Sharma, Adv. Ms. Jasmine Damkewala, AOR Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Vaishali Sharma, Adv. Mr. Divyam Khera, Adv. Mr. Venancio Dcosta, Adv. Ms. Astha Ojha, Adv. Ms. Gauri Goel, Adv. Mr. Faisal Sherwani, AOR Mr. Ashish K Singh, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Sagar, AOR Ms. Amrita Singh, AOR Mr. Ankit Gupta, Adv. Mr. Anupam Singh , AOR Mr. Anmol Chandan, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Prakash Pathak, Adv. Mr. Nishant Kumar, AOR Mr. Sanjeev Singh, Adv. Ms. Taniya Bansal, Adv. Ms. Mudrakshi, Adv. Ms. Sandipa Bhattacharjee, Adv. Ms. Meenakshi S., Adv. Mr. Sudhansu Palo, AOR Dr. Joginder Singh Berwal, Adv. Mr. Manu Beri, Adv. Mr. Manu Beri, Adv. Mr. Prateek Kasliwal, Adv. Mrs. V. D. Khanna, AOR Mr. Brijesh Kumar Tamber, AOR Ms. Nandini Aishwarya, Adv. Mr. Vikramaditya Singh, AOR Mr. Vineet Gupta, Adv. Mr. Amitesh Martin, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, AOR Mr. Vishal, Adv. Mrs. Subhadra Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Amit Triverdi, Adv. Mr. Amit Trivedi, Adv. Mrs. Subhadara Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Amit Trivedi, Adv. Mr. Kapil Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. C. George Thomas, AOR Mr. Snehasish Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Ajay Uppal, Adv. Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. Ritik Anmol, Adv. Mr. Anurag Kr. Singh, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Raj, Adv. Mr. Anoop Prakash Awasthi, AOR Mr. Krishan Kumar, AOR Seemant K. Garg, Adv. Mr. Nitin Pal, Adv. M/S. M/s Ravi Chandra Prakash & Co., AOR Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR Mr. Abhishek, AOR Mr. Harshit Goyal, Adv. Mr. Kailash Prashad Pandey, AOR Mr. Manu Beri, Adv. Mr. Manu Beri, Adv. Mr. Prateek Kasliwal, Adv. Mrs. V. D. Khanna, AOR Mr. Harihar Pratap Singh, Adv. SLP (C) No. 7649/2023, etc. Mr. Vijay K. Jain, AOR Mr. Prakash, Adv. Mr. Harshit Goyal, Adv. Mr. Devansh Srivastava, AOR

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

1. Permission to file Special Leave Petition (s) is granted.

2. Delay condoned.

3. Application(s) filed by the petitioner(s) for deletion of names of respondent(s) are allowed.

4. Application(s) for substitution to bring on record Lrs. of deceased respondent(s) are allowed.

5. Cause title be amended accordingly.

6. Issue notice, returnable on 27.09.2024.

7. Dasti, in addition, is permitted.

8. Learned counsel for the petitioner(s) to take appropriate steps for effecting service on all the respondent(s).

9. In the meantime, there shall be interim stay in all the matters, to the effect that no coercive action including complaint under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 shall be entertained on behalf of the Banks/Financial Institutions or Builders/Developers against the home buyers.

10. Most of the Financial Institution(s)/Bank(s) have filed their Counter Affidavit(s). For those who are yet to file their Counter Affidavit(s), a last opportunity is granted to do the needful within two weeks.

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11. Similarly, the respondent-Builders/Developers are also granted two weeks' time to file reply affidavit including details of their assets, failing which, we shall be constrained to take coercive action to secure their presence.

(RAJNI MUKHI) (PREETHI T.C.)

COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR