Pradeep S/O Ramchandra Patil vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.26

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 25612/2023

COURT NO.1

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 20-10-2023 in WP No. 3680/2023 passed by the High Court Of Judicature At Bombay At Nagpur)

GANESHKUMAR RAJESHWARRAO SELUKAR & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

MAHENDRA BHASKAR LIMAYE & ORS.

Respondent $(s)$

SECTION IX

WITH

SLP(C) No. 26881/2023 (IX) (IA FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 242864/2023 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 242866/2023) SLP(C) No. 26172-26174/2023 (IX) (IA FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA $244830/2023$ ) SLP(C) No. 26582/2023 (IX) (FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 249793/2023 IA No. 249794/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

SLP(C) No. 26581/2023 (IX) (FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 249791/2023 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 249792/2023)

SLP(C) No. 27352/2023 (IX) (IA FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 257153/2023 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 257154/2023)

$SLP(C)$ No. 639-641/2024 (IX) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.3811/2024-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Date: 02-02-2024 This petition was called on for hearing today.

		CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
		HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA
Signature Not Verified<br>Digitally signed by<br>NEETA SAPEA<br>Date: 2024-02.03<br>12:58:24 IST		HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA

For Petitioner(s) Dr. Tushar Mandlekar, Adv.

Ms. Tejas Fadanvis, Adv. Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. Ms. Anju Thomas, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Raavi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Raavi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Vijaykumar, Adv. Ms. Akshita Katoch, Adv. Mr. Akshit Mohan, Adv. Mr. Chitranshul A. Sinha, AOR Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Sudhanshu S. Choudhari, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth S. Chapalgaonkar, Adv. Mr. Pai Amit, AOR Ms. Sneha Botwe, Adv. Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, AOR Mr. Shakti Singh, Adv. Mr. R Karthik, Adv. Dr. Tushar Mandlekar, Adv. Ms. Tejas Fadanvis, Adv. Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. Ms. Anju Thomas, AOR Dr. Tushar Mandlekar, Adv. Ms. Tejas Fadanvis, Adv. Ms. Anju Thomas, Adv. Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Anil Mardikar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sachin Shanmukham Pujari, AOR Mr. R Venkataramani, Attorney General for India Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR

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Mrs. Sonali Jain, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mrs. Mansi Sood, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Kartikey Aggarwal, Adv. Mrs. Shradha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Raavi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Mr. Vinod Khera, Adv. Mr. Rajat Srivastav, AOR Mr. Parashu Ram Mandal, Adv. Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, AOR Mr. Shakti Singh, Adv. Mr. R Karthik, Adv. Dr. Tushar Mandlekar, Adv. Ms. Tejas Fadanvis, Adv. Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. Ms. Anju Thomas, AOR Dr. Uday Warunjikar, Adv. Mr. Pravartak Suhas Pathak, AOR Mr. Sudhanshu S. Choudhari, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth S. Chapalgaonkar, Adv. Mr. Pai Amit, AOR Ms. Sneha Botwe, Adv. Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, AOR

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

1 In the judgment delivered in Civil Appeal No 831 of 2023 on 03 March 2023, a direction has been issued under Article 142 of the Constitution that

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appointments to the post of President and Members of the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions and District Consumer Forum should be made on the basis ofperformance in a written test consisting of two papers.

• 2 Mr Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General states that he would seek instructions from the Union Government after taking a considered view on the necessity of holding an examination particularly for posts which are manned by former judges of the High Court or, as the case may be, judicial officers.
• 3 List the Petitions at 2.00 pm on 12 February 2024.
• 4 The interim order passed by this Court on earlier occasion shall continue till 12 February, 2024.

(GULSHAN KUMAR ARORA) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR)

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