Sohail Akhtar vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.6

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) $No(s)$ .7649/2023

COURT NO.3

[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)

SECTION XIV

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Respondent $(s)$

Mr. Rajiv Jain, Advocate, appointed as Amicus Curiae [ONLY IA NOS. 1029/2025, 1045/2025 AND 81203/2025 IN SLP (C) No. 7649/2023 ARE LISTED UNDER THIS ITEM] IA No. 81203/2025 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 1045/2025 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 1029/2025 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION

Date: 13-05-2025 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) Mr. Akshay Srivastava, AOR

Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR Mr. Vijay K. Jain, AOR

For Respondent(s)/ Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Applicant(s) Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Adv. Mr. Saransh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sachin Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Parihar, Adv. Ms. Shushma Verma, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Ms. Chitrangda Rashtravara, Adv. Mr. Jagdish Chandra, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Annirudh Sharma-II, Adv. Mr. Anurag Tandon, AOR Mr. Deep Bisht, Adv.

Mr. Ashish Makhija, Adv.

Mr. Sanjiv Sen, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Ujjal Banerjee, AOR Mr. Swapnil Gupta, Adv. Mr. Annindya Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Tarun Mishra, Adv. Mr. Anmol Sehgal, Adv. Mr. Sajal Jain, Adv. Mr. Harshit Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Mendiratta, Adv. Ms. Anjali Singh, Adv. Mr. Prahalad Balaji, Adv. Mr. Pragyan Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kuber Dewan, Adv. Ms. Neeharika Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Kaustubh Srivastava, Adv. Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, AOR Mr. Anupam Singh, AOR Mrs. V.D. Khanna, AOR Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR Mr. Devesh Dubey, Adv. Ms. Shubhra Kapur, Adv. Mr. Annu Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sanjiv Goel, Adv. Mr. Kunal Malik, AOR Mr. Deepak Rikhari, Adv. Mr. Sunando Raha, Adv. Mr. Manish Awasthi, Adv. Ms. Sunieta Ojha, AOR Ms. Vasudha Priyansha, Adv. Mr. Suvidutt M.S., AOR Mr. Shantanu Awasthi, AOR Dr. Sushil Balwada, AOR Dr. Sunil Kumar Agarwal, AOR Mr. Amarjeet Sahani, Adv. Mr. Vipin Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sachin Kumar Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Madan Lal Daga, Adv. Mr. Kesavulu Jayakaran, Adv. Ms. Shweta Bhardwaj, Adv. M/S. Axess Legal Corp, AOR Mr. K.B.upadhyay, Adv. Mr. S.D. Mishra, Adv. Mr. S.N. Tripathi, Adv.

Mr. Pushkar Anand, AOR Ms. Abiha Zaidi, AOR Ms. Khushi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Bipin Kumar Misra, Adv. Mr. Yatharth Singh, Adv. Mr. Faizan Choudhury, Adv. Mr. Manish Verma, Adv. Mr. Suresh Chandra Tripathy, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Nitish Massey, AOR Ms. S Janani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Mr. K K Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sahil Nagpal, Adv. Ms. Alka Goyal, Adv. Mr. Kedar Nath Tripathy, AOR Mr. B. B. Pradhan, Adv. Mr. Sachin Yadav, Adv. Mr. Raghunath Pathak, Adv. Ms. Poornima Singh, AOR Mr. Md. Ali, AOR Mr. Ajay Marwah, AOR Mr. Sanjay Shukla, Adv. Mr. Swaroopanada Mishra, Adv. Mr. Mrigank Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Jain, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Ms. Swati Vishan, Adv. Mr. Niharika Dewivedi, Adv. Ms. Kanchan Kumari, Adv. Mr. Ritika Raj, Adv. Mr. Manu Beri, Adv. Mr. Prateek Kasliwal, Adv. Mr. Akash Vashishtha, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Jain, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Amarjeet Sahani, Adv. Mr. Vipin Kumar Mishra, Adv. Ms. Shweta Bhardwaj, Adv.

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

I.A. No.1045/2025

1. Learned counsel for the ICICI Bank states that the Bank will not pursue the recovery proceedings and no coercive action, of any nature, against the home-buyers will be taken till the matter is resolved by this Court.

2. Taking note of the statement made by learned counsel, I.A. stands disposed of.

I.A. No. 81203/2025

1. The Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (now Sammaan Capital Ltd.) is said to have continued with the recovery proceedings and is taking coercive action by sending the anti-social elements to the applicant's house, despite a categorical order passed by this Court regarding staying of such recovery proceedings.

2. It is directed that no action for recovery of the house loan shall be taken against the applicant.

3. The Managing Director of the Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (now Sammaan Capital Ltd.) is directed to remain present in the Court on the next date of hearing to show-cause as to why contempt of court proceedings, under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, be not initiated against him.

4. List on 22.07.2025.

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