Supreme Court - Daily Orders
All India Ophthalmological Society vs Union Of India on 14 August, 2025
Author: Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha
Bench: Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha
ITEM NO.32 COURT NO.7 SECTION X
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 214/2024
ALL INDIA OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY & ANR. Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA Respondent(s)
IA No. 235451/2024 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT
WITH
W.P.(C) No. 648/2020 (PIL-W)
IA No. 76848/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 96508/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 77281/2024 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 5756/2025 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 76847/2024 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 96507/2024 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 83625/2024 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 71343/2024 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 83100/2024 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 62991/2024 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 89865/2024 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT
IA No. 74499/2024 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT
IA No. 80996/2024 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT
IA No. 74509/2024 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON
IA No. 77286/2024 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON
W.P.(C) No. 289/2021 (PIL-W)
FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES ON IA
187593/2022 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 187595/2022 FOR
EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 192063/2023 FOR APPLICATION FOR
PERMISSION ON IA 262163/2023 FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS ON
IA 1475/2024 FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES ON IA 27965/2024 FOR EXEMPTION FROM
FILING O.T. ON IA 27966/2024 FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS ON
IA 113676/2025
IA No. 262163/2023 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION
IA No. 1475/2024 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS
IA No. 113676/2025 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS
IA No. 27966/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 192063/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
Signature Not Verified
IA No. 187595/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
Digitally signed by
KAPIL TANDON
Date: 2025.08.18
IA No. 27965/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL
19:09:58 IST
Reason:
DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES
IA No. 187593/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES
W.P.(C) No. 262/2024 (X)
FOR impleading party ON IA 235144/2024
FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT ON IA 235144/2024
IA No. 235144/2024 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT
W.P.(C) No. 285/2024 (PIL-W)
IA No. 104627/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 104626/2024 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF
IA No. 235232/2024 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT
W.P.(C) No. 505/2024 (X)
FOR impleading party ON IA 235210/2024
FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT ON IA 235210/2024
IA No. 235210/2024 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT
W.P.(C) No. 573/2024 (X)
FOR ADMISSION
W.P.(C) No. 409/2025 (PIL-W)
FOR ADMISSION
IA No. 103581/2025 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS
IA No. 103585/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 104889/2025 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES
Date : 14-08-2025 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ATUL S. CHANDURKAR
For Petitioner(s) :Ms. Arundhati Katju, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Sanyam Khetarpal, Adv.
Mr. Nitesh Goyal, Adv.
Mr. Pawan Aneja, Adv.
Ms. Sonal Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Prachi, Adv.
Ms. Vagisha Kochar, AOR
Mr. Gopal Sankarnarayan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S, AOR
Ms. Trisha Chandran, Adv.
Ms. Lakshmi Sree P., Adv.
Mr. Manish Sindwani, Adv.
Ms. Lebina Baby, Adv.
Mr. Chander Uday Singh, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Amritananda Chakravorty, Adv.
Mr. Suraj Sanap, Adv.
Ms. Vaishnavi Prasad, Adv.
Ms. Asawari Sodhi, Adv.
Ms. Sadhana Madhavan, Adv.
Ms. Maulshree Pathak, AOR
Mr. Kunal Cheema, AOR
Mr. Raghav Deshpande, Adv.
Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, AOR
Mr. Priyanshu Tyagi, Adv.
Mr. Harsh Chauhan, Adv.
Mr. Rithvik Mathur, Adv.
Ms. Priyanka Bhatt, Adv.
Ms. Aditi Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. R.k. Nayyar, Adv.
Ms. Anuradha Dutt, Adv.
Mr. Lynn Pereira, Adv.
Ms. Suman Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Haaris Fazili, Adv.
Ms. Priyanka M P, Adv.
Mr. Raghav Dutt, Adv.
Mr. Yash Mittal, Adv.
Mr. Avinash Singh, Adv.
Ms. Prachi Pandey, Adv.
Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, AOR
Mr. K K Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Aman Karan, Adv.
Mr. Suryansh Singh, Adv.
Mr. Danish Zubair Khan, AOR
Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR
Ms. Sanjana Srikumar, Adv.
Ms. Kritika, Adv.
Ms. Tara Elizabeth Kurien, Adv.
Mr. D.p.singh, Adv.
Ms. Anchal Kanthed, Adv.
For Respondent(s) :Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General for India
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. K.m.nataraj, A.S.G.
Mr. Ketan Paul, Adv.
Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General
Ms. Chitrangda Rashtrawara, Adv.
Mr. Sharath Nambiar, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Astha Singh, Adv.
Mr. Raghvendra M.kulkarni, Adv.
Mr. Pratyush Shrivastav, Adv.
Mr. Chitrangda Rastravara, Adv.
Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.
Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv.
Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kr.pandey, Adv.
Ms. Disha Singh, AOR
Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv.
Mr. Azmat Hayat Amanullah, AOR
Ms. Rebecca Mishra, Adv.
Dr. Hemant Gupta, A.A.G.
Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR
Ms. Payal Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Varun Goel, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Rony John, Adv.
Ms. Vineeta Tiwari, Adv.
Ms. Drishti Rawal, Adv.
Ms. Drishti Saraf, Adv.
Mr. Sarthak Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Mayur Goyal, Adv.
Mr. Akash Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. D.k. Thakur, Adv.
Mr. Rajeev Kumar Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Tavleen Singh, Adv.
Ms. Vallabhi Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Joginder Mann, Adv.
Mr. Bimlesh Kumar Singh, AOR
Mr. Nishant Anand, Adv.
Mr. Narendra Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kishor, Adv.
Mr. Vishnu Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Madhusmita Bora, AOR
Mr. Pawan Kishore Singh, Adv.
Mr. Dipankar Singh, Adv.
Mrs. Anupama Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR
Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR
Ms. Ripul ` Kumari, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Rastogi, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv.
Mr. Sarvesh Singh Baghel, AOR
Mr. Manan Verma, AOR
Mr. Ajay Kumar Bahuguna, Adv.
Mr. Sumit Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Shubham Arora, Adv.
Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR
Mr. Ketan Paul, Adv.
Mrs. Chitrangda Rashtrawara, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Mr. Pratyush Shrivastav, Adv.
Mr. Mohan Prasad Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR
Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.
Mr. Dhananjay Dutta Shrimali, Adv.
Ms. Ankita Sharma, AOR
Mr. Arjun D Singh, Adv.
Ms. Ishika Neogi, Adv.
Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR
Mrs. Mahima C Shroff, Adv.
Mr. Dhananjay Kataria, Adv.
Mr. Surjendu Sankar Das, AOR
Mr. D. L. Chidananda, AOR
Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR
Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv.
Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.
Mrs. Devika A.l., Adv.
Mr. Santhosh K, Adv.
Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR
Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.
Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Kharde, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.
Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR
Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv.
Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv.
Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv.
Ms. Yanmi Phazang, Adv.
Mr. Som Raj Choudhury, AOR
Ms. Shrutee Aradhana, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Nupur Kumar, AOR
Ms. Misha Rohatgi, AOR
Mr. Nakul Mohta, Adv.
Mr. Amulya Upadhyay, Adv.
Mr. Ayush Kashyap, Adv.
Ms. Sneha Menon, Adv.
Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR
Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, AOR
Mr. Kumar Nikhil, Adv.
Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, AOR
Mr. Siddhant Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Nikhil Goel, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S, AOR
Ms. Riddhi Jain, Adv.
Ms. Naveen Goel, Adv.
Mr. Ravinder Pal Singh, Adv.
Ms. Lebina Baby, Adv.
Mr. Goverdhan Prasad Tiwari, Adv.
Ms. Arundhati Katju, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Sanyam Khetarpal, Adv.
Mr. Nitesh Goyal, Adv.
Mr. Pawan Aneja, Adv.
Ms. Sonal Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Prachi, Adv.
Ms. Vagisha Kochar, AOR
Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR
Ms. Sanjana Srikumar, Adv.
Ms. Kritika, Adv.
Ms. Tara Elizabeth Kurien, Adv.
Mr. D.p.singh, Adv.
Ms. Anchal Kanthed, Adv.
Mr. Navneet R., AOR
Applicant-in-person, AOR
Mr. Kunal Cheema, AOR
Mr. Raghav Deshpande, Adv.
Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR
Mr. Ketan Paul, Adv.
Mrs. Chitrangda Rashtrawara, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Mr. Pratyush Shrivastav, Adv.
Mr. Mohan Prasad Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, AOR
Mr. Priyanshu Tyagi, Adv.
Mr. Harsh Chauhan, Adv.
Mr. Rithvik Mathur, Adv.
Applicant-in-person, AOR
Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.
Ms. Madhavi Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Shashwat Singh, Adv.
Ms. Manavi Agarwal, Adv.
Mrs. Anukanksha Singh, Adv.
Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR
Mr. Sachin Jain, Adv.
Mr. Hardeep S Sodhi, Adv.
Ms. Harsh Lata, AOR
Ms. Anuradha Dutt, Adv.
Mr. Lynn Pereira, Adv.
Ms. Suman Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Haaris Fazili, Adv.
Ms. Priyanka M P, Adv.
Mr. Raghav Dutt, Adv.
Mr. Yash Mittal, Adv.
Mr. Avinash Singh, Adv.
Ms. Prachi Pandey, Adv.
Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, AOR
Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, AOR
Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR
Mr. Nimesh Bhatt, Adv.
For Intervenor Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General
Mr. Vivek Shetty, Adv.
Mr. Asadulla Thangal, Adv.
Mr. Navneet R, AOR
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
1. Let these petitions be listed for final hearing on 18.11.2025.
2. In the meanwhile, the consultation process as indicated by the learned Attorney General for India can be completed.
3. We also consider it appropriate to have the views of the National Council constituted under Section 3 of the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010. It is necessary that the National Council is represented before us. A copy of the Writ Petitions may be sent to the Council by the registry with specific instructions that the Council shall represent itself before the Court on the next date of hearing.
4. Pending disposal of the Writ Petitions, we clarify that the Clinical Establishments (Central Government) Rules, 2012 that have been notified, have not been stayed by this Court. As of today they partake the character of applicable law.
5. Learned Solicitor General represents applicant in IA No. 5756 of 2025 (application for intervention). The said application is allowed and General Insurance Council is made a party-respondent to the present proceedings. A copy of writ petitions be provided to the newly impleaded party. Casue title be amended accordingly.
(KAPIL TANDON) (NIDHI WASON) COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)