Supreme Court - Daily Orders
Committee Of Creditors Of Essar Steel ... vs Satish Kumar Gupta on 23 October, 2019
Bench: Rohinton Fali Nariman, Surya Kant, V. Ramasubramanian
ITEM NO.2 COURT NO.5 SECTION XVII
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
CIVIL APPEAL Diary No. 24417/2019
(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 04-07-2019
in CAAT No. 257/2019 and CAAT No. 265/2019 passed by the National
Company Law Apellate Tribunal)
COMMITTEE OF CREDITORS OF ESSAR STEEL INDIA LIMITED
THROUGH AUTHORISED SIGNATORY Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
SATISH KUMAR GUPTA & ORS. Respondent(s)
(With IA No. 102639/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 115412/2019 -
INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 115271/2019 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 114274/2019 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 103348/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES and IA No. 102638/2019 -
PERMISSION TO FILE APPEAL)
WITH
C.A. No. 5634-5635/2019 (XVII)
(With IA No. 104897/2019 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF, IA No.
105833/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES and IA No. 104346/2019 - PERMISSION TO
FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)
C.A. No. 5636-5637/2019 (XVII)
(With IA No. 104905/2019 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF and IA No.
104427/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)
C.A. No. 5716-5719/2019 (XVII)
C.A. No. 5996/2019 (XVII)
(With IA No. 113527/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY and IA No. 113531/2019 -
PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)
C.A. No. 6266/2019 (XVII)
C.A. No. 6269/2019 (XVII)
W.P.(C) No. 1055/2019 (PIL-W)
Signature Not Verified
Digitally signed by R
NATARAJAN
Date: 2019.10.26
W.P.(C) No. 1064/2019 (X)
09:53:33 IST
Reason:
W.P.(C) No. 1049/2019 (X)
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CIVIL APPEAL Diary No. 24417/2019
(With IA No. 136334/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.
122919/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS and IA No. 123151/2019
- PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)
W.P.(C) No. 1050/2019 (X)
(With IA No. 123070/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS and IA No.
123246/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)
W.P.(C) No. 1057/2019 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 1058/2019 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 1061/2019 (X)
(With IA No. 124056/2019 - STAY APPLICATION)
W.P.(C) No. 1060/2019 (X)
(With IA No. 124035/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY)
W.P.(C) No. 1056/2019 (X)
(With IA No. 123830/2019 - STAY APPLICATION)
C.A. No. 6409/2019 (XVII)
(With IA No. 124395/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE
IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No. 124393/2019 - STAY APPLICATION)
W.P.(C) No. 1063/2019 (X)
(With IA No. 124764/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY)
C.A. No. 6433-6434/2019 (XVII)
(With IA No. 125004/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY)
W.P.(C) No. 1066/2019 (X)
(With IA No. 124997/2019 - STAY APPLICATION)
W.P.(C) No. 1087/2019 (X)
(With IA No. 127664/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY)
W.P.(C) No. 1110/2019 (X)
(With IA No. 131336/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.
133654/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)
W.P.(C) No. 1113/2019 (X)
(With IA No. 131579/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS and IA No.
133665/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)
W.P.(C) No. 1121/2019 (X)
(With IA No. 132853/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS and IA No.
133523/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL
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DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)
Diary No(s). 31409/2019 (XVII)
(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.161975/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN
REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS)
C.A. No. 7266/2019 (XVII)
(FOR ADMISSION)
C.A. No. 7260/2019 (XVII)
(FOR ADMISSION)
W.P.(C) No. 1246/2019 (X)
Diary No(s). 36838/2019 (XVII)
(With IA No.162364/2019-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT and IA No.162360/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING
APPEAL)
W.P.(C) No. 1296/2019 (X)
(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.162279/2019-STAY APPLICATION)
Date : 23-10-2019 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN
For Parties
Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Mihir Thakore, Adv.
Mr. K. Gandhi, Adv.
Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.
Ms. Misha Rohatgi, Adv.
Mr. Zainab I. Bharmal, Adv.
Ms. Kristy Baptist, Adv.
Mrs. Shally Bhasin, AOR
Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Alok Dhir, Adv.
Ms. Varsha Banerjee, Adv.
Ms. Ashu Kansal, Adv.
Ms. Stuti Vats, Adv.
Mr. T. V. S. Raghavendra Sreyas, AOR
Ms. Niharika Ahluwalia, AOR
Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR
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M/S. K Ashar & Co., AOR
Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR
Ms. Anshula Vijay Kumar Grover, AOR
M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR
Mr. Vikas Mehta, AOR
Mr. Adith Nair, Adv.
Mr. Vasanth B., Adv.
Ms. Anushree Prashit Kapadia, AOR
Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Parag Tripathi, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Dhruv Malik, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Mukhi, Adv.
Mr. Kamlendra Singh, Adv.
Mr. Laltaksh Joshi, Adv.
Ms. Madhurima Sarangi, Adv.
Mr. Zafar Khurshid, Adv.
Mr. Vikramditya Singh, Adv.
Ms. Mitali Chauhan, Adv.
M/S. Juris Corp., AOR
Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR
Mr. Harish N. Salve, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Ruby Singh Ahuja, Adv.
Mr. Sudhir Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Vishal Gehrana, Adv.
Mr. Anupam Prakash, Adv.
Mr. Utkarsh Maria, Adv.
Mr. Naman Bagga, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Swaroop, Adv.
Ms. Misha Chandna, Adv.
Mr. Deepak Joshi, Adv.
Mr. Avishkar Singhvi, Adv.
Mr. Amit Bhandari, Adv.
M/s. Karanjawala & Co., AOR
Mr. Arvind Kumar Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Purti Marwaha Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Heena George, Adv.
Ms. Twisha, Adv.
Ms. Adya, Adv.
Ms. V.S. Lakshmi, Adv.
Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR
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Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Anindita Mitra, AOR
Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Anand Varma, AOR
Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv.
Mr. Dhairya Madan, Adv.
Ms. Vanshika Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Subramanian, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Anannya Ghosh, AOR
Mr. Dushyant Manocha, Adv.
Mr. Hitesh Saini, Adv.
Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Adv.
Ms. Ujjwala, Adv.
Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR
Ms. Ranjitha Ramachandran, Adv.
Ms. Jesal Wahi, Adv.
Ms. Puja Singh, Adv.
Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Sapan Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Manu Nair, Adv.
Ms. Misha, Adv.
Mr. Siddhant Kant, Adv.
Ms. Mrida Lakhmani, Adv.
Ms. Jasveen Kaur, Adv.
Mr. Ekalavya Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. S. S. Shroff, AOR
Ms. Neha Naik, Adv.
Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR
Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv.
Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv.
Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv.
Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG.
Mr. Sudarsh Menon, AOR
Mr. Samarandra B., Adv.
Ms. Saniya Scott, Adv.
Mr. Ram Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Anand Varma, AOR
Mr. Ramji Srinivasan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Raunak Dhillon, Adv.
Mr. Dhananjay Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Ananya Dhar Choudhury, Adv.
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Ms. Ishmeet Kaur, Adv.
M/S. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Aor, AOR
Mr. S. S. Shroff, AOR
Mr. Gopal Subramaniam, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Hitesh Malik, Adv.
Mr. Pawan Bhushan, Adv.
Ms. Anannya Ghosh, AOR
M/S. K Ashar & Co., AOR
Mr. Harin P. Raval, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Nipun Saxena, Adv.
Ms. Sukanya Singh, Adv.
Mr. Kartikey Kanojiya, Adv.
Mrs. Shally Bhasin, AOR
Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Arvind Datar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Singhi, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Mathur, Adv.
Ms. Anushree Prashit Kapadia, AOR
Mr. Abhishek Shah, Adv.
M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR
Ms. Megha M., Adv.
Mr. Akshay Girish Ringe, AOR
Mr. K. K. Venugopal, AG.
Ms. Madhavi Divan, ASG.
Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv.
Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR
Mr. Nakul Dewan, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Garima Bajaj, AOR
M/S. D.S.k. Legal, AOR
Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv.
Mr. P. K. Jani, AAG.
Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR
Mr. A. Rajarajan, Adv.
Mr. A. Selvin Raja, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Navet, Adv.
Mr. Manish K. Bishnoi, AOR
Ms. Mehak Bakshi, Adv.
Ms. Vanita Bhargava, Adv.
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Mr. Ajay Bhargava, Adv.
Ms. Wamika Trehan, Adv.
Ms. Vansha S. Suteja, dav.
Mr. Gaurav Juneja, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Ganju, Adv.
Ms. Pritika Malhotra, Adv.
M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR
Ms. Pallavi Pratap, Adv.
Ms. Neema, Adv.
M/s Pratap and Co., AOR
Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR
Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv.
Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv.
Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Samrat Sen Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Soumya Dutta, AOR
Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR
Ms. Jesal Wahi, Adv.
Ms. Puja Singh, Adv.
Mr. Vipin Jai, Adv.
Mr. Vipul Jai, Adv.
Ms. Shailly Dinkar, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Heard Mr. Kapil Sibal and Mr. Arvind Datar , learned senior counsel appearing for the respondent in Civil Appeal Diary No. 24417 of 2019.
Heard Mr. Ranjit Kumar, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner in Writ Petition (C)No. 1060 of 2019, Mr. Harin P. Raval, learned senior counsel for the petitioner in W.P. (C)No. 1058 of 2019, Mr. Arvind Kumar Gupta, learned counsel for the petitioner in Civil Appeal No. 6409 of 2019, Mr. Pradeep Misra, learned counsel for the petitioner in Writ Petition (C)No. 1246 of 2019, Mr. Maninder Singh, learned senior counsel for the petitioner in Diary No. 31409/2019 and Diary No. 36838/2019 and 7 CIVIL APPEAL Diary No. 24417/2019 respondent-State of Gujarat in Diary No. 24417/2019, Ms. Ranjitha Ramachandran, learned counsel for the petitioner in W.P. (C)No. 1061/2019 and for respondent No. 17 in Diary No. 24417/2019 and Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, learned senior counsel appearing for respondent in Diary No. 24417/2019.
Mr. Harish N. Salve, learned senior counsel appearing for the respondent in Diary No. 24417/2019 and Civil Appeal No. 6433-6434/2019, started his arguments at 3.45 p.m. and was in the midst of his arguments when the Court rose for the day.
For further arguments, list the matter on 24.10.2019 as part-heard.
Intervention Application No. 115412/2019 stands dismissed with liberty to file a substantive appeal against the observations made against the applicant.
(NIDHI AHUJA) (NISHA TRIPATHI)
COURT MASTER (SH) BRANCH OFFICER
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