Supreme Court - Daily Orders
Justice K.S.Puttaswamy(Retd) vs Union Of India on 11 April, 2018
Bench: Chief Justice, A.K. Sikri, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan
ITEM NO.501 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W
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).494/2012
JUSTICE K.S.PUTTASWAMY(RETD) & ANR. Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)
[FOR FURTHER HEARING] IA No.141212/2017-impleading party and IA
No.141215/2017-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No.5311/2018-
impleading party and IA No.5312/2018-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA
No.5890/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No.10105/2018-
INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No.10355/2018-impleading party and
IA No.13628/2018-impleading party and IA No.24406/2018-Intervention
Application)
WITH
[ITEM NO.501.1 - T.C.(C) No.151/2013 (XVI -A)];
[ITEM NO.501.2 - T.C.(C) No.152/2013 (XVI -A)];
[ITEM NO.501.3 - W.P.(C) No.833/2013 (PIL-W)];
[ITEM NO.501.4 - W.P.(C) No.829/2013 (PIL-W)]
[IA NO.22171/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION AND IA NO.22174/2018-
PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON];
[ITEM NO.501.5 - T.P.(C) No.1797/2013 (XVI -A)];
[ITEM NO.501.6 - W.P.(C) No.932/2013 (PIL-W)];
[ITEM NO.501.7 - T.P.(C) No.1796/2013 (XVI -A)];
[ITEM NO.501.8 - CONMT.PET.(C) No.144/2014 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012
(PIL-W)];
[ITEM NO.501.9 - T.P.(C) No.313/2014 (XVI -A)];
[ITEM NO.501.10 - T.P.(C) No.312/2014 (XVI -A)];
[ITEM NO.501.11 - SLP(Crl) No.2524/2014 (II-A)];
[ITEM NO.501.12 - W.P.(C) No.37/2015 (PIL-W)];
[ITEM NO.501.13 - W.P.(C) No.220/2015 (PIL-W)];
[ITEM NO.501.14 - CONMT.PET.(C) No.674/2015 In W.P.(C) No.829/2013
(PIL-W)];
[ITEM NO.501.15 - T.P.(C) No.921/2015 (XVI -A)];
[ITEM NO.501.16 - CONMT.PET.(C) No.470/2015 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012
(PIL-W)];
[ITEM NO.501.17 - W.P.(C) No.231/2016 (PIL-W)
(IA 1/2016(DIRECTION) FOR ON IA 2/2016( PERMISSION TO AMEND WRIT
PETITION AND RAISING ADDTIONAL GROUNDS))];
[ITEM NO.501.18 - CONMT.PET.(C) No.444/2016 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012
(PIL-W)];
Signature Not Verified
[ITEM NO.501.19 - CONMT.PET.(C) No.608/2016 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012
Digitally signed by
(PIL-W)];
SUBHASH CHANDER
Date: 2018.04.11
16:32:53 IST
[ITEM NO.501.20 - W.P.(C) No.797/2016 (PIL-W)
Reason:
(FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES ON IA 4/2016;
FOR DIRECTIONS ON IA 5/2017 & FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 6/2017)];
W.P.(C)No.494/12 etc. .... (contd.)
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[ITEM NO.501.21 - CONMT.PET.(C) No.844/2017 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012
(PIL-W)];
[ITEM NO.501.22 - W.P.(C) No.342/2017 (PIL-W)
(FOR INTERIM PRAYERS FOR GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF ON IA 1/2017 and
IA No.129017/2017-impleading party and IA No.129021/2017-
CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No.129027/2017-impleading party and
IA No.129032/2017-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No.1551/2018-
impleading party and IA No.6537/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION and
IA No.6666/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION)];
[ITEM NO.501.23 - W.P.(C) No.372/2017 (X)];
[ITEM NO.501.24 - W.P.(C) No.841/2017 (X)
(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.119235/2017-AMENDMENT OF THE PETITION)];
[ITEM NO.501.25 - W.P.(C) No.1058/2017 (PIL-W)];
[ITEM NO.501.26 - W.P.(C) No.966/2017 (PIL-W)
(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.102155/2017-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF)];
[ITEM NO.501.27 - W.P.(C) No. 1014/2017 (PIL-W)
(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.107091/2017-GRANT OF INTERIM
RELIEF and IA No.122999/2017-impleading party)];
[ITEM NO.501.28 - W.P.(C) No.1002/2017 (PIL-W)];
[ITEM NO.501.29 - W.P.(C) No.1056/2017 (X)
(IA No.6196/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS)];
[ITEM NO.501.30 - CONMT.PET.(C) No.34/2018 in W.P.(C) No.1014/2017
(PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION)].
Date : 11-04-2018 These matters were called on for HEARING today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.K. SIKRI
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR
HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK BHUSHAN
For Petitioner(s) Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Adv. [AOR]
Cont.P(C)Nos.144/14;Mr. Jaidep Singh, Adv.
444/16 Mr. Anirben Sen, Adv.
608/16 Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Jayavardhan Singh, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Thiruman, Adv.
Ms. Vaidruti Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Ritu Apurva, Adv., Adv.
WP(C)No.494/12 Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. Rajendra Singh, Adv.
Mrs. Rita Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Deepshikha Bharati, Adv.
Ms. Harsha, Adv.
TC(C)No.151/13 Mrs. Geetha Kovilan, Adv. [AOR]
W.P.(C)No.494/12 etc. .... (contd.)
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TC(C)No.152/13 Mr. Rahul Narayan, Adv. [AOR]
WP(C)No.833/13 Mr. K.V. Vishwanathan, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Adv.
Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv.
Mr. N. Sai Vinod, Adv.
for
Mr. Shadan Farasat, Adv. [AOR]
WP(C)Nos.829/13; Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
220/15; Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv.
797/16 Mr. Surekha Raman, Adv.
CP(C)No.674/15 Mr. Anuj Sarma, Adv.
Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Prasanna S., Adv.
Ms. Samiksha Godiyal, Adv.
Ms. Niharika, Adv.
Ms. Kanika Kalaiyarasan, Adv.
Ms. Kritika Bharadwaj, Adv.
for
M/s. K.J. John And Co., Advs. [AOR]
TP(C)Nos.1797/13; M/s. Meharia & Company, Advs. [AOR]
1796/13;
313/14;
312/14
WP(C)No.932/13 | Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, Adv. [AOR]
|
CP(C)No.470/15 | Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
| Mr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. [AOR]
| Ms. Vidyottma, Adv.
| Mr. Ravinder Lokhande, Adv.
WP(C)No.37/15 Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Adv. [AOR]
WP(C)No.231/16 Mr. Gautam Talukdar, Adv. [AOR]
CP(C)No.844/17 Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Adv. [AOR]
WP(C)Nos.342/17; Mr. Vipin Nair, Adv. [AOR]
1002/17
WP(C)No.372/17 Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv.
Mr. Pranaya Kumar Mohapatra, Adv. [AOR]
WP(C)No.841/17 PLR Chambers & Co., Advs. [AOR]
WP(C)No.1058/17 Mr. Anando Mukherjee, Adv. [AOR]
W.P.(C)No.494/12 etc. .... (contd.)
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WP(C)No.966/17 Mr. Koshy John, Adv.
Mr. Md. Nizam Pasha, Adv.
Ms. Anusha Nagarajan, Adv.
Mr. Adit Pujari, Adv.
Ms. Pragya Baghel, Adv. [AOR]
Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, Adv.
Ms. Samten Doma, Adv.
WP(C)No.1014/17 Mr. Apar Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Deepayan Mandal, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv.
WP(C)No.1056/17 Mr. K.V. Viswanathan, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Adv.
Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv.
Mr. N. Sai Vinod, Adv.
for
Mr. T.V.S. Raghavendra Sreyas, Adv. [AOR]
CP(C)No.34/18 Mr. Sameer H. Shahani-in-person
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For Respondent(s) Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG
WP(C)No.494/12 etc. Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG
Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv.
Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv.
Ms. Chavanya L., Adv.
Mr. Rohit Bhat, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Mr. Kanu Aggarwal, Adv.
Ms. Adeeba Mujahid, Adv.
Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Goyal, Adv.
Mr. Palash Maheshwari, Adv.
Mr. Fahad M. Khan, Adv.
Ms. Bhavita Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Priyanka Walesha, Adv.
Mr. vivek Gurnani, Adv.
Ms. Priyanka Walesha, Adv.
Mr. K.V. Venugopal, AG
Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG
Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Adv.
Ms. Shardha Deshmukha, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Mr. R. Bala Subramaniyam, Adv.
Mr. Raj Bahadur, Adv. [AOR]
WP(C)No.231/16 Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG
Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv.
W.P.(C)No.494/12 etc. .... (contd.)
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Ms. Rukmini Bobde, Adv.
Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Adv.
Ms. Adeeba Mujahid, Adv.
Mr. Harish V. Shenkar, Adv.
Mr. M.K. Maroria, Adv. [AOR]
Gujarat Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv.
Ms. Shodhika Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv.
Ms. Apoorva Garg, Adv.
Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Adv. [AOR]
Himachal Pradesh Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Adv.
Puducherry Mr. V. G. Pragasam, Adv. [AOR]
TRAI Mr. Sanjay Kapur, Adv. [AOR]
Ms. Mansi Kapur, Adv.
Ms. Megha Karnwal, Adv.
Ms. Shubhra Kapur, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv.
Ms. Savita Singh, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. shrutanjay Bhardwaj, Adv.
Ms. Veera Mahuli, Adv.
Rajasthan Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. [AOR]
Meghalaya Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar,Adv.[AOR]
Mr. Mishra Saurabh, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. S. Mukherjee, Adv.
Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Kumar Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Jafar Imamnaqvi, Adv.
Mr. Manish Vashishtha, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Jayant Mohan, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Garvesh Kabra, Adv. [AOR]
W.P.(C)No.494/12 etc. .... (contd.)
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IA Nos.18 & 19/15 Mr. R. Sudhinder, Adv.
Mr. Ashok Mathur, Adv. [AOR]
Ms. Amrita Sarkar, Adv.
Ms. Sauya Mehrotra, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Anip Sachthey, Adv. [AOR]
Mrs. Anil Katiyar, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. [AOR]
Ms. Radhika Chaturvedi, Adv.
Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. S.K. Rajora, Adv.
for
Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, Adv. [AOR]
Andhra Pradesh Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv. [AOR]
Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.
M/s. Corporate Law Group, Advs. [AOR]
Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, Adv. [AOR]
Haryana Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, Adv. [AOR]
Jharkhand Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, Adv. [AOR]
J&K Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv. [AOR]
Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv.
Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv.
Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv.
Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, Adv. [AOR]
Mizoram Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv.
Ms. Nitya Madhusoodhanan, Adv.
Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, Adv. [AOR]
Sikkim Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv.
Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv.
Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv.
Ms. Simran Jeet, Adv.
for
M/s. Arputham Aruna and Co., Advs. [AOR]
Uttarakhand Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
W.P.(C)No.494/12 etc. .... (contd.)
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West Bengal PLR Chambers & Co., Advs. [AOR]
Tripura Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
Tamil Nadu Mr. K.V. Vijayakumar, Adv. [AOR]
Ms. Maitreyee Mishra, Adv.
Mr. K.V. Ramkumar, Adv.
Mr. Milind Kumar, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. E.C. Agrawala, Adv. [AOR]
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Adv. [AOR]
Ms. Rashmi Singhania, Adv. [AOR]
UT of Chandigarh Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Dinkar Kalra, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Mohit D. Ram, Adv. [AOR]
R.B.I. Mr. Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Kuldeep S. Parihar, Adv.
Mr. H.S. Parihar, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Ketan Paul, Adv.
Telangana Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Wills Mathews, Adv.
Mr. Shaji Sebastian, Adv.
Mr. Ginesh P., Adv.
Ms. Anu George, Adv.
Mr. Rabin Majumder, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Jogy Scaria, Adv. [AOR]
M/s. Meharia & Co., Advs. [AOR]
M/s. Lawyer S Knit & Co., Advs. [AOR]
Mr. M.P. Vinod, Adv. [AOR]
in WP(C)No.1058/17 Dr. Lalit Bhasin, Adv.
Ms. Nina Gupta, Adv.
Mr.Shereen Shukla, Adv.
Ms. Palak Chadha, Adv.
Mr. Mudit Sharma, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Harsh Kaushik, Adv. [AOR]
W.P.(C)No.494/12 etc. .... (contd.)
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M/s. Khaitan & Co., Advs. [AOR]
Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu, Advs. [AOR]
West Bengal Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, Adv. [AOR]
Kerala Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Adv. [AOR]
Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv.
Mr. Manav Vohra, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Dev J., Adv.
Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., Adv.
Ms. Svadha Shankar, Adv.
Mr. Alim Anwar, Adv.
Mr. Amith Krishna, Adv.
Karnataka Mr. Devadatt kamat, Addl. Adv. Gen.
Mr. Joseph Aristotle S., Adv. [AOR]
Mrs. Priya Aristotle, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv.
Mr. Javedur Rehman, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Bhat, Adv.
Punjab Mr. Karan Bharihoke, Adv.
Jharkhand Mr. Jayesh Gaurav, Adv.
Mr. Ratan Kr. Choudhuri, Adv.
A&N Admn. Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv.
Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.
Mrs. G. Indira, Adv.
Nagaland Mr. Edward Belho, AAG
Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv.
Manipur Mr. Leisangthem Roshmani Kh., Adv.
Ms. Maibam Babina, Adv.
Mr. Ajay Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Adv.
for
Mr. Kuldip Singh, Adv.
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For Applicant (s) Mr. E.C. Agrawala, Adv.
IA Nos.6537/18 & Mr. P.V. Surendra Nath, Sr. Adv.
6666/18 Ms. Resmitha R. Chandran, Adv. [AOR]
Ms. Lekha Sudhakaran, Adv.
Ms. Pallavi Pratap, Adv. [AOR]
W.P.(C)No.494/12 etc. .... (contd.)
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Mr. Sriram P., Adv.
Ms. Khushbu Jain, Adv.
Mr. Vishnu Shankar M.S., Adv.
Ms. Athira G. Nair, Adv.
IA No.5890/18 Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, Adv. [AOR]
Ms. Shivani Khandekar, Adv.
Ms. Pooja Dhar, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. K. Rajeev, Adv. [AOR]
Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, Adv. [AOR]
Dr. Anindita Pujari, Adv. [AOR]
IA 10105/18 Mr. Jawahar Raja, Adv.
Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Adv. [AOR]
Ms. Rahat Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Chinmay Kanojia, Adv.
Ms. Aparna Bhat, Adv. [AOR]
in IA No.31/15 Dr. Lalit Bhasin, Adv.
Ms. Nina Gupta, Adv.
Mr.Shereen Shukla, Adv.
Ms. Palak Chadha, Adv.
Mr. Mudit Sharma, Adv. [AOR]
IA No.122999/17 Ms. Pragya Baghel, Adv. [AOR]
IA No.8/13 Mr. Sai Krishna Rajgopal, Adv.
Mr. Arjun Ranganathan, Adv.
Mr. Julien George, Adv.
Ms. Arundhati Gopal, Adv.
Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Adv.
Intervenor-in-person
Applicant-in-person
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned Additional Solicitor General continued his submissions which remained inconclusive.
List tomorrow, the 12th April 2018 for further hearing.
(Subhash Chander) (H.S. Parasher)
AR-cum-PS Assistant Registrar