Supreme Court - Daily Orders
Citizens For Justice And Peace vs The State Of Uttar Pradesh on 16 December, 2025
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ITEM NO.21 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)(Criminal) No(s).428/2020
CITIZENS FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ANR. Respondent(s)
IA No. 135049/2020 - EX-PARTE STAY
IA No. 135052/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT
IA No. 26539/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT
IA No. 307340/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 282582/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 301486/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 291807/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 7691/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 283261/2025 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 307339/2025 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 282398/2025 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 297371/2025 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 291806/2025 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 286030/2025 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 282763/2025 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT
IA No. 54741/2023 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES
IA No. 93046/2025 - STAY APPLICATION
IA No. 26535/2021 - STAY APPLICATION
WITH
Crl.A. No. 1033-1034/2022 (II-D)
IA No. 46177/2019 - APPLICATION FOR FILING THE PETITION WITHOUT
DISCLOSING THE IDENTITY OF THE PETITIONER/RESPONDENT
IA No. 193843/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 46176/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
SLP(C) No. 19945-19946/2021 (III-B)
FOR ADMISSION and I.R.
IA No. 189377/2022 - STAY APPLICATION
SLP(C) No. 22733/2022 (IV-C)
IA
FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA
193242/2022
IA No. 193242/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT
Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) No. 40/2023 (PIL-W) Digitally signed by SATISH KUMAR YADAV Date: 2025.12.18 19:03:46 IST FOR EX-PARTE STAY ON IA 8306/2023 Reason:
FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION ON IA 268514/2023 FOR APPLICATION FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING THE APPLICATION FOR SETTING ASIDE THE ABATEMENT ON IA 9121/2024 IA No. 8306/2023 - EX-PARTE STAY 2 W.P.(Crl.) No. 14/2023 (PIL-W) FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 10891/2023 FOR APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION ON IA 24536/2023 FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 93042/2025 IA No. 24536/2023 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 93042/2025 - STAY APPLICATION IA No. 10891/2023 - STAY APPLICATION W.P.(C) No. 124/2023 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION W.P.(Crl.) No. 36/2023 (PIL-W) IA No. 222445/2025 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 23571/2023 - STAY APPLICATION W.P.(C) No. 531/2023 (X) FOR EX-PARTE STAY ON IA 94728/2023 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 94730/2023 IA No. 94728/2023 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 94730/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. W.P.(Crl.) No. 174/2024 (X) IA No. 78892/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. W.P.(C) No. 399/2025 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION IA No. 102031/2025 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 102032/2025 - STAY APPLICATION W.P.(C) No. 788/2025 (X) FOR ADMISSION W.P.(C) No. 1126/2025 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION Date : 16-12-2025 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JOYMALYA BAGCHI For Petitioner(s) Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, A.A.G. Mr. D.S. Parmar, A.A.G. Mr. Abhimanyu Singh, Adv. Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, AOR Mr. Yashraj Singh Bundela, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Ms. Manisha Luvkumar, A.A.G. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Neha Singh, Adv.
Mr. Rajiv Shakdher, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanbha Rumnong, Adv. Mr. M.F. Philip, Adv. Ms. Purnima Krishna, AOR 3 Mr. Manoj V George, Adv. Ms. Vrinda Grover, Adv. Ms. Devika Tulsiani, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, Adv. Mr. Soutik Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Vignesh Ram, Adv. Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, AOR Mr. Nasib Masih, Adv. Ms. Brinda Bhattiprolu, Adv. Ms. Neha Tyagi, Adv.
Mr. Bhupendra Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhimanue Shrestha, AOR Ms. Sridevi Panikkar, Adv. Mr. Satwik Parikh, Adv.
Mr. Chander Uday Singh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Bidya Mohanty, Adv. Ms. Katyayani Suhrud, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kalaiyarasan, Adv. Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv. Mr. D.p.singh, Adv.
Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR Mr. Shahid Nadeem, Adv. Mr. Zain Maqbool, Adv. Mr. Meeran Maqbool, Adv. Mr. Saif Zia, Adv.
Mr. Abdul Qadir Abbasi, AOR Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. K M Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Singh, A.A.G. Mrs. Prerna Dhall, Adv. Mr. Ambuj Swaroop, Adv. Ms. Rajnandani Kumari, Adv. Mr. Kapil Katare, Adv. Ms. Minakshi Pandey, Adv. Mr. Chandan Kumar Jha, Adv. Mr. Prashant Singh, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G. Ms. Sonali Gaur, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR 4 Mr. KM Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Sr. A.A.G. Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR Mr. Siddharth Thakur, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Ms. Ritika Rao, Adv.
Mr. Sharanya, Adv.
Ms. Ayushi Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Ms. Manisha Luvkumar, A.A.G. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Neha Singh, Adv.
Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Adv. Ms. Nupur Kumar, AOR Mr. M.R. Shamshad, Sr. Adv. Mr. Arijit Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Farrukh Rasheed, AOR Mr. Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shashwat Parihar, AOR Ms. Priyanka Parida, Adv. Ms. Shristi Kundu, Adv. Mr. Siddhanth Kumar, Adv. Mr. Yash Singh, Adv.
Mr. Shashwat Anand, Adv. Mr. Shashank Singh, Adv. Mr. Prem Sagar Keshri, Adv. Mrs. Ritambara, Adv. Mr. Kailash Mudgal, Adv.
Mr. V.Chitambresh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Awanish Sinha, AOR Mr. Sanat Saluja, Adv. Mrs. Nidhi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sumit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rachik Harikant, Adv.
Mr. Devashish Bharukha, Sr. Adv. Mr. Atulesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Bhaskar Gowatham, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kr, Adv.
Mr. Gautam Singh, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, Adv. Ms. Bharti Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Singhal, Adv. Mr. C.Peddy, Adv.5
Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G. Ms. Karishma Malani, A.A.G. Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv. Ms. Drishti Rawal, Adv. Ms. Ishika Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Arya, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Mayur Goyal, Adv. Ms. Seema Sindhu, Adv. Mr. Abhay Nair, Adv.
Mr. Harsh Kumar Singh, Adv.
Ms. Sonia Mathur, Sr.Adv. Mr. Abhaid Parikh , AOR Ms. Nidhi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Kartik Rathi, Adv. Mr. Sanat Saluja, Adv. Ms. Vanshika Sridhar, Adv. Ms. Shubhi Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Safeena Khan, Adv. Mr. A.Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. T Bhaskar Gowtham, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Mr. Gautam Singh, Adv. Mr. Rahul Tanwani, Adv. Mr. Ritu Raj, Adv.
Mr. Pravartak Suhas Pathak, AOR Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi, Adv. Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Tomar, Adv.
Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR Mr. Vikas Negi, Adv.
Mr. Madhav Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sunny Sachin Rawat, Adv.
Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, AOR Ms. Ankeeta Appanna, Adv. Mr. Vikas Negi, Adv.
Mr. Pradeep Kr.Rai, Sr.Adv. Ms. Farhat Naim, Adv. Mrs. Rajshree Rai, Adv.6
Mr. Vinay Kumar Rai, Adv. Ms. Modoyia K., Adv.
Mr. Shreyansh Singh, Adv.
Mr. Arman Roop Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shimpy Arman Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mohd Aman Khan Afghani, Adv. Mr. Mohd.arham, Adv. Ms. Shivangi Goel, Adv. Mr. Amit Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Piyush Sardana, Adv. Ms. Priyanka Dubey, Adv. Mr. D N Dubey, Adv.
Dr. Vinod Kumar Tewari, AOR Mr. Arman Roop Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shimpy Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Aman Khan Afghani, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Arham, Adv. Ms. Shivangi Goel, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Jindal, AOR Mr. Barun Kumar Sinha, Adv. Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR Mr. Saurabh Jain, Adv. Ms. Adya Shree Dutta, Adv.
Ms. Mrinal Gopal Elker, AOR Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR Mr. Kunal Rana, Adv.
Mr. Shashwat Jaiswal, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Ms. Madhusmita Bora, AOR Mr. Ashish Jha, Adv.
Mr. T.Mahipal, Adv.
Mr. Riju Raj Singh Jamwal, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Chechi, Adv.
Ms. Sunita Sharma, AOR Mr. Hari Om Singh Rajaur, Adv. Mr. Anurag Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Aditya Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Mohd Parvez Dabas, Adv. Mr. Uzmi Jameel Husain, Adv. Mr. Syed Mehdi Imam, AOR Mr. Mohd Aamir Dabas, Adv. Mr. Mohammad Aadil Khan, Adv.7
Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR Mr. Shivam Raghuwanshi, Adv, Adv. Ms. Isha Nagpal,, Adv. Mr. Ram Ji Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Sriram P., AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R
1. The counter affidavits, if any, be filed by the respective States within three weeks.
2. Post these matters for hearing on 28.01.2026.
(SATISH KUMAR YADAV) (PREETHI T.C.) ADDITIONAL REGISTRAR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR