Delhi High Court - Orders
Dharamvir Dhillon And Anr vs Union Of India And Anr on 19 July, 2022
Author: Manmohan
Bench: Manmohan, Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora
$~ Company (batch matters)
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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
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DHARAMVIR DHILLON AND ANR. ..... Petitioners
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ANR. ..... Respondents
with
$~ 2 to 71
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Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed By:JASWANT
SINGH RAWAT Page 1 of 8
Signing Date:21.07.2022
17:26:33
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Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed By:JASWANT
SINGH RAWAT Page 2 of 8
Signing Date:21.07.2022
17:26:33
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Appearance for petitioners :
Mr.Sushant Dahiya, Advocate in Item 1.
Mr.Ruchesh Sinha and Ms.Divya, Advocates for petitioners in Item No. 12.
Mr. Nikhil Kumar Verma, Advocate for the petitioners in Item Nos.
4,6,8,10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 33, 37, 42 and 43.
Ms. Kamna Singh, Advocate for petitioners in Item Nos. 28 and 36.
Mr.Kunal Madan, Advocate.
Mr.Abu John Mathew, Advocate with Mr.Manubhav Anand, Advocate in
Items 9, 34, 47, 59, 63 & 64.
Mr.Ravinder Singh, Advocate with Ms.Raveesha Gupta, Mr.Sanjeev
Kaushik, Mr.Shreyas Awasthi and Mr.Aniket Jaglan, Advocates in Item 7.
Mr.Mohit Auluck, Advocate in Item 44.
Mr.Ketan Madan, Advocate with Mr.Himanshu Harbola, Advocate in Items
23, 38, 60, 61, 65 & 67.
Mr.Pulkit Atal, Advocate with Mr.Manoj Kumar Garg, Advocates in Items
15 & 32.
Mr.Kunal Madan, Advocate in Item 48.
Mr.Mansoor Ali, Advocate with Mr.Bilal Mansoor, Advocate in Item 13.
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed By:JASWANT
SINGH RAWAT Page 3 of 8
Signing Date:21.07.2022
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Appearance for respondents :
Mr.Vikram Jetly, CGSC in Items 1 to 71.
Mr.Kamal Kant Jha, SPC with Mr.Animesh Mani Tripathi, Advocate for
UOI in Item 68.
Mr.Ravi Prakash, CGSC with Ms.Taha Yasin, Ms.Shuti Sivakumar and
MrAnum Hussain, Advocates for UOI in Item 5.
Mr.Sandeep Tyagi, Advocate for R-1&2 in Item 45.
Mr.Jaswinder Singh, Advocate in Item 22.
Mr.Niraj Kumar, SCGC for UOI in Items 13 & 36.
Mr.Sanjit Kumar Mohanty, Advocate with Mr.Subesh Kumar Sahoo,
Advocate in Item 42.
Ms.Sangita Rai, Advocate with Ms.Dimpi Vaid, Advocate in Items 1to 3 &
24.
Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, SCGC for UOI in Item Nos. 10, 55, 56, 63, 64 and
107.
Mr.Kavindra Gill, Senior Panel Counsel for UOI in Item No. 25
Mr. Manish Kumar, SCGC for UOI in Item No. 30
Mr. Gigi C. George, Advocate for UOI in Item Nos. 17 and 70
Mr.Rajesh Kumar, Advocate for UOI in Item 19.
Mr.Jivesh Tiwari, Advocate for UOI in Items 23 & 27.
Ms.Suman Chauhan, Advocate for UOI in Items 39 & 40.
Mr.Chiranjiv Kumar, Advocate with Mr.Mukesh Sachdeva, Advocate for
UOI in Item 6.
Ms.Vivekanand Mishra, SPC for UOI in Items 29, 31, 46 & 47.
Mrs.Abha Malhotra, CGSC for UOI in Item 8.
Signature Not Verified
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SINGH RAWAT Page 4 of 8
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Mr.Apoorv Kurup, Advocate with Ms.Aparna Arun, Advocate for R-1 in
Item 57.
Mr.Jitesh Vikram Srivastava, Advocate with Mr.Prajesh Vikram Srivastava,
Advocate for UOI in Items 16, 60, 61, 65 & 67.
Mr.Vikrant N.Goyal, Advocate with Mr.Shikhar Sardana, Mr.Saurabh K.
And Mr.Ajay Singh, Advocates in Items 20, 34 & 71.
Mr.Ripu Daman Bhardwaj, Advocate with Ms.Aakriti Roy, Advocate for
UOI in Item 48.
Mr.Siddharth Khatana, Advocate in Item 15.
Mr. Amit Kumar, Advocate for UOI in Item Nos.14,18,38,43
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANMOHAN
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA
ORDER
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Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:JASWANT SINGH RAWAT Page 6 of 8 Signing Date:21.07.2022 17:26:33Learned counsel for the ROC has handed over an affidavit stating that service has been effected on the petitioners by way of an email linked to the DIN.
Keeping in view the aforesaid as well as the allegation of ROC, the orders dated 10th May, 2022 and 24th May, 2022 in the said thirty eight (38) writ petition are recalled and the matters are restored to their original status.
List the present petitions for consideration on 18th August, 2022.
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List the present matters on 18th August, 2022. The ROC is directed to effect service on the unserved petitioners by way of an email linked to the DIN of the said petitioners.
MANMOHAN, J MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J JULY 19, 2022 j/TS Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:JASWANT SINGH RAWAT Page 8 of 8 Signing Date:21.07.2022 17:26:33