Supreme Court - Daily Orders
Justice K.S.Puttaswamy(Retd) And Anr. vs Union Of India And Ors. on 13 February, 2018
Bench: Chief Justice, A.K. Sikri, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan
WP(C) 494/12
1
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 (Civil) No.494/2012
JUSTICE K.S. PUTTASWAMY (RETD.) AND ANR. Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. Respondent(s)
(With appln.(s) for impleading party, clarification/direction and
intervention)
WITH W.P.(C) No.833/2013 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.829/2013 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.932/2013 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.37/2015 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.220/2015 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.231/2016 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.797/2016 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.342/2017 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.372/2017 (X)
W.P.(C) No.841/2015 (X)
W.P.(C) No.1058/2017 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.966/2017 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.1014/2017 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.1002/2017 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.1056/2017 (X)
S.L.P.(Crl) No.2524/2014 (II-A)
T.C.(C) No.151/2013 (XVI -A)
T.C.(C) No.152/2013 (XVI -A)
T.P.(C) No.1797/2013 (XVI -A)
T.P.(C) No.1796/2013 (XVI -A)
T.P.(C) No.313/2014 (XVI -A)
T.P.(C) No.312/2014 (XVI -A)
T.P.(C) No.921/2015 (XVI -A)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.144/2014 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.674/2015 In W.P.(C) No.829/2013 (PIL-W)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.470/2015 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.444/2016 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.608/2016 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.844/2017 In W.P.(C)
Signature Not Verified
No.494/2012 (PIL-W)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.34/2018 In W.P.(C)
Digitally signed by
CHETAN KUMAR
Date: 2018.02.13
No.1014/2017
17:54:16 IST
Reason:
Date : 13-02-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today.
WP(C) 494/12
2
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) Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, AOR
Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Singh, Adv
Mr. Chandra Shekhar Suman, Adv.
Mr. R.K. Rajwanshi, Adv.
Ms. Rita Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Deepshikha Bharati, Adv.
Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR
Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv.
Anuj Sarma, Adv.
Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.
Ms. Prasanna S., Adv.
Ms. Samiksha Gadiyal, Adv.
Ms. Kritika Bharadwaj, Adv.
Ms. Kanikat Kalaiyarasan, Adv.
M/s. K J John And Co, AOR
Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR
Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR
Ms. Vidyottma, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Jayavardhan Singh, Adv.
Mr. Talha Rahman, Adv.
Mr. Hitesh Saini, Adv.
Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, AOR
Mr. Vipin Nair, AOR
Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sarthak Chaudhary, Adv.
Mr. Pranaya Kumar Mohapatra, AOR
Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Koshy John, Adv.
Md. Nizam Pasha, Adv.
Ms. Anusha Nagarajan, Adv.
Mr. Adit Pujari, Adv.
Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR
WP(C) 494/12
3
Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, Adv.
Ms. Samten Doma, Adv.
Mr. Deepayan Mandal, AOR
Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Adv.
Mr. N. Sai Vinod, Adv.
Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv.
Mr. T. V. S. Raghavendra Sreyas, AOR
Petitioner-in-person
Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Rahul Narayan, AOR
Mr. Amit Meharia, Adv.
Ms. Tannishtha Singh, Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Ayushi gupta, Adv.
M/s. Meharia & Company
Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR
Ms. Cheryl D’souza, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, AOR
Mr. Jaideep Singh, Adv.
Mr. Anirben Sen, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Thiruman, Adv.
Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Jayavardhan Singh, Adv.
Ms. Vaidruti Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Wimbie V.T. Sangma, Adv.
Ms. Chitrangada Rashtravarde, Adv.
Mr. Gautam Talukdar, AOR
For Respondent(s) Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG
Mr. Zoheb Hossain, AOR
Ms. Ankur Talwar, Adv.
Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Ms. Adeeba Mujahid, Adv.
Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Goyal, Adv.
Mr. Palash Maheshwari, Adv.
Mr. Fahad Khan, Adv.
Ms. Bhavita Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Kanu Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Adv.
Ms. Aarti Sharma, Adv.
WP(C) 494/12
4
Ms. Mishi Choudhary, Adv.
Ms. Vaishali Verma, Adv.
M/s. Lawyer S Knit & Co.
M/s. Meharia & Company
Mr. Sajan Poovayya, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Priyadarshi Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Pratibhanu Kharola, Adv.
Mr. Saransh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Saransh Jain, Adv.
Mr. Madhavam Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Meka Venkata Rama Krishna, Adv.
Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR
Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, AOR
Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR
Mr. Dinkar Kalra, AOR
Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR
Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR
Mr. Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Kuldeep S. Parihar, Adv.
Mr. H. S. Parihar, AOR
Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR
Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR
Mr. Mrityunjai Singh, Adv.
Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR
Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.
Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR
Mohd. Waquas, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv.
Ms. Savita Singh, AOR
Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR
Ms. Meenakshi Chatterjee, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR
Ms. Mansi Kapur, Adv.
Ms. Megha Karnwal, Adv.
WP(C) 494/12
5
Ms. Shubhra Kapur, Adv.
Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv.
Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv.
Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR
Ms. Deepa Kulkarni, Adv.
Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR
Mr. S. Bhawani, Adv.
Ms. Garima Bose Dey, Adv.
Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Adv.
Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv.
Ms. Nitya Madhusoodhanan, Adv.
Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR
Mr. V. G. Pragasam, AOR
Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv.
Mr. S. Manuraj, Adv.
Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR
Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR
Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR
Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR
Mr. Manish Vashishtha, AOR
Mr. Anil Grover, Adv.
Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv.
Mr. Shivam Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR
Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR
Mr. S. Mukherjee, Adv.
Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, AOR
Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Kumar Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv.
Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv.
Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv.
Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv.
Ms. Simran Jeet, Adv.
M/s. Arputham Aruna And Co.
Mr. J.S. Attri, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR
WP(C) 494/12
6
Mr. Chandra Nand Jha, Adv.
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Adv.
M/s. Corporate Law Group
Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR
Mr. Garvesh Kabra, AOR
Mr. Harish Pandey, AOR
Mr. R. Sudhinder, Adv.
Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR
Ms. Amrita Sarkar, Adv.
Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR
Mr. Anip Sachthey, AOR
Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR
Ms. Shodhika Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv.
Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR
Ms. Radhika Chaturvedi, Adv.
Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. S.K. Rajora, Adv.
Dr. (Mrs. ) Vipin Gupta, AOR
Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Koshy John, Adv.
Md. Nizam Pasha, Adv.
Ms. Anusha Nagarajan, Adv.
Mr. Suhaan Mukherjee, Adv.
Mr. Adit Pujari, Adv.
Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Sachdev, Adv.
Ms. Runa Bhuyan, Adv.
Mr. Adeel Ahmed, Adv.
Ms. Shikha Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Soumitra G. Chaudhuri, Adv.
Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR
Ms. Shikha Aggarwal, Adv.
Intervenor-in-person, AOR
Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR
Applicant-in-person, AOR
WP(C) 494/12
7
Mr. Nipun Saxena, Adv.
Mr. Namit Saxena, Adv.
Mr. Devanshu Sajlan, Adv.
Mr. Aditya P. Arora, Adv.
Mr. Digant Kallol Dev, Adv.
Ms. Pallavi Pratap, AOR
Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR
Mr. Wills Mathews, Adv.
Mr. Giensh P., Adv.
Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR
M/s. Khaitan & Co.
Mr. Harsh Kaushik, AOR
Mr. K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR
Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR
Mr. Mudit Sharma, AOR
Mr. Nishe Rajan Shonker, Adv.
Mrs. Annu K. Joy, Adv.
Mr. Alam Anwar, Adv.
Mr. Reegan S. Bel, Adv.
Mr. Manav Vohra, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Dev J., Adv.
Mr. Amith Krishnan, Adv.
Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., Adv.
Ms. Svadha Shankar, Adv.
Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.
Mr. Leishangthem Roshmani Kh., Adv.
Mr. Saikrishna Rajgopal, Adv.
Mr. Julien George, Adv.
Ms. Arundhati Gopal, Adv.
Mr. Arjun Ranganathan, Adv.
Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Adv.
Mr. P.R. Kovilan, Adv.
Mrs. Geetha Kovilan, Adv.
Mr. P.V. Surendranath, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Lekha Sudhakrana, Adv.
Ms. Resmitha R. Chandran, Adv.
Mr. Ratan Kr. Choudhuri, Adv.
Mr. Jayesh Gaurav, Adv.
WP(C) 494/12
8
Mr. Edward Belho, Adv.
Ms. K. Enatoli Sejma, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv.
Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, Adv.
Ms. Shivani Khandekar, Adv.
Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv.
Mr. Prasanna S., Adv.
Ms. Stuti Vatsa, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Shivam, Adv.
Ms. Srinidhi Rao, Adv.
Mr. Priyam Liz Cherian, Adv.
Ms. Nehmat Kaur, Adv.
Dr. Anindita Pujari, Adv.
Ms. Kavita Bhardawaj, Adv.
Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv.
Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.
Mrs. G. Indira, Adv.
Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Adv.
Ms. Shardha Deshmukha, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Ms. R. Bala Subramaniyam, Adv.
Mr. Zohib Hussain, Adv.
Mr. Raj Bahadur, Adv.
Mr. Anirudh Wadhawa, Adv.
Mr. Atul Shankar Vinod, Adv.
Mr. Dileep Pillai, Adv.
Mr. Bharghav Thali, Adv.
Mr. M.P. Vinod, Adv.
Mr. K.V. Vijayakumar, Adv.
Ms. Maitreyee Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Karan Bharihke, Adv.
Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Adv.
Mr. Joseph Aristotle S., Adv.
Mrs. Priya Aristotle, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Yadadv, Adv.
Mr. Javedur Rehman, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Bhat, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
WP(C) 494/12
9
O R D E R
Mr. Kapil Sibal, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner in Writ Petition (C) No.841 of 2017, concluded his arguments. Thereafter, Mr. Gopal Subramanium, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioners in Writ Petition (C) Nos.37 of 2015 and 829 of 2013 , commenced his argument.
Let the matter be listed for further hearing on 15th February, 2018.
(Chetan Kumar) (H.S. Parasher)
Court Master Assistant Registrar