Supreme Court - Daily Orders
Gulfisha Fatima vs State (Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi ) on 5 January, 2026
ITEM NO.1502 COURT NO.16 SECTION II-D
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No. 13988/2025
[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 02-
09-2025 in CRLA No. 211/2022 passed by the High Court of
Delhi at New Delhi]
GULFISHA FATIMA Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI ) Respondent(s)
IA No. 225756/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 225759/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 227697/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 227696/2025 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES WITH SLP(Crl) No. 14030/2025 (II-D) IA No. 226324/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 226325/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 228742/2025 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 226323/2025 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS SLP(Crl) No. 14132/2025 (II-D) IA No. 228367/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 228368/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 228598/2025 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES SLP(Crl) No. 14165/2025 (II-D) Signature Not Verified IA No. 228788/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE Digitally signed by RASHI GUPTA Date: 2026.01.05 IMPUGNED JUDGMENT 16:03:28 IST Reason: IA No. 228789/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. 1 SLP (Crl.) No. 13988/2025 & connected matters SLP(Crl) No. 14859/2025 (II-D) SLP(Crl) No. 15335/2025 (II-D) IA No. 244885/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. SLP(Crl) No. 17055/2025 (II-D) IA No. 268882/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT Date : 05-01-2026 These matters were called on for hearing today.
For Petitioner(s) :Mr. Gautam Khazanchi, Adv.
Mr. Vaibhav Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Bilal Mansoor, Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Singh, Adv. Ms. Pooja Deepak, Adv.
Ms. Anshala Verma, Adv.
Mr. Mansoor Ali, AOR Mr. Shivansh Sharma, Adv. Ms. Rubina Jawed, Adv.
Ms. Saima Jawed, Adv.
Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bilal A Khan, Adv.
Ms. Anshu Kapoor, Adv.
Ms. Sidra Khan, Adv.
Mr. Varun Bhati, Adv.
Mr. Ankit Singh, Adv.
Ms. Mariya Mansuri, Adv. Ms. Ankita Kashyap, Adv. Mr. Shashank Singh, AOR Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. C. U. Singh, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Trideep Pais, Sr. Adv. Ms. Sanya Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Sahil Ghai, Adv.
Mr. N. Sai Vinod, AOR Ms. Aparajita Jamwal, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Pahwa, Adv.
Ms. Saloni Ambastha, Adv. Ms. Sakshi Jain, Adv.
2 SLP (Crl.) No. 13988/2025 & connected matters Mr. Abhik Chimni, Adv.
Ms. Bidya Mohanty, Adv.
Ms. Katyayani Suhrud, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kalaiyarsan, Adv. Mr. Aekansh Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Kanu Garg, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Aggarwal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shri Singh, Adv.
Mr. Faraz Maqbool, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Vaibhaw, Adv.
Ms. Sana Juneja, Adv.
Ms. A. Sahitya Veena, Adv. Ms. Deepshikha, Adv.
Ms. Arunima Nair, Adv.
Mr. Vismita Diwan, Adv.
Ms. Arshiya Ghosh, Adv.
Mr. Sidhant Saraswat, Adv. Ms. Somaya Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Devina Sehgal, AOR Ms. Chinmayi Chatterjee, Adv. Ms. Swati Khanna, Adv.
Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sarim Naved, Adv.
Mr. Harsh Bora, Adv.
Ms. Maulshree Pathak, AOR Mr. Shahid Nadeem, Adv.
Mr. Amit Bhandari, Adv.
Mr. Muhammad Ali Khan, Adv. Mr. Omar Hoda, Adv.
Ms. Eesha Bakshi, Adv.
Ms. Namrah Nasir, Adv.
Mr. Uday Bhatia, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Surya Kiran, Adv.
Mr. Siddhartha Dave, Sr. Adv. Ms. Fauzia Shakil, AOR Mr. Talib Mustafa, Adv.
Mr. Ahmad Ibrahim, Adv.
Ms. Tasmiya Taleha, Adv. Ms. Alekhya Shastry, Adv.
3 SLP (Crl.) No. 13988/2025 & connected matters Ms. Raksha Agrawal, Adv.
Ms. Ayesha Zaidi, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr. Kartik Venu, Adv.
Mr. Jeet Chakrabarti, Adv. Mr. Sourav Verma, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Luthra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kartik Murukutla, Adv. Mr. Farrukh Rasheed, AOR Mr. Shivam Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Deeksha Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Rahul Dev, Adv.
Mr. Mohd Ashab, Adv.
Ms. Shifa, Adv.
For Respondent(s) :Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Suryaprakash V Raju, A.S.G. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Ms. Kanu Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Mr. Amit Prasad, Adv.
Mr. Annam Venkatesh, Adv. Mr. Samrat Goswami, Adv. Mr. Aarush Bhatia, Adv.
Mr. Ayodhya Prasad, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Pande, Adv.
Mr. Sidharth Raja, Adv.
Mr. Madhukar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Aryansh Shukla, Adv. Ms. Agrima Singh, Adv.
Mr. Samrat Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Saravjeet Singh, Adv. Mr. Harshil Jain, Adv.
Mr. Satyarth Singh, Adv. Ms. Aditi Andley, Adv.
Mr. Shaurya Sarin, Adv.
Ms. Sairica S. Raju, Adv. Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv.
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1. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Aravind Kumar pronounced the judgment of the Bench comprising His Lordship and Hon’ble Mr. Justice N V Anjaria.
2. Leave granted.
3. The appeals arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 13988 of 2025 (Gulfisha Fatima), SLP (Crl.) No. 14132 of 2025 (Meeran Haider), SLP (Crl.) No. 14859 of 2025 (Shifa-ur-Rehman), SLP (Crl.) No. 15335 of 2025 (Mohd. Saleem Khan), and SLP (Crl.) No. 17055 of 2025 (Shadab Ahmed) are allowed in terms of the Signed Reportable Judgment placed on the file.
4. The appeal preferred by Sharjeel Imam arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 14030 of 2025 is dismissed in terms of the Signed Reportable Judgment placed on the file.
5. The appeal filed by Umar Khalid in SLP (Crl.) No. 14165 of 2025 is dismissed in terms of the Signed Reportable Judgment placed on the file.
6. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.
(RASHI GUPTA) (AVGV RAMU) COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH) 5 SLP (Crl.) No. 13988/2025 & connected matters