Supreme Court - Daily Orders
All India Judges Asson. vs Union Of India on 9 October, 2017
Bench: Chief Justice, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud
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ITEM NO.2 COURT NO.1 SECTION X
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).1022/1989
ALL INDIA JUDGES ASSON. & ORS. Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)
(FOR ON IA NO.334/2014(DIRECTION) ,I.A.NO.345/2016(EXTN. OF TIME),
I.,A.NO.2/2016 (EXTN. OF TIME) IN I.A.NO.334 OF 2014 AND
I.A.NO.,73984/2017 (EXTN. OF TIME) IN W.P.(C)NO.1022/1989 MR.
A.T.M. SAMPATH,SR.ADV.(A.C.), MR. ASHOK MATHUR AND MR.MA
CHINNASWAMY,ADVOCATES IN THESE I.As.)
Date : 09-10-2017 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR
HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD
For Petitioner(s)/ Mr.Dushnant Dave, Sr.Adv.
Applicant(s) Mr.Basava Prabhu S.Patil, Sr.Adv.
Mr.Durga Dutt, Adv.
Mr.P.R.Bahl, Adv.
Mr.Upendra Narayan Mishra, Adv.
Mr.M. A. Chinnasamy, AOR
Mr.Chinmay Deshpande, Adv.
Mr.Bharat Sangal, AOR
Ms.S.Spandana Reddy, Adv.
Mr.S. N. Bhat, AOR
Mr.Amita Gupta, AOR
Mr.Pravir Kumar Jain, AOR
Mr.Abhijit Sengupta, AOR
Mr.A. Venayagam Balan, AOR
Signature Not Verified
Digitally signed by
SATISH KUMAR YADAV
Date: 2017.10.10
18:03:49 TLT
Mr.Rakesh Dahiya, AOR
Reason:
Mr.A. T. M. Sampath, AOR
Mr.Akhilesh Kumar Pandey, AOR
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For Respondent(s) Mr.P.S.Patwalia, Sr.Adv.
Ms.Bina Madhavan, Adv.
Ms.Swati Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr.Prateek Dhir, Adv.
Mr.Raju Ramachandran, Sr.Adv.
Mr.Ashok Mathur, Adv.
Ms.Nidhi Agrawal, Adv.
Mr.P.H.Pareskh,Sr.Adv.
Mr.Kshatrshal Raj, Adv.
Ms.Tanya Chaudhary, Adv.
Ms.Aishwarya Dash, Adv.
Mr.D.K.Thakur, AAG
Mr.Shariq Ahmed, Adv.
Mr.Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr.S.S.Shamshery, AAG
Mr.Amit Sharma, Adv.
Mr.Sandeep Singh, Adv.
Mr.Ankit Raj, Adv.
Ms.Indira Bhakar, Adv.
Ms.Ruchi Kohli, Adv.
Mr.S.Wasim A.Qadri, Adv.
Mr.Nalin Kohli, Adv.
Mr.T.A.Khan, Adv.
Mr.Prabhas Bajaj, Adv.
Mr.Ankit Roy, Adv.
Ms.Anil Katiyar, Adv.
Mr.M.K.Maroria, Adv.
Mr.M.Yogesh Kanna, Adv.
Mrs.Sujata B., Adv.
Mr.Soumitra G.Chaudhuri, Adv.
Mr.Chanchal K.Ganguli, Adv.
For State of Ms.K. Enatoli Sema, Adv.
Nagaland Mr.Edward Belho, Adv.
Mr.Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr.K.Luikang Michael, Adv.
Mr.Sibo Shankar Mishra, Adv.
Mr.Manoj Kumar Goyal, Adv.
Ms.Rashmi Malhotra, Adv.
Mr.B.V.Balram Das, Adv.
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Mr.Sharan Thakur, Adv.
Mr.Vijay Kumar, Adv.
Mr.Ashok K. Srivastava, AOR
Mr.Arun K. Sinha, AOR
Mr.Anip Sachthey, AOR
Ms.Anil Katiyar, AOR
Mr.Ajit Pudussery, AOR
Mr.B. D. Sharma, AOR
Ms.Bina Gupta, AOR
Mr.C. N. Sree Kumar, AOR
Mr.D. N. Goburdhan, AOR
Ms.Pallavi Chopra, Adv.
Mr.Gopal Balwant Sathe, AOR
Mr.G. Prakash, AOR
Mr.Jishnu M.L., Adv.
Mrs.Priyanka Prakash, Adv.
Mrs.Beena Prakash, Adv.
Mr.Vijay Shankar V.L., Adv.
Mr.Gopal Singh, Adv.
Mr.Manish Kumar, Adv.
Mr.Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
Mr.Guntur Prabhakar, AOR
Ms.Hemantika Wahi, Adv.
Ms.Jesal Wahi, Adv.
Ms.Puja Singh, Adv.
Mr.Yashaswi Sk Chocksey, Adv.
Mr.K. Ram Kumar, AOR
Mr.L. K. Pandey, AOR
Mr.M. Veerappa, AOR
Mr.M. A. Krishna Moorthy, AOR
M/s Gagrat and Co, AOR
Mr.Naresh K. Sharma, AOR
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Mr.Parijat Sinha, AOR
Mr.P. K. Jain, AOR
Mr.P. Parmeswaran, AOR
Mr.Pradeep Misra, AOR
Mr.Raj Kumar Mehta, AOR
Mr.R. N. Keswani, AOR
Mr.R. Sathish, AOR
Mr.Surya Kant, AOR
Mr.Sunil Kumar Jain, Adv.
Mr.Kaushik Choudhury, Adv.
Mr.Punya Garg, Adv.
Mr.S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR
Mr.S. R. Setia, AOR
Mr.Bhupesh Narula, Adv.
Mr.K.V.Jagdishvaran, Adv.
Mrs.G.Indira, Adv.
Mr.Sanjay Parikh, AOR
Mr.Shrish Kumar Misra, AOR
Mr.Tara Chandra Sharma, AOR
Mr.T. L. Garg, AOR
Mr.T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR
Ms. V. D. Khanna, AOR
Mr.Pravir Choudhary, AOR
Mr.Anil Nag, AOR
Ms.Aruna Mathur, Adv.
Mr.Avneesh Arputham, Adv.
Ms.Anuradha Arputham, Adv.
Ms.Simran Jeet, Adv.
For M/s Arputham Aruna and Co, AOR
Mr.K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR
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Mr.Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv.
Mr.Subhro Sanyal, Adv.
Ms.S. Janani, AOR
Mr.V. G. Pragasam, Adv.
Mr.Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv.
Mr.Manu Sundaram, Adv.
Mr.Haresh Raichura, Adv.
Mr.Rajat Vats, Adv.
Ms.Saroj Raichura, Adv.
Mr.Kalp Raichura, Adv.
Mr.Jitendra Mohan Sharma, AOR
Mr.Annam D. N. Rao, AOR
Ms.Revathy Raghavan, AOR
Mr.Sapam Biswaji Meitei, Adv.
Mr.Naresh Kumar Gaur, Adv.
Mr.Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR
Mr.Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR
Mr.K.G.Krishanaraj, Adv.
Mr.S.Shanthakumari, Adv.
Ms.D. Bharathi Reddy, AOR
Mr.Krishnanand Pandeya, AOR
Mr. J. P. Dhanda, AOR
Mr.Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR
Mr.B. S. Banthia, AOR
Mr.Mukesh K. Giri, AOR
Ms.N. Annapoorani, AOR
Mr.Kishan Datta, AOR
Ms.Anjani Aiyagari, AOR
Mr.Radha Shyam Jena, AOR
Mr.Prashant Kumar, AOR
Mr.Anil Shrivastav, AOR
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Ms.Asha Gopalan Nair, AOR
Mr.P. I. Jose, Adv.
Mr.Shashank Mishra, Adv.
Ms.P.S.Chandralekha, Adv.
Mr.Rajiv Mehta, AOR
Ms.Kumud Lata Das, AOR
Mr.Praveen Swarup, AOR
Ms.Meera Mathur, AOR
Mr.Kamal Mohan Gupta, AOR
Mr.V. N. Raghupathy, Adv.
Mr.Parikshit P.Angadi, Adv.
Mr.Md.Apzal Ansari, Adv.
Mr.Ratan Kumar Choudhuri, AOR
Mr.Jayesh Gaurav, Adv.
Mr.Prateek Dwivedi, Adv.
Ms.Rachana Srivastava, AOR
Mr.Sukrit R.Kapoor, Adv.
Ms.Nitya Madhusoodhanan, Adv.
Mr.Sanjay Jain, AOR
Mr.Rashmikumar Manilal Vithlani, AOR
Mr.V. K. Sidharthan, AOR
Mr.Romy Chacko, AOR
Mr.Pragyan Pradip Sharma, Adv.
Mr.Ganesh Bapu TR, Adv.
Mr.Shikhar Garg, Adv.
Mr.P.V.Yogeswaran, Adv.
Mr.Kailash Chand, AOR
Ms.Sakshi Kakkar, Adv.
Mr.Akshat Kumar, Adv.
M/s Corporate Law Group, AOR
Mr.Sandiv Kalia, Adv.
Mr.Ajay Singh, Adv.
Mr.Nand Ram, Adv.
Mr.Sushil Balwada, AOR
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Mr.Rajesh Srivastava, AOR
Ms.Anitha Shenoy, AOR
Mr.Kanhaiya Priyadarshi, AOR
Mr.Anupam Lal Das, AOR
Mr.Ravi Prakash Mehrotra, AOR
Mr.Ajay Sharma, AOR
Mr.T. Mahipal, AOR
Mr.Amit Kumar, AOR
Mr.Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR
Mr.A.Selvin Raja, Adv.
Mr.Chirag Jain, Adv.
Mr.P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR
Mr.P. V. Dinesh, AOR
Mr.Abhisth Kumar, AOR
Mr.Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR
Mr.Sanjay Sharawat, AOR
Mr.T. Harish Kumar, AOR
Mr.Alok Kumar, AOR
Mr.T. V. George, AOR
Mr.Manish K. Bishnoi, AOR
Ms.A. Sumathi, AOR
Ms.Anagha S. Desai, AOR
Mr.Sunil Fernandes, AOR
Mr.S.Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv.
Mr.Mrityunjai Singh, Adv.
Ms.A. Subhashini, AOR
Mr.Karan Bharihoke, AOR
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Mr.M. Shoeb Alam, AOR
Ms.Fauzia Shakil, Adv.
Mr.Ujjwal Singh, Adv.
Mr.Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv.
Mr.Gopal Jha, AOR
Mr.Apporv Kurup, Adv.
Mr.A.C.Boxipatro, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
It is submitted by Mr.P.S.Patwalia, learned senior counsel for the respondent that he would like to file an application on behalf of the direct recruits whose seniority position is affected. At this juncture, Mr.Dushyant Dave and Mr.Basava Prabhu S.Patil, learned senior counsel appearing for the applicant-promotees submit that the view taken by the High Court is in consonance with the decision in All India Judges' Association & Ors. vs. Union of India and others (2002) 4 SCC 247 and (2010) 15 SCC 170.
Mr.Raju Ramachandran, learned senior counsel appearing for the High Court shall file a comprehensive affidavit with regard to the decision taken by the High Court, and also indicate whether the decision taken by the High Court is in consonance with the judgment rendered by this Court in All India Judges' Association's case (supra).
As we understand, the issue is whether the seniority position, as claimed by the parties, has been fully covered by the earlier decision rendered by this Court and any thing else remains to be done. Additionally, it will be open to the parties to assist us if there is any order passed by this Court in connection with WP(C)No.1022/89 9 this case or any other case.
Let the matter be listed on 06.11.2017 at 2.00 P.M. A copy of the report submitted by the High Court to the Registry of this Court be handed over to the learned counsel for the parties.
(SATISH KUMAR YADAV) (H.S. PARASHER)
AR-CUM-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR