Supreme Court - Daily Orders
Navtej Singh Johar vs Union Of India Ministry Of Law And ... on 17 July, 2018
Bench: Chief Justice, Rohinton Fali Nariman, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra
W.P.(Crl.)No.76/16 etc.etc. 1
ITEM NO.501 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)(Criminal) No(s).76/2016
NAVTEJ SINGH JOHAR & ORS. Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA THR.SECRETARY MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
Respondent(s)
(PART-HEARD BY HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, HON'BLE ROHINTON FALI
NARIMAN, HON'BLE A.M. KHANWILKAR, HON'BLE DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD AND
HON'BLE INDU MALHOTRA, JJ. IA No.6604/2018-IMPLEADMENT and IA
No.6712/2018-IMPLEADMENT and IA No.6791/2018-INTERVENTION
APPLICATION and IA No.6946/2018-INTERVENTION and IA No.10779/2018-
INTERVENTION APPLICATION AND CRLMP.NO.65854/2018( APPLICATION FOR
IMPLEADMENT ) AND CRLMP.NO.65857/2018( APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION
TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON)
WITH W.P.(C) No.572/2016 (X)
W.P.(Crl.) No.88/2018 (PIL-W)
(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.56906/2018-IA FOR EX-PARTE AD-INTERIEM
RELIEF)
W.P.(Crl.) No.100/2018 (X)
W.P.(Crl.) No.101/2018 (X)
W.P.(Crl.) No.121/2018 (X)
Date : 17-07-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR
HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE INDU MALHOTRA
For Petitioner(s) Mr.Saurabh Kirpal, Adv.
(In WP(Crl) 76/16) Mr.Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.
Mr.Nikhil Rohatgi, Adv.
Dr.Menaka Guruswamy, Adv.
Ms.Arundhati Katju, Adv.
Ms.Neeha Nagpal, Adv.
Mr.Sagar Gupta, Adv.
Ms.Devanshi Singh, Adv.
Ms.Pritha Srikumar Iyer, Adv.
Mr.Shashank Khurana, Adv.
Signature Not Verified
Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR
Digitally signed by
SATISH KUMAR YADAV
Date: 2018.07.18
17:32:47 IST
In WP(Crl.)88/18
Reason:
Mr.Saurabh Kirpal, Adv.
Ms.Neeha Nagpal, Adv.
Dr.Menaka Guruswamy, Adv.
Ms.Arundithi Katju, Adv.
Ms.Pritha Srikumar Iyer, Adv.
W.P.(Crl.)No.76/16 etc.etc. 2
Mr.Devanshi Singh, Adv.
Mr.Sagar Gupta, Adv.
Mrs.Shally Bhasin, AOR
In W.P.(Crl.)100 & Mr.Anand Grover, Sr.Adv.
101/2018 Mr.Sunil Fernandes, AOR
Ms.Astha Sharma, Adv.
Ms.Nupur Kumar, Adv.
Ms.Tripti Tandon, Adv.
Mr.Suraj Sanap, Adv.
Ms.Priyanshia Sharma, Adv.
Mr.Samyak Gangwal, Adv.
Ms.Aarushi Mahajan, Adv.
Ms.Priyam Cherian, Adv.
Ms.Anju Thomas, Adv.
In W.P.(Crl.)No. Dr.Menaka Guruswamy, Adv.
121/2018 Ms.Arundhati Katju, Adv.
Ms.Pritha Srikumar Iyer, AOR
Mr.Arun Srikumar, Adv.
Ms.Vasudha Sharma, Adv.
Mr.Sagar Gupta, Adv.
Mr.Kaustav Saha, Adv.
Ms.Neha Methen, Adv.
In W.P.(C)572/16 Mr. O. P. Bhadani, AOR
For Respondent(s)/
Applicant(s)
For UOI Mr.Tushar Mehta, ASG
Mr.S.S.Shamshery, Adv.
Mr.Rajat Nair, Adv.
Mr.R.Balasubramanium, Adv.
Mr.Kanu Agarwal, Adv.
Ms.Swati Ghildiyal, Adv.
Ms.Ranjana Narayan, Adv.
Mr.K.L.Janjani, Adv.
Mr.T.A.Khan, Adv.
Ms.Anil Katiyar, Adv.
Mr.Arvind Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr.B.V.Balram Das, Adv.
In I.A.No.94284/18 Mr.K.Radhakrishnan, Sr.Adv.
in WP(Crl.)76/16 Mr.K.V.Jagdishvaran, Adv.
Mrs.G.Indira, Adv.
In I.A.No.91147 in Mr.Mahesh Jethmalani, Sr.Adv.
W.P.(Crl.)76/16 Ms.Mugdha Pande, Adv.
Mr.Ravi Sharma, Adv.
Mr.Pallav Mongia, Adv.
In I.A.No.94348/18 Mr.Soumya Chakraborty, Sr.Adv.
in WP(Crl.)76/2016 Mr.Praveen Agarwal, Adv.
W.P.(Crl.)No.76/16 etc.etc. 3
Mr.Pankaj Sharma, Adv.
In I.A.No.93411/18 Dr.Harshvir Pratap Shrama, Adv.
In WP(Crl.)76/16 Mr.A.K.Srivastava, Adv.
Mr.Paras Joshi, Adv.
Mr.Pankaj Kumar, Adv.
For Apostolic Mr.Manoj V.George, Adv.
Alliance of Churches Ms.Shilpa Liza George, Adv.
& Utkal Christian Mr.Aakarsh Kamra, Adv.
Council (Original Mr.B.D.Das, Adv.
Resp.in Cur.Pet.No. Mr.Nilkant Nayak, Adv.
88-102/14 as Resp. Mr.Towseef Ahmad Dar, Adv.
Nos.16 & 18 Ms.Munmun, Adv.
Mr.Subart, Adv.
Mr.Aakarsh Kamra, Adv.
Mr.Zulfiker Ali P.S., AOR
In I.A.No.91250/18 in Mr.Dhiraj Abraham Philip, Adv.
WP(Crl.)76/2016 Mr.Febin Mathew Varghese, Adv.
Ms.Palak Misra, Adv.
In Crl.MP 6712/18 in Ms.Amritananda Chakravarty, Adv.
WP(Crl.)76/2016 Mr.Mihir Samson, Adv.
Ms.Shreya Munoth, Adv.
Ms.Deepanshi Ishar, Adv.
Ms.Liz Mathew, AOR
In I.A.No.6791/18 in Mr.Chander Uday Singh, Sr.Adv.
WP(Crl.)76/16 Mr.Gautam Narayan, AOR
Mr.Jawahar Raja, Adv.
Mr.Chinmay Kanojia, Adv.
Mr.Amjid Maqbool, Adv.
Ms.Ila Sheel, Adv.
In I.A.No.6946/18 in Mr.Ashok Desai, Sr.Adv.
WP(Crl.)76/16 Ms.Anu Bindra, Adv.
Mr.Siddharth Narain, Adv.
Mr.Gowthaman Rangarajan, Adv.
Mr.Sai Vinod, Adv.
Mr.Nikhil Nayyar, AOR
In I.A.No.6604/18 in Mr.Shyam Divan, Sr.Adv.
WP(Crl.)No.76/16 Mr.Vasuman Khandelwal, Adv.
Mr.Govind Manoharan, Adv.
Mr.Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Adv.
Mr.Jawahar Raja, Adv.
Mr.Gautam Bhatia, Adv.
Mr.Arvind Narain, Adv.
Mr.Chinmay Kanojia, Adv.
Mr.Ajay Bansal, Adv.
Mr.Gaurav Yadava, Adv.
W.P.(Crl.)No.76/16 etc.etc. 4
Mrs.Veena Bansal, Adv.
Mr.Vijay Pratap Yadav, Adv.
Ms.Harvinder Chawdhury, Adv.
Dr.Nisheh Sharma, Adv.
Mr.Anil Kumar Singh, Adv.
Ms.Meera Patel, Adv.
Mr.Tejas Patel, Adv.
Mr.Mughees Ahmed Khan, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Arguments concluded.
Judgment reserved.
Learned counsel for the parties shall file their written notes of submission by 20.07.2018. (Chetan Kumar) (H.S.Parasher) AR-cum-PS Assistant Registrar