Supreme Court - Daily Orders
Justice K.S.Puttaswamy(Retd) And Anr. vs Union Of India And Ors. on 2 August, 2017
Bench: Chief Justice, J. Chelameswar, S.A. Bobde, R.K. Agrawal, Rohinton Fali Nariman
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ITEM NO.901 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(s)(Civil) No(s).494/2012
JUSTICE K.S.PUTTASWAMY(RETD) AND ANR. Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. Respondent(s)
WITH
T.C.(C) No.151/2013 (XVI -A)
T.C.(C) No.152/2013 (XVI -A)
W.P.(C) No.833/2013 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.829/2013 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No. 932/2013 (PIL-W)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.144/2014 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)
T.P.(C) No.313/2014 (XVI -A)
T.P.(C) No.312/2014 (XVI -A)
SLP(Crl) No.2524/2014 (II-A)
W.P.(C) No.37/2015 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.220/2015 (PIL-W)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.674/2015 In W.P.(C) No.829/2013 (PIL-W)
T.P.(C) No.921/2015 (XVI -A)
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)
W.P.(C) No. 797/2016 (PIL-W)
(FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 4/2016
FOR [DIRECTIONS] ON IA 5/2017 FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 6/2017)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.844/2017 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C)No.342/2017 (PIL-W)
(For interim prayers for grant of interim relief on IA 1/2017))
W.P.(C) No.372/2017 (X)
Date : 02-08-2017 These Matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J. CHELAMESWAR
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.A. BOBDE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.K. AGRAWAL
Signature Not Verified
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN
Digitally signed by
PARVEEN KUMAR
Date: 2017.08.02
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE
17:40:18 IST
Reason: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. ABDUL NAZEER
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For Petitioner(s) Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, Adv.
In WP 494/2012 Mr. Avdhesh Kr. Singh, adv.
Mr. R.K. Rajwanshi, Adv.
Mr. Chandra Shekhar Suman, Adv.
Ms. Deep Shikha Bharti, Adv.
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Arvind Datar, Sr. Adv.
In TC 151/2013 Ms. Geetha Kovilan, Adv.
For Petitioner(s) Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv.
In TC 152/2013 Mr. Rahul Narayan, Adv.
Mr. Apar Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Ananya, Adv.
Mr. Shashwat Goel, Adv.
Ms. Bhavna, Adv.
Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv.
Ms. Krutika, Adv.
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv.
In WP 833/2013 Mr. Shadan Farasat, Adv.
Ms. Tripti Tandon, Adv.
Ms. Lorraine Misquith, Adv.
Ms. Srinidhi Rao, Adv.
Ms. Priyam Cherian, Adv.
Mr. Prasanna S, Adv.
Mr. Suraj, Adv.
Mr. Vijayant Singh, Adv.
Mr. Nipun Saxena, adv.
Mr. Anando Mukherjee, Adv.
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
In WP 829/2013, Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv.
WP220/15,CP 674/ Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.
2015,WP 797/2016 Mr. Prasanna S, Adv.
Ms. Niharika, Adv.
Mr. Anuj Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Kanika Kalaiyarasan, Adv.
Ms. Sameeksha G., Adv.
Ms. Kritika Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Apar Gupta, Adv.
For M/s K.J.John & Co., Adv.
In WP(C) 342/2017 Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr.Adv.
Mr. Vipin Nair, Adv.
Mr. P.B.Suresh, Adv.
Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. S.Prasanna, Adv.
Ms. Samiksha Godiyal, Adv.
Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv.
Mr. Govind Manoharan, Adv.
Mr. V.K.Biju, Adv.
Ms. Nidhi Khanna, Adv.
Ms. Kritika Bhardwaj, Adv.
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For Petitioner(s) Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv.
In WP 932/2013, Mr. Ravindra Lokhande, Adv.
CP 470/2015
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Sr. Adv.
In CP 144/2014, Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Adv.
444/2016, 608/2016 Ms. Neha Meena, Adv.
in WP 494/2012 Mr. Jaideep Singh, Adv.
Mr. Anirban Sen, Adv.
Ms. Taniya, Adv.
For Petitioner(s) M/s Meharia & Co., AOR
In TP 313 & 312/2014
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Sr. Adv.
In WP 37/2015 Mr. Jaideep Singh, Adv.
Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, AOR
Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, Adv.
Mr. Prateek Chaddha, Adv.
Mr. Ankur Kashyap, Adv.
Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Zulnoor Ahmed, Adv.
Mr. Jayavardhan Singh, Adv.
Mr. Eklavya Vasudev, Adv.
Ms. Ankita Chaudhary, Adv.
Ms. Radhika Sharma, Adv.
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR
In CP 844/2017
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Chittaranjan Mishra, Adv.
in WP 372/2017 Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sarthak Chodhury, Adv.
for Mr. Pranaya Kumar Mohapatra, AOR
For Respondent(s) Mr. K. K.Venugopal, AG
(UOI) and for Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG
petitioner(s) in Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv.
TP 921/2015 & SR Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
2524/2014 Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Manan Popli, Adv.
Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv.
Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Goyal, Adv.
Ms. Devika Jain, Adv.
Mr. Anil Kr. Gulati, Adv.
for Mrs. Anil Katiyar, Adv.
For UIDAI & State Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG
of Madhya Pradesh Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Mr. Manan Popli, Adv.
Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.
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Mr. Ankit Lal, Adv.
Mr. Mishra saurabh, Adv.
For State of Mr. C.A. Sundaram, Sr. Adv.
Maharashtra Mr. Nishant R. Katneshwarkar, Adv.
Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Zafar Inayat, Adv.
Mr. Apoorv Tripathy, Adv.
Mr. Arpit Rai, Adv.
State of Gujarat Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR
Ms. Jesal Wahi, Adv.
Ms. Shodhika Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Apoorva Garg, Adv.
Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv.
IA 51252&51253/2017 Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv.
In WP 494/2012 Mr. Dipesh Sinha, Adv.
Ms. Ayiala Imti, Adv.
IA 5/2014 in WP Mr. Sajan Poovayya, Sr. Adv.
833/2013 Mr. Saransh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Priyadarshi Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Pratibhanu S. Kharola, Adv.
Mr. Saransh Jain, Adv.
For E.C. Agrawala, AOR
For RBI Mr. Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Adv.
For W.P.932/2013 Ms. Reeja Verghese, Adv.
Mr. Ketan Paul, Adv.
Mr. Kuldeep S. Parihar, Adv.
Mr. H.S. Parihar, Adv.
State of UP Mr. D.K. Singh, AAG
Mr. Adarsh Upadhyay, Adv.
Miss Komal Mundra, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Agrawal, Adv.
State of Himachal Mr. J.S. Attri, Sr. Adv.
Pradesh Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Chandra Nand Jha, Adv.
For IRDA Mr. Parmanand Gaur, Adv.
NCT of Delhi Mr. J.M. Kalia, Adv.
Mr. D. S. Mahra, AOR
IA No. 31/2015 Mr. Lalit Bhasin, Adv.
In WP(C) 494/12 Ms. Nina Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Mudit Sharma, Adv.
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For State of W.B. Mr. Soumitra G. Chaudhuri, Adv.
Mr. Chanchal K. Ganguli, Adv.
UT of Chandigarh Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv.
for Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR
State of Telangana Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR
Mr. Mrityunjai Singh, Adv.
For State of Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv.
Meghalaya
State of AP Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR
Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.
For RR No.39 Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv.
Mr. Zeeshan Diwan, Adv.
Ms. Savita Singh, AOR
Ms. Veera Mahuli, Adv.
Mr. Shruthanjaya Bharadwaj, Adv.
State of Goa Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR
For TRAI Dr. Arghya Sengupta, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR
For State of Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR
Mizoram Ms. Nitya Madhusoodhanan, Adv.
For Govt. of Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.
Puducherry Mr. V. G. Pragasam, AOR
Mr. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv.
For State of Pb. Mr. Karan Bharihoke, Adv.
For Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR
For State of Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR
Uttarakhand Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
For State of Dr. Arghya Sengupta, Adv.
Haryana Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR
State of Chhattisgarh Mr. Jugal Kishore Gilda, AG
Mr. A.P. Mayee, Adv.
Mr. A.Selvin Raja, Adv.
Mr. Avnish M. Oza, Adv.
Mr. Chirag Jain, Adv.
State of Rajasthan Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, AAG
Mr. Shrey Kapoor, Adv.
Mr. T.A. Rehman, Adv.
for Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR
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State of Jharkhand Mr. Tapesh Kr. Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sukant Vikram, Adv.
Mr. Mohd. Waquas, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv.
State of Kerala Mr. P.V. Surendra Nath, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Adv.
Mr. Mohammed Saddique, Adv.
Ms. Resmitha R. Chandran, Adv.
Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv.
State of J&K Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv.
Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv.
Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv.
Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv.
UT of Andaman & Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.
Nicobar Admn. Mrs. G. Indira, AOR
State of Manipur Mr. Sapam Biswajit Meitei, Adv.
Mr. Naresh Kr. Gaur, Adv.
Mr. Ashok Kr. Singh, Adv.
State of Tripura Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR
Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Pranab Prakash, Adv.
Mr. Shivam Singh, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Raina, Adv.
Mr. Shreyas Jain, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Milind, Adv.
Ms. Ambika Gautam, Adv.
Mr. Chandan Kumar, Adv.
State of Uttarakhand Mr. J.K. Bhatia, AOR
Mr. Ashutosh Kr. Sharma, Adv.
State of Nagaland Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv.
Mr. Edward Belho, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, adv.
Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv.
Ms. Elix Gangmei, Adv.
Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv.
Mr. S. Mukerjee, Adv.
Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv.
Ms. Meghna Kalra, Adv.
Ms. Neela Gokhale, Adv.
Mr. Aliam P, Adv.
Ms. K.S. Mehlwal, AOR
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Mr. R. Sudhinder, Adv.
Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR
Ms. Amrita Sarkar, Adv.
Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Adv.
Ms. Julian George, Adv.
Mr. Arjun Ranganathan, Adv.
Mr. Yatinder Garg, Adv.
Mr. Yashwant Prasad, Adv.
Mr. Pradeep Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Parinav Gupta, Adv.
Mrs. Mansi Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Moazzam Ali, Adv.
for Dr (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, AOR
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Resuming his arguments at 10.30 a.m., Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, learned senior counsel representing the State of Gujarat concluded at 12:20 p.m. Thereafter, Mr. Gopal Sankarnarayanan, learned counsel representing respondent no.39 in Writ Petition(C) No. 494/2012 made his submissions till 2:20 p.m. Then, Dr. Arghya Sengupta, learned counsel representing the State of Haryana and TRAI addressed the Court up to 2:50 p.m. Thereafter, Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Mr. Kapil Sibal, Mr. Shyam Divan, Mr. Anand Grover, Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Mr. Sajjan Poovayya and Mr. Arvind Datar, learned senior counsel made their submissions (in rejoinder) till 4:00 p.m. In between, Mr. P.V.Surender Nath, learned senior counsel representing the State of Kerala also made his submissions for about five minutes.
Hearing concluded.
Judgment reserved.
(Sarita Purohit) (Sanjay Kumar-II) (Sneh Lata Sharma)
Court Master Court Master Court Master
(Indu Kumari Pokhriyal) (Parveen Kumar) (Satish Kr. Yadav)
Court Master AR-cum-PS AR-cum-PS