Supreme Court - Daily Orders
Justice K.S.Puttaswamy(Retd) And Anr. vs Union Of India And Ors. on 21 February, 2018
Bench: Chief Justice, A.K. Sikri, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan
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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) & ANR. Petitioners
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondents
(IA No.141212/2017-impleading party and IA No.141215/2017-
CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No.5311/2018-impleading party and IA
No.5312/2018-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No.5890/2018-
INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No.10105/2018-INTERVENTION
APPLICATION and IA No.10355/2018-impleading party and IA
No.13628/2018-impleading party and IA No.24406/2018-INTERVENTION
APPLICATION)
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)
(and IA No.22171/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No.22174/
2018-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON)
T.P.(C) No. 1797/2013 (XVI-A)
W.P.(C) No. 932/2013 (PIL-W)
T.P.(C) No. 1796/2013 (XVI-A)
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)
W.P.(C) No. 231/2016 (PIL-W)
(FOR ON IA 1/2016( DIRECTION) FOR ON IA 2/2016( PERMISSION TO
AMEND WRIT PETITION AND RAISING ADDITIONAL GROUNDS)
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)
Signature Not Verified
(FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES ON IA 4/2016, FOR DIRECTIONS ON
Digitally signed by
DEEPAK GUGLANI
IA 5/2017, FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 6/2017)
Date: 2018.02.21
17:28:47 IST
Reason:
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 and
IA No.129017/2017-impleading party and IA No.129021/2017-
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CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No.129027/2017-impleading party and
IA No.129032/2017-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No.1551/2018-
impleading party and IA No.6537/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION and
IA No.6666/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION)
W.P.(C) No. 372/2017 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 841/2017 (X)
(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.119235/2017-AMENDMENT OF THE PETITION)
W.P.(C) No. 1058/2017 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No. 966/2017 (PIL-W)
(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.102155/2017-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF)
W.P.(C) No. 1014/2017 (PIL-W)
(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.107091/2017-GRANT OF INTERIM
RELIEF and IA No.122999/2017-impleading party)
W.P.(C) No. 1002/2017 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No. 1056/2017 (X)
(and IA No.6196/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS)
CONMT.PET.(C) No. 34/2018 in W.P.(C) No. 1014/2017 (PIL-W)
(FOR ADMISSION, Contempt. Pet.(C)no.34/2018 is to be shown in w.p.
(c) no.1014/2017)
Date : 21-02-2018 These mattes were called on for hearing today.
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 Petitioners
Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, AOR
Mr. Jaideep Singh, Adv.
Mr. Anirben Sen, Adv.
Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Jayavardhan Singh, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Thiruman, Adv.
Ms. Vaidruti Mishra, Adv.
Mr. W. V.T. Sangama, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Jayavardhan Singh, Adv.
Mr. Hitesh Saini, Adv.
Ms. Talha Rahman, Adv.
Mr. Prateek Chadha, Adv.
Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, AOR
Mr. Prasanna S., Adv.
Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR
Ms. Vidyottma, Adv.
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Mr. Harshit Kaushik, Adv.
Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Rahul Narayan, AOR
Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv.
Mr. Shashwat Goel, Adv.
Ms. Annanya Ghose, Adv.
Ms. Bhawna Das, Adv.
Mr. Anand Kumar Sethi, Adv.
Mr. Arvind Datar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Nipun Saxena, Adv.
Mr. Nanit Saxena, Adv.
Mr. Devanshu Sajlan, Adv.
Mr. Aditya P. Arora, Adv.
Mr. Digant K. Deo, Adv.
Ms. Pallavi Pratap, AOR
Mr. Prasanna S., Adv.
Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Shivam, Adv.
Ms. Stuti Vatsa, Adv.
Mr/Ms. Srinidhi Rao, Adv.
Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR
Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv.
Ms. Surekha Raman, Adv.
Mr. udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Amy Sarma, Adv.
Ms. Niharika, Adv.
Ms. Samiksha Godiyal, Adv.
Ms. Kanika Kalaiyarasan, Adv.
M/s. K.J. John And Co, AOR
Mr. P.R. Kovilan, Adv.
Mrs. Geetha Kovilan, AOR
Mr. Awasthi M.K., Adv.
Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, AOR
Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. R.K. Rajwanshi, Adv.
Mr. Chandra Shekhar Suman, Adv.
Mr. Rajendra Kumar Singh, Adv.
Ms. Deep Shikha Bharti, Adv.
Ms. Rita Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Harsha, Adv.
Mr. Koshy John, Adv.
Mr. Md. Nizam Pasha, Adv.
Ms. Anusha Nagarajan, Adv.
Mr. Adit Pujari, Adv.
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Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR
Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, Adv.
Ms. Samten Doma, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Adv.
Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv.
Ms. Harshita Verma, Adv.
for M/s. Legal Options
Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR
Ms. Cheryl D’Souza, Adv.
Mr. O. Kuttan, Adv.
Ms. Neha Rathi, Adv.
Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv.
Mr. Pranaya Kumar Mohapatra, AOR
Dr. Anindita Pujari, Adv.
Ms. Kavita Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Amitoj Singh, Adv.
Mr. K.V. Viswanathan, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Adv.
Mr. N. Sai Vinod, Adv.
` Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv.
Mr. T.V.S. Raghavendra Sreyas, AOR
M/s. Meharia & Company, AOR
Mr. Gautam Talukdar, AOR
Mr. Vipin Nair, AOR
Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR
Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR
Mr. Deepayan Mandal, AOR
Mr. al Kumar Ganguli, AOR
Petitioner-in-person
For Respondents/
Applicants Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG
Mr. Zoheb Hossain, AOR
Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Adv.
Mr. 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.
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Mr. Santosh Kumar Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Raj Bahadur, Adv.
Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR
Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv.
Mr. Sansriti Pathak, Adv.
Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR
Mr. Nishe Rajan Shonker, Adv.
Ms. Annu K. Joy, 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. Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Kuldeep S. Parihar, Adv.
Mr. H.S. Parihar, AOR
Mr. R. Sudhinder, Adv.
Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR
Ms. Amrita Sarkar, Adv.
Ms. Saumya Mehrotra, Adv.
Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.
Mr. Sayooj Mohandas M., Adv.
Mr. Soumitra G. Chaudhuri, Adv.
Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR
Ms. Shikha Aggrawal, Adv.
Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Sachdev, Adv.
Mr. Adeel Ahmed, Adv.
Ms. Runa Bhuyan, Adv.
Ms. Shikha Agarwal, Adv.
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. Anil Grover, AAG, Haryana
Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv.
Mr. Shivam Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Sasmita Tripathy, Adv.
Mr. Suraj P. Ahlawat, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Kr. Visen, Adv.
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Mr. Karan Bharihoke, Adv.
Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv.
Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv.
Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR
Mr. Devadatt Kamat, AAG, Karnataka
Mr. Joseph Aristotle S., Adv.
Mrs. Priya Aristotle, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Javedur Rehman, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Bhat, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR
Ms. Mansi Kapur, Adv.
Ms. Megha Karnwal, Adv.
Ms. Shubhra Kapur, Adv.
Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv.
Ms. Nitya Madhusoodhanan, Adv.
Mr. T.G.N. Nair, Adv.
Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv.
Mr. Edward Belho, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv.
Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv.
Mr. Daniel S. Lyngdoh, Adv.
Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR
Mr. Sunil Fernandes, Adv.
Ms. Astha Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Nupur Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Mrityunjai Singh, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR
Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR
Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv.
Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv.
Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv.
Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv.
Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.
Mrs. G. Indira, Adv.
Mr. J.S. Attri, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR
Mr. Chandra Nand Jha, Adv.
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Ms. Parul Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Yugal K. Prasad, Adv.
Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR
Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.
Ms. Radhika Chaturvedi, Adv.
Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. S.K. Rajora, Adv.
Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, AOR
Mr. V.G. Pragasam, AOR
Mr. S. Prabhu Ramasubramanian, Adv.
Mr. S. Manu Raj, Adv.
Mr. K.V. Vijayakumar, AOR
Ms. Maitreyee Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Vaishali Verma, Adv.
M/s. Lawyer’s Knit & Co, AOR
Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR
Mr. L. Roshmani K., Adv.
Mr. Maibam Babina, Adv.
Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR
Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Amit Meharia, Adv.
Ms. Tannishtha Singh, Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Kumar, Adv.
for M/s. Meharia & Company, AOR
Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, AOR
Mr. Dinkar Kalra, AOR
Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR
Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR
Ms. Savita Singh, AOR
Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR
Mr. T.G. Narayanan Nair, AOR
Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR
Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR
Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR
Mr. Manish Vashishtha, AOR
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR
Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR
M/S. Corporate Law Group, AOR
Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR
Mr. Garvesh Kabra, AOR
Mr. Harish Pandey, AOR
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Mr. Anip Sachthey, AOR
Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR
Intervenor-in-person, AOR
Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR
Applicant-in-person, AOR
Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR
Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR
M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR
Mr. Harsh Kaushik, AOR
Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu, AOR
Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR
Mr. M. P. Vinod, AOR
Mr. P.V. Surendra Nath, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Resmitha R. Chandran, Adv.
Ms. Lekha Sudhakaran, Adv.
Mr. Sajan Poovayya, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Priyadarshi Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Pratibhanu Kharola, Adv.
Mr. Saransh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Saransh Jain, Adv.
Mr. R. Madhavam Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Meka Venkata Rama Krishna, Adv.
Mr. E.C. Agrawala, AOR
Ms. Ashima Mandla, Adv.
Ms. Fuzail Ahmed Ayubbi, Adv.
Ms. Pallavi Malhotra, Adv.
Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv.
Mr. Siddhant Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Afaraz Khan, Adv.
Ms. G. Bhargava, Adv.
Ms. Priyanka Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Kuber Boddh, Adv.
Dr. Lalit Bhasin, Adv.
Ms. Palak Chadha, Adv.
Mr. Mudit Sharma, AOR
Mr. S. Mukherjee, Adv.
Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, AOR
Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. Sriram P., Adv.
Ms. Khushbu Jain, Adv.
Mr. Vishnu Shankar M.S., Adv.
Ms. A.G. Nair, Adv.
Mr. Sai Krishna Rajagopal, Adv.
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Mr. Arjun Ranganathan, Adv.
Mr./Ms. Julien George, Adv.
Ms. Arundhati Gopaol, Adv.
Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, Adv.
Ms. Shivani Khandekar, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Mr. Gopal Subramanium, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 37/2015 continued his arguments, which remained inconclusive.
Put up for further hearing on 22.2.2018.
(Deepak Guglani) (H.S. Parasher) Court Master Assistant Registrar