Supreme Court - Daily Orders
M. Varadhan vs Union Of India on 24 September, 2025
Author: Surya Kant
Bench: Surya Kant
ITEM NO.10 COURT NO.2 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).1319/2023
M. VARADHAN Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ANR. Respondent(s)
(IA No.242662/2023 - STAY APPLICATION)
WITH
T.C.(C) No. 112-115/2015 (IV-A)
T.C.(C) No. 110/2015 (IV-A)
IA No. 86498/2017 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION
T.C.(C) No. 111/2015 (IV-A)
T.C.(C) No. 119/2015 (XV)
T.C.(C) No. 118/2015 (X)
T.C.(C) No. 116/2015 (IV)
T.C.(C) No. 117/2015 (X)
T.C.(C) No. 127/2015 (XIV-A)
T.C.(C) No. 126/2015 (XIV-A)
IA No. 22372/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS
IA No. 95063/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION
IA No. 180916/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 132357/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 95062/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT
T.C.(C) No. 133/2015 (XI-A)
FOR ON IA 1/2016
T.C.(C) No. 2/2016 (III)
W.P.(C) No. 799/2016 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 644/2016 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 709/2016 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No. 808/2016 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No. 1005/2016 (X)
T.C.(C) No. 63/2018 (XII-A)
CONMT.PET.(C) No. 622/2023 in T.C.(C) No. 126/2015 (XIV-A)
W.P.(C) No. 82/2023 (X)
IA No. 15785/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
Signature Not Verified
T.P.(C) No. 1298/2024 (XVII)
Digitally signed by
ARJUN BISHT
Date: 2025.09.24
IA No. 110368/2024 - EX-PARTE STAY
17:11:28 IST
Reason:
Date : 24-09-2025 These matters were called on for hearing today.
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CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NONGMEIKAPAM KOTISWAR SINGH
For Petitioner(s) :Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, AOR
Mrs. Mahima Bhardwaj Kalucha, Adv.
Mr. Akash Singh, Adv.
Mrs. Niharika Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. Anil Kumar Gupta-II, AOR
Mr. Sriram P, Adv.
Mr. M Gireesh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Thamizhendhi, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Singh, Adv.
Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR
Mr. Tarun, Adv.
Mr. S Prabakaran, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Maheswaran Prabakaran, Adv.
Dr. Ram Sankar, Adv.
Mrs. Harini Ramsankar, Adv.
M/s. Ram Sankar & Co, AOR
Mr. Amit Pawan, AOR
Mrs. Madhavi Divan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Aditya Kumar Choudhary, Adv.
Mr. M Vel Murugan, Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Anand Singh, Adv.
Mr. Anurag Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Singh Chauhan, AOR
Dr. Charanjeet Singh Chanderpal, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Anil Kumar, AOR
Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR
Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Kamran Khwaja, Adv.
Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR
By Courts Motion, AOR
Ms. Pratibha Jain, AOR
Mrs. Christi Jain, Adv.
Mr. Harsh Jain, Adv.
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Mr. Mann Arora, Adv.
Ms. Akriti Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Om Sudhir Vidyarthi, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Jain, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Jain, Adv.
Mr. Chirag Joshi, Adv.
Mr. Ghanshyam Joshi, AOR
Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Anantha Narayana M.G., AOR
Mr. V.c. Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Vineeth Prasad, Adv.
Mr. Akshya Kumar Panda, Adv.
Mr. Rahul G Tanwani, Adv.
Mr. Prabhsimar Singh, Adv.
Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR
Mr. P. Soma Sundaram, AOR
M/s. Parekh & Co., AOR
For Respondent(s) :Mr. Guru Krishna Kumar, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Shreya Garg, Adv.
Ms. Anjul Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Goel, Adv.
Ms. Radhika Gautam, AOR
Mr. Praveen Agrawal, AOR
Mr. Gopal Prasad, AOR
Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR
Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Varij Nayan Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Amol B. Karande, AOR
Ms. Drishti Narbar, Adv.
Mr. B Pallesh Lakshmi, Adv.
Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR
Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR
Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv.
Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.
Mr. Santhosh K, Adv.
Mrs. Devika A.l., Adv.
Mr. Thamizhendhi, Adv.
Ms. Kamakshi S. Mehlwal, AOR
Ms. Geetanjali Mehlwal, Adv.
Mr. Govind Bali, Adv.
Mr. Sanveer Mehlwal, Adv.
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Mr. Subhasish Mohanty, AOR
M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR
Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR
Ms. Malini Poduval, AOR
Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR
Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Adv.
Dr. Chidanand P. Mansur, Adv.
Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR
Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR
M/S. Manoj Swarup And Co., AOR
Mr. Suvendu Suvasis Dash, AOR
Mr. Mohinder Jit Singh, AOR
Mr. Hardik Rupal, Adv.
Ms. Aishwariya Malhotra, Adv.
Ms. Mayuri Lende, Adv.
Mr. Pijush K. Roy, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Pritthish Roy, Adv.
Ms. Kakali Roy, Adv.
Mr. Rajan K. Chourasia, AOR
Ms. Khushboo Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Shalen Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Shafiq Khan, Adv.
Ms. Anjani Suri, Adv.
Mr. Amod Kumar Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Neelima Bagoria, Adv.
Mrs. Smerity Rani, Adv.
Mr. Deependra Kumar Pathak, Adv.
Mrs. Sabika Ahmad, Adv.
Ms. Lakshmi, Adv.
Mrs. Raj Rani, Adv.
Mr. Nischal Kumar Neeraj, AOR
Ms. K. V. Bharathi Upadhyaya, AOR
Mr. Sufyan Hasan, Adv.
Ms. Pritama, Adv.
Ms. Shaivani Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Hema Malik, Adv.
Dr. Sunita, Adv.
Ms. D Poornima, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Singh, AOR
Mr. Shishir Pinaki, AOR
Mr. Anand Nandan, Adv.
Mr. Kuldeep Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR
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Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR
Mr. Kamal Kumar Pandey, Adv.
Ms. Urvashi Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR
Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.
Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.
Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR
Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR
Mr. Parmanand Pandey, AOR
Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR
Mrs. Nandini Gore, AOR
Ms. Aparna Jha, AOR
Mr. Venkateswara Rao Anumolu, AOR
Mr. Sunny Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Aarati Sah, Adv.
Mr. Prateek Raushan, Adv.
Mr. Puneet Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Raju Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Vikas Upadhyay, AOR
Ms. Ankita Kashyap, Adv.
Mr. Ranveer Singh, Adv.
Mr. Shiva Narang, Adv.
Mr. Alok Shankar, Adv.
Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR
Mr. Chandra Shekhar, Adv.
Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR
Mr. H. Chandra Sekhar, AOR
M/s. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR
Mr. Rajeev Singh, AOR
Mr. Yusuf, AOR
Mr. Harsh V. Surana, AOR
Mr. M. A. Chinnasamy, AOR
Mrs. C Rubavathi, Adv.
Mr. C Raghavendren, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Padhmanabha Raja K R, Adv.
Mr. Ch. Leela Sarveswar, Adv.
Mr. Harvinder Chowdhury, AOR
Ms. Tatini Basu, AOR
Mr. Byrapaneni Suyodhan, Adv.
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Ms. Obulapuram Keerthi, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Shashank, Adv.
Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G.
Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv.
Ms. Alka Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. R.R. Rajesh, Adv.
Mohd. Akhil, Adv.
Mr. T.S. Sabarish, Adv.
Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR
Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR
Mr. T. Singhdev, Adv.
Mr. Rejesh Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Tanishq Shrivastava, Adv.
Ms. Yamini Singh, Adv.
Mr. Prateek Bhatia, AOR
Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR
Mr. Arjun Nanda, Adv.
Mrs. Sumita Ray, AOR
Ms. Disha Ray, Adv.
Mr. Kunal Narwal, Adv.
Ms. Vanshika Singh, Adv.
Mr. Anurag Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Manisha Ambwani, AOR
Dr. Arvind S. Avhad, AOR
Mr. Sushil Sonkar, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv.
Mr. Ananta Prasad Mishra, AOR
Mr. Saurabh Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Jasbir Singh, Adv.
Ms. Christi Jain, AOR
Mrs. Christi Jain, Adv.
Mr. Mann Arora, Adv.
Mr. Harsh Jain, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Jain, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Jain, Adv.
Mr. Om Sudhir Vidyarthi, Adv.
Mr. Anjani Kumar Mishra, AOR
Mrs. Hardeep Kaur Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Praveen Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Gopal Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Arvind Kumar, Adv.
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Ms. Pulkit, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Gautam, Adv.
Mr. D. Bharat Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv.
Mr. M. Chandrakanth Reddy, Adv.
Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, AOR
Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, AOR
Mr. Akash Singh, Adv.
Mrs. Mahima Bhardwaj Kalucha, Adv.
Ms. Monalisa Singh, Adv.
Ms. Anushrre Jasoria, Adv.
Mr. Adhiraj Wadhera, Adv.
Mrs. Niharika Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. Gautam Das, AOR
Mr. Shivam Kumar, Adv.
Mr. C.M. Gopal, Adv.
Mr. R.K. Padhi, Adv.
Mr. Saravjeet Singh, Adv.
Mr. Jayender S Chandail, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Pal, Adv.
Mr. Abanikanta Sahu, Adv.
Mr. Tarun Kant Samantaray, Adv.
Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR
Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR
Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.
Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.
Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR
Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR
Mr. Anand Nandan, Adv.
Mr. Kuldeep Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR
Dr. Charanjeet Singh Chanderpal, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Anil Kumar, AOR
Mr. Pradeep Kumar Yadav, Adv.
Ms. Anjale Patel, Adv.
Mr. Taiyyab Khan Salmani, Adv.
Mr. Deepak Yadav, Adv.
Ms. Swapnil Singh, Adv.
Ms. Prakriti Pandey, Adv.
Ms. Khushboo, Adv.
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Mr. Ajay, Adv.
Mr. Bhanu, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
1. Heard learned senior counsel for the parties very briefly.
2. Having regard to the fact that elections of the State Bar Councils have not been held for decades in some of the States, we have impressed upon Dr. Guru Krishna Kumar, learned senior counsel for the Bar Council of India to ensure that elections of all the State Bar Councils are held, if not simultaneously, then in a phased manner, and concluded latest by 31.01.2026.
3. In the event of any reluctance shown by any State Bar Council in giving effect to our above order(s), the Bar Council of India is directed to submit a status report by 31.10.2025. In that case, we will consider as to what recourse ought to be adopted against those errant State Bar Council(s).
3. Post the matters on 17.10.2025.
(ARJUN BISHT) (PREETHI T.C.)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR
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