Delhi High Court - Orders
Courts On Its Own Motion In Re: Suicide ... vs Unknown on 25 February, 2025
Author: Prathiba M. Singh
Bench: Prathiba M. Singh, Amit Sharma
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+ W.P.(CRL) 793/2017 & CRL.M.A. 16639/2017, 8850/2024
COURTS ON ITS OWN MOTION IN RE: SUICIDE COMMITTED
BY SUSHANT ROHILLA, LAW STUDENT OF I.P. UNIVER
.....Petitioner
Through: Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Senior Advocate
(Amicus Curiae) with Mr. Sukrit Seth,
Ms. Aakashi Lodha, Mr. Shreedhar
Kale and Mr. Sanjeevi Seshadri, Advs.
(M: 9871167778).
versus
....... .....Respondent
Through: Ms. Monika Arora, Mr. Subhrodeep
Saha & Mr. Prabhat Kumar, Mr.
Bhaskar, Advs. for IMC (M:
9557175580).
Mr. Ashok Mahajan, Mr. Raajan
Chawla, Mr. Gautam Chauhan and Mr.
Shyam Singh, Advocates for R-
1/Amity Law School (M-
9899649343).
Mrs. Anju Bhushan Gupta, along with
Mr. Aditya Goel & Mr. Sanyam
Gupta, Advs. R-33/ (M: 9810298766)
Mr. Anil Soni, Sr. Adv with Mr.
Devvrat Yadav, Adv.
Ms. Bharathi Raju, Senior Panel
Counsel for UOI (M-9868895906).
Mr. Ashish K. Dixit, CGSC with Mr.
Shivam Tiwari, Adv for UOI.
Ms. Avnish Ahlawat, Standing
Counsel for NSUT, DTU, IGDTUW
with Mr. N.K.Singh, Ms. Laavanya
Kaushik, Ms. Aliza Alam, Mr.
Mohnish Sehrawat and Mr. A.
Chadha, Advocates.
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Mr. Piyush Sharma, Mr Shivam
Dubey and Mr. Anuj Kumar Sharma,
Advs. for IARI (M: 9999177068).
Mr. T. Singhdev and Mr. Abhijit
Chakravarty, Ms. Yamini Singh, Mr.
Aabhaas Sukhramani, Advocates for
NMC and DCI (M: 8130033159).
Mr. Keshav Datta, Mr. Rupal Luthra
Advocates for Intervenor (M-
9871919591).
Ms. Ginny J. Rautray, Ms. Devika
Thakur and Mr. Ranvijay Singh,
Advocates for R-12 and 22/IIFT and
JNU (M- 9811287117).
Mr. Preet Pal Singh, Ms. Tanupreet
Kaur, Ms. Akansha Singh, Mr.
Madhukar Pandey & Mr. Yash Saini,
Advocates for BCI (M:8800848307).
Mr. Atul Kumar, Ms. Sweety Singh,
Mr. Rahul Pandey, Mr. Ashutosh
Upadhyay, Mr. Harsh Kumar, Mr.
Himanshu Raj & Mr. Sudipta Singha
Roy, Advs. for AIIMS (M:
9818385222).
Mr. Neeraj Verma, Adv. for R-24.
Mr. Parmanand Gaur, Standing
Counsel for UGC with Mr. Vaibhav
Mishra & Ms. Megha Gaur, Advs for
R-36
Mr. Siddharth Panda and Mr. Anil
Pandey Advocates for R-19 (ILBS)
CORAM:
JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH
JUSTICE AMIT SHARMA
ORDER
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1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.
This is a digitally signed order.
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2. Mr. Dayan Krishnan, ld. Amicus Curiae, Mr. Preet Pal Singh, ld. Counsel appearing for the Bar Council of India, Mr. Keshav Dutta, ld. Counsel representing the cause of students, Mr. Sanyam Gupta, ld. Counsel and Mr. Parmanand Gaur, ld. counsel on behalf of the UGC have made their submissions.
3. Arguments Heard. Judgement Reserved.
PRATHIBA M. SINGH, J.
AMIT SHARMA, J.
FEBRUARY 25, 2025 dj/ms This is a digitally signed order.
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