Supreme Court - Daily Orders
State Of U.P vs Jai Bir Singh on 19 March, 2026
Bench: Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, Dipankar Datta
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 812 OF 2005
Superintending Engineer,
U.B.D.C. Circle, Amritsar &
ORS. APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
PARAMJIT SINGH (DEAD) RESPONDENT(S)
THROUGH LRS.
O R D E R
1. The deceased respondent (workman) was employed as a daily wager with the Irrigation Department, Punjab. He raised an industrial dispute claiming that his services had been unlawfully terminated in violation of Section 25-F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The Labour Court, by award dated 26.03.2002, ordered his reinstatement. The award was subsequently challenged by the appellants before the High Court, which dismissed the challenge through judgment and order dated 10.11.2003, upholding the Labour Court’s decision.
Aggrieved thereby, the appellants have preferred the instant Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by NITIN TALREJA appeal.
Date: 2026.03.28 11:26:15 IST Reason: 12. Heard Mr. Shadan Farasat, learned senior counsel appearing for the appellants and Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the legal heirs of the deceased respondent (workman).
3. Keeping the question open as to whether the Irrigation Department, State of Punjab, qualifies as an industry under Section 2(j) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, we note that the deceased workman was granted reinstatement by the Labour Court, which was upheld by the High Court. The operation of the said relief, however, was stayed by this Court vide order dated 05.11.2004, and during the pendency of the instant appeal, the workman unfortunately passed away on 25.12.2020, leaving behind his legal heirs, who apparently have no means of livelihood. In these circumstances, we find it a fit case to invoke and exercise our powers under Article 142 of the Constitution of India and award a lump sum of Rs.
10 lakhs to the legal heirs of the deceased workman to do complete justice to the parties. The amount shall be deposited with the Industrial Tribunal (Tribunal) within six weeks, and the Tribunal shall identify the legal heirs of the deceased and will disburse the amount proportionately to them.
4. The appeal is, accordingly, dismissed.
25. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand closed.
..........................CJI (SURYA KANT) ..........................J. (B.V. NAGARATHNA) ..........................J. (PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA) ..........................J. (DIPANKAR DATTA) ..........................J. (UJJAL BHUYAN) ..........................J. (SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA) ..........................J. (JOYMALYA BAGCHI) ..........................J. (ALOK ARADHE) ..........................J. (VIPUL M. PANCHOLI) NEW DELHI;
MARCH 19, 2026.
3 ITEM NO.901 COURT NO.1 SECTION III-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Civil Appeal No(s). 897/2002 STATE OF U.P. Appellant(s) VERSUS JAI BIR SINGH Respondent(s)
[TO GO BEFORE NINE HON'BLE JUDGES ] [ FOR FURTHER HEARING ] [MR. J.P.. CAMA, LD. SENIOR COUNSEL (A.C.) AND MR. P.S. SENGUPTA, LD. SENIOR COUNSEL (A.C.) (IA No. 76780/2026 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 71817/2026 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 65699/2026 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 79616/2026 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No. 75400/2026 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) WITH C.A. No. 4646/2007 (IV) C.A. No. 3647/2007 (IV) SLP(C) No. 1112/2009 (IV-C) C.A. No. 3920/2010 (III-A) C.A. No. 3119/2011 (XV) C.A. No. 6114/2001 (III-A) C.A. No. 6108/2002 (III-A) C.A. No. 1276/2001 (IV) C.A. No. 1279/2001 (IV) C.A. No. 1278/2001 (IV) C.A. No. 6471/2002 (III) C.A. No. 2506/2002 (III-A) C.A. No. 8597/2001 (III-A) C.A. No. 4569/2002 (III-B) (IA No. 13146/2020 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No. 13147/2020
- EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) C.A. No. 5101/2002 (XII-B) 4 C.A. No. 2409/2002 (IV) SLP(C) No. 20982/2002 (XVII-B) C.A. No. 355-358/2003 (XII-A) SLP(C) No. 14085/2004 (IV-B) SLP(C) No. 11291/2004 (IV-B) SLP(C) No. 14127/2004 (IV-B) C.A. No. 812/2005 (IV) C.A. No. 7994/2004 (IV) SLP(C) No. 4139/2005 (IV-B) C.A. No. 1274/2007 (XII-B) C.A. No. 1273/2007 (XII-B) C.A. No. 1311-1312/2008 (III-A) SLP(C) No. 16301/2007 (XI) SLP(C) No. 3107/2008 (IV-C) SLP(C) No. 4327/2008 (IV-C) SLP(C) No. 4329/2008 (IV-C) SLP(C) No. 4328/2008 (IV-C) C.A. No. 296/2008 (III) SLP(C) No. 16276/2008 (IV-B) SLP(C) No. 17224/2008 (IX) C.A. No. 5519/2012 (XI-B) (IA No. 45076/2019 - STAY APPLICATION) C.A. No. 5681/2010 (III-A) S.L.P.(C)...CC No. 7990/2009 (XI) C.A. No. 7757/2011 (III-B) C.A. No. 1131/2012 (III-A) C.A. No. 8149-8151/2012 (XII-A) 5 C.A. No. 4505-4506/2013 (XII-B) C.A. No. 4507-4508/2013 (XII-B) SLP(C) No. 12679-12682/2014 (XII) SLP(C) No. 1857/2016 (IX) SLP(C) No. 14156/2021 (XI-A) Date : 19-03-2026 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JOYMALYA BAGCHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI For Amicus Curiae: Mr. J.P. Cama, Sr. Adv./Amicus Curiae Mr. Mayan Prasad, Adv.
Ms. Suruchi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Nitish Raj, Adv.
Mr. Anand Pai, Adv.
MR. P.S. Sengupta, Sr. Adv./Amicus Curiae For Appellant(s) : Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Anandh Venkataramani, Adv. Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv. Ms. Anjali Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Ms. Yamika Khanna, Adv. Ms. Deboshree Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Thajaswini C.B., Adv. Mr. Devvrat Singh, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv. Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv. Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Dixit, Adv. Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv.
Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR 6 Mr. K M Natraj, A.S.G. Mr. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Sudeep Kumar, AOR Mr. Siddharth Thakur, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhaker, Adv. Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv.
Ms. Manisha, Adv.
Ms. Pallavi Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Saket, Adv. Ms. Rupali, Adv.
Ms. Arushi Singh, Adv.
Ms. Poornima Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhijeet Singh, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Singh, Adv. Ms. Surabhi, Adv.
Mr. S S Subramaniam, Adv. Mr. Kumar Harshvardhan, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Singh, Adv.
Ms. Reya Paul, Adv.
Ms. Gunjan Dogra, Adv.
Ms. Harshita Chawla, Adv. Ms. Muskan Bharti, Adv. Ms. Neha Azad, Adv.
Mr. Satwik Misra, Nodal Counsel Ms. Aarushi Singh, Nodal Counsel Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Sanjay Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishanth Patil, A.A.G. Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR Mr. Kunal Rana, Adv.
Mr. Kunal Rana, Adv.
Mr. Shashwat Jaiswal, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Jaiswal, Adv. Ms. Diksha Arora, Adv.
Mr. Arijit Dey, Adv.
Ms. Bhumi Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Mythili S., Adv.
Mr. Tanay Hegde, Adv.
Mr. Ankit Tiwari, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Arijit Dey, Adv.
Ms. Bhumi Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Ankit Tiwari, Adv.
Mr. Awanish Gupta, Adv. Mr. Awanish Gupta, Adv. Ms. Mythili S., Adv.
7Ms. Madhu Sikri, AOR Mr. Saket Sikri, Adv.
Ms. Ekta Sikri, Adv.
Mr. Ajay Pal Kullar, Adv. Mr. Arun Sanwal, Adv.
Mr. Jasbir Bidhuri, Adv. Mr. Prakhar Khanna, Adv. Mr. Akshit Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Krishan Kumar, AOR Mr. D. Kumanan, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, AOR Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Mrs. Deepanwita Priyanka,, Adv. Ms. Apoorva Anand, Adv.
Mr. V. Prabhakar, Sr. Adv. Mr. R. Chandrachud, AOR Ms. Jyoti Parashar, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Saksham Jain, Adv.
Mr. Dhuli Venkata Krishna, Adv. Mr. Aryan Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, AOR Mr. Alok Sangwan, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Mr. Ajay Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Sumit Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Veena Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Sangwan, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Adv. Mr. Harsh Mehla, Adv.
Ms. Divya Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Vikas Singh Jangra, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Yadav, Adv. Mr. Bhakti Vardhan Singh, Adv. Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv.
Mr. Pawan Kishore Singh, Adv. Mr. Aman Dev Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gaj Singh, Adv.
Mr. Vikramaditya Chouhan, Adv. Mr. Amit Ojha, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Azeem A Dost, Adv.
Mr. Keshav Mittal, Adv.
Mr. Anirudh Sanganeria, AOR Mr. Siddharth Sinha, Adv.
8Mr. Chinmay Deshpande, Adv. Mr. K. L. Janjani, AOR Mrs. Rachna Gupta, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Mrs. Maninderjit Singh Bedi, Advocate General Mr. Shadan Farasat, A.A.G. Mr. Rajat Bhardwaj, A.A.G. Mr. Mohd Irshad, Adv.
Mr. Vivek Jain, A.A.G. Mr. Siddhant Sharma, AOR Mr. Prafull Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Arkaprava Dass, Adv. Ms. Varisha Sharma, Adv. Ms. Sarah Sunny, Adv.
Mr. Kaustubh Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Dushyant Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Vikram Choudhary, Adv.
Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv. Mr. Varad Kilor, Adv.
Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv.
Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Chitransha Singh Sikarwar, Adv. Mr. Harsh, Adv.
Mr. Harshavardhan V. Ghadge, Adv. Ms. Salonee Paranjape, Adv. Mr. Karan Bishnoi, Adv. Mr. Jagruti, Adv.
Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Mrinal Kanwar, AOR Mr. Punit Agarwwal, Adv.
Mr. Abhimanyu Bhandari, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rooh-e-hina Dua, AOR Mr. Arav Pandit, Adv.
Ms. Shrutika Garg, Adv. Ms. Shreya Arora, Adv.
Ms. Yashika Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Riccky Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Piyush Jain, Adv.
Ms. Aroha Kadyan, Adv.
Mr. Shivam Gandhi, Adv.
Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR 9 Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Shantnu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv. Mr. Digvijay Dam, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Kartikay Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. K M Natraj, A.S.G. Mr. Ajay Misra, Advocate General Mr. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Sudeep Kumar, AOR Mr. Siddharth Thakur, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhaker, Adv. Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv.
Ms. Manisha, Adv.
Ms. Pallavi Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Saket, Adv. Ms. Rupali, Adv.
Ms. Arushi Singh, Adv.
Mr. Satwik Misra, Adv.
Ms. Poornima Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhijeet Singh, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Singh, Adv. Ms. S S Subramaniam, Adv. Mr. Kumar Harshvardhan, Adv. Ms. Nidhi, Adv.
Ms. Reya Paul, Adv.
Ms. Gunjan Dogra, Adv.
Ms. Harshita Chawla, Adv. Ms. Surabhi, Adv.
Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. K M Natraj, A.S.G. Mr. Ravindra Kumar Raizada, Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Ruchir Ranjan Rai, Adv. Mr. Ram Krishna Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Ashiwan Mishra, Adv. Ms. Aditi Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Vaidruti Mishra, Adv. Ms. Vidushi Pandey, Adv. Mr. Suraj, Adv.
Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General 10 Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv. Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv. Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Dixit, Adv. Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv.
Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR Ms. Indira Jaisingh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bharat Sangal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, Adv. Mr. Nagarkatti Kartik Uday, AOR Ms. Babita Kushwaha, Adv. Mr. Hemant Kumar Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Shalini, Adv.
Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, AAG Mr. D.S. Parmar, AAG Mr. Harmeet Singh Ruprah, AOR Mr. Kanishk Sharma, Adv. Ms. Arlene Noronha, Adv. Mr. Karan Singh, Adv.
For Respondent(s) : Mr. S. K. Verma, AOR Mr. Subhash Sharma, AOR Mrs. K. Sarada Devi, AOR Mr. Vidya Dhar Gaur, AOR M/S. Lawyer S Knit & Co, AOR Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Mr. Zain Haider, Adv.
Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR Mr. K. Rajeev, AOR Ms. Niveditha R Menon, Adv. Mr. Aditya Verma, Adv.
Mr. Tarun Kumar, Adv.
Mr. K. L. Janjani, AOR Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv.
Mr. Pawan Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. Kamal Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mrs. Vatsala Tripathi, Adv.
11Mr. Krishna Pakash Dubey, Adv. Mr. G P Mahto, Adv.
Mr. Yash Pal Dhingra, AOR Mr. S. Ravi Shankar, AOR Ms. Madhu Sikri, AOR Mr. Saket Sikri, Adv.
Ms. Ekta Sikri, Adv.
Mr. Ajay Pal Kullar, Adv. Mr. Vikalp Mudgal, Adv. Mr. Arun Sanwal, Adv.
Mr. Jasbir Bidhuri, Adv. Mr. Prakhar Khanna, Adv. Mr. Akshit Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Sudhanshu Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. R. C. Kaushik, AOR Mr. E. C. Vidya Sagar, AOR Mr. Shivam Singh, Adv.
Mr. Subhash Chandra Sagar, Adv. Mr. Hemant Kumar Sagar, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh Gupta, Adv. Ms. Divyanshi Bucha, Adv. Ms. Spoorthi Cotha, Adv.
Ms. Nandani Gupta, Adv. Mr. Krishna Kumar, Adv. Dr. Mrs. Vipin Gupta, AOR Mr. Narveer Yadav, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Sati, Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Gupta, AOR Mrs. Kanchan Gupta, Adv. Mr. Chakit Singhal, Adv.
Mr. Sayid Marzook Bafaki, AOR Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Samarjeet Deo, Adv. Mr. Lokesh Malik, Adv.
Ms. Atika Chaturvedi, Adv. Ms. Anju Shree Nair, Adv. Ms. Khushboo Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Krishan Kumar, AOR Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR Mr. K.S. Namdar, Sr. Adv.
12Mr. R.N. Vanjarani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhijit S. Kamble, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Viraz R. Shah, Adv.
Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Anupam Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Varun Varma, Adv.
Ms. Anushka Deshmukh, Adv. Ms. Shreya Jha, Adv.
Ms. Asmita Mishra, Adv. Mr. Devandra Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Mr. Amrendra Kumar Mehta, AOR Mr. Sahil A Garg Narwana, Adv. Ms. Gunjan Kumari, Adv.
Mr. P. Venkat Reddy, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar Tyagi, Adv. Mr. P. Srinivas Reddy, Adv. M/s Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR Ms. Nidhi, AOR Mr. Mohit Girdhar, Adv.
Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr. Adv. Mr. Santhanan Krishnan, Adv. Mr. Udhay Krishna G., Adv. Mr. Dhaneswar Gudapalli, Adv. Mr. Kesav Kumar, Adv.
Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, AOR Mr. Ashok Kumar Sharma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kshitij Mudgal, AOR Mr. Ansh Mittal, Adv.
Mr. Amit Jay Singh, Adv.
Mr. D. Kumanan, AOR Mr. Kedar Nath Tripathy, AOR Mr. Aditya Narayan Tripathy, Adv.
Dr. K.S. Chauhan, Sr. Adv. Mr. P.S. Teji, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, AOR Mr. Abhishek Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Ravi Prakash, Adv.
Mr. R.S.M. Kalky, Adv.
Mr. S.P. Singh, Adv.
Dr. R.K. Chauhan, Adv.
Dr. Indra Pratap Singh, Adv. Ms. Aditi Chauhan, Adv.
13Ms. Shriya Sethi, Adv.
Mr. Nav Parkash Singh Teji, Adv. Mr. Alok Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Sumit Kishore, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Ravi Shankar Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sanjeev Bhatnagar, Adv. Mr. Sounak S Das, Adv.
Mr. Anshul Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Megha Gaur, Adv.
Mr. Vibhav Mishra, Adv. Mr. Parmanand Gaur, AOR Mr. Anurag Tomar, Adv.
Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. Pravartak Suhas Pathak, AOR Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Sr. Adv. Ms. Misha Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Nakul Mohta, Adv.
Mr. Amulya Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Racheeta Chawla, Adv.
Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Ms. Apoorva Pandey, Adv. Mr. Madhav Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Ayush Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Simran, Adv.
Mr. Parmanand Pandey, AOR Mr. Utkarsh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Praveen Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vishal Tiwari, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv.
Ms. Anindita Mitra, AOR Ms. Ishita Puranik, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR Mrs. Jayna Kothari, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rohit Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Jatin Lalwani, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Purohit, Adv. Ms. Aparna Mehrotra, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Adv. Mr. Jay Rawat, Adv.
14Mr. Vinay Navare, Sr. Adv. Mr. C. K. Sajji Narayan, Through VC, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Kumar Tiwari, AOR Mr. T. Gopal, Adv.
Mr. Yashodhan Chandurkar, Adv. Mr. Raman V. R., Adv.
Ms. Vartika Maurya, Adv. Ms. Akanshha Raj Mishra, Through Vc, Adv. Mr. Darshan Lama, Adv.
Mr. Amritesh Anand, Adv. Mr. Vinit Pathak, Adv.
Mr. Ayush Anand, Adv.
Mr. Adarsh Kumar Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Arvind Srevatsa, Adv. Mr. S. Santanam Swaminadhan, Adv. Ms. Aarthi Rajan, AOR Ms. Abhilasha Shrawat, Adv. Mr. Kartik Malhotra, Adv. Mr. U.S. Jayapathy, Adv. Mr. R. Anirud Narayen, Adv. Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv.
Mr. Pradyut Kashyap, Adv. Ms. Smruthi Gangadhar, Adv. Mr. Aayushman Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Shourya Das Gupta, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Venugopal, Adv. Ms. Trisha Chandran, Adv. Mr. Madhav Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Shrivastava, Adv. Ms. Aditi Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Amar Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Avinash Sharma, AOR Ms. Akanksha Kapoor, Adv. Dr. Joginder Singh Berwal, Adv. Mr. Jayender S. Chandail, Adv.
Mr. P.V. Surendranath, Sr. Adv. Mr. Manu Krishnan G, AOR Mr. Sawan Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sarvan Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Simran Singh, Adv.
Ms. Smrithi V S, Adv.
Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aniruddha Joshi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shashibhushan P. Adgaonkar, AOR Ms. Salonee Paranjape, Adv.
15Mr. Karan Bishnoi, Adv.
Mrs. Pradnya S Adgaonkar, Adv. Mr. Sharian Mukherji, Adv. Mr. Anoop Raj, Adv.
Mr. Chirag Zanwar, Adv. Ms. Shambhavi Kanade, Adv.
Mr. C U Singh, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Jawahar Raja, Adv.
Ms. Aditi Saraswat, Adv. Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Nitai Hinduja, Adv. Mr. N. Sai Vinod, AOR Ms. Bidya Mohanty, Adv. Ms. Katyayani Suhrud, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kalaiyarasan, Adv.
Mr. Varun K Chopra, Adv. Mr. Dipu Kumar Jha, Adv. Mr. Rahul Tomar, Adv.
M/S. V K C Law Offices, AOR Mr. Vivek Sharma, AOR Dr. Vijay Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Amit Singh, Adv.
Mr. Nitin Pal, Adv.
Ms. Priyasha Panwar, Adv.
Mr. Ram Narayan Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Pritam Singh, Adv.
Mr. Umesh Kumar Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Pradeep Kumar Rai, Sr. Adv. Ms. Modoyia Kayina, Adv. Ms. Rajshree Rai, Adv.
Mr. Vinay Kumar Rai, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Naman Sherstra, Adv. Mr. Akshay L., Adv.
For Intervenor: Mr. Jayesh K Unnikrishnan, AOR Ms. Sasmita Tripathy, Adv. Ms. Smriti Parija, Adv.
16UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R C.A. No. 812/2005 The appeal is dismissed in terms of the signed order. Signed order is placed on the file.
Pending application(s), if any, shall stand closed.
Rest of the matters Arguments concluded.
Judgment reserved.
Written submissions/notes be filed by the parties on or before 06.04.2026.
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