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Supreme Court - Daily Orders

In Re: Muslim Womens Quest For Equality vs Jamiat Ulma-I-Hind on 18 May, 2017

Bench: Chief Justice, Kurian Joseph, Rohinton Fali Nariman, Uday Umesh Lalit, S.Abdul Nazeer

     SMW(C)No.2/15 etc.etc.                     1

     ITEM NO.501(PH)                 COURT NO.1            SECTION PIL(W) & X

                         S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
                               RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
                                    SMW(C) No.2/2015

     IN RE: MUSLIM WOMEN'S QUEST FOR EQUALITY           Petitioner(s)
                         VERSUS
     JAMIAT ULMA-I-HIND & ORS.                          Respondent(s)
     (With appln.(s) for consideration the facts and points and
     exemption from filing O.T. and impleadment and intervention and
     permission to appear and argue in person)
     WITH W.P.(C) No.118/2016
     (With appln.(s) for ad-interim ex-parte stay and directions and
     exemption from filing O.T. and impleadment and intervention)
     W.P.(C) No.288/2016
     (With appln.(s) for stay and Office Report)
     W.P.(C) No.327/2016
     (With appln.(s) for ad-interim ex-parte stay and directions)
     W.P.(C) No.665/2016
     (With appln.(s) for directions and exemption from filing c/c and
     exemption from filing O.T. and impleadment and Office Report)
     W.P.(C) No.43/2017
     (With appln.(s) for exemption from filing O.T. and Office Report)

     Date : 18/05/2017 These petitions were called on for hearing today.

     CORAM :
                         HON'BLE    THE   CHIEF JUSTICE
                         HON'BLE    MR.   JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH
                         HON'BLE    MR.   JUSTICE ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN
                         HON'BLE    MR.   JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT
                         HON'BLE    MR.   JUSTICE S.ABDUL NAZEER

     For Petitioner(s)        Mr.   Amit Singh Chadda, Sr.Adv.
     (In WP(C)118/2016)       Mr.   Balaji Srinivasan, Adv.
                              Mr.   Arunava Mukherjee, Adv.
                              Mr.   Dilpreet Singh, Adv.
                              Mr.   Abhishek Bharti, Adv.
                              Ms.   Vaishnavi Subrahmanium, Adv.
                              Ms.   Pratiksha Mishra, Adv.
                              Ms.   Srishti Govil, Adv.
                              Mr.   Prashanth Murthy S.G., Adv.
                              Mr.   Mayank Krinsagar, Adv.
                              Mr.   Sahil Mongia, Adv.

     In WP(C) 288/2016
Signature Not Verified
                              Mr.   Divyesh Pratap Singh, Adv.
                              Mr.   Kunwar Aditya Singh, Adv.
Digitally signed by
SATISH KUMAR YADAV
Date: 2017.05.19
14:28:57 TLT
Reason:
                              Ms.   Shivangi Singh, Adv.
                              Mr.   Suraj Prakash Singh, Adv.
                              Mr.   Jailandra Kumar Rai, Adv.
SMW(C)No.2/15 etc.etc.                  2

In WP(C) 327/2016        Ms.   Priya Hingorani, Adv.
                         Mr.   Ashwani Upadhyay, Adv.
                         Mr.   Ranbir Yadav, Adv.
                         Mr.   Balaji Srinivasan, Adv.

In I.A.19/16 in          Mr. Ashwani Upadhyay, Adv.
SMW(C)No.2/2015

In WP(C) 665/2016        Mr. V. K. Biju, Adv.
                         Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv.
                         Ms. Hema Sahu, Adv.
                         Ms.Gagan Deep Kaur, Adv.

In WP(C) 43/2017         Mr. Rajesh Pathak, Adv.
                         Mr.Harish Pandey, Adv.
                         Mr. Abhishek Chakraborty, Adv.
                         Mr.Amit Sharma, Adv.
                         Mr. Mukesh Jain, Adv.

                         Mr.Dwarka Sawale, Adv.

For Respondent(s)/
Intervenor/Impleader

(For UOI)                Mr.Mukul Rohatgi, AG (Not Present)
                         Mr.Tushar Mehta, ASG (Not Present)
                         Ms. Pinky Anand, ASG
                         Ms.Madhvi Diwan, Adv.
                         Ms.Diksha Rai, Adv.
                         Ms. Ranjita Rohatgi, Adv.
                         Mr.Abhinav Mukherjee, Adv.
                         Ms.Aishwarya Bhati, Adv.
                         Mr.Rajat Nair, Adv.
                         Mr.Devashish Bharuka, Adv.
                         Mr.Rajesh Ranjan, Adv.
                         Mr.Raj Bahadur, Adv.
                         Mr.M.K.Maroria, Adv.
                         Ms.Kanika Saran, Adv.
                         Ms.Nidhi Khanna, Adv.
                         Mr.G.S.Makker, Adv.

For Intervenor           Mr.Salman Khurshid, Sr.Adv.
-In person               Mr.Zafar Khurshid, Adv.
In I.A.No.37334          Ms.Sanchita Ain, Adv.
In WP(C)118/16           Mr.Antony R.Julian, Adv.
                         Ms.Azra Rehman, Adv.
                         For M/s Equity Lex Associates, Adv.

In I.A.No.17/17          Mr.Arif Mohd.Khan, Adv.
in SMW(C)2/15            Dr.Chandra Rajan, Adv.
(For AIMWPLB)            Ms.Reshma Arif, Adv.
                         Mr.Aftab Ali Khan, Adv.
                         Mr.Mustaffa Arif, Adv.
SMW(C)No.2/15 etc.etc.                  3

                         Mr.Sandeep Garausa, Adv.
                         Ms.Afshan Pracha, Adv.
                         Mr.Rahul Sharma, Adv.
                         Ms.Reshma Arif, Adv.

For R-10 in              Mr.   Anand Grover, Sr. Adv.
WP(C)118/16              Ms.   Tripati Tondon, Adv.
                         Ms.   Lorraine Misquith, Adv.
                         Ms.   Shrinidhi Rao, Adv.
                         Mr.   Shadan Farasat, Adv.
                         Ms.   Rudrakshi Deo, Adv.

For R-7 in          Mr. V.Giri, Sr. Adv.
SMWC 2/15 & for     Mr. Uzmi Jameel Hussain, Adv.
RR 6 In WP(C)118/16 Mohd. Parvez Dabas, Adv.
                    Mr. Shakil Ahmad Syed, Adv.
                    Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A, Adv.
                    Ms. Svadha Shankar, Adv.
                    Mr.Keerthivas G., Adv.
                    Mr.Amit Krishnan, Adv.
                    Mr.Krishna Dev J., Adv.
                    Mr. Manav Vohra, Adv.
                    Mr. Taiyab Khan, Adv.
                    Mr.Mujeeb Uddin Khan, Adv.
                    Mr.Niaz Ahmed Farooqui, Adv.
                    Mr.Syed Shahid Husain Rizvi, Adv.
                    Mr.S.Mansoor, Adv.
                    Mr.N.Aziz, Adv.

For R-8 in               Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr.Adv.
WP(C) 118/2016           Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, Adv.
                         Mr. Tahir M.Hakim, Adv.
                         Mr.M.R.Shamshad, Adv.
                         Mr. C. George Thomas, Adv.
                         Ms. Akriti Chaubey, Adv.
                         Ms. Qurratulain, Adv.
                         Ms. Tanya Shree, Adv.
                         Mr. Vikram Aditya Narayan, Adv.
                         Ms. Mythili Vijay Kumar Thallam, Adv.
                         Mr. Zain Maqbool, Adv.

For RR No.3              Mr.Yusuf Hatim Muchhala, Sr.Adv.
In SMW(C)2/2015          Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, Adv.
                         Mr. Tahir M. Hakim, Adv.
                         Mr.Saquib Ansari, Adv.
                         Mr. C. George Thomas, Adv.
                         Ms.Akriti Chaubey, Adv.
                         Ms.Qurratulain, Adv.
                         Ms.Tanya Shree, Adv.
                         Mr.Vikram Aditya Narayan, Adv.
                         Ms. Mythili Vijay Kumar Thallam, Adv.
                         Mr.Zain Maqbool, Adv.
SMW(C)No.2/15 etc.etc.                  4

For R-1 in               Mr.Raju Ramachandran, Sr. Adv.
SMW(C)2/15 & for         Mr.Ejaz Maqbool, Adv.
R-9 in WP(C)118/16       Mr.Sharif Shaikh, Adv.
                         Mr. Ansar Tamboli, Adv.
                         Mr. Shahid Nadeem, Adv.
                         Mr. C. George Thomas, Adv.
                         Ms.Akriti Chaubey, Adv.
                         Ms.Qurratulain, Adv.
                         Ms.Tanya Shree, Adv.
                         Mr.Zain Maqbool, Adv.
                         Mr.Ishwar Mohanty, Adv.
                         Ms.Hamsini Shankar, Adv.

In I.A.15-16/16 In       Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv.
WP(C)118/16              Ms. Meher Dev, Adv.
                         Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, Adv.
                         Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv.
                         Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv.
                         Mr.Amritnanda C., Adv.
                         Mr.Sanjeeb Panigrahi, Adv.

For RR 15 In             Mr.Yusuf Hatim Muchhala, Sr.Adv.
I.A.10/17 in             Ms. Garima Bajaj, Adv.
WP(C)118/16

For RR 12 in             Mr.Yusuf Hatim Muchhala, Sr.Adv.
In I.A.14/16 in          Ms. Garima Bajaj, Adv.
SMW(C)2/15

For R-4 in               Mr.   Ejaz Maqbool, Adv.
WP(C)43/2017             Mr.   C.George Thomas, Adv.
                         Ms.   Akriti Chaubey, Adv.
                         Ms.   Qurratulain, Adv.
                         Ms.   Tanya Shree, Adv.
                         Mr.   Zain Maqbool, Adv.

In I.A. 28/17 in         Mr.B.H.Marlapalle, Sr.Adv.
WP(C)118/16              Mr. Ajit Wagh, Adv.
                         Mr. Aditya Gaggar, Adv.
                         Mr. Aproov Shukla, Adv.
                         Mr. O.P.Gaggar, Adv.

For R-5 in               Mr.   Manoj Goel, Adv.
WP(C) 118/16             Mr.   Wajeem Shafiq, Adv.
                         Mr.   Naman Kamboj, Adv.
                         Mr.   Dhairya Kapoor, Adv.

For R-11 in              Ms. Nitya Ramakrishnan, Adv.
WP(C) 118/16             Ms. Warisha Farasat, Adv.
                         Ms.Rudrakshi Deo, Adv.
                         Mr. Ahmed Said, Adv.
                         Mr. Shadan Farasat, Adv.
SMW(C)No.2/15 etc.etc.                5

For Impleader in         Ms. Garima Bajaj, Adv.
I.A.25/17 in
SMW(C)No.2/15

For Impleader in         Ms. Garima Bajaj, Adv.
I.A.20/17 in
WP(C)No.118/16

In SMW(C)2/15 &          Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed, Adv.
& WP(C)118/16            Ms Naghma Imtiaz, Adv.
                         Mr. Ahmed Zargham, Adv.
                         Dr.Harsh Pathak, Adv.
                         Mohd.Ibrahim, Adv.
                         for M/s Equity Lex Associates

                         Ms. Aparna Bhat, Adv.
                         Ms. Joshita Pai, Adv.

                         Mr. Azmal Khan, Adv.
                         Dr. Sumant Bharadwaj, Adv.
                         Mr.Prem Prakash Singh, Adv.
                         Mr.Aviral Saxena, Adv.
                         Mr.Rakesh Kailash Sharma, Adv.
                         Ms. Mridula Ray Bharadwaj, Adv.
                         Mr.Manoj Kumar, Adv.

In I.A.18-27 in          Mr. A.P. Singh, Adv.              .
In SMW(C)2/15            Mr. V.P. Singh, Adv.
                         Ms. Geeta Chauhan, Adv.
                         Ms.Pratima Rani, Adv.
                         Ms.Richa Singh, Adv.
                         Mr.Pawan Trivedi, Adv.
                         Mr.C.M.Sharma, Adv.
                         Mr.C.K.Kesharwani, Adv.
                         Mr.S.P.Singh, Adv.
                         Ms.Surekha Srivastava, Adv.
                         Mr. M.M. Kashyap, Adv.

For Intervenor in        Ms. Rukhsana Choudhary, Adv.
I.A.No.6/16 in
SMW(C)2/15

For Intervenor           Mr. Anis Ahmed Khan, Adv.
In I.A.13 & 19/17        Mr. Shoaib Ahmad Khan, Adv.
In WP(C)118/16           Mr.Sandeep Garausa, Adv.
                         Mr. Mohd. Naved Mian, Adv.

                         Md. Irshad Hanif, Adv.
                         Mr.Sahid Nadeem Ansari, Adv.
                         Mr.Mateen Shaikh, Adv.
                         Mr.Wasif Rehman, Adv.
                         Mr.Arshad Shaikh, Adv.
                         Md.Razik Shaikh, Adv.
SMW(C)No.2/15 etc.etc.                6

                         Mr.Aarif Ali Khan, Adv.
                         Mr.Muzahid Ahmad, Adv.
                         Mohd.Izhar Alam, Adv.
                         Mr.Mata Prasad Singh, Adv.
                         Ms.Ranjana Rastogi Singh, Adv.

                         Md. Irshad Hanif, Adv.
                         Mr.Sarwar Raza, Adv.
                         Mohd.Waseem Akram, Adv.
                         Mr.Takrim Ahsan Khan, Adv.
                         Mohd.Ateek, Adv.
                         Mr.Ansar Tamboli, Adv.
                         Mr.Sharif Shaikh, Adv.
                         Mr.Afroz Siddiqui, Adv.

For RR No.13             Mr. M.R. Shamshad, Adv.
In SMW(C)2/15            Mr. Zaki Ahmad Khan, Adv.
                         Mr. Aditya Samaddar, Adv.

                         Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad, Adv.

In I.A.28/17 In          Mr. Subrata Das, Adv.
SMW(C)2/15               Mr. Reegan S. Bel, Adv.
                         Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR

I.A.Nos.24-26/17         Mr. V.K. Shukla, in person
In WP(C)118/16

For Intervenor           Mr.Mohd.Nizam Pasha, Adv.
In I.A.16 in             Mr.Gautam Talukdar, Adv.
WP(C)118/16
                         Ms.Abha R.Sharma, Adv.
In WP(C)665/16           Mr.D.S.Parmar, Adv.
                         Mr.Susheel Tomar, Adv.
                         Ms.Sujeeta Srivastava, Adv.
                         Ms.Kavitta Sharma, Adv.
                         Ms.Alka Agrawal, Adv.
                         Ms.Shobha, Adv.
                         Mr.P.V.Singh, Adv.
                         Ms.Srimato Ray, Adv.

For Intervenor           Mr.Debasis Misra, Adv.

RR No.-2 In              Ms.Farha Faiz, In person
SMW(C)2/15

In I.A.No.33 in          Mr.Vivek C.Solshe, Adv.
SMW(C)No.2/15            Mr.C.G.Solshe, Adv.

                         Mohd.Amanullah, Adv.
                         Ms.Shabeena Anjum, Adv.
                         Mr.Misbah Bin Tariq, Adv.
                         Mr.Neeraj Jha, Adv.
SMW(C)No.2/15 etc.etc.                7

                         Mr.Nikhlesh Ramachandran, Adv.

In I.A.34-35/17          Mr.Jabar Singh, Adv.
In SMW(C)2/15            Mr.Pramod Kumar, Adv.
                         Mr.Vishwa Pal Singh, Adv.

For Intervenor           Mr.C.M.Angadi, Adv.
in I.A.No.29/17          Mr.R.P.Goyal, Adv.
in SMW(C)2/15

In I.A.36/17 in          Mr.Ram Jethmalani, Sr.Adv.(Not Present)
SMW(C)2/15               Mr.Arun Kumar, Adv.
                         Mr.Birendra Kumar Chowdhary, Adv.
                         Mr.Ajay Awasthi, Adv.
                         Mr.Raj Singh Rana, Adv.
                         Mr.Nitin Kumar Thakur, Adv.

                         Mr.E.C.Agrawala, Adv.
                         Mr.Abhinav Agrawal, Adv.
                         Mr.Baldev Ateraya, Adv.
                         Mr.Sunil Murarka, Adv.
                         Mr.J.S.Suhag, Adv.
                         Mr.Jagjit Singh Suhag, Adv.

                         Dr.Kailash Chand, Adv.

                         Mr.Rishad Ahmed Chowdhury, Adv.

           Upon hearing the counsel the Court made the following
                               O R D E R

All the pending applications for intervention/impleadment are declined.

Arguments heard.

Judgment reserved.

(SATISH KUMAR YADAV) (SARITA PUROHIT) (SUKHBIR PAUL KAUR) AR-CUM-PS COURT MASTER AR-CUM-PS (SHASHI SAREEN) (RENUKA SADANA) (MADHU NARULA) AR-CUM-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR COURT MASTER