Supreme Court - Daily Orders
M. Varadhan vs Union Of India on 8 January, 2026
ITEM NO.54 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(s)(Civil) No(s). 1319/2023
M. VARADHAN Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)
(IA No. 264631/2025 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.
261431/2025 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 326689/2025 -
APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 258373/2025 - APPROPRIATE
ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 319925/2025 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/
DIRECTIONS, IA No. 270527/2025 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA
No. 294410/2025 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 265478/2025
- APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 314804/2025 – CLARIFICATION
/DIRECTION, IA No. 291698/2025 – CLARIFICATION/ DIRECTION, IA No.
260210/2025 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 314802/2025 -
EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 314805/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM
FILING O.T., IA No. 265469/2025 - EXTENSION OF TIME, IA No.
292159/2025 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 288267/2025 -
INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 314801/2025 - INTERVENTION
APPLICATION, IA No. 321209/2025 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.
258372/2025 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 270162/2025 -
INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 315850/2025 - INTERVENTION
APPLICATION, IA No. 294408/2025 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.
276937/2025 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 308194/2025 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 296735/2025 – INTERVENTION/
IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 242244/2025 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No.
273899/2025 – MODIFICATION, IA No. 319258/2025 – MODIFICATION, IA
No. 296737/2025 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON, IA No.
245323/2025 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/
ANNEXURES and IA No. 242662/2023 - STAY APPLICATION)
WITH
T.C.(C) No. 112-115/2015 (XII-B)
T.C.(C) No. 110/2015 (XII-B)
(IA No. 86498/2017 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION)
T.C.(C) No. 111/2015 (XII-B)
T.C.(C) No. 119/2015 (XV)
Signature Not Verified
T.C.(C) No. 118/2015 (III-A)
Digitally signed by
NITIN TALREJA
Date: 2026.01.09
09:35:18 IST
Reason:
T.C.(C) No. 116/2015 (IV)
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T.C.(C) No. 117/2015 (III-A)
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.
22168/2025 - 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, IA No. 242449/2025 -
PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES and IA No.
23851/2025 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/
ANNEXURES)
T.C.(C) No. 133/2015 (XI-B)
(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.)
T.P.(C) Nos. 90-94/2024 (XIV)
(IA No. 9540/2024 - STAY APPLICATION)
T.P.(C) No. 270-271/2024 (XI-B)
(FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING THE SPARE COPIES ON IA
214088/2024 and IA No. 24977/2024 - STAY APPLICATION)
T.P.(C) No. 1298/2024 (XVII-B)
(IA No. 110368/2024 - EX-PARTE STAY)
T.C.(C) No. 38/2024 (XII-B)
(IA No. 7890/2025 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON)
T.P.(C) No. 2930/2024 (XV)
(IA No. 251798/2024 - STAY APPLICATION)
T.P.(C) No. 2997/2024 (XII-A)
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(IA No. 256650/2024 - STAY APPLICATION)
T.P.(C) No. 156/2025 (IX-A)
(IA No. 17549/2025 - STAY APPLICATION)
T.P.(C) No. 349/2025 (XII-A)
(IA No. 33259/2025 - STAY APPLICATION)
SLP(C) No. 7328/2025 (XV)
(IA No. 67309/2025 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/
ANNEXURES)
T.P.(C) No. 840/2025 (IV-A)
(IA No. 78135/2025 - STAY APPLICATION)
T.P.(C) No. 967/2025 (IV-A)
SLP(C) No. 19203/2025 (XIV)
W.P.(C) No. 865/2025 (X)
(IA No. 225187/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)
SLP(C) No. 35806-35807/2025 (XI-B)
(IA No. 291567/2025 - EXEMN.FROM FILING C/C OF CERTIFICATE OF
FITNESS and IA No. 294648/2025 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN
PERSON)
Date : 08-01-2026 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JOYMALYA BAGCHI
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI
For Petitioner(s): Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, AOR
Mr. Akash Singh, Adv.
Mrs. Mahima Bhardwaj Kalucha, Adv.
Mr. Adhiraj Wadhera, Adv.
M/S. Ram Sankar & Co, AOR
Mr. Vasantha Kumar K, Adv.
Mr. Guru Krishna Kumar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. S Prabakaran, Sr. Adv.
Dr. Ram Sankar, Adv.
Mrs. Usha Prabakaran, Adv.
Mr. N Adhil, Adv.
Mr. Maheswaran Prabakaran, Adv.
Mr. Naveen Kumar Ma, Adv.
Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR
Ms. Pratibha Jain, AOR
Mr. Chirag Joshi, Adv.
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Mr. Ghanshyam Joshi, AOR
Mr. Anantha Narayana M.G., AOR
Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR
Mr. Yadav Narender Singh, AOR
Mr. P. Soma Sundaram, AOR
By Courts Motion, AOR
Mr. Anil Kumar Gupta-ii, AOR
Mr. B M Singh, Adv.
Mr. Ankit Borker, Adv.
Ms. Shivangi Singh, Adv.
Mr. Raj Shekhar Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Alpana Sharma, AOR
Mr. M Gireesh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR
Mr. Sanjay Singh, Adv.
Mr. Tarun, Adv.
Mr. Thamizhendhi, Adv.
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. Ankur, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Singh Chauhan, AOR
Mr. Abhijeet Chatterjee, Adv.
Mr. Subodh Kr. Pathak, Adv.
Ms. Arunima Chatterjee, Adv.
Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR
Dr. Charanjeet Singh Chanderpal, Adv.
Mr. Anil Kumar, AOR
Mr. Amit Pawan, AOR
Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR
M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR
Dr. Sunil Kumar Agarwal, AOR
Ms. Santosh, Adv.
Mr. Kaushal Kishore, Adv.
Mr. Dheeraj Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Shelly Dutta, Adv.
Mr. Amarjeet Sahani, Adv.
Ms. Shweta Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Sachin Kumar Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Madan Lal Daga, Adv.
Petitioner-in-person
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For Respondent(s) :Mrs. Nandini Gore, AOR
Ms. Aparna Jha, AOR
Mr. Venkateswara Rao Anumolu, AOR
Mr. Vikas Upadhyay, AOR
Ms. Ankita Kashyap, Adv.
Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR
Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR
Mr. Praveen Agrawal, AOR
M/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR
Mr. Rajeev Singh, AOR
Mr. Gopal Prasad, AOR
Ms. Shalya Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR
Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Varij Nayan Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Amol B. Karande, AOR
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.
Ms. Kamakshi S. Mehlwal, AOR
Mr. Subhasish Mohanty, AOR
M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR
Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR
Ms. Malini Poduval, AOR
Dr. Chidanand P Mansur, Adv.
Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR
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. Pijush K. Roy, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Pritthish Roy, Adv.
Ms. Kakali Roy, Adv.
Mr. Rajan K. Chourasia, AOR
Ms. Satyama Dubey, Adv.
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Mr. Nischal Kumar Neeraj, AOR
Mr. Vishal Mudgal, Adv.
Mrs. Raj Rani, Adv.
Mr. Shalen Bhardwaj, Adv.
Ms. Neelima Bagoria, Adv.
Ms. Reema Roy, Adv.
Ms. Lakshmi, Adv.
Mrs. Smerity Rani, Adv.
Mrs. Sabika Ahmad, Adv.
Ms. Banisha Verma, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Amod Kumar Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Akash Maurya, Adv.
Mr. Deependra Kumar Pathak, Adv.
Mr. Shafiq Khan, Adv.
Ms. Anjani Suri, Adv.
Ms. K. V. Bharathi Upadhyaya, AOR
Mr. Aditya Singh, AOR
Mr. Shishir Pinaki, AOR
Mr. Dhanaeswar Gudapalli Advocate, Adv.
Mr. Satyeyu Veer Advocate, Adv.
Mr. Syed Saiffulla Advocate, Adv.
Caveator-in-person, AOR
Mr. Anand Nandan, Adv.
Mr. Kuldeep Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Aashna Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR
Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR
Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR
Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Anupama Ngangom,, Adv.
Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.
Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR
Ms. Anubha Dhulia, Adv.
Mr. Sunny Sachin Rawat, Adv.
Ms. Adviteeya, Adv.
Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR
Mr. Parmanand Pandey, AOR
Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR
Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Guru Krishna Kumar, Sr.Adv.
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Ms. Radhika Gautam, AOR
Mr. Anjul Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. Harvinder Chowdhury, AOR
Mr. Yusuf, AOR
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. Tadimalla Bhaskar Gowtham, Adv.
Ms. Shambhawi Shiva, Adv.
M/s Godavari Law Associates, AOR
Respondent-in-person
M/S. Ram Sankar & Co, AOR
Mr. S Anand, Adv.
Mr. Sushant Singh, Adv.
Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR
Mr. Harsh V. Surana, AOR
Mr. Anubhav, AOR
Mr. Somanadri Goud, Adv.
Mr. Devansh Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Ravinder Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Vijay Pal, Adv.
Mr. Deepankar, Adv.
Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Shrikant Kenjale, AOR
Mr. B. Dhananjay, Adv.
Ms. Damini Viswakarma, Adv.
Mr. M. A. Chinnasamy, AOR
Mr. C Raghavendren, Adv.
Mr. Ch. Leela Sarveswar, Adv.
Mr. P Raja Ram, Adv.
Mrs. C Rubavathi, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv.
Mr. K Gopiunath, Adv.
Mr. Subodh Kr. Pathak, Adv.
Mr. Satish Khandal, Adv.
Mr. Pawan Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. V. Elangovan, Adv.
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Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR
Mr. T. Singhdev, Adv.
Ms. Yamini Singh, Adv.
Mr. Prateek Bhatia, AOR
Mr. Tanishq Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Abhijit Chakravarty, Adv.
Mr. Bhanu Gulati, Adv.
Mr. Vedant Sood, Adv.
Mr. H. Chandra Sekhar, AOR
Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv.
Ms. Yatika Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, AOR
Dr. Arvind S. Avhad, AOR
Mr. Rishabh Singh, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv.
Mr. Uday Warunjikar, Adv.
Ms. Tatini Basu, AOR
Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR
Mrs. Sumita Ray, AOR
Ms. Disha Ray, Adv.
Mr. Kunal Narwal, Adv.
Ms. Vanshika Singh, Adv.
Mr. Anurag Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR
Mr. Ashok Singh, AOR
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Manisha Ambwani, AOR
Mr. Abhinav Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Manish Kumar Saran, AOR
Ms. Ananya Tyagi, Adv.
Mr. Sidhant Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Mani Saran, Adv.
Mr. Aljo K. Joseph, AOR
Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Udit Saxena, Adv.
Mr. Ananta Prasad Mishra, AOR
Mr. Jasbir Singh, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Christi Jain, AOR
Mr. Jasbir Singh Malik, Adv.
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Mr. Anshuman Singh, AOR
Ms. Raakhi Vats, Adv.
Mr. Anjani Kumar Mishra, AOR
Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, AOR
Mr. Akash Singh, Adv.
Mrs. Mahima Bhardwaj Kalucha, Adv.
Mr. Vivek Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Shubham Awasthi, Adv.
Mr. Rajeev Kumar Jha, Adv.
Mr. Biswajit Deb, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR
Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv.
Mr. Utkarsh Anand, Adv.
Mr. R. H. A. Sikander, AOR
Ms. K. R. Chitra, AOR/Intervenor in person
Dr. Charanjeet Singh Chanderpal, Adv.
Mr. Anil Kumar, AOR
Mr. Javedur Rahman, AOR
Mr. Gautam Das, AOR
Mr. Shivam Kumar, Adv.
Mr. C. M. Gopal, Adv.
Mr. R.K. Padhi, Adv.
Mr. Abanikanta Sahu, Adv.
Ms. Khushi Chopra, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Singh, AOR
Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Mahi Pal Singh, Adv.
Mr. Satvik Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Singh Dingra, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv.
Mr. Manoj Kumar Rajput, Adv.
Mr. Anupam Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv.
Mr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Adv.
Mr. Varun Varma, Adv.
Mr. Narendra Pal Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Dilip Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Chaman Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Rashid Khan, Adv.
Mr. Shubham Rajhans, Adv.
Ms. Shreya Jha, Adv.
Mr. Ishank Ranjan, Adv.
Ms. Niharika Dwivedi, Adv.
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Ms. Swati Vishan, Adv.
Mr. Prakhar Shukla, Adv.
Ms. Ritika Raj, Adv.
Mr. Ravinder Pal Singh, Adv.
Mr. Jatin Malik, Adv.
Ms. Charanjeet Sidhu, Adv.
Ms. Manisha Chawla, Adv.
Mr. Dinesh Kumar Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Ankit Maan, Adv.
Mr. Lalit Dixit, Adv.
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Anas Tanwir, Adv.
Mr. Shwetank Sailakwal, AOR
Mr. Ebad Ur Rahman, Adv.
Mr. Mayank Suryan, Adv.
Ms. Abhinanda Bhuyan, Adv.
Mr. Alok Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Esha Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR
Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Anupama Ngangom,, Adv.
Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.
Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR
Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR
Mr. M R Shamshad, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Ankit Singh, Adv.
Mr. Shashank Singh, AOR
Mr. Varun Bhati, Adv.
Mr. Milind Modi, Adv.
Mr. Bilal A Khan, Adv.
Ms. Neha Yadav, Adv.
Ms. Ankita Kashyap, Adv.
Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR
Mr. Nishanth Patil, A.A.G.
Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR
Mr. Kunal Rana, Adv.
Mr. Shashwat Jaiswal, Adv.
Dr. Surender Singh Hooda, AOR
Mr. P.V. Surendranath, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR
Mr. John Thomas A., Adv.
Ms. Nandana Harikrishnan, Adv.
Mr. Anand Nandan, Adv.
Mr. Kuldeep Mishra, Adv.
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Ms. Aashna Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR
For intervenor(s) Mr. Achintya Kumar Banerjee, Adv.
Ms. Indu Mouli Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Adhip Narayan Banarjee, Adv.
Mr. Vuzmal Nehru, Adv.
Mr. Ujjwal Bhardawaj, Adv.
Mr. Wasim Rony, Adv.
Mr. Vishal Arun Mishra, AOR
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
List on 13.01.2026.
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