Supreme Court - Daily Orders
Rajeeb Kalita vs Union Of India on 21 August, 2023
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ITEM NO.21 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). 538/2023
RAJEEB KALITA Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)
Date : 21-08-2023 This petition was called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Bhaskar Dev Konwar, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Charu Ambwani, AOR
For Respondent(s) Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG
Ms. Richa Kohli, Adv.
Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv.
Mr. Aman Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Ameyvikrama Thanvi, Adv.
Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.
Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR
Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv.
Mr. Siddhesh Shirish Kotwal, AOR
Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv.
Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv.
Mr. Tejasvi Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv.
Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR
Signature Not Verified
Mr. Madhav Maira, Adv.
Digitally signed by
NEETA SAPRA
Date: 2023.08.21 Ms. Sampriti Baksi, Adv.
16:28:40 IST
Reason:
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Mr. Yashvardhan, Adv.
Ms. Smita Kant, Adv.
Mr. Apoorv Shukla, AOR
Mr. Puneet Chahar, Adv.
Ms. Prabhleen A. Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Sinha, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Shrikant Kenjale, AOR
Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR
Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv.
Ms. Kshitij Singh, Adv.
Mr. Apoorv Kurup, AOR
Ms. Kirti Dadheech, Adv.
Mr. Akhil Hasija, Adv.
Mr. Mr.ojaswa Pathak, Adv.
Mr. Apoorva Jha, Adv.
Mr. Shivansh Dwivedi, Adv.
Ms. Gauri Goburdhun, Adv.
Mr. Amit Gupta, AOR
Mr. Amit Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Harisankar Mahapatra, Adv.
Mr. Shiv Verma, Adv.
Mr. Malak Manish Bhatt, AOR
Mr. P. I. Jose, AOR
Mr. Remish Lakra, Adv.
Mr. Anupam Raina, AOR
Mr. Sunando Raha, Adv.
Mr. Nishant Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR
Mr. Raghavendra S. Srivatsa, AOR
Mr. Venkita Subramoniam T.r, Adv.
Ms. Koaml Mundhra, Adv.
Mr. Likhi Chand Bonsle, Adv.
Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR
Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv.
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Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv.
Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv.
Ms. Miranda Solaman, Adv.
Mr. Gautam Narayan, AOR
Ms. Asmita Singh, Adv.
Mr. Harshit Goel, Adv.
Ms. Akriti Arya, Adv.
Mr. Siddhant Singh, Adv.
Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR
Mr. Shobhit Jain, Adv.
Mr. Aakash Nandolia, Adv.
Ms. Sagun Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, AOR
Mr. Arvind Kumar Tripathi, Adv.
Mrs. Shashi Pathak, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR
Mr. Chritarth Palli, Adv.
Mr. Manan Daga, Adv.
Ms. Aakanksha Kaul, Adv.
Ms. Garima Bajaj, AOR
Ms. Enakshi Mukhopadhyay Siddhanta, AOR
Mr. Sovon Siddhanta, Adv.
Mr. Rao Raj Bahadur Singh, Adv.
Ms. Radhika Gautam, AOR
Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
1 Twenty three High Courts have filed their compliance affidavits in pursuance of the previous directions of this Court.
2 Soft copies of the affidavits shall be compiled and supplied to Ms Charu Ambwani counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Ms Aishwarya Bhati, Additional 4 Solicitor General.
3 The High Courts who have not filed their responses shall positively do so within a period of two weeks failing which this Court would be constrained to take a serious view of any default.
4 By the next date of listing, we request the counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Ms Richa Kohli, counsel assisting Ms Aishwarya Bhati, Additional Solicitor General to jointly prepare a tabulated statement in regard to the position as it obtains in the High Court across the country so that comprehensive directions can be issued by this Court at that stage. 5 List the Writ Petition on 08 September 2023.
6 Any additional affidavits that the High Courts seek to file may be filed before the next date of listing.
(GULSHAN KUMAR ARORA) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR)
AR-CUM-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR