Supreme Court - Daily Orders
Independent Sugar Corporation Limited vs Girish Sriram Juneja on 29 January, 2025
Bench: Hrishikesh Roy, Sudhanshu Dhulia
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ITEM NO.1503 COURT NO.4 SECTION XVII
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).6071/2023
INDEPENDENT SUGAR CORPORATION LIMITED Appellant(s)
VERSUS
GIRISH SRIRAM JUNEJA & ANR. Respondent(s)
[ HEARD BY : HON. HRISHIKESH ROY, HON. SUDHANSHU DHULIA AND HON.
S.V.N. BHATTI, JJ. ]
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CORAM :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHANSHU DHULIA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.V.N. BHATTI For Appellant(s) :
Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Yadunath Bhargavan, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhari, Adv. Mr. Raghav Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Udit Sidhra, Adv. Mr. Dhanya Krishnan, Adv. Ms. Monisha Handa, Adv. Mr. Akshay Chandra, Adv. Mr. Rajul Shrivastav, Adv. Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mr. Dhruv Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anubhav Sharma, Adv. Mr. Chirag Shah, Adv. Ms. Ayushi Gaur, Adv. Mr. Akshat Malpani, Adv. Mr. Anubhav sharma, Adv. Ms. Nayan Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Buddy Ranganadhan, Sr. Adv.4
Mr. Samar Bansal, Adv. Mr. Pawas Kulshrestha, Adv. Mr. Parv Garg, Adv.
Mr. K.S. Rekhi, Adv.
Ms. Nandini Tomar, Adv. Ms. Shefali Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Jain, AOR Ms. Divya Jain, Adv.
Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Bhandari, Sr. Adv. Mr. Utsav Trivedi, Adv. Mr. Avishkar Singhvi, Adv. Mr. Avishkar Singhvi, Adv. Ms. Unnati Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Manini Roy, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Nandini Acharya, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Seem, Adv. Ms. Mugdha Pande, Adv. Mr. Ajay Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Swapnil Singh, Adv. Ms. Dhanakshi Gandhi, Adv. Ms. Rooh-e-hina Dua, AOR Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhijeet Sinha, Sr. Adv. Mr. Indranil Ghosh, Adv. Mr. Debabrata Das, Adv. Mr. Palzer Moktan, Adv. Ms. Aanchal Tikmani, AOR Mr. Shaunak Mitra, Adv. Mr. Aditya Shukla, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Chaddha, Adv. Mr. Saptarshi Mukherjee, Adv. Ms. Meherunissa Anand Jaitley, Adv. Mr. Harshil Wason, Adv. Ms. Mrinal Choudhry, Adv. Ms. Mehar Bedi, Adv.
Mr. Advait Ghosh, Adv.
Mr. Balbir Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajnish Prasad, AOR Mr. Udayan Jain, Adv. Ms. Monica Benjamin, Adv. Mr. Raj Surana, Adv.
Mr. Ranjan Mishra, Adv. Ms. Ananya Singh, Adv.5
Mr. Amit Sibal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pratiksha Sharma, AOR Mr. Ankit Acharya, Adv. Mr. Aditya Shukla, Adv. Mr. Darpan Sachdeva, Adv. Ms. Mallika Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Vinamra Koparhia, Adv. Mr. Saksham Dhingra, Adv. Ms. Bagavathy Vennimalai, Adv. Ms. Ritu Chaudhary, Adv.
Mr. Rana Mukherjee, Sr. Adv. Ms. Daisy Hannah, AOR Ms. Oindrila Sen, Adv. Mr. Samarth Mohanty, Adv. Ms. Sneha Ahmed, Adv.
Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Parag Tripathi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Gaggar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akshay Nanda, Adv. Ms. Sanya Sud, AOR Ms. Vaishali Goyal, Adv. Ms. Praniti Ganjoo, Adv. Mr. Aditye Arora, Adv. Mr. Keshav Sehgal, Adv. Ms. Monika Lakhanpal Gaggar, Adv. Ms. Kokila Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Krishan Gandhi, Adv. Mr. Mohit Rai, Adv.
Ms. Divya Joshi, Adv. Ms. Somya Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Anushree Poddar, Adv. Ms. Hunar Malik, Adv.
For Respondent(s) :
Mr. Balbir Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajnish Prasad, AOR Mr. Udayan Jain, Adv. Ms. Monica Benjamin, Adv. Mr. Raj Surana, Adv.
Mr. Ranjan Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Smriti Churiwal, AOR Mr. Vikram Wadehra, Adv. Mr. Jaiveer Kant, Adv. Ms. Meher Thapar, Adv.6
Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Parag Tripathi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Gaggar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akshay Nanda, Adv. Ms. Sanya Sud, AOR Ms. Vaishali Goyal, Adv. Ms. Praniti Ganjoo, Adv. Mr. Aditye Arora, Adv. Mr. Keshav Sehgal, Adv. Ms. Monika Lakhanpal Gaggar, Adv. Ms. Kokila Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Krishan Gandhi, Adv. Mr. Mohit Rai, Adv.
Ms. Divya Joshi, Adv. Ms. Somya Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Anushree Poddar, Adv. Ms. Hunar Malik, Adv.
Mr. Samar Bansal, Adv. Mr. Pawas Kulshrestha, Adv. Mr. Parv Garg, Adv.
Mr. K.S. Rekhi, Adv.
Mr. Nikhil Jain, AOR Ms. Divya Jain, Adv.
Mr. S. S. Shroff, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Ms. Misha, Adv.
Mr. Siddhant Kant, Adv. Ms. Moulshree Shukla, Adv. Ms. Gayathri Balasubramanian, Adv. Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, Sr. Adv. Mr. Indranil Ghosh, Adv. Mr. Debabrata Das, Adv. Mr. Palzer Moktan, Adv. Ms. Aanchal Tikmani, AOR Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Bhandari, Sr. Adv. Mr. Utsav Trivedi,, Adv. Mr. Avishkar Singhvi, Adv. Ms. Unnati Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Manini Roy, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Nandini Acharya,, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Seem, Adv.7
Ms. Mugdha Pande, Adv. Mr. Ajay Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Swapnil Singh, Adv. Ms. Dhanakshi Gandhi, Adv. Ms. Rooh-e-hina Dua, AOR Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Ms. Daisy Hannah, AOR Ms. Radhika Gautam, AOR
1. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Hrishikesh Roy (on behalf of himself and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia) has pronounced the judgment.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.V.N. Bhatti has pronounced a separate judgment with contrary conclusion.
2. In view of the majority opinion, the Civil Appeal No. 6071 of 2023 is allowed in the above terms. This decision rendered in the lead case shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to connected Civil Appeal Nos. 4954 of 2023, Civil Appeal No. 4924 of 2023, Civil Appeal No. 4937 of 2023, Civil Appeal No. 5018 of 2023, Civil Appeal No. 6847 of 2023, Civil Appeal No. 6055 of 2023, Civil Appeal No. 6123 of 2023, and Civil Appeal No. 6177 of 2023.
3. Consequently, in light of the above, Civil Appeal Nos. 5401 of 2023, Civil Appeal No. 7037 of 2023, Civil Appeal No. 7038 of 2023, Civil Appeal No. 6771 of 2023, and Civil Appeal No. 7428 of 2023 are dismissed. All consequences to follow.
4. Pending application(s), if any, stand closed. (DEEPAK JOSHI) (KAMLESH RAWAT) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR (signed reportable judgments are placed on the file)