Supreme Court - Daily Orders
Bhupinder Singh vs Unitech Ltd. on 10 November, 2021
Bench: D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah
CA 10856/2016
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ITEM NO.301 COURT NO.4 SECTION XVII-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.10856/2016
BHUPINDER SINGH Appellant(s)
VERSUS
UNITECH LTD. Respondent(s)
(With appln.(s) for IA No.50683/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/
DIRECTIONS, IA No.50706/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/ DIRECTIONS, IA
No.116163/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.81663/2021 -
APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.57580/2021 - APPROPRIATE
ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.112090/2021 - INTERVENTION, IA
No.79304/2020 – INTERVENTION, IA No.50704/2021 – INTERVENTION/
IMPLEADMENT, IA No.81660/2021 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA
No.57581/2021 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No.5463/2021 -
PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS)
WITH S.L.P.(Crl) Nos.5978-5979/2017 (II-C)
Date : 10-11-2021 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.R. SHAH
Mr. Pawanshree Agrawal, Adv. (A.C.)
For Appellant(s) Mr. Ritesh Khare, Adv.
Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR
SLP(Crl) 5978-79/2017 Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR
SLP(Crl) 5978-79/2017 Ms. Anubha Agrawal, AOR
For Respondent(s) Mr. N. Venkataraman, ASG
Signature Not Verified
Ms. Anubha Agrawal, AOR
Digitally signed by
Chetan Kumar
Date: 2021.11.12
17:33:20 IST
Reason:
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Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR
Ms. Madhvi Divan, ASG
Mr. M.K. Maroria, AOR
Ms. Shradha Deshmukh, Adv.
Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv.
Mr. Siddhant Kohli, Adv.
Mr. Rajan Kr Chourasia, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Singh B, Adv.
Mr. Amrish Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Ayush Puri, Adv.
Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.
Ms. Nidhi Khanna, Adv.
Ms. Praveena Gautam, Adv.
Mr. Shekhar Vyas, Adv.
Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv.
Mr. K.M. Nataraj, ASG
Mr. Shekhar Vyas, Adv.
Ms. Praveena Gautam, Adv.
Mr. Sughosh Subramanyam, Adv.
Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, Adv.
Ms. Suhashini Sen, Adv.
Mr. T.A. Khan, Adv.
Mr. Anish Kr. Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv.
Mr. Siddhant Kohli, Adv.
Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR
Mr. Pawanshree Agrawal, AOR
Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR
Mr. P.R. Ramashesh, Adv.
Mr. Sanuj Das, Adv.
Mr. Ankolekar Gurudatta, AOR
Dr. Vinod Kumar Tewari, AOR
Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR
Mr. Amit Agrawal, AOR
Ms. Radhika Yadav, Adv.
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Mr. Naman Khatwani, Adv.
Mr. Sonal Jain, AOR
Mr. Vikramjit Banerji, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Adity Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Jasmine Damkewala, AOR
Ms. Vaishali Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Dinesh Chander Trehan, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR
Mr. E.C. Agrawala, AOR
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gautam, AOR
Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR
Mr. Yash Jariwala, Adv.
Mr. Rabindra Tiwary, Adv.
Mr. Vipin Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Vivek Bhojrajka, Adv.
Mr. Pran Krishna Jana, Adv.
Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR
Mr. K.V. Vishwanathan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Pradeep Chindra, Adv.
Mr. Rajan Chawla, AOR
Mr. Akshat Kumar, AOR
Mr. Ravindra Kumar, AOR
Mr. Dhruv Tamta, AOR
M/s. D.S.K. Legal
Mr. Manish Kumar Gupta, AOR
Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, AOR
Ms. Upasana Nath, AOR
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Chaurasia, AOR
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Mr. Atul Kumar, AOR
Mr. Utsav Trivedi, Adv.
Mr. Abhinay, AOR
Mr. Milinda Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Unnati Vijay, Adv.
Ms. Shivani Bhushan, Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Samal, Adv.
Ms. Shruti Agarwal, AOR
Mr. Pranav Kumar, AOR
Mr. D.S. Chauhan, AOR
Ms. Ruchi Singh, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Deepak M Nargolkar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Anant Kumar Vatsya, Adv.
Dr. Avinash Poddar, Adv.
Mr. Shiv Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Kumar Sinha, Adv.
Mr. Devendra Singh, AOR
Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, AOR
Mr. Anand Sukumar, Adv.
Mr. S. Sukumaran, Adv.
Mr. Bhupesh Kumar Pathak, Adv.
Ms. Meera Mathur, AOR
Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR
Mr. Mohit Jolly, Adv.
Ms. Chand Chopra, Adv.
Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv.
Ms. Dipika Jain, Adv.
Mr. Kaustubh Shukla, AOR
Mr. Braj Kishore Mishra, AOR
Mr. Utkarsh Sharma, AOR
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Mr. Kaushik Choudhury, AOR
Mr. Kunal Tandon, Adv.
Mr. Surendra Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Singh, AOR
Ms. Pankhuri, Adv.
Mr. Dhruv Chawla, Adv.
Mohd. Arif, Adv.
Mr. Akhilesh Yadav, Adv.
Ms. Hima Bhardwaj
Mr. Joy Saha, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, AOR
Ms. Rashi Singhania, Adv.
Mr. M.P. Vinod, AOR
Ms. Priyanjali Singh, AOR
Mr. Rahul Rathore, Adv.
Mr. Vikram Hegde, Adv.
Mr. Shantanu Lakhotia, Adv.
Ms. Hima Lawrence, AOR
Mr. Rajiv Mehta, AOR
Mr. Vineet Bhagat, AOR
Mr. K.G. Bhagat, Adv.
Ms. Manju Bhagat, Adv.
Ms. Archna Midha, Adv.
Mr. Mohit Gulati, Adv.
Mr. Arvind Kumar Tewari, AOR
Ms. Sujata Kurdukar, AOR
Mr. Sharath Sampath, Adv.
Mr. Tarun Mehta, Adv.
Mr. Manikya Khanna, Adv.
Ms. Nidhi Mohan Parashar, AOR
Mr. Pratyaksh Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv.
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Ms. Anshula Vijay Kumar Grover, AOR
Mr. Neeraj Kumar Gupta, AOR
Mr. Jappanpreet Hora, Adv.
Mr. Prabjot Hora, Adv.
Mr. A. Karthik, AOR
Mr. Sudhansu Palo, AOR
Mr. Ravi Panwar, AOR
Mr. Raj Kamal, AOR
Mr. Amit Shrivastava, AOR
Mr. Krishnan Venugopal, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Bhatt, Adv.
Ms. Akansha Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR
Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR
Mr. Romy Chacko, AOR
Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR
Ms. Rashi Bansal, AOR
Mr. Aman Raj Gandhi, AOR
Mr. Ashwani Kumar, AOR
Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR
Mr. Shashank Manish, AOR
Ms. Ruby Singh Ahuja, Adv.
Ms. Hancy Maini, Adv.
Ms. Kritika Sachdeva, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Kamat, Adv.
Mr. Ajay Vazirani, Adv.
Mr. Debmalya Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Ameya Deosthale, Adv.
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Mr. Kartik Bhatnagar, Adv.
Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv.
Mr. Nicholas Choudhury, Adv.
Mr. Anmol, Adv.
Mr. Vardaan Wanchoo, Adv.
Ms. Sharanya Mahimtura, Adv.
Ms. Astha Prasad, Adv.
M/s. Karanjawala & Co.
Mr. C.K. Sasi, AOR
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, AOR
Mr. P.K. Jain, AOR
Mr. Sandeep Devashish Das, AOR
Mr. Dushyant Sarna, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, AOR
Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR
Mr. Harshad V. Hameed, AOR
Mr. Nitin Saluja, AOR
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR
Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR
Mr. Vipin Kumar Jai, AOR
Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, AOR
Dr. Lalit Bhasin, Adv.
Ms. Nina Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Ananya Marwah, Adv.
Ms. Ruchika Joshi, Adv.
Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran, AOR
Mr. Nikilesh Ramachandran, AOR
Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv.
Ms. Surekha Raman, Adv.
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Mr. Akhil Abraham Roy, Adv.
Mr. Vijay Valsan, Adv.
M/s. K J John And Co.
Mr. Divyesh Pratap Singh, AOR
Mr. Nakul Mohta, Adv.
Ms. Misha Rohatgi Mohta, AOR
Mr. Devansh Shrivastava, Adv.
M/s. Udit Kishan And Associates
Mr. Preshit Vilas Surshe, AOR
Mr. Ashish Virmani, AOR
Mr. B. Ramana Murthy, AOR
Mr. P.R. Kovilan Poongkuntran, Adv.
Mrs. Geetha Kovilan, AOR
Mr. V.K. Monga, AOR
Mr. Sanjeev Sen, Adv.
Mr. Salim A Inamdar, Adv.
Mr. Shwetabh Sinha, Adv.
Ms. Astha Tyagi, AOR
Mr. Abhisth Kumar, AOR
Ms. Vibha Datta Makhija, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Shariq Ahmed, Adv.
Mr. Tariq Ahmed, Adv.
Mr. Praveen Gaurav, Adv.
Mr. Sunil Kumar Verma, AOR
Petitioner-in-person
Mr. Anil Grover, Sr. AAG
Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Khurana, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR
Mr. Bhanwar Jadon, Adv.
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Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Pritha Srikumar, AOR
Mr. Naveen Hegde, Adv.
Ms. Mansi Binjrajka, Adv.
Mr. Brijesh Kumar Tamber, AOR
Mr. Yashu Rustagi, Adv.
Mr. Siddhartha Jha, AOR
Mr. C.S. Vaidyanathan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR
Ms. Sweena Nair, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Gupta, Adv.
Mr. P. Mohith Rao, Adv.
Mr. Roopansh Purohit, AOR
Ms. Rashi Bansal, AOR
Mr. Omprakash Ajitsingh Parihar, AOR
Mr. Abhijeet Shah, Adv.
Mr. Dushyant Tiwari, Adv.
Mr. Ilin Saraswat, Adv.
Ms. Swati Jain, Adv.
Ms. Ilma Saifi, Adv.
Ms. Asmita Kumar, Adv.
Mr. M.M. Kashyap, AOR
Ms. Gargi Khanna, AOR
Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR
Mr. Manish Shanker Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Vivek Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, AOR
Ms. Pallavi Baghel, Adv.
Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR
Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR
Ms. Mridula Ray Bharadwaj, AOR
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Mr. Yadav Narender Singh, AOR
Mr. Vivek Singh, AOR
Mr. Vivek Gupta, AOR
Mr. Vineet Bhagat, AOR
Mr. Vikrant Panchnanda, AOR
Mr. Mukul Katyal, Adv.
Mr. Vikram Singh, AOR
Mr. Vikas Mehta, AOR
Mr. Vijay Kumar, AOR
Mr. Umang Shankar, AOR
Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR
Mr. Tarun Gupta, AOR
Mr. T.N. Singh, AOR
Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR
Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR
Ms. Varuna Bhanrale, Adv.
Mr. Sumit Nagpal, Adv.
Ms. Malvika Kapila, Adv.
Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR
Ms. Saumya Kapoor, Adv.
Mr. Sureshan P., AOR
Ms. Sunieta Ojha, AOR
Mr. Sumit Kumar, AOR
Ms. Sujata Kurdukar, AOR
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Mr. Sriram P., AOR
Mr. Soumya Dutta, AOR
Sonal Jain, AOR
Mr. Kumar Sudeep, Adv.
Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, AOR
Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR
Mr. Siddharth Batra, AOR
Ms. Shivani Chawla, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth, AOR
Ms. Shobha Gupta, AOR
Mr. Nishant Bahuguna, Adv.
Mr. Shashibhushan P. Adgaonkar, AOR
Mr. Shantanu Sagar, AOR
Ms. Shagun Matta, AOR
Mr. Saurabh Ajay Gupta, AOR
Mr. Sanjay Jain, AOR
Mr. S. Rajappa, AOR
Mr. S.R. Setia, AOR
Mr. S.K. Verma, AOR
Mr. Roshan Santhalia, AOR
Ms. Rohini Prasad, AOR
Mr. Ravindra Kumar, AOR
Mr. Ranjit Kumar Sharma, AOR
Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR
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Ms. Rakhi Ray, AOR
Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwived, AOR
Mr. Rajesh Singh, AOR
Mr. Rajesh Kumar, AOR
Mr. Rajeev Singh, AOR
Mr. Rajat Sehgal, AOR
Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR
Ms. Rachna Gupta, AOR
Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR
Mr. R.C. Kaushik, AOR
Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR
Mr. Prithvi Pal, AOR
Ms. Preeti Singh, AOR
Ms. Manorma Masih, Adv.
Mr. Sunklan Porwal, Adv.
Ms. Saumya Dwivedi, Adv.
Ms. Kumkum Mandhanya, Adv.
Mr. Shubham Kaushik, Adv.
Mr. Praveen Agrawal, AOR
Mr. Saurabh Jain, Adv.
Mr. Samindra Kumar Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. P.K. Jain, AOR
Mr. P.K. Goswami, Adv.
Mr. S.P. Singh Rathore, Adv.
Ms. Garima Prasad, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Nishit Agrawal, AOR
Mr. Harsh Mishra, Adv.
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Mr. Dhruv Agrawal, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Nishit Agrawal, AOR
Mr. Harsh Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Nikhil Swami, AOR
Mr. Sandeep Bajaj, Adv.
Ms. Nidhi Mohan Parashar, AOR
Ms. Aakanksha Nehra, Adv.
Mr. Siddhartha Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR
Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR
Mr. Mayank Goel, AOR
Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR
Ms. Madhurima Tatia, AOR
Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR
Mr. M.R. Shamshad, AOR
Mr. M.P. Devanath, AOR
Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR
M/s. A Kmnp Law
Mr. Kaushik Poddar, AOR
Mr. Karan Bharihoke, AOR
Mr. Sanveer Mehlwal, Adv.
Mr. Mohit Yadav, Adv.
Ms. Geetanjali Mehlwal, Adv.
Ms. Kamakshi S. Mehlwal, AOR
Mr. K.K. Mohan, AOR
Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR
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Mr. Jinendra Jain, AOR
Mr. Jay Kishor Singh, AOR
Mr. Jatin Zaveri, AOR
Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR
Ms. Hima Lawrence, AOR
Harsh Lata, AOR
Mr. Gyan Prakash Srivastava, AOR
Gp. Capt. Karan Singh Bhati, AOR
Mr. Pushpraj Singh, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR
Mr. Gaurav Sharma, AOR
Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR
M/s. Gagrat & Co.
Mr. Gagan Gupta, AOR
Ms. Filza A Moonis, AOR
Mr. Divyesh Pratap Singh, AOR
Ms. Divya Roy, AOR
Mr. Suchit Mohanty, Adv.
Ms. Vandana Mohanty, Adv.
Mr. Dipesh Sinha, AOR
Mr. D. Abhinav Rao, AOR
M/s. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Ms. Charu A Mathur, AOR
Ms. Charu Ambwani, AOR
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Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, AOR
Mr. Chandan Kumar, AOR
Mr. Pankaj Jain, Adv.
Mr. Ashok Kumar Jain, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kasera, Adv.
Ms. Meenakshi Jain, Adv.
Mr. Bijoy Kumar Jain, AOR
Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR
Ms. B. Sunita A Rao, AOR,
Mr. Avinash Sharma, AOR
M/s. Av Global Chambers, AOR
Mr. R.K. Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Atul Sharma, AOR,
Mr. Aswathi M.K., AOR
Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR,
Mr. Arjun Singh Bhati, AOR,
Mr. Arjun A Harkauli, AOR
Mr. Archit Upadhayay, AOR
Applicant-In-Person
Mr. Anirudh Sharma, AOR
Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR
Mr. Akshat Shrivastava, AOR
Mr. Akshat Kumar, AOR
Mr. D.K. Rustogi, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Singh, AOR
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Mr. Abhishek Agarwal, AOR
Mr. Abhinav Shrivastava, AOR
Mr. Abhay Kumar, AOR
Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, AOR
Mr. A. Radhakrishnan, AOR
Ms. Kirti Renu A Mishra, AOR
M/s. Devasa & Co.
Mr. Pahlad Singh Sharma, AOR
Mr. M.L. Lahoty, Adv.
Mr. Paban K Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Anchit Sripat, Adv.
Mr. Himanshu Shekhar, AOR
Mr. Awanish Kumar,
Mr. Aldanish Rein, AOR
Mr. A Kaustubh Anshuraj, AOR
Mr. Krishna Kumar Singh, AOR
Mr. Ashwarya Sinha, AOR
Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR
Mr. A Partha Sil, AOR
Ms. Upasana Nath, AOR
Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, AOR
Mr. Shantanu Krishna, AOR
Mr. Vaibhav A Kumar, AOR
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Mr. Kaushik Choudhury, AOR
Mr. Janak Dwarkadas, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Chitranshul A. Sinha, Adv.
Mr. Anil Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Chirag Kamdar, Adv.
Mr. Jaskaran Singh Bhatia, Adv.
M/s. Dua Associates
Mr. Ayush Sharma, AOR
Mr. Aneesh Mittal, AOR
Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
Mr. Rituraj Choudhary, Adv.
Mr. Vikram Nankani, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Vipin Jain, Adv.
Mr. Shwetabh Sinha, Adv.
Mr. Ujjal Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Rao, Adv.
Mr. Akash Khurana, Adv.
Mr. Ashwani Garg, Adv.
Mr. Satyam Reddy, Sr. Adv.
Mr. A. Radhakrishnan, Adv.
Ms. Ruma Sarasani, Adv.
Ms. Astha Deep, Adv.
Mr. Aman Preet Singh Rahi, Adv.
Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
MA Diary No 27021 of 2021 in CA No 317 of 2021 1 On mentioning, the Miscellaneous Application is taken on Board. CA 10856/2016 18 2 The order of this Court dated 25 August 2021 requiring the refund of consideration together with interest has not been complied with. 3 Mr N Venkataraman, learned Additional Solicitor General has appeared in support of the Miscellaneous Application with Ms Anubha Agarwal, learned counsel. Mr C S Vaidyanathan, learned senior counsel appears on behalf of the respondent.
4 Mr C S Vaidyanathan, learned senior counsel states that the amount due in pursuance of the order of this Court will be paid over, but a short extension of three weeks is required.
5 Having regard to the time which has elapsed, we deem it appropriate to grant time until 24 November 2021 to the respondent to report compliance. In the event that the present direction is not complied with, this Court would be constrained to initiate contempt proceedings and require the personal presence of the Chairman and Managing Director/CEO of the respondent. In order to furnish a bona fide opportunity to the respondent to comply, we dispose of the Miscellaneous Application with a direction that the amount due and payable in terms of the order of this Court dated 25 August 2021 shall be paid over before 24 November 2021. Failing compliance, liberty to the applicant to apply for revival of the Miscellaneous Application. 6 The Miscellaneous Application is accordingly disposed of. CA 10856/2016 19 SLP (Crl) Nos 5978-5979 of 2017 1 The Joint Director in the Serious Fraud Investigation Office has filed an affidavit to which a status report on the investigation has been annexed as Annexure P-1 in a sealed cover.
2 We have perused the status report dated 8 November 2021 in respect of the investigation which has been conducted by the SFIO. The affidavit as well as the status report shall be retained in a sealed cover. The investigation before the SFIO shall continue. A further status report shall be filed immediately upon the expiry of four weeks from the date of this order. 3 On the request of Ms Madhavi Divan, learned Additional Solicitor General, we clarify that the status report of the investigation may be shared by the SFIO with the competent authority in the Enforcement Directorate so as to ensure that the investigations are properly coordinated.
4 Ms Madhavi Divan submits that by the next date of listing, the report of the Enforcement Directorate shall also be placed on the record in a sealed cover. 5 Mr K M Nataraj, learned Additional Solicitor General appearing on behalf of the Delhi Police states that on 12 October 2021, an FIR has been registered against 37 accused for offences punishable under Sections 7, 8 and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Sections 201 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code. Investigations are under way.
CA 10856/201620 6 By the previous order of this Court, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs was directed to respond to the suggestions contained in paragraph 38 including paragraphs 38.1 to 38.3 of the report of the Commissioner of Police and to take necessary steps immediately in terms of the report for enhanced prison management. Moreover, this Court directed that necessary remedial steps shall be taken up immediately and an action plan shall be drawn up which shall be placed before the Court for implementing the suggestions and recommendations. The Court had granted four weeks’ time for reporting compliance and for an action plan to be submitted to this Court. The Court also directed that the process of compliance shall not be delayed on that ground. Neither has any action plan been presented to the Court nor has the Court been apprised of what steps have been taken by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
7 The learned Additional Solicitor General states that since there are multiple recommendations, the process of considering them is being carried out. Having regard to the urgent need for prison reforms and enhanced prison management, comprehensive suggestions are contained in the report submitted by the Police Commissioner, Delhi Police. We direct the Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs to take necessary steps in pursuance of paragraphs 3 and 4 of the previous order of this Court dated 6 October 2021. 8 An affidavit indicating the steps taken shall be filed by the concerned Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs within a period of three weeks. CA 10856/2016 21 9 List the Special Leave Petitions along with IA No 135050 of 2021 on 9 December 2021 at 3.00 pm. Civil Appeal No 10856 of 2016 1 The following Interlocutory Applications shall be taken up seriatim on 17 November 2021 at 3.30 pm:
(i) IA No 58386/2021, 105758/2021 & 96273/2021
(Priyadarshini Foundation Pvt Ltd)
(ii) IA Nos 88960/2020 & 47525/2021 (M/s Devas Global)
(iii) IA Nos 57580/2021 & 57581/2021 (APIIC)
(iv) IA Nos 83599/2020, 72200/2018, 72138/2018 & 72189/2020
(Applications for withdrawal)
2 The Registry shall ensure that the files only in respect of the above
Interlocutory Applications pertaining to four parties are duly scanned and made available to the Court in advance.
3 List the Interlocutory Applications on 17 November 2021 at 3.30 pm. Office Report dated 8 November 2021 in SLP(Crl) Nos 5978-5979 of 2017 1 The office report indicates that FDRs, bearing A/c No 1303-L and 1303-W, are maturing on 25 November and 26 November 2021 respectively. The FDRs be renewed for a further period of six months and three months respectively.
(CHETAN KUMAR) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR)
A.R.-cum-P.S. Court Master