Supreme Court - Daily Orders
Justice K.S.Puttaswamy(Retd) vs Union Of India on 10 April, 2018
Bench: Chief Justice, A.K. Sikri, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan
WP(C)No.494/12 etc.etc. 1
ITEM NO.501 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).494/2012
JUSTICE K.S.PUTTASWAMY(RETD) AND ANR. Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. Respondent(s)
([ FOR FURTHER HEARING ]IA No.141212/2017-impleading party and IA
No.141215/2017-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA
No.5311/2018-impleading party and IA
No.5312/2018-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA
No.5890/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA
No.10105/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA
No.10355/2018-impleading party and IA No.13628/2018-impleading
party and IA No.24406/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION)
WITH T.C.(C) No.151/2013 (XVI-A)
T.C.(C) No.152/2013 (XVI-A)
W.P.(C) No.833/2013 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.829/2013 (PIL-W)
(and IA No.22171/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA
No.22174/2018-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON)
T.P.(C) No.1797/2013 (XVI-A)
W.P.(C) No.932/2013 (PIL-W)
T.P.(C) No.1796/2013 (XVI-A)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.144/2014 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)
T.P.(C) No.313/2014 (XVI-A)
T.P.(C) No.312/2014 (XVI-A)
SLP(Crl) No.2524/2014 (II-A)
W.P.(C) No.37/2015 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.220/2015 (PIL-W)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.674/2015 In W.P.(C) No.829/2013 (PIL-W)
T.P.(C) No.921/2015 (XVI-A)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.470/2015 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.231/2016 (PIL-W)
(FOR ON IA 1/2016( DIRECTION) FOR ON IA 2/2016(PERMISSION TO
AMEND WRIT PETITION AND RAISING ADDTIONAL GROUNDS)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.444/2016 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.608/2016 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.797/2016 (PIL-W)
(FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 4/2016
FOR [DIRECTIONS] ON IA 5/2017
Signature Not Verified
FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 6/2017)
Digitally signed by
CHETAN KUMAR
Date: 2018.04.10
CONMT.PET.(C) No.844/2017 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)
17:30:10 TLT
Reason:
W.P.(C) No.342/2017 (PIL-W)
(FOR INTERIM PRAYERS FOR GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF ON IA 1/2017 and
IA No.129017/2017-impleading party and IA
No.129021/2017-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA
WP(C)No.494/12 etc.etc. 2
No.129027/2017-impleading party and IA
No.129032/2017-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA
No.1551/2018-impleading party and IA No.6537/2018-INTERVENTION
APPLICATION and IA No.6666/2018-INTERVENTION APPLICATION)
W.P.(C)No.372/2017
W.P.(C) No.841/2017 (X)
(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.119235/2017-AMENDMENT OF THE PETITION)
W.P.(C) No.1058/2017 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.966/2017 (PIL-W)
(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.102155/2017-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF)
W.P.(C) No.1014/2017 (PIL-W)
(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.107091/2017-GRANT OF INTERIM
RELIEF and IA No.122999/2017-impleading party)
W.P.(C) No.1002/2017 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.1056/2017 (X)
(and IA No.6196/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.34/2018 in W.P.(C) No.1014/2017 (PIL-W)
(In W.P.(C)No.1014/2017, For admission Contempt. Pet.(C)no.34/2018
is to be shown in W.P..(C)No.1014/2017)
Date : 10-04-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.K. SIKRI
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR
HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK BHUSHAN
For Petitioner(s) Mr.K.V.Vishwanathan, Sr.Adv.
(In WP(C) 833/13) Ms.Vrinda Bhandari, Adv.
Mr.N.Sai Vinod, Adv.
Mr.Shadan Farasat, AOR
In WP(C)1056/17 Mr.K.V.Vishwanathan, Sr.Adv.
Ms.Vrinda Bhandari, Adv.
Mr.Gautam Bhatia, Adv.
Mr.N.Sai Vinod, Adv.
Mr.T.V.S. Raghavendra Sreyas, AOR
Mr.Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
Mr.Pratap Venugopal, Adv.
Ms.Surekha Raman, Adv.
Mr.Anuj Sarma, Adv.
Ms.Niharika, Adv.
Ms.Kanika Kalaiyarasan, Adv.
for M/s.K J John And Co., Advs. [AOR]
In WP(C)932/13 Mr.Shyam Diwan, Sr.Adv.
Dr.Abhishek Atrey, AOR
Mr.Ravinder Lokhande, Adv.
Ms.Vidyottma, Adv.
WP(C)No.494/12 etc.etc. 3
Mr.Prasanna S., Adv.
Ms.Stuti Vatsa, Adv.
Mr.Kumar Anurag Singh, Adv.
Mr.Priyam Lizmary Cherian, Adv.
Mr.Upasan Garnaik, Adv.
Mr.Kumar Shivam, Adv.
Mr.Anando Mukherjee, AOR
Mr. Rahul Narayan, AOR
In WP(C)No.494/12 Mr.Anish Kumar Gupta, AOR
Mr.Avdhesh Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr.Rajendra Kumar Singh, Adv.
Ms.Rita Gupta, Adv.
Ms.Deepshikha Bharati, Adv.
Ms.Harsha, Adv.
Ms.Aishwarya Bhati, AOR
Mr.Jaideep Singh, Adv.
Mr.Anirben Sen, Adv.
Mr.Gopal Thiruman, Adv.
Mr.Pavan Bhushan, Adv.
Mr.Jayavardhan Singh, Adv.
Mr.Vaidruti Mishra, Adv.
Mr.Vishwajeet Singh, Adv.
Mr.Chitrangda Rastravara, Adv.
Mr.Prashant Bhushan, AOR
In WP(C)No.231/16 Mr.Muhammad Ali Khan, Adv.
Mr.R.V.Prabhat, Adv.
Mr.Vikramaditya Singh, Adv.
Mr.Abishek Jebraj, Adv.
Mr.Omar Hooda, Adv.
Mr.Jaspal Singh, Adv.
Mr.Rajesh Inamdar, Adv.
Ms.N.Nasir, Adv.
Ms.Prianka Rao, Adv.
Mr.Gaurav Gupta, Adv.
Mr.Gautam Talukdar, AOR
Mr.Vipin Nair, AOR
Ms.Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR
Ms.Archana Pathak Dave, AOR
In T.C.(C)No.151/13 Mr.P.R.Kovilan, Adv.
Mrs.Geetha Kovilan, Adv.
Mr.V.Vasudevan,Adv.
WP(C)No.494/12 etc.etc. 4
Mr.Pranaya Kumar Mohapatra, AOR
In WP(C) 1014/17 Mr.Apar Gupta, Adv.
Mr.Deepayan Mandal, AOR
Mr.Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv.
Petitioner-in-person
Ms.Anindita Pujari, Adv.
Ms.Kavita Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr.Koshy John, Adv.
Mr.Md.Nizam Pasha, Adv.
Ms.Anusha Nagarajan, Adv.
Mr.Adit Pujari, Adv.
Mrs.Pragya Baghel, AOR
Ms.Ranjeeta Rohatgi, Adv.
Ms.Samten Doma, Adv.
In WP(C) No.841/17 Mr.Suhaan Mukerji, Adv.
Mr.Harsh Hiroo Gursaani, Adv.
Ms.Astha Sharma, Adv.
For Respondent(s) Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG
Applicant(s) Mr.Tushar Mehta, ASG
Mr.S.S.Shamshery, Adv.
Ms.Shradha Deshmukh, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Mr.R.Balasubramaniam, Adv.
Mr.Raj Bahadur, Adv.
Mr.Harish V.Shenkar, Adv.
Ms.Rukmani Bobde, Adv.
Mr.M.K.Maroria, Adv.
Mr. Zoheb Hossain, AOR
Ms. Ankur Talwar, Adv.
Ms.Charanya L.,Adv.
Mr.Rohit Bhat, Adv.
Mr. Kanu Aggarwal, Adv.
Ms. Adeeba Mujahid, Adv.
Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Goyal, Adv.
Mr. Palash Maheshwari, Adv.
Mr.Fahad M.Khan, Adv.
Mr.Vivek Gurnani, Adv.
Mr.Ashok Mathur, Adv.
Ms.Priyanka Walesha, Adv.
Ms.Aarti Sharma, Adv.
Mr.Akshay Amritanshu, Adv.
Mrs.Anil Katiyar, AOR
For State of Kerala Mr. Nishe Rajan Shonker, Adv.
Mrs. Annu K. Joy, Adv.
WP(C)No.494/12 etc.etc. 5
Mr. Manav Vohra, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Dev J., Adv.
Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., Adv.
Ms.Svadha Shankar, Adv.
Mr. Amith Krishnan, Adv.
Mr.Anwar Alam, Adv.
For State of Guj. Mr.Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr.Adv.
Mr.Zoheb Hussain, Adv.
Ms.Sansriti Pathak, Adv.
Ms.Hemantika Wahi, AOR
Ms.Shodhika Sharma, Adv.
Ms.Apoorva Garg, Adv.
In WP(C)932/13 & Mr.Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Adv.
WP(C) 37/15 Mr.Kuldeep S. Parihar, Adv.
Mr.H. S. Parihar, AOR
Mr.Ketan Paul, Adv.
In IA 6537/18 & Mr.P.V.Surendra Nath, Sr.Adv.
IA 6666/18 in Ms.Resmitha R.Chandran, Adv.
WP(C)342/17 Ms.Lekha Sudhakaran, Adv.
For State of Ms.Aruna Mathur, Adv.
Sikkim Mr.Avneesh Arputham, Adv.
Ms.Anuradha Arputham, Adv.
Ms.Simran Jeet, Adv.
For M/S.Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR
Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR
For State of Mr. Edward Belho, AAG
Nagaland Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv.
Mr.Z.H.Isaac Haiding, Adv.
M/S. Lawyer S Knit & Co, AOR
M/s. Meharia & Company, Advs. [AOR]
Mr.Sai Krishna Rajagopal, Adv.
Mr.Julien George, Adv.
Ms.Arundhati Gopal, Adv.
Mr.Arjun Ranganathan, Adv.
Ms.Vaneesha Jain, Adv.
Mr.Nikhil Nayyar, Adv.
Mr.Milind Kumar, AOR
Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR
Ms.Fauzia Shakil, Adv.
WP(C)No.494/12 etc.etc. 6
Mr.Ujjwal Singh, Adv.
Mr.Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv.
Mr.Dinkar Kalra, AOR
Mr.Gopal Singh, AOR
Ms.Rashmi Singhania, AOR
For State of Mr.S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR
Telangana Mr.Mrityunjai Singh, Adv.
For State of Mr.Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR
Jharkhand Mohd.Waquas, Adv.
Mr.Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv.
Mr.Jayesh Gaurav, Adv.
Mr.Ratan Kr.Choudhuri, Adv.
Mr.Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv.
Ms.Savita Singh, AOR
Ms.Veera Mahuli, Adv.
Mr.Shrutunjay Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr.Jayant Mohan, AOR
For TRAI Mr.Sanjay Kapur, AOR
Ms. Megha Karnwal, Adv.
Ms. Mansi Kapur, Adv.
Ms. Shubhra Kapur, Adv.
For State of Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Addl. Adv. Gen.
Karnataka Mr. Joseph Aristotle S., Adv.
Mrs. Priya Aristotle, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv.
Mr. Javedur Rehman, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Bhat, Adv.
For State of Mr.Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR
Meghalaya Mr.Danielstone Lyngdoh, Adv.
For State of Mr.K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv.
Mizoram Ms.Nitya Madhusoodhanan, Adv.
Mr.T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR
For Govt. of Mr.V. G. Pragasam, AOR
Puducherry Mr.S.Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv.
Mr.S.Manuraj, Adv.
Mr.Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR
For State of Mr.Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, Adv.
WP(C)No.494/12 etc.etc. 7
Uttarakhand Mr.Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr.Manish Vashishtha, AOR
For State of Mr. Anil Grover, AAG
Haryana Ms.Noopur Singhal, Adv.
Mr. Shivam Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR
For UT of Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv.
Andaman & Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.
Nicobar Admn. Mrs. G. Indira, Adv.
Ms.Radhika Chautervedi, Adv.
Mr.Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr.S.K.Rajora, Adv.
Dr.(Mrs.)Vipin Gupta, Adv.
For State of A.P. Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv.
Ms.Prerna Singh, Adv.
Ms.Ruchi Kohli, AOR
In I.A.No.32/15 In Mr.S.Mukherjee, Adv.
WP(C)No.494/12 Mr.Manoj K. Mishra, AOR
Mr.Umesh Dubey, Adv.
Mr.Ashish Kumar Mishra, Adv.
Mr.Jafar Imam Naqvi, Adv.
Mr.Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR
Mr.Sanjeev Kumar, Adv.
Mohd.Shahid Hussain, Adv.
Mr.Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR
Mr.Garvesh Kabra, AOR
Mr.Harish Pandey, AOR
Mr.Ashok Mathur, Adv.
Mr.R.Sudhinder, Adv.
Mr.Saumya Mehrotra, Adv.
Ms.Amrita Sarkar, Adv.
Mr.Anip Sachthey, AOR
Ms.Anitha Shenoy, AOR
For State of W.B. Mr.Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR
Intervenor-in-person, AOR
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Mr.Amit Sharma, AOR
Applicant-in-person
Ms.Pallavi Pratap, AOR
Mr.K.V.Vijayakumar, Adv.
Ms.Maitreyee Mishra, Adv.
Mr.K.V.Ram Kumar, Adv.
Mr.Jogy Scaria, AOR
In TP(C)1796/13 Mr.Wills Mathews, Adv.
Mr.Shaji Sebastian, Adv.
Mr.Rabin Majumder, AOR
Mr.Harsh Kaushik, AOR
Mr.K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR
Dr.Lalit Bhasin, Adv.
Ms.Nina Gupta, Adv.
Ms.Shireen Shukla, Adv.
Ms.Palak Chadha, Adv.
Mr. Mudit Sharma, AOR
Mr. M. P. Vinod, AOR
For Intervenor Syed Jafar Alam, Adv.
In IA 5890/18 Ms.Shivani Khandekar, Adv.
For State of Mr.Leishangthem Roshmani Kh., Adv.
Manipur Ms.Maibam Babina, Adv.
Mr.Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, Adv.
For State of Pb. Mr.Karan Bharihoke, Adv.
Ms.Aparna Bhat, Adv.
Ms.Joshita M.Pai, Adv.
In IA 10105/18 Mr.Jawahar Raja, Adv.
Mr.Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Adv.
Mr.Chinmay Kanojia, Adv.
Ms.Rahat Sharma, Adv.
For State of Mr.Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.
Assam Mr.Sayooj Mohandas, Adv.
Mr.Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.
Mr.Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
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For State of Mr.Anil Shrivastav, Adv.
Arunachal Pradesh Mr.Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
Mr.Sriram P., Adv.
Ms.Khushbu Jain, Adv.
Mr.Vishnu Shankar, Adv.
Ms.Athira G.Nair, Adv.
In WP(C) No.494/12 Mr.Suhaan Mukerji, Adv.
Mr.Harsh Hiroo Gursaani, Adv.
Ms.Astha Sharma, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Mr.K.K.Venugopal, learned Attorney General for India concluded his arguments. Thereafter, Mr.Tushar Mehta, learned Additional Solicitor General commenced his arguments, which remained inconclusive.
Let the matter be listed on 11.04.2018 for further hearing.
(Chetan Kumar ) (H.S.Parasher) Court Master Assistant Registrar