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In Re : Distribution Of Essential ... vs It Is Stated That The Present Matter Has ... on 19 May, 2026

                                 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
                                  CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

                         SUO MOTO WRIT PETITION (CIVIL)   No(s).   3/2021

     IN RE: DISTRIBUTION OF ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES AND SERVICES DURING
     PANDEMIC

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 863/2020

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 489/2020

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 686/2023

                              WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1293/2020

                              WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1292/2020

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 495/2021

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 512/2021

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 486/2021

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 472/2021

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 475/2021

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 493/2021

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 485/2021

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 482/2021

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 504/2021

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 497/2021

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 505/2021

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 506/2021

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 515/2021

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 509/2021

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 516/2021
Signature Not Verified
                                CIVIL APPEAL No.            /2026
Digitally signed by
NITIN TALREJA
Date: 2026.05.22
                         ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) No.           /2026
16:34:35 IST
Reason:                             (Diary No(s). 11458/2021)

                               WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 525/2021

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                    CIVIL APPEAL No.            /2026
                ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) No. 6800/2021

             CIVIL APPEAL Nos.                    /2026
          ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) Nos. 12968-12969/2021

                   WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 561/2021

                 WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 214/2021

                   WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 565/2021


                    CIVIL APPEAL No.            /2026
             ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) No.           /2026
                         (Diary No(s). 12403/2021


                   WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 613/2021

                   WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 903/2021



                                 O R D E R

WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 472/2021

1. It is stated that the present matter has been rendered infructuous. The same stands disposed of, as infructuous.

2. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand closed.

WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 497/2021

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner(s) prays for liberty to withdraw the present Writ Petition. The same stands dismissed as withdrawn.

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Rest of the matters

4. Application(s) for permission to file SLP(s) is allowed. IA No. 60038/2021 (Application for permission to file SLP without certified/plain copy of impugned order) is allowed.

5. Leave granted.

6. Varied issues regarding gross-irregularities in the matter of distribution of essential supplies and services during COVID-19 pandemic have been raised and considered in the lead matter as well as connected petitions. Some matters also pertain to the grant of compensation and/or refund of the expenditure incurred on treatment from a private hospital, over and above the limit fixed by this Court.

7. In our considered opinion, these independent issues cannot be adjudicated in the instant proceedings. The larger issues, namely, the challenges which the nation suddenly faced during the COVID-19 Pandemic were effectively dealt with by this Court at the relevant time through various orders passed from time to time. The situation being no longer in existence, these issues have become infructuous.

The instant proceedings are, accordingly, disposed of, with liberty to each and every individual to raise their respective claim before appropriate forum. It goes without saying that if the parties approach the relevant hospital, they shall determine the claim, if any, in accordance with law.

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8. We make it clear that we have not expressed any opinion on merits of the individual claim.

9. Pending application(s), if any, including application(s) for intervention/impleadment stand closed.

..........................CJI.

(SURYA KANT) ..........................J. (JOYMALYA BAGCHI) ..........................J. (VIPUL M. PANCHOLI) NEW DELHI;

MAY 19, 2026.





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ITEM NO.24                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

SUO MOTO WRIT PETITION(CIVIL) No(s). 3/2021 IN RE : DISTRIBUTION OF ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES AND SERVICES DURING PANDEMIC MR. JAIDEEP GUPTA AND MS. MEENAKSHI ARORA, SENIOR COUNSEL ARE AMICUS CURIAE IN THE INSTANT MATTER ASSISTED BY MR.KUNAL CHATTERJEE AND MR. MOHIT D. RAM, ADVOCATES. ALSO I.A. NO. 61775/2021 (APPLICATION FOR DIRECTIONS) IS ARISING OUT OF LETTER PETITION DATED 7.5.2021 OF MR. MANAN KUMAR MISHRA, SENIOR ADVOCATE AND CHAIRMAN, BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA.

WITH W.P.(C) No. 863/2020 (PIL-W) (IA No. 57992/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 489/2020 (PIL-W) (IA No. 55396/2020 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION, IA No. 55393/2020

- INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No. 55022/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 686/2023 (PIL-W) (IA No. 76856/2020 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION and IA No. 76857/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) W.P.(C) No. 1293/2020 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No. 1292/2020 (PIL-W) (IA No. 19599/2025 - ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES, IA No. 127408/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 72494/2021 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 121642/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 72495/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 129247/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 127410/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 23244/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No. 129246/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 495/2021 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.58248/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No.58247/2021-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON and IA No. 106175/2024 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 512/2021 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.59265/2021-APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT) W.P.(C) No. 486/2021 (PIL-W) 5 FOR ADMISSION and IA No.57756/2021-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON W.P.(C) No. 472/2021 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION and IA No.56295/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No.56294/2021-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON and IA No.56296/2021-APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING TYPED DOCUMENTS W.P.(C) No. 475/2021 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION and IA No.56713/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No.56710/2021-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON W.P.(C) No. 493/2021 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION and IA No.58214/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.58213/2021-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON W.P.(C) No. 485/2021 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION and IA No.57728/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No.57727/2021-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON W.P.(C) No. 482/2021 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION and IA No.57506/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT W.P.(C) No. 504/2021 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No. 497/2021 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION and IA No.58348/2021-GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF and IA No.58349/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT W.P.(C) No. 505/2021 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION and IA No.58873/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.58874/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT W.P.(C) No. 506/2021 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION and IA No.58925/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No.58924/2021-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON W.P.(C) No. 515/2021 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION W.P.(C) No. 509/2021 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION and IA No.59106/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No.59104/2021-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON and IA No.59107/2021-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS W.P.(C) No. 516/2021 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION and IA No.59453/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No.59452/2021-PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON Diary No(s). 11458/2021 (IX) FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.60039/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING 6 C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.60038/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP WITHOUT CERTIFIED/PLAIN COPY OF IMPUGNED ORDER IA No. 60039/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 60038/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE SLP WITHOUT CERTIFIED/PLAIN COPY OF IMPUGNED ORDER IA No. 72085/2021 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ON RECORD SUBSEQUENT FACTS W.P.(C) No. 525/2021 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION and IA No.60712/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.60713/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT SLP(C) No. 6800/2021 (IX) FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.60458/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.60459/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 60459/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 60458/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT SLP(C) No. 12968-12969/2021 (XIV) IA No. 103518/2021 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 103519/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT W.P.(C) No. 561/2021 (PIL-W) IA No. 62741/2021 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT IA No. 62740/2021 - EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF W.P.(Crl.) No. 214/2021 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION and IA No.62490/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.62492/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT and IA No.62489/2021-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION W.P.(C) No. 565/2021 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION and IA No.62860/2021-STAY APPLICATION and IA No.62861/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.62862/2021- APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT Diary No(s). 12403/2021 (II-A) IA No.63502/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.63503/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.63501/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE PETITION (SLP/TP/WP/..) W.P.(C) No. 613/2021 (PIL-W) IA No.65673/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT W.P.(C) No. 903/2021 (PIL-W) IA No. 137612/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS Date : 19-05-2026 These petitions were called on for hearing today.

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CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JOYMALYA BAGCHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI For Petitioner(s) : By Courts Motion Ms. Reetu Sharma, AOR Mr. Vishal Tiwari, Adv.

Mr. Abhigya Kushwah, AOR Ms. Sunita Singh, Adv.

Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Rajkumar Murarka, Adv. Mr. Rohan Rohatgi, Adv.

Ms. Shubhangini Rohatgi, Adv. Ms. Anamika Kushwaha, Adv. Ms. Vandana Soni, Adv.

Mr. Navneet Tyagi, Adv.

Mr. Wasi Haider, AOR Mr. Shivendra Singh, AOR Ms. Prakriti Rastogi, Adv. Ms. Aryama Singh Rajput, Adv. Mr. Vanshdeep Dalmia, AOR Petitioner-in-person Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Ms. Mohini Priya, AOR Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Ravi Panwar, AOR Mr. Piyush Hans, Adv.

Mr. Naveen Chandra, Adv.

Mr. Ashutosh Ghade, AOR Mr. V. Elanchezhiyan, AOR Mr. Abhimanue Shrestha, AOR M/S. Dharmaprabhas Law Associates, AOR Ms. Prerna Priyadarshini, AOR Mr. Syed Faraz Alam, Adv.

Mr. Atharva Gaur, Adv.

Ms. Ayesha Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Pramothesh Mukherjee, Adv. Ms. Sonali Kumari, Adv.

Mr. A. Lakshminarayanan, AOR Mr. Harisha S.r., AOR 8 Mr. Srisatya Mohanty, AOR Ms. Sakshi Mittal, Adv.

Ms. Prachi Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Kartik Pant, Adv.

Ms. Chaitanya, Adv.

Miss Madhulika Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Pritam Singh, Adv.

Mr. Umesh Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. Ankit Bhatnagar, Adv.

Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, Party-in-person For Respondent(s) : Mr. K. M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Ms. Madhulika Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.

Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv.

Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.

Mr. Digvijay Dam, Adv.

Mr. Sharath Narayan Nambiar, Adv. Mr. Adit Khorana, Adv.

Mr. Raghavendra S Srivastav, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma (b), Adv.

Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv.

Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. K M Nataraj, A.S.G. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Sudarshan Lamba, AOR Mr. Zoheb Hussain, Adv.

Mr. Kanu Aggarwal, Adv.

Mrs. Swati Gildyal, Adv.

Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.

Mr. Prashant Singh B, Adv.

Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Ms. Shagun Thakur, Adv.

Mr. Abhinav Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. A.K. Sharma, AOR Mr. Azmat Hayat Amanullah, AOR Ms. Rebecca Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Tungesh, AOR Mr. Prashant Shrikant Kenjale, AOR Mr. B Dhananjay, Adv.

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Ms. Damini Vishwakarma, Adv.

Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Ms. Disha Singh , AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv.

Ms. Akansha, Adv.

Ms. Anjali Saxena, Adv.

Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR Ms. Purvat Wali, Adv.

Ms. Sagun Srivastva, Adv.

Mr. Surjendu Sankar Das, AOR Mr. Vishwajeet Singh Shekhawat, Adv.

Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Divyansh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kumar Saurav, Adv.

Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Satyam Shekhar, Adv.

Ms. Sanya Kashyap, Adv.

Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Ms. Anushka Raghunath, Adv.

Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Ms. Patil Rekha Chandra Gouda, AOR Mr. Harshad V. Hameed, AOR Mr. Dileep Poolakkot, Adv. Mrs. Ashly Harshad, Adv.

Mr. Mahabir Singh, Adv.

Mr. Anukirat Singh Baweja, Adv. Mr. Muhammed Siddick, Adv.

Mr. Rudraditya Khare, D.A.G. Ms. Mrinal Gopal Elker, AOR Mr. Bittu Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Silpi S Swain, Adv.

Mr. Karan Kapur, Adv.

Mr. Abhishek Gautam, AOR Mr. Shubham Soni, Adv.

Mr. Prem Prakash, Adv.

Ms. Taruna Ardhendumauli Prasad, AOR Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR 10 Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Shamra, Adv.

Mr. Mayank Sapra, Adv.

Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.

Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv.

Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Aditya Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv.

Mrs. Riya Dhingra, Adv.

Ms. Ankita Sharma, AOR Mr. Arjun D Singh, Adv.

Ms. Ishika Neogi, Adv.

Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR Ms. Bipasa Tripathy, Adv. Mr. Shlok Luthra, Adv.

Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv.

Ms. Yachna Sharma, Adv.

Ms. Arushi Chopra, Adv.

Mr. Nalin Talwar, Adv.

Ms. Misha Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Nakul Mohta, Adv.

Ms. Sneha Menon, Adv.

Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, AOR Mr. Kumar Abhishek, Adv.

Mr. P. Venkatraju, Adv.

Ms. G. Sushmita, Adv.

Ms. M. Harshini, Adv.

Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv.

Ms. Anubha Dhulia, Adv.

Ms. Vdyottma Jha, Adv.

Mr. Jagdeep Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Brijesh Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Ashok Kumar Panda, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv.

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Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. S N Terdal (aor), Adv.

Mr. Shashwat Parihar, Adv. Mr. S.N. Terdal, Adv.

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Adv. Ms. Priyadarshini Priya, Adv.

Ms. Priyadarshini Priya, Adv. Mr. S N Terdal (aor), Adv.

Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv.

Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv. Ms. Priyadarshini Priya, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Aadithya Aravindh, Adv. Ms. Anika Bansal, Adv.

Ms. Nupur Kumar, AOR Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv.

Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Mr. G.M. Kawoosa, Adv.

Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Mr. Shishir Deshpande, AOR Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR Mr. Prasanna S., AOR Ms. Injila Muslim Zaidi, Adv. Mr. Maamidi Ashish Reddy, Adv. Mr. Prasanna B, Adv.

Ms. Ishita Tulsyan, Adv.

Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, AOR Mr. Kumar Abhishek, Adv.

Mr. P. Venkatraju, Adv.

Ms. G. Sushmita, Adv.

Ms. M. Harshini, Adv.

Ms. Madhavi Agarwal, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR 12 Ms. Taruna Ardhendumauli Prasad, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. S N Terdal (aor), Adv.

Mr. Shashwat Parihar, Adv. Mr. S.n. Terdal, Adv.

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Adv. Ms. Priyadarshini Priya, Adv.

Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv.

Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv.

Petitioner-in-person, AOR Mr. Manoj V George, Adv.

Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Mr. Nasib Masih, Adv.

Mr. Azeem Samuel, Adv.

Mr. Nishant Mankoo, Adv.

Ms. Antra Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Brinda Bhattiprolu, Adv.

M/S. Trust Legal, AOR Mr. Arjun Krishnan, AOR Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Sr Adv., Amicus Curiae Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Amarjit Singh Bedi, AOR Mr. Sadashiv, AOR Mr. Devendra Kumar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sharwan Kumar Goyal, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv.

Ms. Vandana, Adv.

Ms. Neha Gupta, Adv.

Ms. Mumtaz Javed Shaikh, Adv. Mr. Mohd Arafat Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Mohd Shafat Ahamad, Adv.

Ms. Amita Singh Kalkal, AOR 13 Mr. Ankur Kashyap, AOR Mr. Avneesh Arputham, AOR Mr. Ankit Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Divyansh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kumar Saurav, Adv.

Mr. R. N. Keswani, AOR Mr. Anilendra Pandey, AOR Mr. Rajeev Kumar Ranjan, Adv.

Mr. V. Sridhar Reddy, Adv. Mr. Swayam Prakash Kashyap, Adv. Mr. Abhijit Sengupta, AOR Mr. Navneet Singh, Adv.

Mr. Vishal Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Balmiki Prasad, Adv.

Mr. Birendra Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Mohd Irshad, A.A.G. Mr. Siddhant Sharma, AOR Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. T.k. Nayak, Adv.

Mr. Zh Isaac Haiding, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Aditya Kumar, Adv.

Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR M/S. Kmnp Law Aor, AOR M/S. Vkc Law Offices, AOR Mr. Varun K Chopra, Adv.

Mr. Akshat Kumar, AOR Mr. Vikas Negi, Adv.

M/S. Plr Chambers And Co., AOR Dr. Maneka Guruswamy,, Sr. Adv. Ms. Bhumika Yadav, Adv.

Mrs. Shally Bhasin, AOR Ms. Anindita Mitra, AOR Mr. Rishi Kumar Singh Gautam, AOR Ms. Enakshi Mukhopadhyay Siddhanta, AOR Mr. Krishna Kumar Singh, AOR Ms. G. Indira, AOR 14 Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Ms. Arushi Kulshrestha, Adv. Mr. Saaransh Shukla, Adv. Ms. Muskan Bensla, Adv.

Ms. Mrinmoyee Das, Adv.

Ms. Resmitha R. Chandran, AOR Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry , AOR Applicant-in-person, AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Shamra, Adv.

Mr. Mayank Sapra, Adv.

Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.

Ms. Disha Singh, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv.

Ms. Akansha, Adv.

Ms. Anjali Saxena, Adv.

Mr. Karan Bharihoke, AOR Mr. Vikas Jain, AOR Mr. Hardik Jayal, Adv.

Mr. Paras Gilhotra, Adv.

Mr. Aviral Saxena, Adv.

Mr. Mayank Wadhwa, Adv.

Mr. Abhishek Wadhwa, Adv. Mr. Paritosh Goyal, Adv.

Mr. Kedar Nath Tripathy, AOR Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, AOR Mrs. Kshama Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Rajesh Maurya, Adv.

Mr. Rajat Singh Chandel, Adv. Mr. Ritwik Prasad, Adv.

Mr. Ujjwal Ashutosh, Adv.

Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv.

Mrs. Riya Dhingra, Adv.

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Mr. Pradeep Kumar Yadav, Adv. Ms. Anjale Kumari, Adv.

Ms. Chhaya, Adv.

Mr. Deepak Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, AOR Mr. Avinash B. Amarnath, AOR Ms. Lubna Naaz, AOR Mr. Tejaswi Kumar Pradhan, AOR Mr. T.N. Rama Rao, Adv.

Mr. T.L.V. Ramachari, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv. Mr. Anupam Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Satvik Sharma, Adv.

Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Himanshu Chaubey, AOR Mr. Siddharth Garg, Adv.

Mr. Srijan Sinha, Adv.

Ms. Lihzu Shiney Konyak, Adv. Ms. Nitya Prabhakar, Adv. Mr. Rishi Chouksey, Adv.

Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, AOR Mr. Rohit Anil Rathi, AOR Ms. Kiran Bhardwaj, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Aadithya Aravindh, Adv. Ms. Anika Bansal, Adv.

Mr. Tungesh, AOR Mr. Deepak Prakash, AOR Mr. Sriram P., AOR Mr. D. K. Devesh, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv.

Ms. Yanmi Phazang, Adv.

Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR 16 Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR Ms. Cheryl D'Souza, Adv.

Mr. Nitin Saluja, AOR Mr. Malak Manish Bhatt, AOR Ms. Madhavi Agarwal, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Ms. Anushka Raghunath, Adv.

Ms. Pallavi Pratap, AOR Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Ms. Charu Ambwani, AOR Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S, AOR Mr. Manish Sindwani, Adv. Mr. Augustine Peter, Adv. Ms. Lebina Baby, Adv.

Mr. Rajeev Maheshwaranand Roy, AOR Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Dhiraj Abraham Philip, AOR Mr. Azmat Hayat Amanullah, AOR Ms. Rebecca Mishra, Adv.

Ms. Nupur Kumar, AOR Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv.

Appellant-in-person, AOR M/S. Gorkela Law Office, AOR Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Shubham Bhalla, AOR Mr. Alex Noel Dass, Adv.

Ms. Ragini Sharma, Adv.

Ms. Neha Verma, Adv.

Mr. Aman Khatri, Adv.

Mr. Rohit Pandey, Adv.

Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR 17 Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv.

Ms. Yachna Sharma, Adv.

Ms. Arushi Chopra, Adv.

Mr. Nalin Talwar, Adv.

Ms. Ankita Sharma, AOR Mr. Arjun D Singh, Adv.

Ms. Ishika Neogi, Adv.

Mr. Dhawal Mohan, Adv.

Mr. Prateek Bhatia, AOR Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Sanskar Singh Kirar, Adv. Mr. Debasis Jena, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 472/2021

1. The Writ Petition stands disposed of, as infructuous, in terms of the signed order.

2. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand closed.

WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 497/2021

3. The Writ Petition stands dismissed as withdrawn in terms of the signed order.

Rest of the matters

4. Application(s) for permission to file SLP(s) is allowed. IA No. 60038/2021 (Application for permission to file SLP without certified/plain copy of impugned order) is allowed.

5. Leave granted.

6. The instant proceedings are disposed of in terms of the signed order.

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7. Pending application(s), if any, including application(s) for intervention/impleadment stand closed.

(NITIN TALREJA) (PREETHI DILEEP KUMAR) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR 19