Supreme Court - Daily Orders
Citizens For Justice And Peace vs The State Of Uttar Pradesh on 16 September, 2025
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
TRANSFER PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 199 OF 2023
L.S HERDENIYA & ORS. PETITIONERS
VERSUS
STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH & ORS. RESPONDENTS
O R D E R
1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. We have considered the facts of the case and grounds on which transfer has been sought. On such consideration, we are satisfied with the grounds urged by the petitioners and accept the same. Therefore, Writ Petition No. 3339 of 2021 titled as “L.S. Herdeniya & Ors. Vs. State of M.P & Ors.” pending before the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur is ordered to be transferred to this Court.
3. The High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by POOJA SHARMA Date: 2025.10.01 shall send the case record to this Court promptly 15:59:38 IST Reason: and without any delay.
W.P. (Crl.) No. 428/2020 14. The transfer petition is allowed accordingly.
5. Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.
.........................CJI (B.R. GAVAI) ...........................J (K.VINOD CHANDRAN) NEW DELHI;
SEPTEMBER 16, 2025.
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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
WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO. 428/2020
CITIZENS FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE PETITIONER(S)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ANR. RESPONDENT(S)
IA No. 90919/2025 - AMENDMENT OF THE PETITION IA No. 135049/2020 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 26539/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 135052/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 7691/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 54741/2023 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 26535/2021 - STAY APPLICATION IA No. 93046/2025 - STAY APPLICATION WITH CRL.A. NO. 1033-1034/2022 (II-D) IA No. 46177/2019 - APPLICATION FOR FILING THE PETITION WITHOUT DISCLOSING THE IDENTITY OF THE PETITIONER/RESPONDENT IA No. 193843/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 46176/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. SLP(C) No. 19945-19946/2021 (III) FOR ADMISSION and I.R. IA No. 189377/2022 - STAY APPLICATION W.P.(C) No. 63/2022 (PIL-W) LD. ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR INDIA IA No. 187617/2022 - ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES IA No. 196804/2022 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 6864/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 188689/2022 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 193606/2022 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 181125/2022 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 19555/2023 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 192083/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 194725/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 192081/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 188700/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION W.P. (Crl.) No. 428/2020 3 IA No. 194624/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 191042/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 194274/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 193585/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 196802/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 189203/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 196769/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 189111/2022 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 6871/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 191945/2022 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 194722/2022 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 191719/2022 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 5424/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 43622/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 188159/2022 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 194392/2022 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 189679/2022 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 198563/2022 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 23443/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 183450/2022 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 189216/2022 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 189214/2022 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 23450/2023 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON IA No. 15035/2023 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON IA No. 4641/2023 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 19559/2023 - RECALLING THE COURTS ORDER SLP(C) No. 22733/2022 (IV-C) IA No. 193242/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT W.P.(C) No. 40/2023 (PIL-W) THE APPLICATION FOR SETTING ASIDE THE ABATEMENT IA No. 268514/2023 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 8306/2023 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 187565/2025 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS W.P.(Crl.) No. 14/2023 (PIL-W) IA No. 24536/2023 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 93042/2025 - STAY APPLICATION IA No. 10891/2023 - STAY APPLICATION T.P.(C) No. 199/2023 (IV-C) IA No. 19995/2023 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES W.P.(C) No. 124/2023 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION W.P.(Crl.) No. 36/2023 (PIL-W) IA No. 23571/2023 - STAY APPLICATION W.P. (Crl.) No. 428/2020 4 W.P.(C) No. 531/2023 (X) IA No. 94728/2023 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 94730/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. W.P.(Crl.) No. 174/2024 (X) IA No. 78892/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. W.P.(C) No. 399/2025 (PIL-W) FOR ADMISSION IA No. 102031/2025 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, IA No. 102032/2025 - STAY APPLICATION W.P.(C) No. 788/2025 (X) FOR ADMISSION Date : 16-09-2025 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN For Petitioner(s) :
Mr. M.R Shamshad, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abdul Qadir Abbasi, AOR Mr. Syed Abdur Rahman, Adv. Mr. Mohd Azam, Adv.
Mr. Arijit Sarkar, Adv.
Mr. Samuel David, Adv. Mr. Sanbha Rumnong, Adv. Mr. M.f.philip, Adv.
Ms. Purnima Krishna, AOR Ms. Vrinda Grover, Adv. Mr. Manoj V George, Adv. Ms. Devika Tulsiani, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, Adv. Mr. Soutik Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, AOR Ms. Neha Tyagi, Adv.
Ms. Antra Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Brinda Bhattiprolu, Adv. Mr. Raja Ramalingam Sethupathi R, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhimanue Shrestha, AOR Ms. Kritika, Adv.
Mr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR Mr. Nikhil Upadhyay, Adv.W.P. (Crl.) No. 428/2020 5
Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Adv. Ms. Nupur Kumar, AOR Mr. Chander Uday Singh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Ms. Bidya Mohanty, Adv. Ms. Katyayani Suhrud, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kalaiyarasan, Adv. Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv. Mr. D.p.singh, Adv.
Ms. Tara Elizabeth Kurien, Adv. Ms. Anchal Kanthed, Adv.
Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR Mr. Shahid Nadeem, Adv. Mr. Mujahid Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Meeran Maqbool, Adv. Mr. Saif Zia, Adv.
Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR Mr. Sanbha Rumnong, Adv. Mr. Samuel David, Adv.
Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, A.A.G. Mr. D.s. Parmar, A.A.G. Mr. Abhimanyu Singh Ga, Adv. Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, AOR Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR For Respondent(s): Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, AOR Mr. Sanjay R Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR Mr. Ebad Ur Rahman, Adv. Mr. Ankit Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Zainab Shaikh, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Singh, A.A.G. Mrs. Prerna Dhall, Adv. Mr. Ambuj Swaroop, Adv. Ms. Rajnandani Kumari, Adv. Mr. Kapil Katare, Adv. Ms. Minakshi Pandey, Adv. Mr. Prashant Singh, AOR W.P. (Crl.) No. 428/2020 6 Mr. Sachin Kumar Anand, Adv.
Mr. M.A. Choudhary, Adv.
Mr. M.R Shamshad, Sr. Adv. Mr. Arijit Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Farrukh Rasheed, AOR Mr. Md. Ekhlakh Alam, Adv.
Mr. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Sr. A.A.G. Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR Mr. Sharanya Sinha, Adv. Ms. Veera Mahuli, Adv. Ms. Ritika Rao, Adv.
Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, AOR Ms. Ankeeta Appanna, Adv.
Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR Mr. Arman Roop Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shimpy Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Aman Khan Afghani, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Jindal, AOR Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G. Ms. Karishma Malani, A.A.G. Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv. Ms. Drishti Rawal, Adv. Ms. Aakanksha, Adv.
Ms. Ishika Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Arya, Adv. Ms. Drishti Saraf, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Mayur Goyal, Adv.
Ms. Seema Sindhu, Adv. Ms. Kirti, Adv.
Mr. Arman Roop Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shimpy Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mohd.aman Khan Afghani, Adv. Ms. Saumya Mishra, Adv. Mr. Jitesh Sharma, Adv. Dr. Vinod Kumar Tewari, AOR Ms. Mrinal Gopal Elker, AOR Mr. Sarthak Raizada- G.a., Adv. Mr. Aditya Chaudhary, Adv.W.P. (Crl.) No. 428/2020 7
Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR Ms. Adya Shree Dutta, Adv.
Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR Mr. Shashwat Jaiswal, Adv. Mr. Kunal Rana, Adv.
Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Ashish Jha, Additional Standing Counsel Mr. T.mahipal, Adv.
Mr. Pawan Kishore Singh, Adv. Ms. Madhusmita Bora, AOR Mr. Kaustubh Shukla, AOR Ms. Pushpanjali Singh, Adv. Mr. Praveen Singh, Adv.
Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Mr. Sanbha Rumnong, Adv. Mr. M.F.Philip, Adv.
Ms. Purnima Krishna, AOR Mr. Sarvesh Singh Baghel, AOR Ms. Disha Singh, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv.
Mr. Adeel Ahmed, AOR Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Piyush Sachdev, Adv. Ms. Taqdees Fatima, Adv.
Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. P. Wilson, Sr. Adv. Mr. T. Harish Kumar, AOR Mr. Apoorv Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Shubham Kothari, Adv. Mr. Aiyushi Daga, Adv. Mr. Shubham P. Chopra, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Sharma, AOR Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv.
Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.W.P. (Crl.) No. 428/2020 8
Mr. Santhosh K, Adv.
Mrs. Devika A.l., Adv.
Mr. Bijan Kumar Ghosh, AOR Mr. Sadashiv, AOR Mr. Sachin Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Pranav Kumar Srivastva, Adv. Ms. Vandana, Adv.
Mr. Nishant Sanjay Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Ashish Singh, Adv. Ms. Pooja Garg, Adv.
Mr. Devendra Kumar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Deepak Jindal, Adv.
Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Samarth Krishan Luthra, Adv. Mr. Dhananjay Dutta Shrimali, Adv.
Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., Sr. Adv. Ms. Priya Aristotle, AOR Ms. B. Lekshmi, Adv.
Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Singh, A.A.G. Mrs. Prerna Dhall, Adv. Mr. Ambuj Swaroop, Adv. Ms. Rajnandani Kumari, Adv. Mr. Kapil Katare, Adv. Ms. Minakshi Pandey, Adv. Mr. Prashant Singh, AOR Mr. Sachin Kumar Anand, Adv. Mr. M.a. Choudhary, Adv.
Mr. Dhiraj Abraham Philip, AOR Mr. Manan Verma, AOR Ms. Nupur Kumar, AOR Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Azmat Hayat Amanullah, AOR Ms. Ekta Kundu, Adv.
Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, AOR Mr. Abhishek Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Rajshri Dubey, Adv. Mr. H B Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Amit P Shahi, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Manish Dhingra, Adv. Mr. Gaganmeet Singh Sachdeva, Adv. Ms. Ramya Khanna, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Anbhule, Adv.W.P. (Crl.) No. 428/2020 9
Mr. Rahul Sethi, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Yadav, Adv. Mrs. Rekha Chaudhari, Adv. Mr. Anjan Datta, Adv.
Mr. Chand Trikha, Adv.
Mr. Arman Roop Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shimpy Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mohd.aman Khan Afghani, Adv. Ms. Saumya Mishra, Adv. Mr. Jitesh Sharma, Adv. Dr. Vinod Kumar Tewari, AOR Ms. Shahrukh Alam, Adv. Ms. Akriti Chaubey, AOR Mr. Shantanu Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhilash Pattnaik, Adv.
Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Ms. Sumita Hazarika, AOR Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Charudatta Vijayrao Mahindrakar, AOR Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR Mr. Mohd Parvez Dabas, Adv. Mr. Uzmi Jameel Husain, Adv. Mr. Syed Mehdi Imam, AOR Mr. Mohd Aamir Dabas, Adv. Mr. Mohammad Aadil Khan, Adv.
Ms. Ashmita Bisarya, Adv. Ms. Sabnam Sultana, Adv. Mr. Nirmal Kumar Ambastha, AOR Mr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR Ms. Mary Scaria, Adv.
Mr. V K Garg, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Atulesh Kumar, AOR Mr. K S Reki, Adv.
Mr. Parav Garg, Adv.
Ms. Shweta Sinha, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Navanjay Mahapatra, Adv. Mr. Pratyush Srivastva, Adv. Ms. Rajeshwari Shankar, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Ms. Ameya Vikrma Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv.W.P. (Crl.) No. 428/2020 10
Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Kaustubh Shukla, AOR Ms. Pushpanjali Singh, Adv. Mr. Praveen Singh, Adv.
Respondent-in-person Mr. Gaichangpou Gangmei, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Ms. Yanmi Phazang, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel, the Court made the following O R D E R I. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, learned AOR is appointed as Nodal Counsel on behalf of the petitioners and Ms. Ruchira Goel, learned AOR is appointed as a Nodal Counsel on behalf of the respondents.
II I.A. NO. 90919/2025 IN W.P. (CRL.) NO. 428/2020, I.A. No. 187565/2025 in W.P.(C) No. 40/2023 and I.A. No. 222443/2025 in W.P. (C) No. 36/2023:
These applications are allowed. Necessary amendments be carried out by learned counsel for the petitioners within four weeks.
III IA No. 268514/2023 IN W.P.(C) No. 40/2023:
Application for substitution is allowed. Cause title be amended accordingly.W.P. (Crl.) No. 428/2020 11
IV I.A. NO. 93046/2025 IN W.P. (CRL.) NO. 428/2020, I.A. NO. 93042 OF 2025 IN W.P. (CRL.) NO. 14/2023, AND I.A. NO. 222445/2025 IN W.P. (CRL.) NO. 36/2023:
1. Reply to these applications be filed within four weeks.
2. Rejoinder thereto shall be filed within two weeks thereafter.
3. List on 04.11.2025.
V W.P.(C) NO. 63/2022:
1. Heard petitioner in-person.
2. De-tag and list after six weeks.
VI TRANSFER PETITION (CIVIL) NOS. 1238-1258 OF 2025:
1. Taken on Board.
2. Issue notice, returnable on 04.11.2025.
VII. T.P. (CIVIL) NO. 199/2023:
Transfer Petition is allowed in terms of the signed order, which is placed on the file.
VIII. REST OF THE MATTERS:
List on 04.11.2025.
(POOJA SHARMA) (ANJU KAPOOR) AR-CUM-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR W.P. (Crl.) No. 428/2020 12