- 13 February 2015. [ Charanjeet Kaur ] [ Vinod Kulvi ]
- 27 July 2015. Vakalatnama on behalf of respondent nos. 1,2,5,6,7,9,11,14,20,24 to 26,29,30,32 and 35 has been filed.
- 24 September 2015. Respondent nos. 6,11 and 35 have filed counter affidavit. Same is still awaited for respondent nos.
- 16 December 2015. Service is complete on respondent nos. 3,4,13,15,17,18,23,36 and 37 is complete but none has entered appearance.
- 22 February 2016. None appears for respondent Nos.3, 4, 10, 13, 17, 19 and 28, despite due service. The Ld. Advocate, Mr. M. Ashwin Reddy, appearing on behalf of Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, Advocate-on-Record appears for respondent No.36. He submits that vakalatnama on behalf of the said respondent has been filed. Registry to verify.
- 5 May 2016. Respondent Nos.1, 2, 5 to 8, 11, 16, 18 to 20, 26, 35 and 37 have already filed the counter affidavit. None appears for respondent Nos.3, 4, 10, 13, 17, 19 and 28, despite due service.
- 15 September 2016. Respondent Nos.1, 2, 5 to 8, 11, 16, 18, 20, 26 and 37 have already filed the counter affidavit. Respondent No.36 has not filed counter affidavit, despite last opportunity having been granted. Further opportunity is declined.
- 23 November 2016. Respondent nos. 1, 2, 5 to 8, 11, 16, 18, 20, 26 and 37 have already filed counter affidavit. None appears for respondent no. 3, 4, 13, 17, 19, 23, 28, 33 and 34 despite due service.
- 26 October 2018. The admitted position is that a Committee has been constituted in terms of order dated 14.12.2016 passed in Karma Dorjee v. Union of India [WP (C) No. 103/2014]. However, the Committee was constituted only on 16.03.2018 after a gap of more than one year. We have been told by learned senior counsel appearing for the Uni
- 29 November 2018. In view of letter circulated by learned counsel for the petitioner, list the matter after ten weeks.
- 9 January 2020. As prayed, list after six weeks.
- 1 May 2023. 1 Mr KM Nataraj, Additional Solicitor General states that Union of India shall file an updated status report in respect of the work of the Committee which is constituted in terms of the order dated 14 December 2016 in Karma Dorjee & Ors Vs Union of India & Ors1 within a period of six weeks. 2 List the Writ Petition on
- 6 May 2025. Re-list in the week commencing 28.07.2025.
- 13 August 2025. The matter is taken on Board. List on 26.08.2025.
- 7 October 2025. Learned Additional Solicitor General states that a status report was filed yesterday. However, we do not find it on board. Registry to verify and put up the same by the next date of hearing.
- 11 November 2025. The updated status report dated 06.10.2025 is taken on record. Mr. Gaichangpou Gangmei, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, seeks some time to file his response to the report, so as to point out the shortcomings that still remain and need to be addressed.
- 17 February 2026. We are informed that the last meeting of the Monitoring Committee was held on 15.12.2025. The Monitoring Committee comprises the following members,: 1. Mr. Niraj Kumar Bansod, Joint Secretary (NE), Ministry of Home Affairs, Chairman;
- 8 April 2026. We are informed that, pursuant to our earlier order dated 17.02.2026, a meeting of the Monitoring Committee was held on 15.03.2026. The Minutes of the Meeting are placed on record. We find that the Minutes do not indicate as to when the next meeting is scheduled. It would be appropriate that the Minutes of each meeting
- 15 July 2026. Minutes of the meeting held on 09.06.2026 are placed on record. We are informed that the next meeting would be conducted before 09.09.2026. Minutes of the said meeting shall be placed on record along with an additional affidavit, by the next date of hearing. The additional affidavit shall also address the issue of the
- Counsel named on these orders, not a complete vakalatnama, include the advocates listed below.
Advocates — Appellants: Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Mr. Satya Mitra, Ms Mangla Verma, Ms Vinika Kiho, Mr Kezhosano Kikhi, Ms. Kezhosano Kikhi, Ms. Olivia Bang, Ms. Olivia Boug, Ms. Alana Golmei, Ms. Alana, Mr. Gaichangpou Gangmei, Mr. Samuel Lalrochan Khobung Advocates — Respondents: Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, Ms Hancy Wadhwa, Mr. Anip Sachthey, Mr. Chandra Prakash, Ms Neha Agarwal, Mr. E. C. Agrawala, Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, Ms Aruna Mathur, Ms Puja Singh, Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Mr Suryanarayana Singh
