- 12 March 2021. Issue notice.
- 26 March 2021. granted. Issue notice.
- 2 September 2022. This matter is reported to be notified for 09.09.2022, the matter shall not be deleted from the cause list of 09.09.2022.
- 9 September 2022. PART-I A Bench of two-Judges of this Court issued notice in Writ Petition (Civil) No.1246 of 2020 on 12.03.2021 whereafter this petition has come up before this Court on few occasions. However, Union of India has not yet put in any response. Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General prays for and is granted two weeks
- 12 October 2022. Issue notice in all the matters. I Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, learned Senior Advocate appearing in Writ Petition (C) No.1246/2020 has formulated following questions, which in his view arise in these matters:
- 14 November 2022. 1 Mr T ushar Mehta, Solicitor General states that a comprehensive affidavit will be filed by the Union government dealing with various facets of the case. He needs some time to ensure that the affidavit is filed after due deliberation at various levels of the government. 2 On the request so made, we direct that the cou
- 9 January 2023. 1 Since the Union of India has not filed a counter affidavit, we grant time to do so till the end of February 2023. 2 Mr Kapil Sibal, senior counsel appearing on behalf of the interveners, seeks to raise certain preliminary objections to the maintainability of the petitions.
- 5 April 2023. 1 The Union of India has not filed its reply. 2 The petitions shall be listed before a three-Judge Bench in the month of July 3 In the event that the Union of India seeks to file a counter affidavit, it shall do so before the next date of listing.
- 11 July 2023. 1 Mr Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General states that a common affidavit in reply is under preparation in response to the entire batch of cases. Having regard to the nature of the case, it has been submitted that sufficient time may be granted. WPC 1246/2020 2 The counter affidavit shall be filed by 31 October 2023. Rejoind
- 30 November 2023. Union of India has not filed counter affidavit pursuant to Hon'ble Court's order dated 11.07.2023 so far. Registry to process the matter for listing before the Hon'ble Court, as per rules.
- 12 December 2024. All applications for intervention/impleadment are allowed, subject to all just exceptions. The amended memo of parties will be filed within four weeks WP(C) No. 1246/2020 etc.
- 17 February 2025. Re-list W.P (C). Nos. 1246 of 2020, 559 of 2020, 619 of 2020, 827 of 2022, 782 of 2022 and 891 of 2022 along with S.L.P (C) No. 7023 of 2024 and Conmt. Pet.(C). No. 803 of 2024 in the week commencing 01.04.2025 before the three-Judge Bench.
- 15 July 2025. WRIT PETITION (C) NO. 559 OF 2020 As per Office report, Mr. Shivank Verma, Applicant-in-Person seeks withdrawal of unregistered application nos. 106756 of 2020, 106757 of 2020, 11299 of 2021 and 11302 of 2021. As sought, unregistered applications are hereby allowed to be withdrawn.
- 22 January 2026. 1. Through a separate oral order of even date, we have disposed of IA No.527 of 2026 filed in the instant petition, wherein urgent directions have been issued. After the hearing on that application concluded and the order disposing it was dictated, on the oral request and with the consent of learned counsel for the par
- 18 February 2026. As prayed for, the applications are dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the applicant(s) to avail the appropriate remedy in accordance with law.
- 4 May 2026. List on 31.07.2026.
- 4 August 2026. List this matter along with main matter on 04.11.2026.
- Counsel named on these orders, not a complete vakalatnama, include the advocates listed below.
Advocates — Appellants: Mr. Vikas Singh, Mr. Gopal Shankarnarayan, Mr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, Ms. Deepika Kalia, Mr. Mrityunjay Singh, Mr. Prashant Patel Umrao, Mr. Manish Kumar, Mr. Sandeep Mishra, Dr. Subramanian Swamy, Mr. Satya Sabharwal, Mr. Roxna Swamy Advocates — Respondents: Mr. Tushar Mehta, Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Mr. Sadashiv, Mr. Nirmal Kumar Ambastha, Mr. Rakesh Mishra, Mr. Bijan Kumar Ghosh, Mr. M. R. Shamshad, Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, Mr. Kabir Dixit, Ms. Vrinda Grover, Mr. Shahid Nadeem
