- 12 July 2024. Delay condoned. Issue notice, returnable within four weeks.
- 8 August 2024. Service is complete on the sole respondent but none has entered appearance. Registry to process the matter for listing before the Hon'ble Court, as per rules.
- 13 September 2024. List these matters after four weeks. In the meantime, learned counsel for the respondent may provide counter affidavit as also the copy of written arguments of the respondent to the learned counsel for the petitioner.
- 13 December 2024. Learned counsel for the respondent prays for and is granted four weeks' time to remove the defects in the counter affidavit and also serve copy of the same to the learned counsel for the petitioner. List the matters after four weeks.
- 29 January 2025. Application (IA No.298816/2024) seeking discharge of the Advocate from the case is allowed. Let notice be issued to the respondent, returnable on 25.02.2025.
- 25 February 2025. The respondent is present in-person and has pleaded his case. He has requested that the matter may be referred to the Supreme Court Mediation Centre to explore the possibility of an amicable solution.
- 29 April 2025. A copy of the counter affidavit has been provided to the learned counsel for the petitioner by the respondent, who is present in-person, in the Court. Learned counsel for the petitioner prays for and is granted two weeks time to file rejoinder affidavit.
- 13 May 2025. 1. When these cases are called out, respondent is not present. List again on 22nd July, 2025.
- 14 July 2025. List on 22nd July, 2025.
- 22 July 2025. Permission to appear and argue in person is granted. The petitioner and the respondent are present in the Court today. Petitioner is represented through learned counsel whereas respondent has appeared in person.
- 29 August 2025. List on 8th September, 2025.
- 8 September 2025. We have heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the respondent, who is appearing in person Orders/Judgment reserved.
- 12 September 2025. Order on the record. The operative text could not be read.
- 12 September 2025. Order on the record. The operative text could not be read.
- Counsel named on these orders, not a complete vakalatnama, include the advocates listed below.
Advocates — Appellants: Ms. Astha Sharma, Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Ms. Lihzu Shiney Konyak, Mr. Simranjeet Singh Rekhi, Ms. Shriya Mishra Advocates — Respondents: Mr. Swetank Shantanu, Mr. Pratap Shanker, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Choudhary, Mr. Ajay Kumar Mishra, Mr. Justice Vikram Nath, Mr. Justice
