GHAZI SAADUDDIN III GOYAL Versus STATE OF MAHARAHSTRA THR. SECY AND ORS. [THREE JUDGES BENCH MATTER] [ONLY I.A. NO. 195658/2025-EARLY HEARING APPLICATION IN W.P. (C) NO. 180/2004 IS LISTED UNDER (C.A. 329/2004)

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C.A. 329/2004

GHAZI SAADUDDIN III GOYAL Versus STATE OF MAHARAHSTRA THR. SECY AND ORS. [THREE JUDGES BENCH MATTER] [ONLY I.A. NO. 195658/2025-EARLY HEARING APPLICATION IN W.P. (C) NO. 180/2004 IS LISTED UNDER

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE · HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JOYMALYA BAGCHI · HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE V. MOHANA

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T. S. SHANTHI KUMAR Versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR.. C.A. 329/2004 in the Supreme Court of India, CNR SCIN010016112002. Status on the court record: PENDING. This page is written from 24 order document(s) downloaded for this case, dated 7 August 2009 to 17 August 2026.

On 16 February 2010 the order records: Learned ASG appearing for the respondent states that the matter is being considered by the Government. These matters are adjourned by eight weeks.
On 21 January 2011 the order records: On oral application made by Mr. Prashant Bhushan, learned counsel for the petitioners, National Commission for Minorities and National Commission for Scheduled Castes are to be added as party respondents since for following constitutional issues are arising: [1] Whether Paragraph (3) of the Constitution (Scheduled Cast
On 6 February 2015 the order records: Learned counsel for the appellant(s) submits that these appeals have become infructuous and may be disposed of as such. The appeals are disposed of as infructuous.
On 30 August 2022 the order records: Application for deletion of the name of the respondent(s) is allowed at the risk and responsibility of the petitioners in WP(Civil) No. 1454/2019.
On 7 December 2022 the order records: The reply of Union of India seeks to submit that the Government had not accepted the Ranganath Mishra Commission's Report and has now recently constituted a new Commission exercising powers under Section 3 of the Commission Enquiry Act, 1952 headed by Sri K. G Balakrishnan, retired with the terms of reference as set ou
On 12 April 2023 the order records: The Constitutional issues arising in the present case have been sketched out in the order dated Thereafter we have noticed the factum of setting up of a recently appointed Commission by the Government of India exercising powers under Section 3 of the Commission of Enquiry Act, 1952 headed by Shri Justice K.G. Balakrish
On 8 July 2024 the order records: 1. Mr. Pratik R. Bombarde, learned counsel submits that the present matter concerns invalidation of SC certificate for members of Muslim Community. The counsel then submits that the larger issue is pending consideration in Civil Appeal Nos. 329-330 of 2004 (Ghazi Saaduddin v. State of Maharashtra through Secretary & Or
On 15 January 2026 the order records: 1. List the matters on 04.02.2026. 2. IA No. 195658/2025 in WP (C) No.180/2004 stands disposed of accordingly.

Issues Before Court

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Procedural History

7 August 2009. List after eight weeks.
16 February 2010. Learned ASG appearing for the respondent states that the matter is being considered by the Government. These matters are adjourned by eight weeks.
4 January 2011. Place these matters on 14th January, 2011. Liberty to file interlocutory applications.
14 January 2011. The matters shall stand over for one week.
21 January 2011. On oral application made by Mr. Prashant Bhushan, learned counsel for the petitioners, National Commission for Minorities and National Commission for Scheduled Castes are to be added as party respondents since for following constitutional issues are arising: [1] Whether Paragraph (3) of the Constitution (Scheduled Cast
4 March 2013. Let these matters be listed on next Friday [8th March, 2013] as the first item of the 'Final Disposal Matters'.
8 March 2013. Let the matters be adjourned for four weeks.
2 September 2013. Order on the record. The operative text could not be read.
9 September 2013. Applications for impleadment are allowed. Applications for intervention to be heard along with the main matter(s).
8 July 2014. Call the matter after three weeks. [ Charanjeet Kaur ] [ Vinod Kulvi ]
6 February 2015. Learned counsel for the appellant(s) submits that these appeals have become infructuous and may be disposed of as such. The appeals are disposed of as infructuous.
8 July 2019. This is an application for early hearing of the writ petition. List the writ petition in the month of September, 2019 before the appropriate Bench.
18 November 2019. The matters not be taken up for two weeks. The matters to remain on Board.
2 December 2019. The matter be listed in the second week of January, (NIDHI AHUJA) (NISHA TRIPATHI)
29 January 2020. Issue notice in fresh matters. Reply affidavit be filed within four weeks.
18 March 2020. Issue notice. Tag with Civil Appeal Nos.329-330 of 2004 and connected matters, if any.
30 August 2022. Application for deletion of the name of the respondent(s) is allowed at the risk and responsibility of the petitioners in WP(Civil) No. 1454/2019.
7 December 2022. The reply of Union of India seeks to submit that the Government had not accepted the Ranganath Mishra Commission's Report and has now recently constituted a new Commission exercising powers under Section 3 of the Commission Enquiry Act, 1952 headed by Sri K. G Balakrishnan, retired with the terms of reference as set ou
19 January 2023. List for directions on 22nd March, 2023.
23 March 2023. It is stated that the learned Solicitor General is in a part heard Constitution Bench matter. Matters to remain on Board.
12 April 2023. The Constitutional issues arising in the present case have been sketched out in the order dated Thereafter we have noticed the factum of setting up of a recently appointed Commission by the Government of India exercising powers under Section 3 of the Commission of Enquiry Act, 1952 headed by Shri Justice K.G. Balakrish
8 July 2024. 1. Mr. Pratik R. Bombarde, learned counsel submits that the present matter concerns invalidation of SC certificate for members of Muslim Community. The counsel then submits that the larger issue is pending consideration in Civil Appeal Nos. 329-330 of 2004 (Ghazi Saaduddin v. State of Maharashtra through Secretary & Or
15 January 2026. 1. List the matters on 04.02.2026. 2. IA No. 195658/2025 in WP (C) No.180/2004 stands disposed of accordingly.
17 August 2026. Tag with Civil Appeal Nos.329-330/2004.
Counsel named on these orders, not a complete vakalatnama, include the advocates listed below.

Advocates — Appellants: Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Mr. Arvind S. Avhad, Ms. Chandan Ramamurthi, Mr. Shivaji M. Jadhav, Mr. Nitin Kumar Gupta, Mr. M.A.Chinnasamy, Mr. Sanjay Jain, Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad, Mr. Subrat Birla, Mr. Baldev Atreya, Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, Dr. M.P. Raju Advocates — Respondents: Ms. Pinky Anand, Mr. A. Raghunath, Mr. A. Subba Rao, Mr. Bhaskar Y. Kulkarni, Mr. A. Mariarputham, Mr. T.A. Khan, Mr. D.S. Mahra, Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, Mr. Aman Vachhar, Mr. P.N. Puri, Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, Mr. Dhiraj

Relief Sought & Granted

On 6 February 2015 the order records: The appeals are disposed of as infructuous.

The court record used for this archive still shows the case as not disposed. No final relief is added beyond the words of the orders above.

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Current position

PENDING · Latest recorded event 17 Aug 2026

Latest development

Latest recorded event 17 Aug 2026

Next hearing

15 Jan 2026

Important procedural note

Written only from 24 Supreme Court order file(s) for this case. No headnote or citation was added. 47 other files in the folder were left out.