- 4 October 2019. Issue notice. Personal appearance of the alleged contemnors dispensed with for the present.
- 22 November 2019. Contempt Petition (C) No.1148/2019 in W.P. (Civil) No.786/2018 and Contempt Petition (Civil) No.1165/2019 in Issue notice. Presence of alleged contemnor(s) is dispensed with for the present.
- 10 February 2020. CONMT.PET.(C) No. 325/2020 in W.P.(C) No. 53/2017 and CONMT.PET.(C) No. 324/2020 in W.P.(C) No. 53/2017 Issue notice. Personal appearance of alleged contemnor(s) is dispensed with for the present.
- 21 October 2021. Mr. R. Balasubramaniam, learned senior counsel appearing for the respondents-contemnors, has submitted that different replies were filed in view of the different zones, which are subject matter of the present contempt petitions. It is contended that the direction of this Court was to regularise the Railway Porters to t
- 22 November 2021. The matter was called out twice, but no one has appeared on behalf of Union of India. Office Report dated 20.11.2021 indicates that in some of the matters, spare copies of the petition(s) have not been filed.
- 7 January 2022. Ms. Madhavi Divan, learned Additional Solicitor General shall produce the summary of each of the contempt petitions to facilitate the orders of each such petitions. All the contempt petitions be posted for hearing together on 14.02.2022.
- 14 February 2022. Ms. Priyanka Das, learned counsel for the respondents states that summary of all the cases has been prepared and filed in the Court. The same to be shared with the learned counsel for the petitioners. List the matters on 21.02.2022.
- 21 February 2022. List on 07.03.2022.
- 7 March 2022. Contempt Petition (C) No.73/2022 in W.P.(C) No. 312/2020 & Contempt Petition (C) No.74/2022 in W.P.(C) No. 796/2020: Issue notice.
- 4 April 2025. 1. List after two weeks. 2. In the meanwhile, copy of the affidavit along with annexures filed by the respondent(s) will be served on the petitioners.
- 2 December 2025. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. List for further arguments on 09.12.2025.
- 9 December 2025. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. List for further arguments on 10.02.2026.
- 10 February 2026. 1. List these matters high up on the board on 17.02.2026 as first ten cases.
- 17 February 2026. List the matter(s) for directions on 22.04.2026 (Wednesday).
- 22 April 2026. 1. A short adjournment has been sought for since the learned Additional Solicitor General is not available. 2. Re-list the matter on 12.05.2026.
- 12 May 2026. List on 04.08.2026.
- 4 August 2026. 1. The batch of contempt petitions have been taken up for consideration. 2. We have heard a few of the learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Solicitor General for the respondent(s).
- 25 August 2026. List on 13.10.2026.
- Counsel named on these orders, not a complete vakalatnama, include the advocates listed below.
Advocates — Appellants: Mr. Ratnakar Dash, Mr. Dinesh K.Garg, Mr. Abhishek Garg, Mr. Dhananjay Garg, Mr. Deepak Mishra, Mr. R.P.Bansal, Ms. Deeplaxmi Subhash Matwankar, Mr. P.V.Yogeswaran, Mr. Suyash Srivastava, Mr. Prashant Shukla, Mr. Satyajeet Kumar, Mr. Sant Dharamveer Chotivala Advocates — Respondents: Mr. Tushar Mehta, Mr. R.Bala, Mr. Vanshaja Shukla, Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, Mr. Deepak Goel, Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Ms. Madhvi Divan, Mr. R. Balasubramaniam, Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, Mr. Ayush Puri, Mr. R. Bala, Mr. Amrish Kumar