- 3 October 2017. Four weeks' time, as a last opportunity, is granted to learned counsel for the appellant to cure the defects as pointed out by the Registry, failing which the Civil Appeal shall stand dismissed without further reference to the Court. (SONALI SAUND) (SNEH LATA SHARMA) SENIOR PERSONAL ASSISTANT
- 6 November 2017. Delay of 181 days in refiling the Special Leave Petition is condoned, subject to payment of costs of Rs.1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) with the Supreme Court Secretarial Staff Welfare Association (SCSSWA) within two weeks. (RACHNA) (MADHU NARULA) SENIOR PERSONAL ASSISTANT BRANCH OFFICER
- 24 November 2017. Issue notice. Status quo, as on today, shall be maintained by the parties in the meantime.
- 16 January 2018. The respondent Nos.3 & 4 shall be at liberty to file the counter affidavit within a period of four weeks. Service of notice is complete on the respondent Nos.1,2, 5 & 6, but no one has entered appearance on their behalf. It is submitted by the Ld.counsel for the respondent Nos.3 & 4 that the respondent No.2 has expired
- 8 March 2018. The respondent Nos.3 & 4 have already filed the counter affidavit. Service of notice is complete on the respondent Nos.1,5 & 6, but no one has entered appearance on their behalf.
- 23 April 2018. Ld.counsel for the petitioner has filed an application of substitution to bring on record the lrs. of deceased respondent No.2, which is found to be defective. Hence, four weeks time is given to cure the defects. List the matter again on 16.07.2018.
- 16 July 2018. Service of notice is complete on the respondent Nos. 1, 5 and 6 but no one has entered appearance on their behalf. Respondent Nos. 3 and 4 have already filed the counter affidavit.
- 3 August 2018. Service is complete on the respondent Nos 1,5 & 6, but no one has entered appearance on their behalf. The respondent Nos.3 & 4 have already filed the counter affidavit.
- 9 January 2019. Delay condoned. Issue notice on the applications to the proposed legal heirs returnable within six weeks.
- 5 March 2019. Learned counsel appearing for the respondents seeks time to file response in these applications. At request, matter is adjourned by two weeks.
- 25 March 2019. Abatement is set aside. Delay condoned.
- 15 April 2019. Service of notice is complete qua respondent Nos. 1, 5 and 6 but no one has entered appearance on their behalf. Respondent Nos. 3 and 4 have already filed counter affidavit.
- 11 July 2023. In view of the letter circulated on behalf of the appellant seeking adjournment, re-list after four weeks.
- 27 August 2024. Re-list in the week commencing 02.12.2024.
- 10 February 2025. On a suggestion given by the Court, learned counsel for the parties state that they would like to explore the possibility of settlement through mediation and that they may be referred to the Supreme Court Mediation Centre. In view of the statement made, the parties are requested to appear in person or through video con
- Counsel named on these orders, not a complete vakalatnama, include the advocates listed below.
Advocates — Appellants: Mr. Suvendu Suvasis Dash, Ms. Swati Vaibhav, Mr. Raju Ramachandran, Mr. Ishwar Mohanty, Mr. Ajay Sharma, Ms. Poonam Lau, Ms. Geeta Mohanty, Mr. Mandeep Vinayak, Ms. Anjali Sharma, Mr. S. Vinayratnakar, Ms. Shruti Vaibhav, Mr. Kislay Pandey Advocates — Respondents: Mr. Sanjay Jain, Mr. Umesh Mishra, Mr. Raghav G., Dr. Anurag Kumar Agarwal, Mr. Ram Gupta, Dr. Anurag Kr. Agarwal, Mr. Prateek Agarwal