- 20 October 2022. Delay condoned. Issue notice on the prayer for interim relief as well as on the Special Leave Petition returnable in three weeks.
- 12 December 2022. In view of letter circulated by learned counsel for the petitioners seeking an adjournment for one week, list the matter after winter vacation.
- 24 February 2023. In view of the letter circulated by the learned counsel for the respondent(s) seeking adjournment for filing counter, the matters are adjourned by four weeks.
- 12 May 2023. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as also learned senior counsel for the respondents. Insofar as the merits of the case is concerned it would take some time to hear the matter as notice has been ordered to the respondent.
- 23 July 2024. Leave granted.
- 15 April 2025. Respondent no.1 has already filed counter affidavit. Issue reminder to High Court for expediting the dispatch of service report of respondent nos.2 and 3.
- 19 May 2025. 1. Delay condoned. 2. Issue notice on the prayer for interim relief as well as on the special leave petition.
- 14 July 2025. Respondent No. 1 has already filed counter affidavit. As per office report, certificate of service has not been received from the concerned Tribunal in respect of Respondent Nos.
- 20 August 2025. Respondent No.1 has already filed counter affidavit. Ld. Counsel for Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 submits that he does not wish to file counter affidavit on behalf of said respondents.
- 6 October 2025. Respondent No.1 has already filed counter affidavit. Ld. Counsel for Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 already submitted that he do not wish to file counter affidavit.
- 10 November 2025. 1. Application seeking deletion of respondent no. 5 is allowed at the risk of the Appellants. 2. Amended memo of parties be filed accordingly.
- 5 December 2025. Respondent No.1 has already filed counter affidavit. Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 does not wish to file counter affidavit.
- 22 January 2026. No. 5 is allowed. Name of such respondent be deleted from the array of parties at the risk of the petitioner.
- 10 March 2026. Counter affidavit on behalf of respondent no. 1 has already been filed. Respondent nos. 2 and 3 has already opted not to file counter affidavit.
- 7 April 2026. List IA No.82931 of 2026 in SLP(Crl) No. 8009/2025 tomorrow i.e. on 8 th April, 2026. (JATINDER KAUR) (SUDHIR KUMAR SHARMA) P.S. to REGISTRAR
- 8 April 2026. 1. Let I.A. NO.82931/2026 be listed along with the special leave petition/appeal in the month of July, 2026. 2. In the unlikely event of this Court being disabled to decide the special leave petition/appeal finally by 31st August, 2026, the application for bail will be taken up for consideration.
- 28 July 2026. 1. Trial court records have been received; however, scanned copies of such records have not been provided to the advocates-on-records for the parties. 2. Registry is directed to provide such copies within a week from date.
- Counsel named on these orders, not a complete vakalatnama, include the advocates listed below.
Advocates — Appellants: Mrs. Haripriya Padmanabhan, Mr. Karuppaiah Meyyappan, Mr. Raghunatha Sethupathy, Ms. Kanika Kalaiyarasan, Ms. Shivani Vij., Mr. Abhishek Kalaiyarasan, Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, Mr. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Mr. Raghunatha Sethupathy B., Ms. Priya R., Mr. Bharathimohan M., Ms. Kanika Kalaiarasan Advocates — Respondents: Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., Ms. Nupur Sharma, Mr. Shobhit Dwivedi, Mr. Sanjeev Kr Mahara, Ms. Vaidehi Rastogi, Mr. V. Krishnamurthy, Ms. Richa Vishwakarma, Mr. V. Krishnanmurthy, Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, Mr. Naman Dwivedi, Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Mr. C. Kranthi Kumar
