- 19 September 2022. 1 Issue notice, returnable in four weeks. 2 Liberty to serve the Central Agency, in addition.
- 31 October 2022. The office report indicates that service of notice is complete on respondent Nos. 2 to 4 and 7 but no one has entered appearance on their behalf. As per office report, unserved cover containing notice has been received back in respect of Respondent No.1 with postal remarks “Ministry and Room No. is not mentioned, Insuf
- 6 December 2022. Service of notice is complete on respondent Nos. 1 to 5 and 7 but none has entered appearance on their behalf. However, Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma,Ld. AOR has appeared on behalf of the respondent No. 1 and Mr. Amit Sharma, Ld. AOR has appeared on behalf of Respondent No.3. They seeks and are given four weeks time to file
- 24 January 2023. Despite due service, none appears on behalf of respondent nos. 1 to 7. However, Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR has appeared on behalf of respondent no. 1. He seeks and is granted four weeks time to file vakalatnama and counter affidavit.
- 4 September 2023. Learned counsel appearing for the State of Assam has prayed for six weeks' further time to file counter affidavit. In all cases we have already passed interim order(s) except in Special Leave Petition (C) No.3304/2021. In the said case also, we direct that no coercive steps shall be taken against the petitioners.
- 21 November 2023. Learned counsel for the respondents state that they have filed counter affidavits in three matters and in two other matters the counter affidavit is ready which would be filed within next three days. With respect to eleven matters, of which they have copies, they will file counter affidavit in the next four weeks. In a
- 23 January 2024. Not taken up. List on 20th February, 2024.
- 20 February 2024. Tag SLP(C) No.4239 of 2022 and SLP (Crl.) No.9824 of 2018 with SLP(C) No.3304 of 2021 and connected cases. Delay condoned.
- 6 May 2025. Leave granted. Hearing expedited.
- 6 May 2025. Service is complete in all the matters. Original records of High Court and Concerned Tribunal have been received.
- 16 March 2026. List this group of matters again on 01.04.2026. In the meantime, Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, learned counsel appearing for the State of Assam, will prepare a chart of all the cases, group them if they can be grouped into different categories and share a copy of the same with Ms. Rupali Samuel, who is one of the counsel appearin
- 1 April 2026. Pursuant to order dated 16.03.2026, the housekeeping directions have still not been fully complied with. Learned counsel has requested for further time. Let these matters be listed again on 06.05.2026.
- 9 April 2026. Tag with Civil Appeal No.2820 of 2024.
- 6 May 2026. A list of 24 cases has been provided by the learned counsel appearing for the State of Assam, where the Tribunal had passed the order declaring the petitioner(s) as foreigner(s), on ex parte basis, details of which are mentioned below. Let the same be listed on 18.05.2026. (1) C.A. No.2820/2024 (2) SLP(C) No. 9745/2017
- 18 May 2026. List the maters on 21.05.2026.
- 21 May 2026. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Special Leave Petition(C) No. 24686/2016 and Diary No. 15744/2023 are taken on board and tagged with the main matter.
- 13 July 2026. Order on the record. The operative text could not be read.
- 13 July 2026. 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: Mr. Tariq Adeeb, Mr. Satya Mitra, Mr. Sadiq Noor, Mr. Avijit Roy, Mr. Hitendra Nath Rath, Mr. K.Parameshwar, Ms. Arti Gupta, Ms. Kanti, Mr. Chinmay Kalgaonkar, Ms. Reena Pandey, Mr. Anurag Pandey, Mr. Kaushik Choudhary Advocates — Respondents: Mr Arvind Kumar Sharma, Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, Dr. Ram Shankar, Mr. Tushar Mehta, Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, Ms. Diksha Rai, Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, Mr. Sabarish Subramanyam, Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Mr. Antariksha Singh, Mr. Suyash Pande, Mr. Abhijeet Pandove
