- 15 December 2023. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners. 2. Issue notice, returnable on 29.01.2024.
- 29 January 2024. 1. Learned counsel for the States of Tamil Nadu and Nagaland are granted four weeks' time to file their respective counter affidavits. 2. Post these matters for hearing on 15.03.2024.
- 15 March 2024. Learned Additional Solicitor General as well as learned State counsel seek and are granted four weeks' time to file the counter affidavit. List on 14.05.2024(NMD).
- 15 July 2025. Ld. counsel for the petitioner has filed spare copy alongwith an application seeking condonation of delay in filing spare copy. Application is hereby allowed. Consequently, delay is condoned. Issue notice immediately. List again on 21.08.2025.
- 21 July 2025. Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks and is granted one week's time to file the spare copies of the petition for issuance of notice to the respondents.
- 13 August 2025. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. Issue notice.
- 21 August 2025. As per office report, service of notice on respondent No.7 is still awaited. It has been submitted by Ld.Counsel for the petitioner that permission be granted to serve respondent No.7 through its standing counsel. Allowed. Let particulars be filed within two weeks. Service is complete on respondent Nos.1 to 3. Ld.
- 7 October 2025. Service is complete on respondent nos. 1 to 3. Ld. Counsel has sought further time to file vakalatnama, counter affidavit has already been adopted. Vakalatnama be filed within four weeks as last opportunity. Service is complete on respondent no.7 through standing counsel. Ld. counsel, Mr Ashok Kumar B appearing on beha
- 6 November 2025. Service is complete on respondent Nos.1 to 3 but none has entered appearance. Ld. counsel who entered appearance for the said respondents on the last date of hearing, has not filed any vakalatnama, despite the grant of last opportunity. Service is complete on respondent No.7 through its standing counsel. Ld. counsel wh
- 9 December 2025. Service is complete on respondent nos. 1 to 3 but none has entered appearance. No vakalatnama and counter affidavit has been filed despite grant of last opportunity on the last date of hearing. No counter affidavit has been filed by respondent nos.7,10 and 13 despite grant of last opportunity, as such, further opportun
- 20 January 2026. Service was complete on respondent nos. 1 and 2 in August, 2025 but none has entered appearance. Ld. Counsel who entered Contd…. appearance on behalf of the said respondents has not filed vakalatnama and counter affidavit despite grant of last opportunity on 07.10.2025.
- 16 February 2026. Service was complete on respondent nos. 1 and 2 in August, 2025 but none has entered appearance. Opportunity of respondent nos. 3 and 4 to file counter affidavit has already been declined.
- Counsel named on these orders, not a complete vakalatnama, include the advocates listed below.
Advocates — Appellants: Mr. S. Mahesh Sahasranaman, Mr. Atul Shankar Vinod, Mr. Bijo Mathew Joy, Mr. Mahesh Sahsranaman, Mr. Mehull Jain, Mr. Dileep Poolokkott, Mr. Subhash Chandran K.r, Ms. Krishna Lr, Mr. Sangramsingh R. Bhonsle, Ms. Pushkarra A. Bhonsle, Ms. Pushkara A. Bhonsle, Mr. Balaji Srinivasan Advocates — Respondents: Ms. Enatoli Sema, Mr. D.Kumanan, Mr. Vikramjeet Banerjee, Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, Ms. Sweksha, Mr. Shivank Pratap Singh, Mr. Prasenjeet Mahapatra, Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, Mr. C. Kranthi Kumar, Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Mr. Naman Dwivedi
