- 28 November 2022. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and perused the material placed on record. Issue notice on the limitation as also on the Special Leave Petitions.
- 3 February 2023. Learned Additional Solicitor General states that the counter affidavit filed in Special Leave Petition (C) No.7454/2022 is on behalf of Respondent Nos. 4 and 13 and not on behalf of Respondent No.1 to 3. Learned ASG seeks and is granted four weeks' time to file counter affidavit in Special Leave Petition (C) No.22576/2
- 29 March 2023. Learned counsel appearing for the State of Odisha seeks and is granted four weeks' time to file counter affidavit. Rejoinder affidavit, if any, may be filed within two weeks thereafter.
- 15 May 2023. Perused the letter circulated by learned counsel for the petitioner seeking adjournment for filing rejoinder affidavit. List on 08.08.2023.
- 8 August 2023. The matters stand adjourned by 10 days in terms of the letter circulated by the learned counsel for the petitioners. The matters be listed before a Bench of which one of us (K. V. Viswanathan, J.) is not a member.
- 10 November 2023. In terms of the letter circulated by learned counsel for the petitioner(s) seeking adjournment, adjourned by six weeks.
- 2 January 2024. On the request made by learned counsel for the respondent/State, the matters are adjourned by two weeks. In the meanwhile, permission to file additional affidavit by way of clarification, is also granted.
- 22 March 2024. At request, four weeks' time is granted to file rejoinder affidavit. List thereafter.
- 10 July 2024. List on 03.09.2024.
- 3 September 2024. At request, list on 03.12.2024.
- 4 December 2024. List on 29.01.2025.
- 29 January 2025. List on 19.02.2025.
- 19 February 2025. List on 08.04.2025.
- 8 April 2025. List on 19.05.2025.
- 19 May 2025. List on 01.09.2025.
- 1 September 2025. List on 07.10.2025.
- 7 October 2025. In view of the change in the panel of Advocates representing the respondent(s)-State, these matters stand adjourned to 03.02.2026.
- 3 February 2026. List on 19.05.2026.
- 19 May 2026. Order on the record. The operative text could not be read.
- 18 August 2026. List on 11.12.2026.
- Counsel named on these orders, not a complete vakalatnama, include the advocates listed below.
Advocates — Appellants: Mr. M. P. Devanath, Mr. Abhishek Anand, Mr. Rahul Kumar, Mr. Anirudh Sanganeria, Mr. Siddharth Sinha, Mr. Abhinay, Mr. Pooran Chand Roy, Ms. Sakshi Jain, Mr. Lakshmi Kant Srivastava, Ms. Parul Khurana, Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, Mr. Vishal Bansal Advocates — Respondents: Ms. Nitya Thakur, Mr. Prasenjeet Mohapatra, Mr. Tonmoy Deka, Mr. N. Venkataraman, Mr. Ashok Parija, Mr. Ramendra Mohan Patnaik, Mr. Subhasish Mohanty, Mr. Suvendu Suvasis Dash, Ms. Swati Vaibhav, Ms. Shruti Vaibhav, Mr. Yashvardhan Sinha, Mr. Arunav Patnaik