- 18 December 2019. Issue notice to the respondents as also to the learned Attorney General for India, returnable on 22.01.2020. Waive service on the respondent viz., Union of India since Mr. Debasis Misra, learned counsel, is appearing on behalf of the respondent-Union of India.
- 22 January 2020. At the request of Mr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, petitioner-in person, his petition being W.P.(C) No.1526 of 2019 is de-tagged from the instant matters. On being mentioned by Mr. Anish Roy, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, the matter being Diary No.1987 of 2020 is taken on Board.
- Counsel named on these orders, not a complete vakalatnama, include the advocates listed below.
Advocates — Appellants: Mr. Kapil Sibal, Ms. Indira Jaising, Mr. Haris Beeran, Mr. Mohammed Shah, Mr. Mohd. Raiz, Mr. Mushtaq Salim, Mr. Usman Ghani Khan, Mr. Azhar Assees, Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Ms. Disha Wadekar, Ms. Pallavi Pratap, Mr. K.N. Choudhury Advocates — Respondents: Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Mr. Tushar Mehta, Mr. K.M. Natraj, Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Mr. Ankur Talwar, Mr. Rajat Nair, Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Mr. Adit Khorana, Ms. Ramya Khanna, Mr. Manan Popli, Mr. Rajeev Ranjan