- 30 September 2022. 1 Issue notice, returnable in six weeks. 2 Liberty to serve the Standing Counsel for the State of Assam, in addition.
- 16 November 2022. Four weeks time, is granted to respondent no. 3 to file counter affidavit. Despite due service, none appears on behalf of respondent nos.
- 4 January 2023. Four weeks time, is granted to respondent nos. 2, 3 and 5 to 10 to file counter affidavit. Two weeks time, as a last chance, is granted to learned counsel for the petitioner, to take fresh steps and file fresh particulars, to serve respondent no. 4, as process could not be served.
- 9 February 2023. Four weeks time, is granted as a last chance to respondent nos. 2, 3 and 5 to 10 to file counter affidavit. Ld. Counsel for petitioner has failed to file proof of service of notice to respondent no. 1 and take fresh steps and furnish fresh particulars in respect of respondent no. 4.
- 5 April 2023. 1. As per office report, learned counsel for the petitioner has neither filed proof of service of notice in respect of respondent no. 1 nor have taken any steps to furnish fresh particulars of respondent no.4. 2. Learned Counsel for the petitioner seeks four weeks time to do the needful.
- 8 May 2023. Mr. S.K. Bandyopadhyay, learned counsel, appearing for the petitioner, seeks time to take necessary steps in relation to unserved Respondent No. 1 & 4. Six weeks' time is granted to do the needful.
- 28 July 2023. The matter has been listed for the defects/objections pointed out by the Registry that the petitioner has not taken steps for service of unserved respondent Nos. 1 and 4. On perusal of the memo of parties, it is evident that the respondent No.1 – Union of India and respondent No.4 – The Commissioner and Secretary to th
- 1 September 2023. Learned counsel for the respondents states that counter affidavit has been filed yesterday in the Registry. He may provide the copy of the same to learned counsel for the petitioner during the course of the day. Rejoinder affidavit be filed by learned counsel for the petitioner within two weeks, as prayed. List thereaf
- 8 December 2023. Learned counsel appearing for respondent no.2 to supply a copy of the counter affidavit to the learned counsel for the petitioner within a week. On behalf of the learned counsel for respondent no.1, time is sought to file counter affidavit.
- 22 January 2024. List this matter tomorrow, i.e., 23.01.2024 along with Special Leave Petition (C) No.3304 of 2021.
- Counsel named on these orders, not a complete vakalatnama, include the advocates listed below.
Advocates — Appellants: Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Mr. Pramod Kumar Singh, Mr. Bikash Chandra, Mr. Sagar Roy, Mr. Joy Prakash Yadav, Mr. Dharam Pal Saini, Mr. Shiv Nath, Mr. Rajeev Kumar Deora, Ms. Parul Sharma, Mr. Bishan Dass, Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Mr. Mata Prasad Singh Advocates — Respondents: Mr. Amit Sharma, Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Mr. Kumar Arnav Singh Deo, Mr. Sai Shashank, Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Mr. Arnav Sigh Deo, Mr. Dipesh Sinha, Ms. Pallavi Barua, Ms. Sakshi Upadhayya, Ms. Aparna Singh, Ms. Sakshi Upadhyaya, Ms. Aishwarya Bhati