(Ranjan Gogoi, C.J. and S.A. Bobde, D.Y. Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S. Abdul Nazeer, JJ.)
Mohammad Siddiq (D) Thr. LRs. ____________________ Appellant(s);
v.
Mahant Suresh Das and Others ____________________ Respondent(s).
Civil Appeal No(s). 10866-10867/2010, decided on September 18, 2019
(For Directions) With C.A. Nos. 4768-4771/2011 (III-A) C.A. No. 2636/2011 (III-A) C.A. No. 821/2011 (III-A) C.A. No. 4739/2011 (III-A) (With appln(s). for discharge of Advocate-on-Record, substitution, c/delay in filing substitution application, addition/deletion/modification of parties, vacation of interim order and for clarification/direction) C.A. Nos. 4905-4908/2011 (III-A) (With appln.(s) for clarification/direction, substitution, c/delay in filing substitution appln. and setting aside abatement) C.A. No. 2215/2011 (III-A) C.A. No. 4740/2011 (III-A) (With appln. for clarification/direction) C.A. No. 2894/2011 (III-A) C.A. No. 6965/2011 (III-A) C.A. No. 4192/2011 (III-A) C.A. No. 5498/2011 (III-A) (With appln.(s) for substitution, c/delay in filing substitution appln., deleting the name of petitioner/respondent and exemption from filing O.T.) C.A. No. 7226/2011 (III-A) C.A. No. 8096/2011 (III-A) CA Nos. 10866-67/2010 W.P.(C) No. 105/2016 (X) (With appln. for appropriate orders/directions) Diary No(s).22744/2017 (XI) (With appln. for c/delay in filing SLP and exemption from filing O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 294/2018 (X) (With appln.(s) for permission to file additional documents/facts/annexures and exemption from filing O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 151/2019 (X) (With appln. for clarification/direction) Civil Appeal No(s). 10866-10867/2010
The Order of the court was delivered by
Order
1. The hearing of the appeals, which is at a very advanced stage, will continue without any interruption. If, in the meantime, the parties desire to settle the matter(s), including, by resort to mediation by the earlier constituted mediation panel, they may do so and place the settlement before the Court, if reached.
2. We also make it clear that the terms and the process of settlement including mediation, if resorted to, will abide by our earlier order dated 8th March, 2019, with regard to confidentiality.
AFTER LUNCH
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Civil Appeal No(s).10866-10867/2010
Mohammad Siddiq (D) Thr. LRs _____________________ Appellant(s)
v.
Mahant Suresh Das & Ors ________________________ Respondent(s)
(For Directions)
With
C.A. Nos. 4768-4771/2011 (III-A)
C.A. No. 2636/2011 (III-A)
C.A. No. 821/2011 (III-A)
C.A. No. 4739/2011 (III-A)
(With appln(s). for discharge of Advocate-on-Record, substitution, c/delay in filing substitution application, addition/deletion/modification of parties, vacation of interim order and for clarification/direction)
C.A. Nos. 4905-4908/2011 (III-A)
(With appln.(s) for clarification/direction, substitution, c/delay in filing substitution appln. and setting aside abatement)
C.A. No. 2215/2011 (III-A)
C.A. No. 4740/2011 (III-A)
(With appln. for clarification/direction)
C.A. No. 2894/2011 (III-A)
C.A. No. 6965/2011 (III-A)
C.A. No. 4192/2011 (III-A)
C.A. No. 5498/2011 (III-A)
(With appln.(s) for substitution, c/delay in filing substitution appln., deleting the name of petitioner/respondent and exemption from filing O.T.)
C.A. No. 7226/2011 (III-A)
C.A. No. 8096/2011 (III-A)
CA Nos. 10866-67/2010
W.P.(C) No. 105/2016 (X)
(With appln. for appropriate orders/directions)
Diary No(s).22744/2017 (XI)
(With appln. for c/delay in filing SLP and exemption from filing O.T.)
W.P.(C) No. 294/2018 (X)
(With appln.(s) for permission to file additional documents/facts/annexures and exemption from filing O.T.)
W.P.(C) No. 151/2019 (X)
(With appln. for clarification/direction)
(Before Ranjan Gogoi, C.J. and S.A. Bobde, D.Y. Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan, and S. Abdul Nazeer, JJ.)
For Appellant(s) Dr. Rajeev Dhavan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Zafaryab Jilani, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR
Mr. Shahid Nadeem, Adv.
Ms. Akriti Chaubey, Adv.
Ms. Qurratulain, Adv.
Mr. Gautam Prabhakar, Adv.
Mr. Kunwar Aditya Singh, Adv.
Ms. Siddhi Padia, Adv.
Ms. Esha Meher, Adv.
Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv.
Mr. Rajeev Dhavan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Zafaryab Jilani, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Shakil Ahmad Syed, AOR
Mr. Mohd. Parvez Dabas, Adv.
Mr. Uzmi Jameel Husain, Adv.
Mr. Daanish Ahmad Syed, Adv.
Mr. Niaz Ahmad Farooqui, Adv.
Mr. Mohammad Sulaiman Khan, Adv.
Mr. Tanveer Ahmad Khan, Adv.
Mr. Vaibhav Tondon, Adv.
Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. D. Bharat Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Yash Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv.
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Ms. Indira Bhakhar, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Singh, Adv.
Mr. Vineet Pandey, Adv.
Ms. Nidhi Jaiswal, Adv.
Mr. Santosh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. T. Bhaskar Gowtham, Adv.
Mr. Ashwin Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Shristi Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR
Mr. Sushil Kumar Jain, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Puneet Jain, Adv.
Ms. Christi Jain, Adv.
Mr. Tarun Verma, Adv.
Mr. Arun Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Harsh Jain, Adv.
Mr. Harshit Khanduja, Adv.
Mr. Varun Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Shailendra Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Somitra Saran, Adv.
Mr. M.K. Tiwari, Adv. for Ms. Pratibha Jain, AOR
Mr. Zafaryab Jilani, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv.
Mr. M.R. Shamshad, AOR
Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv.
Mr. Zaki Ahmad Khan, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Samaddar, Adv.
Ms. Sarah Haque, Adv.
Mr. Ravi Shankar Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Vivek Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Pallav Mongia, AOR
Dr. S.K. Verma, Adv.
Mr. Priyambica M. Jha, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Ranjana Agnihotri, Adv.
Ms. Swati Singh, Adv.
Ms. Sangeeta Mandal, Adv.
Ms. Taruna A. Prasad, Adv.
Ms. Sukanya Basu, Adv.
for M/s. Fox Mandal & Co., AOR
Mr. Hari Shankar Jain, Adv.
Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR
Dr. Subramnian Swamy, In-person (not present)
Dr. Roxna Swamy, Adv.
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Mrs. Nanita Sharma, AOR
Hindu Mahasabha Mr. Antariksh Singh, Adv.
Mr. Akash Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR
Mr. Girjesh Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Uday Prakash Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Hemant Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Albel Bhati, Adv.
Nabhanya Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Bhavanishankar V. Gadnis, Adv.
Mr. Vishwanath B. Gadnis, Adv.
Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR
Mr. Syed Shahid Hussain Rizvi, AOR
Mr. Zeeshan Rizvi, Adv.
Mr. Imtiaz Ahmad, Adv.
Mr. Rashid Saeed, Adv.
Mr. Irshad Ahmad, AOR
Mr. Ranji Thomas, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Ravinder Singh, Sr. Adv.
Mr. K.K.L. Gautam, Adv.
Mr. Franklin Thomas Caezer, Adv.
Mr. S. Gawthman, Adv.
Mr. P.S. Narwal, Adv.
Mr. Bharat Ram, Adv.
Mr. Rahool Mohod, Adv.
Mr. Manoj Selvaraj, Adv.
Mr. Vijendra Kasana, Adv.
Mr. Raju Sonkar, Adv.
Mr. R.S. Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, AOR
Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR
Mr. R.C. Gubrele, AOR
For Respondent(s) Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG UOI
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv.
Mr. B.V. Balaram Das, AOR
State of UP Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG
Mr. Raghvendra Singh, Sr. Adv.(Adv. Gen.)
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Sr. Adv.(AAG)
CA Nos. 10866-67/2010
Mr. Ajay Kumar Mishra, Sr. Adv.(AAG)
Mr. Ravindra Raizada, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Madan Mohan Pandey, Adv.(AAG)
Mr. Vinod Diwakar, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, Adv.
Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Shashank Shekhar Singh, Adv.
Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Saurav Singh Chauhan, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Tiwari, Adv.
Ms. Aviral Saxena, Adv.
Mr. B.N. Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Ashiwan Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Manvi Dikshit Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR
Mr. K. Parasaran, Sr. Adv.
Mr. C.S. Vaidyanathan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran, AOR
Mr. P.K. Singh, Adv.
Ms. Aditi, Adv.
Mr. Anirudh Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Singh, Adv.
Mr. Pranav Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Kumar Upadhyay, Adv.
Mr. Babul Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Y. Lokesh, Adv.
Mr. Akshay Nagarajan, Adv.
Mr. P. Abinesh Karthik, Adv.
Mr. P.S. Narsimha, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Bhakti Vardhan Singh, AOR
Mr. Yash Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Vikas Singh Jangra, Adv.
Mr. Sarthak Nayak, Adv.
Mr. Shridhar Pottaraju, Adv.
Ms. Ankita Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Prakash Gautam, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar Pathak, Adv.
Mr. V.C. Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Rahul G. Tanwani, Adv.
Mr. Rishi Raj Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Thareja, Adv.
Mr. Sayooj Mohandas, Adv.
Mr. Praneet Pranav, Adv.
Ms. Shivani Tushir, Adv.
Mr. Sindoora VNL, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh, Adv.
CA Nos. 10866-67/2010
Mr. S.P. Singh, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Sudhakar Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. A. Deb Kumar, Adv.
Ms. A. Deepa, Adv.
Mr. Kisalaya Shukla, Adv.
Mr. M.C. Dhingra, AOR
Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, Adv.
Ms. Abha Roy, Adv.
Mr. P.K. Roy, Adv.
Mr. Vikrant Yadav, Adv.
Ms. indira Kandra, Adv.
Mr. R. Venjrani, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. S.K. Rajora, Adv.
Ms. Anika Nissar Syyed, AOR
Dr. Rajeev Dhavan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Zafaryab Jilani, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR
Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv.
Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR
Ms. Babita Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, Adv.
Mr. B.N. Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Rishi Raj Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Aprna Trivedi, Adv.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Adv
Mr. Ashutosh Mohan, Adv.
Mr. V. Shekhar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, AOR
Mr. Chandra Prakash, Adv.
Mr. Vivek Singh, Adv.
Ms. Udita Singh, Adv.
Mr. C.P. Rajwar, Adv.
Mr. Srikaanth S., Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Adv.
Mr. Ritu Raj, Adv.
Ms. Sheetal Rajput, Adv.
Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv.
Mr. Vivek Vishnoi, Adv.
Mr. Pawan Kumar Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Kamal Kumar Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Sanjeet Paliwal, Adv.
Mr. Sidhinath Singh Sengar, Adv.
CA Nos. 10866-67/2010
Mr. Vipin Kumar Saxena, Adv.
Mr. T.N. Saxena, Adv.
Mr. Yash Pal Dhingra, AOR
Mr. Karunesh Kumar Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Nirmal, Adv.
Mr. Amit Pawan, AOR
Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Manoj Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Shweta Bharti, Adv.
Mr. Shantanu Malik, Adv.
Mr. Anil Tiwari, Adv.
Mr. Awadhesh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Virendra Chaubey, Adv.
Ms. Aisnani Singh, Adv.
Mr. Vishal Shrivastava, Adv.
Ms. Anaya Baishya, Adv.
Mr. Ajay Bansal, Adv.
Mr. B.K. Satija, AOR
Ms. Veena Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Adv.
Mr. Vijaya Pratap Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Barun Kumar Sinha, Adv.
Ms. Pratibha Sinha, Adv.
Mr. Birendra Kumar Choudhary, Adv.
Mr. Arun Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek, Adv.
Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Baby Devi Bonia, Adv.
Mr. Jitendra Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Anubha Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. B.K. Satija, AOR
Mr. Mohd. Irshad Hanif, AOR
Mr. Rizwan Ahmad Durrani, Adv.
Mr. Sheik Moulali Basha, Adv.
Mr. Mujahid Ahmad, Adv.
Mr. Mohd. wasiq Khan, Adv.
Mr. Danish Sher Khan, Adv.
Mr. Shereef K.A., Adv.
Mr. Abdul Rahiman, Adv.
Mr. Aarif Ali Khan, Adv.
Mr. Mohd. Aslam, Adv.
Mr. Ahmed Parvez, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR
Ms. Vidyottama, Adv.
Mr. Ajay Kumar Pandey, Adv.
CA Nos. 10866-67/2010
Mr. Sai Deepak, Adv.
Mr. Ravindra Lokhande, Adv.
Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv.
Mr. Satya Ranjan Swain, adv.
Mr. Deepak Goel, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Adv.
Ms. Kavitha K.T., Adv.
Mr. Vaibhav Chadha, Adv.
Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, Adv.
Mr. Gobind Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Harshit Kaushik, Adv.
Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, AOR
Ms. Sucheta Joshi, Adv.
Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv.
Mr. Ayush Anand, Adv.
Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Adv.
Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv.
Mr. R.K. Rajvanshi, Adv.
Mr. Harshvardhan Singh Rathore, Adv.
Mr. Baij Nath Patel, Adv.
Ms. Baby Devi Bonia, Adv.
Mr. Yasharth Kant, Adv.
Mr. Syed Mehdi Imam, AOR
Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR
Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
ORDER
3. List on 19.09.2019, as Part-heard.
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