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Date : 27-10-2026 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE For Petitioner(s) :Mr. Prabhas Bajaj- 3430, AOR Mr. Priyanshu Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Harsh Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Rithvik Mathur, Adv. Ms. Priyanka Bhatt, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. Ms. Anuradha Dutt, Adv. Mr. Lynn Pereira, Adv. Ms. Suman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Haaris Fazili, Adv. Mr. Kunal Dutt, Adv. Mr. Raghav Dutt, Adv.

Mr. Yash Mittal, Adv. Mr. Avinash Singh, Adv. Ms. Prachi Pandey, Adv. Mr. Naman Grover, Adv. Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, AOR

Mr. Kaushal Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aman Karan, Adv. Mr. Danish Zubair Khan- 2099, AOR

Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri- 2755, AOR Ms. Sanjana Srikumar, Adv. Ms. Tara Elizabeth Kurien, Adv. Mr. D.p.singh, Adv. Ms. Anchal Kanthed, Adv.

Mr. Sanyam Khetarpal, Adv. Mr. Pawan Aneja, Adv. Ms. Vagisha Kochar- 3387, AOR Ms. Jyoti Sharma, Adv. Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Aakarsh Kamra- 2599, AOR

Mr. Chander Uday Singh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Sr. Adv. Ms. Amritananda Chakravorty, Adv. Ms. Vaishnavi Prasad, Adv. Ms. Sadhana Madhavan, Adv. Ms. Asawari Sodhi, Adv. Ms. Maulshree Pathak, AOR

Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kunal Cheema, AOR Mr. Shubham Chandankhede, Adv. Mr. Rushabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Karan Bishnoi, Adv.

For Respondent(s) :Mr. R. Venkatramani, Attorney General for India Mr. K.M.Nataraj, A.S.G. Ms. Madhulika Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Sharath Nambiar, Adv. Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Astha Singh, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra M.kulkarni, Adv. Mr. Chitrangda Rastravara, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv.

Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kr.pandey, Adv.

Mr. Sudarshan Lamba- 3667, AOR

Mr. Sudharshan Singh Rawat, AOR Mr. Vikas Negi, Adv. Mr. Sunny Sachin Rawat, Adv.

Mr. Navneet R., AOR Mr. Vivek Shetty, Adv. Mr. Asadullah Thangal, Adv. Ms. Vasudha Jain, Adv. Mr. Akilesh Menezes, Adv. Ms. Alankrita Sinha, Adv.

Ms. Disha Singh- 3175 , AOR Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv. Ms. Akansha, Adv. Ms. Anjali Saxena, Adv.

Mr. S. D. Sanjay, Advocate General Mr. Azmat Hayat Amanullah- 2758, AOR Ms. Rebecca Mishra, Adv. Ms. Vanshita Gupta, Adv. Ms. Shravya Pathak, Adv.

Dr. Hemant Gupta, A.A.G. Ms. Aashna Gill- 3840, AOR Ms. Payal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Rony John, Adv. Mr. Akash Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Krishna Sharma, Adv. Ms. Gagandeep, Adv.

Mr. D.k. Thakur, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Tavleen Singh, Adv. Ms. Vallabhi Shukla, Adv. Mr. Rohit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Joginder Mann, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Mayank Mann, Adv. Mr. Akash Sajan Sapelkar, Adv. Mr. Bimlesh Kumar Singh- 1652, AOR

Mr. Jayant Mohan-1910, AOR Ms. Adya Shree Dutta, Adv.

Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G. Ms. Arushi Rathore, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal- 2955, AOR

Mr. Sameer Abhyankar- 2516, AOR Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv. Mr. Krishna Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Aryan Srivastava, Adv.

Mr. Vishwa Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Srikant Singh, Adv. Mr. Akash, Adv. Mr. Srajan Shankar Kulshreshtha, Adv. Mr. Amit Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Vishwa Pal Singh- 1391, AOR

Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat- 1661, AOR

Mr. K.m.nataraj, A.S.G. Mrs. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Mrinal Elkar Mazumdar, Adv. Mr. Vinayk Sharma, Adv. Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv. Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv. Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv. Ms. Priyadarshini Priya, Adv. Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR

Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar- 2788, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Shreeyash Uday Lalit, Adv. Mr. Keshav Singh, Adv.

Ms. Ankita Sharma- 3833, AOR Mr. Arjun D Singh, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Kumari, Adv. Ms. Gargi Vishwakarma, Adv.

Mr. Chirag M. Shroff- 1525, AOR

Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Mr. Nimesh Bhatt, Adv. Ms. Apoorva Anand, Adv.

Mr. Surjendu Sankar Das, AOR Mr. Vishwajeet Singh Shekhawat, Adv.

Mr. Aman Panwar, A.A.G. Mr. Rajesh Gulab Inamdar- 3386, AOR Mr. Shashwat Anand, Adv.

Mr. Nukul Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Rishi Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Aljo K. Joseph, AOR Mr. Ajay M, Adv.

Mr. Lenin Singh Hijam,, Advocate General Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar- 1593, AOR Mr. Karun Shamra, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.

Mr. Sanjay Kharde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande- 3259, AOR Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv.

Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Ms. Yanmi Phazang, Adv.

Ms. Astha Singh- 3907, AOR Ms. Astha Singh, Adv. Ms. Shailja Singh, Adv. Ms. Palak Mathur, Adv.

Mr. Mohd Irshad, A.A.G. Ms. Nupur Kumar- 3078, AOR

Ms. Rupali Francesca Samuel- 4335, AOR Mr. Aradhya Trivedi, Adv.

Mr. Nishant Awana- 4068, AOR Mr. Suraj Kundu, Adv. Mr. Bhavesh Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam- 3132, AOR Mr. P. Venkatraju, Adv. Ms. Lakshita Yadav, Adv. Mr. Atimukt, Adv.

Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, AOR Mr. Siddhant Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Prabhas Bajaj- 3430, AOR

Applicant-in-person, AOR

Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Madhavi Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Manavi Agarwal, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR

Mr. Sachin Jain, Adv. Mr. Shobhit Jain, Adv. Mr. Mohit Jain, Adv. Ms. Harsh Lata- 2466, AOR

Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. Ms. Anuradha Dutt, Adv. Mr. Lynn Pereira, Adv. Ms. Suman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Haaris Fazili, Adv. Mr. Kunal Dutt, Adv. Mr. Raghav Dutt, Adv. Mr. Yash Mittal, Adv. Mr. Avinash Singh, Adv. Ms. Prachi Pandey, Adv. Mr. Naman Grover, Adv. Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, AOR

Mr. Aakarsh Kamra- 2599, AOR Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S- 2055, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria- 2324, AOR Ms. Vagisha Kochar- 3387, AOR

Mr. Chander Uday Singh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Sr. Adv. Ms. Amritananda Chakravorty, Adv. Ms. Vaishnavi Prasad, Adv. Ms. Sadhana Madhavan, Adv. Ms. Asawari Sodhi, Adv. Ms. Maulshree Pathak, AOR

Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri- 2755, AOR Ms. Sanjana Srikumar, Adv. Ms. Tara Elizabeth Kurien, Adv. Mr. D.p.singh, Adv. Ms. Anchal Kanthed, Adv.

Applicant-in-person, AOR

Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kunal Cheema, AOR Mr. Shubham Chandankhede, Adv. Mr. Rushabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Karan Bishnoi, Adv.

Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Z H Isaac Haiding, Adv. Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

1. List for final disposal on 20.11.2026.

2. In the meanwhile, the nodal counsels will indicate the names of the counsels on behalf of the petitioner(s) and respondents who will address the Court along with the time that each of the counsel will take. The nodal counsels will also formulate and circulate the issues that are arising for consideration. (KAPIL TANDON) (NIDHI WASON) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR