LR. COMMANDER GOPIDAS GIREESH VS. UNION OF INDIA on 27 October 2026

ITEM NO.36 COURT NO.5 SECTION XVII

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Civil Appeal No.15599/2017

LR. COMMANDER GOPIDAS GIREESH Appellant(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

[FOR DIRECTIONS]

(IA No. 67466/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM PAYING COURT FEE & IA

No. 67465/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/

FACTS/ANNEXURES)

WITH

C.A. No. 2208/2021 (XVII)

(IA No. 116861/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED

JUDGMENT)

C.A. No. 3582/2025 (XVII)

(FOR

GRANT

OF

INTERIM

RELIEF

ON

IA

127772/2019,

FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL U/S 31(1) OF THE ARMED FORCES TRIBUNAL ACT, 2007 ON IA 127773/2019 & IA No. 5196/2021 - APPROPRIATE

ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)

Date : 27-10-2026 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN

For Appellant(s) :

Mr. S S Pandey, Adv.

Mr. Abhishek Ritabh Shukla- 3307, AOR

Mr. Naman Jain, Adv.

Mr. Roshan Kumar, Adv.

Mr. H S Tiwari, Adv.

Ms. Nandita Lal, Adv.

Ms. Garima Singh, Adv.

Mr. Ishan Joshi, Adv.

Ms. Arunima Dwivedi- 2226, AOR

Mr. Harish Pandey- 1715, AOR

Mr. Anshuman Tiwari, Adv.

For Respondent(s) :

Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria- 2324, AOR

Digitally signed by

VISHAL ANAND

Date: 2026.10.27

16:49:38 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

Mrs. Chitrangda Rastaravara, Adv.

Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.

Mr. Suyash Pandey, Adv.

Mr. Jagdish Chandra Solanki, Adv.

Ms. Anupriya Srivastava, Adv.

Ms. Bhagyashree Raj, Adv.

Mr. S.N. Terdal, AOR

Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal- 909, AOR

Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma- 1133, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following