RAJNEESH KUMAR PANDEY VS. UNION OF INDIA on 27 October 2026

ITEM NO.11 COURT NO.6 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 132/2016 RAJNEESH KUMAR PANDEY & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) [ONLY IA 306078/2026 in D.NO. 10180/26 IS LISTED UNDER THIS ITEM ]

WITH Diary No(s). 10180/2026 (X) IA No. 306078/2026 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS

Date : 27-10-2026 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SHEEL NAGU For Petitioner(s) :Mr. Ramkrishna Viraraghvan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Satyajeet Kumar- 2196, AOR Mr. Prashant Shukla, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Suyash Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Savita Singh, Adv.

Mr. Amol Chitravanshi- 3819, AOR Mr. Md. Mehraj Siddiqi, Adv.

For Respondent(s) :Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar- 2190, AOR

Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Ms. Madhulika Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, Adv. Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv. Ms. Preeti Rani, Adv. Ms. Rukhmini Bobde, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, Adv.

Mr. Rana Mukherjee, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ankit Goel- 2442, AOR

Digitally signed by SHUBHAM SONI Date: 2026.10.28 17:43:09 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

Mr. Varun Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Vikrant Narayan Vasudeva- 2329, AOR

Mr. Piyush Dwivedi- 2658, AOR

Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mrs. Mrinal Elkar Mazumdar, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv. Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Parihar, Adv. Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv. Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR

Mr. V Chidambaresh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR Mr. K P Rajagopal, Adv. Ms. Usha Nandini V, Adv. Mr. John Thomas Arakal, Adv.

Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak- 2126, AOR Mr. Debasis Jena, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Tripathi, Adv.

Mr. Vishal Arun Mishra- 3457, AOR Ms. Rupali Panwar, Adv. Mr. Vijay Pal Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shubham Gupta, Adv.

Ms. Niti Richhariya- 3679, AOR Mr. Ravindra Sadanand Chingale- 2659, AOR

Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Neha Singh, Adv. Ms. Sonakshi Sinha, Adv.

Mr. Samarvir Singh, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande- 3259, AOR Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv.

Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi- 2648, AOR Mr. Z.h. Isaac Haiding, Adv. Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Adv.

Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Ms. Preeti Sehrawat, Adv.

Mr. Anil Nag- 862, AOR Mr. Nishanth Patil, A.A.G. Mr. Rajesh Gulab Inamdar- 3386, AOR Mr. Shashwat Anand, Adv. Ms. Rakshita Singh, Adv.

Mr. D. Mahesh Babu- 1223, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma- 2450, AOR Mr. Anando Mukherjee- 2500, AOR Mr. Kunal Mimani- 2753, AOR Ms. Kanika Kalaiyarasan- 3896, AOR

Mr. Ajay Pal- 1570, AOR Mr. Brij Kant Mishra, Adv. Mr. Dinesh Kumar Mudgal, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anupam Kumar, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar- 3438, AOR Ms. Disha Singh- 3175 , AOR Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv. Ms. Akansha, Adv. Ms. Anjali Saxena, Adv. Mr. Govind Sharma, Adv. Mr. Saanil Patnayak, Adv.

Mrs. Geetanjali Mohan- 206, AOR Ms. Saumya Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Kshitiz, Adv.

Mr. Chandrashekhar A. Chakalabbi, Adv. Mr. S.k Pandey, Adv. Mr. Rajan Parmar, Adv. M/s Dharmaprabhas Law Associates- 2718, AOR

M/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates- 2159, AOR

Mr. Rajiv Shankar Dwivedi, Adv. Ms. Tulika Mukherjee- 2201, AOR Mr. Anirudh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Beenu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Venkat Narayan, Adv. Ms. Jyotsna Singh, Adv.

Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar- 1132, AOR

Mr. Ashok Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Kumar Utkarsh, Adv. Mr. Manoj Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Mahajan- 3897, AOR Mr. Vineet Kumar Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Patel, Adv. Mr. Kunal Shahi, Adv. Ms. Gausia Iqbal, Adv.

Mr. Vikas Gupta- 3298 , AOR

Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka- 2618, AOR Mr. Anuj Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. S. Biswal, Adv.

Mr. Karan Sharma- 3081, AOR Mr. Akshay Amritanshu- 3121, AOR

Mr. Ranjan Kumar- 1392, AOR Mr. Kapil Dev Yadav, Adv. Ms. Kirti, Adv.

Mr. Vishwa Aman Kandwal, Adv. Mr. Subhash Baghel, Adv. Mr. Sachin Miglani- 4352, AOR

Mr. Manish Kumar- 2806, AOR

Mr. Abhay Anil Anturkar, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Tank, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Kapoor, AOR Mr. Sarthak Mehrotra, Adv. Mr. Uday Gautam, Adv. Ms. Aradhya Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Nakul Patwardhan, Adv.

Mr. Piyush Hans, D.A.G. Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma- 2813, AOR Mr. Rachna Gandhi, Adv. Ms. Adrija Dutt, Adv. Mr. Harsh Singh, Adv.

Mr. Daya Krishan Sharma- 1606, AOR Mr. Yashdeep, Adv. Mr. Rohit Vats, Adv. Mrs. Sunita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shubham Rana, Adv. Mr. Vasu Dev Kaushik, Adv.

Mr. Arjun Nanda- 3716, AOR

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

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria- 2324, AOR

Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Ms. Samriti Ahuja, Adv. Ms. Aditi Prakash, Adv. Ms. Anushka Singhal, Adv.

Mr. Anand Nandan, Adv. Mr. Kuldeep Mishra, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal- 1350, AOR

Mr. Shuvodeep Roy- 1672, AOR Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv.

Mr. Anand Shankar- 3034, AOR Mr. D. L. Chidananda- 2005, AOR

Mr. Kaustubh Shukla, AOR Mr. Vipul Kumar, Adv. Ms. Pushpanjali Singh, Adv. Ms. Gursimrat Kaur, Adv.

Mr. Sudhir Naagar- 1798, AOR Mr. Arun Kumar Nagar, Adv. Ms. Savita Naagar, Adv. Mr. Roop Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Aakash Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sushil Dubey, Adv.

Ms. Sanjana Saddy- 3231 , AOR

Mr. Basava Prabhu S Patil, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sameer Abhyankar- 2516, AOR Ms. Yachna Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Pradhuman Gohil, Adv. Mrs. Taruna Singh Gohil, AOR Ms. Hetvi Ketan Patel, Adv. Mr. Rushabh N. Kapadia, Adv.

Ms. Taniya Bansal, Adv. Mr. Vishnuvardhan Iyer, Adv.

Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Gaj Singh Jaswal, Adv. Ms. Shubhra Singh, Adv.

Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, AOR Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv. Ms. Madhulika, Adv. Mr. Amulya Dev Mishra, Adv. Ms. Shriji Mishra, Adv. Mr. Amrendra Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Shashank Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Tiwari, Adv.

Mr. Uddyam Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Swapnil Pattanayak, Adv. Ms. Kratika Kushwaha, Adv.

Mr. Aravindh S.- 2008, AOR Ms. Anika Bansal, Adv.

Mr. Ravindra S. Garia- 1727, AOR

Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar- 2788, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Keshav Singh, Adv. Ms. Rakshita, Adv.

Mr. Sabarish Subramanian- 2864, AOR

Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S- 2055, AOR Mr. Manish Sindwani, Adv. Ms. Anna Oommen, Adv. Ms. Lebina Baby, Adv.

Ms. Taruna Ardhendumauli Prasad- 2246, AOR

Ms. Devina Sehgal, AOR Mr. Yatharth Kansal, Adv. Mr. Srikanth Varma Mudunuru, Adv.

Ms. Sakshi Kakkar- 2481, AOR Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra- 728, AOR

Mr. Amit Sharma, A.A.G. Mr. Sarthak Raizada, Adv. Mr. Ajay Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan- 2054, AOR Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv.

Ms. Srishti Agnihotri- 2755, AOR Ms. Tara Elizabeth Kurien, Adv. Mr. D.p.singh, Adv. Ms. Anchal Kanthed, Adv.

Mr. Subhash Chandran K.r, AOR Mr. Anirudh Kp, Adv. Mr. Bineesh K, Adv. Mr. Fidal Tom, Adv. M/s Krs Associates, Adv.

Mr. Jaswant Singh Rawat- 2362, AOR Ms. Nimisha Menon- 4002, AOR Ms. G. Indira- 1856, AOR Mr. Santosh Krishnan- 2079, AOR

Mr. K. M Nataraj, A.S.G. Ms. Ankita Sharma- 3833, AOR Mr. Arjun D Singh, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Kumari, Adv. Ms. Gargi Vishwakarma, Adv.

Mr. Ajit Sharma- 2060, AOR

Mr. Nishant Awana- 4068, AOR

Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari- 2828, AOR

Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar- 1593, AOR Mr. Karun Shamra, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.

Mr. Manoj C. Mishra- 1674, AOR

Ms. Anwesha Saha- 3157 , AOR Ms. Binisa Mohanty- 3610, AOR

Mr. Satish Pandey- 2834, AOR Ms. Shivani Yadav, Adv. Ms. Jay Jaimini Pandey, Adv. Mr. Satyadhar Dwivedi, Adv. Ms. Smriti Kumari, Adv. Mr. Mahendra Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Pranshu Vashishth, Adv. Dr. Sandeep Singh, Adv. Mr. Manmohan Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Prabhoo Dayal Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Anand S Jondhale, Adv. Mr. Sanchit Pandey, Adv. Mr. Tejasvi Goel, Adv. Mr. Kafeel Ahmed, Adv. Mr. B. Venkataratnam, Adv.

Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker- 1698, AOR Mr. Akshat Kumar- 2124, AOR Ms. Ruchira Goel- 2477, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Kumar- 3241 , AOR

Upon hearing the counsel, the Court made the following

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Contempt Petition (C) Diary No. 10180 of 2026 List the I.A. No. 306078 of 2026 on 29th October, 2026. (SHUBHAM SONI) (SUDHIR KUMAR SHARMA) COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)