RAKESH KUMAR SINGH ALIAS RAKESH SINGH VS. UNION OF INDIA on 27 October 2026

ITEM NO.47 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W

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).1246/2026

RAKESH KUMAR SINGH ALIAS RAKESH SINGH Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

WITH

W.P.(Crl.) No. 401/2026 (PIL-W)

W.P.(C) No. 1261/2026 (PIL-W)

W.P.(C) No. 1291/2026 (PIL-W)

W.P.(C) No. 1356/2026 (PIL-W)

W.P.(C) No. 1351/2026 (X)

IA No. 323045/2026 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION

W.P.(C) No. 1353/2026 (PIL-W)

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

CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JOYMALYA BAGCHI

HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE V. MOHANA

For Petitioner(s) :Mr. Narendra Mishra, Adv.

Ms. Aakanksha Tiwari, Adv.

Ms. Preeti Chauhan, Adv.

Mrs. Priyanka Dwivedi, Adv.

Mr. Keshav Choudhary, Adv.

Mr. Sudhanshu Tiwari, Adv.

Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Dubey, Adv.

Dr. Ashutosh Bansal, Adv.

Ms. Dipika Malhotra, Adv.

Mr. Parimal Kumar Sarkar, Adv.

Mr. Gyanendra Kumar Pandey, Adv.

Mr. Tilak Raj Pasi, Adv.

Mr. Daleep Singh, Adv.

Mr. Shiv Sagar Tiwari- 1165, AOR

Ms. Nina R Nariman, Adv.

Mr. Amber A.s Basant, Adv.

Mr. Jayam Singh Chauhan, Adv.

Ms. Modi Suchi Ketan, Adv.

Mr. Moinuddin Chowdhary, Adv.

Ms. Arefa Ali Siddiquie, Adv.

Ms. Divya V Parab, Adv.

Mr. Suraj D Chauhan, Adv.

Ms. Sandhya Gupta, Adv.

Digitally signed by

ARJUN BISHT

Date: 2026.10.28

16:51:43 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv.

Mr. Rishav Ranjan, Adv.

Mr. Aman Prasad, Adv.

Ms. Soumya Dubey, Adv.

Mr. Vinayak Tiwari, Adv.

Mr. Rashid N. Azam- 3884, AOR

Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Deepeika Kalia, Adv.

Mr. Sudeep Chandra, Adv.

Ms. Khushi, Adv.

Mr. Neeraj Kumar Vats, Adv.

Mr. Ayushya Raj, Adv.

Mr. Anupam Prabhat, Adv.

Mr. Shashi Sharma, Adv.

Ms. Priyanka Dwivedi, Adv.

Mr. Avinash Jha, Adv.

Mr. Mudit Gupta- 3309, AOR

Dr. Menka Guruswami, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Shaswati Parhi, Adv.

Mr. Shailendra Mani Tripathi, Adv.

Mr. Pradeep Kumar Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Adv.

Ms. Pooja Shilpkar, Adv.

Mr. Priyendu Raghav Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Vishal Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Taiyyab Khan Salmani, Adv.

Mr. Deepak Yadav, Adv.

Ms. Anjali Kumari, Adv.

Ms. Bhumika Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Anmol Gupta, Adv.

Mr. Praveen Kumar Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Amarish Chandra Tiwari, Adv.

Mr. Chand Qureshi- 3063, AOR

Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv.

Mr. Mushtaq Salim, Adv.

Mr. Lzafeer Ahmad B. F.- 2941, AOR

Ms. Awstika Das, Adv.

Mr. Arif Ali, Adv.

Mr. Siddhanth Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.

Dr. Abhishek Singhvi, Sr. Adv.

Mr. R.S. Cheema,, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Salman Khursheed, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Narender Hooda, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Prashanto Chandra Sen, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Prasanna S.- 2919, AOR

Ms. Tarannum Cheema, Adv.

Mr. Kanishka Singh, Adv.

Mr. Muhammad Khan, Adv.

Ms. Aparajita Jamwal, Adv.

Mr. Sumedha Sarkar, Adv.

Mr. Rishabh Parikh, Adv.

Mr. Siddharth Kaushik, Adv.

Mr. Nikhil Pahwa, Adv.

Mr. Kabir Singh, Adv.

Mr. Amit Bhandari, Adv.

Mr. Uday Bhatia, Adv.

Ms. Injila Muslim Zaidi, Adv.

Mr. Maamidi Ashish Reddy, Adv.

Mr. Prasanna B, Adv.

Mr. Ishita Tulsyan, Adv.

Mr. Omar Hoda, Adv.

Mr. Namrah Nasir, Adv.

Ms. Eesha Bakshi, Adv.

Ms. Ayesha Khan, Adv.

Mr. Aviral Jain, Adv.

Mr. Surya Kiran, Adv.

Mr. Abhinav Chakravarty, Adv.

Mr. Prajjwal Singh, Adv.

Mr. Nikhil Bhalla, Adv.

Mr. Sumit Kumar Siddharth, Adv.

Mr. Anuroop Chakravarti, Adv.

Mr. Nida Khan Salim, Adv.

Mr. Shivendra Dwivedi, Adv.

Mr. Shauryaveer Singh, Adv.

Mr. Varun Chopra, Adv.

Ms. Pallavi Hooda, Adv.

Mr. Nitin Bajpai, Adv.

Mr. Vishnu Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Neeraj Kr. Vats, Adv.

Mr. Prasanna S., AOR

Mr. V. Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Vivek K. Tankha, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Varun Tankha, Adv.

Mr. Varun Chopra, Adv.

Mr. Chaitanya Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Siddhartha Dixit, Adv.

Ms. Anannya Jain, Adv.

Mr. Inder Dev Singh- 4351, AOR

Mr. Dushyant Sejwal, Adv.

For Respondent(s) :Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG

Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG

Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv.

Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv.

Mr. G.S. Makker, AOR

Mr. Harish Salve, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Prateek Kumar- 3140, AOR

Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, Adv.

Mr. Ankit Agarwal, Adv.

Mr. Rangasaran Mohan, Adv.

Mr. Milind Rai, Adv.

Mr. Amarpal Singh Dua, Adv.

Mr. Rishabh Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Priyanshu Tyagi, Adv.

Mr. Devansh Rai, Adv.

Mr. Kartikey Singh, Adv.

Mr. V. Elanchezhiyan- 2292, AOR

Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv.

Mr. C Kranthi Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Satish Solanki, Adv.

Mr. Shafik Ahmed, Adv.

Ms. Abida, Adv.

Mr. Naman Dwivedi, Adv.

Mr. Abdul Rheman Badar, Adv.

Mr. Veshal Tyagi, Adv.

Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Sadashiv- 2364, AOR

Mr. Chand Qureshi- 3063, AOR

Mr. Jose Abraham- 2066, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following