Supreme Court – Daily Orders
Aureliano Fernandes vs The State Of Goa on 10 February, 2026
ITEM NO.16 COURT NO.3 SECTION III
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION DIARY NO(S). 22553/2023
[ARISING OUT OF IMPUGNED FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER DATED 12-05-2023
IN C.A. NO. NO. 2482/2014 PASSED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA]
AURELIANO FERNANDES PETITIONER(S)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF GOA & ORS. RESPONDENT(S)
WITH
MA 1688/2023 IN C.A. NO. 2482/2014 (III)
IA NO. 131628/2023 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION
IA NO. 114246/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA NO. 248631/2023 - EXTENSION OF TIME
W.P.(C) NO. 1224/2017 (PIL-W)
IA NO. 74098/2019 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION
IA NO. 127408/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA NO. 107538/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA NO. 95766/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA NO. 29686/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA NO. 12835/2018 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT
W.P.(C) NO. 796/2024 (PIL-W)
FOR ADMISSION
Date : 10-02-2026 This petition was called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN
MS. PADMA PRIYA, LD. COUNSEL (AMICUS CURIAE)
For Petitioner(s) : By Courts Motion, AOR
Ms. Abha Singh, Adv.
Mr. Munawwar Naseem, AOR
Ms. Sanjna Dua, Adv.
Signature Not Verified
Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv.
Digitally signed by
BORRA LM VALLI
Date: 2026.02.13
Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR
11:02:54 IST
Reason: Ms. Tara Elizabeth Kurien, Adv.
Ms. Esha Shekhar, Adv.
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Ms. Kritika, Adv.
Mr. D.p.singh, Adv.
Ms. Anchal Kanthed, Adv.
Mr. Atul Jha, Adv.
Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR
For Respondent(s) : Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. Sarthak Karol, Adv.
Mr. Sunit Choudhary, Adv.
Mr. V.chitambaresh, Adv.
Mr. Shivika Mehra, Adv.
Mr. Nasadiya Singh, Adv.
Mr. Shantnu Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Annirudh Sharma-ii, Adv.
Mr. Aaditya Shankar Dixit, Adv.
Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv.
Mr. S.k.singhania, Adv.
Mr. B.k.satija, Adv.
Mr. Manish, Adv.
Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR
Mr. Shishir Deshpande, AOR
Mr. Sahil Bhalaik, AOR
Mr. Tushar Giri, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Anil Khanna, Adv.
Mr. Ritik Arora, Adv.
Mr. Shivam Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Mihir Joshi, Adv.
Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR
Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR
Mr. Divyansh Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Saurav, Adv.
Mr. Surjendu Sankar Das, AOR
Mr. Vishwajeet Singh Shekhawat, Adv.
Mr. Vanket Mani Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR
Mr. Rushab Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR
Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR
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Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.
Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.
Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.
Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR
Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv.
Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, AOR
Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR
Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv.
Ms. Riya Dhingra, Adv.
Ms. Pooja Singh, Adv.
Mr. Utkarsh Anand, Adv.
Mr. Arif Ahmed, Adv.
Mr. Arif Ahmad, Adv.
Ms. Sanjana Saddy , AOR
Mr. Mohd Irshad, A.A.G.
Mr. Siddhant Sharma, AOR
Ms. G. Indira, AOR
Mr. P Gandepan, Adv.
Mr. Anurag Kashyap, Adv.
Ms. Yashi Jain, Adv.
Ms. Anjali Singh, Adv.
Ms. Raniba Pangnila, Adv.
Mr. Tanmaya Agarwal, AOR
Mr. Wrick Chatterjee, Adv.
Mrs. Aditi Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Udit Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Parag Chaturvedi, Adv.
Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR
Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR
Mr. V Chitambaresh, Adv.
Mr. Shantnu Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Annirudh Sharma Ii, Adv.
Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv.
Mr. S K Singhania, Adv.
Mr. B K Satija, Adv.
Mr. Sarthak Karol, Adv.
Mr. Jagdish Chandra, Adv.
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Mr. K.m Nataraj, A.S.G.
Mr. Tadimalla Bhaskar Gowtham, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Mrinal Elkar Mazumdar, Adv.
Mr. Mukesh Kr Verma, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv.
Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv.
Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv.
Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv.
Mr. Shashwat Parihar, Adv.
Mr. Santosh Ramdurg, Adv.
Mr. Yogesh Vats, Adv.
Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR
Mr. Rajesh Singh Chauhan, Adv.
Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, A.S.G.
Ms. Suhashini Sen, Adv.
Ms. Rekha Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv.
Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, Adv.
Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Adv.
Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR
Mr. Aravindh S., AOR
Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, AOR
Mr. Sudarshan Lamba, AOR
Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, A.S.G.
Mr. Shashank Bajpai, Adv.
Mr. Noor Rampal, Adv.
Ms. Alina Masod, Adv.
Mr. Adarsh Kr. Panday, Adv.
Mr. Alabhya Dhamija, Adv.
Mr. Rajbahadur Yadav, Aor, Adv.
Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR
Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Adv.
Ms. Aditi Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G.
Mr. Deepak Thukral, A.A.G.
Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR
Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv.
Mr. Aman Dev Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Sarthak Arya, Adv.
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Ms. Ishika Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Pragya Baghel, Adv.
Mr. Shantanu Sagar, AOR
Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Gunjesh Ranjan, Adv.
Mr. Prakash Kumar Mangalam, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kumar Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Anshala Verma, Adv.
Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR
Mr. Kunal Rana, Adv.
Mr. Shashwat Jaiswal, Adv.
Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR
Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv.
Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.
Mr. Santhosh K, Adv.
Mrs. Devika A.l., Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar, Sr. Adv., Advocate General
Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR
Mr. T.k. Nayak, Adv.
Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Kumar, Adv.
Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv.
Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv.
Ms. Yanmi Phazang, Adv.
Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR
Ms. Yachna Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Arushi Chopra, Adv.
Mr. Aryan Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Yachna Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR
Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR
Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR
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Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv.
Ms. Ishita Bist, Adv.
Ms. Ambika Atrey, Adv.
Mr. Navneet Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR
Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, AOR
Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR
Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv.
Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv.
Ms. Charan Jeet Sidhu, Adv.
Mr. Anupam Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Jogendra Kumar, Adv.
mr. Lalit Dixit, Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
MR. Sarthak Karol, Adv.
Mr. Sunit Choudhary, Adv.
Mr. V.chitambaresh, Adv.
Mr. Shivika Mehra, Adv.
Mr. Nasadiya Singh, Adv.
Mr. Shantnu Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Annirudh Sharma-ii, Adv.
Mr. Aaditya Shankar Dixit, Adv.
Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv.
Mr. S.k.singhania, Adv.
Mr. B.k.satija, Adv.
Mr. Manish, Adv.
Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR
Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR
Ms. Purvat Wali, Adv.
Ms. Sagun Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Tanmaya Agarwal, AOR
Mr. Wrick Chatterjee, Adv.
Mrs. Aditi Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Udit Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR
Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv.
Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, AOR
Ms. Yashmita Pandey, Adv.
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Ms. Disha Singh , AOR
Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv.
Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR
Mr. Divyansh Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Saurav, Adv.
Mr. Parag Chaturvedi, Adv.
Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR
Mr. Amit Kumar, Sr. Adv., Advocate General
Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR
Mr. T.k. Nayak, Adv.
Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Aravindh S., AOR
Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR
Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv.
Ms. Riya Dhingra, Adv.
Ms. Pooja Singh, Adv.
Mr. Utkarsh Anand, Adv.
Mr. Arif Ahmed, Adv.
Mr. Arif Ahmad, Adv.
Mr. Surjendu Sankar Das, AOR
Mr. Vishwajeet Singh Shekhawat, Adv.
Mr. Vanket Mani Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR
Ms. Yachna Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Arushi Chopra, Adv.
Mr. Aryan Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Yachna Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Rudraditya Khare, D.A.G.
Ms. Mrinal Gopal Elker, AOR
Mr. Saurabh Singh, Adv.
Ms. Silpi S Swain, Adv.
Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR
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Mr. Vikas Negi, Adv.
Ms. Saakshi Singh Rawat, Adv.
Mr. Sunny Sachin Rawat, Adv.
Ms. Ankita Sharma, AOR
Mr. Arjun D Singh, Adv.
Ms. Ishika Neogi, Adv.
Mr. Divya Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Mohd Irshad, A.A.G.
Mr. Siddhant Sharma, AOR
Mr. Sudarshan Lamba, AOR
Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, A.S.G.
Mr. Shashank Bajpai, Adv.
Mr. Noor Rampal, Adv.
Ms. Alina Masod, Adv.
Mr. Adarsh Kr. Panday, Adv.
Mr. Alabhya Dhamija, Adv.
Mr. Rajbahadur Yadav, Aor, Adv.
Mr. Sahil Bhalaik, AOR
Mr. Tushar Giri, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Anil Khanna, Adv.
Mr. Ritik Arora, Adv.
Mr. Shivam Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Mihir Joshi, Adv.
Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv.
Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv.
Ms. Yanmi Phazang, Adv.
Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR
Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv.
Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.
Mr. Santhosh K, Adv.
Mrs. Devika A.l., Adv.
Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR
Ms. Bipasa Tripathy, Adv.
Mr. Shlok Luthra, Adv.
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Mr. K.m Nataraj, A.S.G.
Mr. Tadimalla Bhaskar Gowtham, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Mrinal Elkar Mazumdar, Adv.
Mr. Mukesh Kr Verma, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv.
Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv.
Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv.
Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv.
Mr. Shashwat Parihar, Adv.
Mr. Santosh Ramdurg, Adv.
Mr. Yogesh Vats, Adv.
Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR
Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, AOR
Ms. Malvika Raghavan, Adv.
Mr. Vinay Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. Arpit Bamal, Adv.
Mr. Ashzad Mubarak, Adv.
Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR
Mr. Divyanshu Kumar Srivastava, AOR
Mr. Shivam Nagpal, Adv.
Mr. Alok Nayak, Adv.
Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, A.S.G.
Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR
Mr. Siddharth Sinha, Adv.
Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.
Ms. Priyanka Terdal, Adv.
Mr. Rohan Gupta, Adv.
Mr. B K Satija, Adv.
Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR
Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Adv.
Ms. Aditi Agarwal, Adv.
Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR
Mr. V Chitambaresh, Adv.
Mr. Shantnu Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Annirudh Sharma Ii, Adv.
Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv.
Mr. S K Singhania, Adv.
Mr. B K Satija, Adv.
Mr. Sarthak Karol, Adv.
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Mr. Jagdish Chandra, Adv.
Ms. Shirin Khajuria, Adv.
Mr. Ankit Yadav, AOR
Ms. Swati Tiwari, Adv.
Ms. Gunjan Rathore, Adv.
Mr. Gopal, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Learned Amicus has filed status report on the
compliance of the order dated 06.01.2026. She submitted
that most of the States/Union Territories have filed their
affidavits of compliance, except States/Union Territories
of Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir,
Ladakh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram,
Puducherry, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
Learned counsel for the aforesaid States/Union
Territories submitted that if some time is granted, they
shall also file their respective affidavits.
Hence, finally we grant four weeks’ time to file
their respective affidavits.
Learned counsel for National Legal Services
Authority (NALSA) Ms.Rashmi Nandakumar, submitted that the
States/Union Territories of Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir,
Dadra & Nagar Haveli, have not submitted the details of
the District Officers appointed under the provisions of
the The Sexual Harassment Of Women At Workplace
(Prevention, Prohibition And Redressal) Act, 2013 (“2013
Act”, for short) and hence they may be directed to do so.
Two weeks’ time is granted for submission of the
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details of the District Officers, who have been appointed
under the provisions of the Act to learned counsel for
NALSA as well as to the learned Amicus.
Further, it was submitted that certain States/Union
Territories have not yet appointed Nodal Officers in terms
of Section 6(2) of the Act. Also, there is no availability
of the names and other details who have been appointed as
Nodal Officers appointed in terms of Section 6 of the Act.
The respective States and Union Territories are
directed to indicate the names of the officers along with
their details, who are appointed or shall be appointed as
Nodal Officers under Section 6(2) of the Act.
On receiving such details, learned Amicus shall
communicate the same to learned counsel for NALSA.
On receipt of the details, learned counsel for NALSA
is requested to web host the same through the NALSA
website.
Learned Amicus also submitted that the States/Union
Territories of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, Bihar,
Rajasthan have stated in their affidavits that Internal
Complaints Committee (ICC) have been constituted in all
State Government establishments, their instrumentalists
and Agencies as well as private establishments.
It is expected that the other States and Union
Territories shall also file their affidavits with regard
to the constitution of the Internal Complaints Committee
in all State Government establishments, their
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instrumentalities and agencies as well as private
establishments.
It is expected that the aforesaid affidavits are
filed at the earliest and well in advance before the next
date of hearing. Copies of the said affidavits shall also
be e-mailed to learned counsel for the petitioner.
List on 17.03.2026.
W.P.(C) NO. 796/2024:
Learned counsel appearing for the respondents sought
time for filing counter-affidavit.
Hence, adjourned to 17.03.2026.
(B. LAKSHMI MANIKYA VALLI) (DIVYA BABBAR)
COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)
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