Supreme Court – Daily Orders
State Of U.P vs Jai Bir Singh on 19 March, 2026
Bench: Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, Dipankar Datta
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 812 OF 2005
Superintending Engineer,
U.B.D.C. Circle, Amritsar &
ORS. APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
PARAMJIT SINGH (DEAD) RESPONDENT(S)
THROUGH LRS.
O R D E R
1. The deceased respondent (workman) was employed as a daily
wager with the Irrigation Department, Punjab. He raised an
industrial dispute claiming that his services had been
unlawfully terminated in violation of Section 25-F of the
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The Labour Court, by award
dated 26.03.2002, ordered his reinstatement. The award was
subsequently challenged by the appellants before the High
Court, which dismissed the challenge through judgment and
order dated 10.11.2003, upholding the Labour Court’s decision.
Aggrieved thereby, the appellants have preferred the instant
Signature Not Verified
Digitally signed by
NITIN TALREJA
appeal.
Date: 2026.03.28
11:26:15 IST
Reason:
1
2. Heard Mr. Shadan Farasat, learned senior counsel appearing
for the appellants and Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, learned counsel
appearing on behalf of the legal heirs of the deceased
respondent (workman).
3. Keeping the question open as to whether the Irrigation
Department, State of Punjab, qualifies as an industry under
Section 2(j) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, we note
that the deceased workman was granted reinstatement by the
Labour Court, which was upheld by the High Court. The
operation of the said relief, however, was stayed by this
Court vide order dated 05.11.2004, and during the pendency of
the instant appeal, the workman unfortunately passed away on
25.12.2020, leaving behind his legal heirs, who apparently
have no means of livelihood. In these circumstances, we find
it a fit case to invoke and exercise our powers under Article
142 of the Constitution of India and award a lump sum of Rs.
10 lakhs to the legal heirs of the deceased workman to do
complete justice to the parties. The amount shall be deposited
with the Industrial Tribunal (Tribunal) within six weeks, and
the Tribunal shall identify the legal heirs of the deceased
and will disburse the amount proportionately to them.
4. The appeal is, accordingly, dismissed.
2
5. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand closed.
……………………..CJI
(SURYA KANT)
……………………..J.
(B.V. NAGARATHNA)
……………………..J.
(PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA)
……………………..J.
(DIPANKAR DATTA)
……………………..J.
(UJJAL BHUYAN)
……………………..J.
(SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA)
……………………..J.
(JOYMALYA BAGCHI)
……………………..J.
(ALOK ARADHE)
……………………..J.
(VIPUL M. PANCHOLI)
NEW DELHI;
MARCH 19, 2026.
3 ITEM NO.901 COURT NO.1 SECTION III-A 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(s). 897/2002 STATE OF U.P. Appellant(s) VERSUS JAI BIR SINGH Respondent(s)
[TO GO BEFORE NINE HON’BLE JUDGES ] [ FOR FURTHER HEARING ] [MR.
J.P.. CAMA, LD. SENIOR COUNSEL (A.C.) AND MR. P.S. SENGUPTA, LD.
SENIOR COUNSEL (A.C.)
(IA No. 76780/2026 – INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 71817/2026 –
INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 65699/2026 – INTERVENTION
APPLICATION, IA No. 79616/2026 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA
No. 75400/2026 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)
WITH
C.A. No. 4646/2007 (IV)
C.A. No. 3647/2007 (IV)
SLP(C) No. 1112/2009 (IV-C)
C.A. No. 3920/2010 (III-A)
C.A. No. 3119/2011 (XV)
C.A. No. 6114/2001 (III-A)
C.A. No. 6108/2002 (III-A)
C.A. No. 1276/2001 (IV)
C.A. No. 1279/2001 (IV)
C.A. No. 1278/2001 (IV)
C.A. No. 6471/2002 (III)
C.A. No. 2506/2002 (III-A)
C.A. No. 8597/2001 (III-A)
C.A. No. 4569/2002 (III-B)
(IA No. 13146/2020 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No. 13147/2020
– EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)
C.A. No. 5101/2002 (XII-B)
4
C.A. No. 2409/2002 (IV)
SLP(C) No. 20982/2002 (XVII-B)
C.A. No. 355-358/2003 (XII-A)
SLP(C) No. 14085/2004 (IV-B)
SLP(C) No. 11291/2004 (IV-B)
SLP(C) No. 14127/2004 (IV-B)
C.A. No. 812/2005 (IV)
C.A. No. 7994/2004 (IV)
SLP(C) No. 4139/2005 (IV-B)
C.A. No. 1274/2007 (XII-B)
C.A. No. 1273/2007 (XII-B)
C.A. No. 1311-1312/2008 (III-A)
SLP(C) No. 16301/2007 (XI)
SLP(C) No. 3107/2008 (IV-C)
SLP(C) No. 4327/2008 (IV-C)
SLP(C) No. 4329/2008 (IV-C)
SLP(C) No. 4328/2008 (IV-C)
C.A. No. 296/2008 (III)
SLP(C) No. 16276/2008 (IV-B)
SLP(C) No. 17224/2008 (IX)
C.A. No. 5519/2012 (XI-B)
(IA No. 45076/2019 – STAY APPLICATION)
C.A. No. 5681/2010 (III-A)
S.L.P.(C)…CC No. 7990/2009 (XI)
C.A. No. 7757/2011 (III-B)
C.A. No. 1131/2012 (III-A)
C.A. No. 8149-8151/2012 (XII-A)
5
C.A. No. 4505-4506/2013 (XII-B)
C.A. No. 4507-4508/2013 (XII-B)
SLP(C) No. 12679-12682/2014 (XII)
SLP(C) No. 1857/2016 (IX)
SLP(C) No. 14156/2021 (XI-A)
Date : 19-03-2026 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JOYMALYA BAGCHI
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI
For Amicus Curiae: Mr. J.P. Cama, Sr. Adv./Amicus Curiae
Mr. Mayan Prasad, Adv.
Ms. Suruchi Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Nitish Raj, Adv.
Mr. Anand Pai, Adv.
MR. P.S. Sengupta, Sr. Adv./Amicus Curiae
For Appellant(s) : Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General
Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General
Mr. Anandh Venkataramani, Adv.
Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv.
Ms. Anjali Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.
Ms. Yamika Khanna, Adv.
Ms. Deboshree Mukherjee, Adv.
Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv.
Ms. Thajaswini C.B., Adv.
Mr. Devvrat Singh, Adv.
Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv.
Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv.
Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Aaditya Dixit, Adv.
Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv.
Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR
6
Mr. K M Natraj, A.S.G.
Mr. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Sr. A.A.G.
Mr. Sudeep Kumar, AOR
Mr. Siddharth Thakur, Adv.
Ms. Indira Bhaker, Adv.
Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv.
Ms. Manisha, Adv.
Ms. Pallavi Singh, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Saket, Adv.
Ms. Rupali, Adv.
Ms. Arushi Singh, Adv.
Ms. Poornima Singh, Adv.
Mr. Abhijeet Singh, Adv.
Mr. Anirudh Singh, Adv.
Ms. Surabhi, Adv.
Mr. S S Subramaniam, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Harshvardhan, Adv.
Ms. Nidhi Singh, Adv.
Ms. Reya Paul, Adv.
Ms. Gunjan Dogra, Adv.
Ms. Harshita Chawla, Adv.
Ms. Muskan Bharti, Adv.
Ms. Neha Azad, Adv.
Mr. Satwik Misra, Nodal Counsel
Ms. Aarushi Singh, Nodal Counsel
Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR
Mr. Sanjay Hegde, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Nishanth Patil, A.A.G.
Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR
Mr. Kunal Rana, Adv.
Mr. Kunal Rana, Adv.
Mr. Shashwat Jaiswal, Adv.
Mr. Shashwat Jaiswal, Adv.
Ms. Diksha Arora, Adv.
Mr. Arijit Dey, Adv.
Ms. Bhumi Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Mythili S., Adv.
Mr. Tanay Hegde, Adv.
Mr. Ankit Tiwari, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Arijit Dey, Adv.
Ms. Bhumi Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Ankit Tiwari, Adv.
Mr. Awanish Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Awanish Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Mythili S., Adv.
7
Ms. Madhu Sikri, AOR
Mr. Saket Sikri, Adv.
Ms. Ekta Sikri, Adv.
Mr. Ajay Pal Kullar, Adv.
Mr. Arun Sanwal, Adv.
Mr. Jasbir Bidhuri, Adv.
Mr. Prakhar Khanna, Adv.
Mr. Akshit Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Krishan Kumar, AOR
Mr. D. Kumanan, AOR
Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR
Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, AOR
Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR
Mrs. Deepanwita Priyanka,, Adv.
Ms. Apoorva Anand, Adv.
Mr. V. Prabhakar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. R. Chandrachud, AOR
Ms. Jyoti Parashar, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Tiwari, Adv.
Mr. Saksham Jain, Adv.
Mr. Dhuli Venkata Krishna, Adv.
Mr. Aryan Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, AOR
Mr. Alok Sangwan, Sr. A.A.G.
Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR
Mr. Ajay Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Sumit Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Veena Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Sangwan, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Adv.
Mr. Harsh Mehla, Adv.
Ms. Divya Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Vikas Singh Jangra, Adv.
Mr. Vaibhav Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Bhakti Vardhan Singh, Adv.
Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv.
Mr. Pawan Kishore Singh, Adv.
Mr. Aman Dev Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Gaj Singh, Adv.
Mr. Vikramaditya Chouhan, Adv.
Mr. Amit Ojha, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Azeem A Dost, Adv.
Mr. Keshav Mittal, Adv.
Mr. Anirudh Sanganeria, AOR
Mr. Siddharth Sinha, Adv.
8
Mr. Chinmay Deshpande, Adv.
Mr. K. L. Janjani, AOR
Mrs. Rachna Gupta, AOR
Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR
Mrs. Maninderjit Singh Bedi, Advocate General
Mr. Shadan Farasat, A.A.G.
Mr. Rajat Bhardwaj, A.A.G.
Mr. Mohd Irshad, Adv.
Mr. Vivek Jain, A.A.G.
Mr. Siddhant Sharma, AOR
Mr. Prafull Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Arkaprava Dass, Adv.
Ms. Varisha Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Sarah Sunny, Adv.
Mr. Kaustubh Chaturvedi, Adv.
Mr. Dushyant Choudhary, Adv.
Mr. Vikram Choudhary, Adv.
Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.
Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR
Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv.
Mr. Varad Kilor, Adv.
Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv.
Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv.
Ms. Chitransha Singh Sikarwar, Adv.
Mr. Harsh, Adv.
Mr. Harshavardhan V. Ghadge, Adv.
Ms. Salonee Paranjape, Adv.
Mr. Karan Bishnoi, Adv.
Mr. Jagruti, Adv.
Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Mrinal Kanwar, AOR
Mr. Punit Agarwwal, Adv.
Mr. Abhimanyu Bhandari, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Rooh-e-hina Dua, AOR
Mr. Arav Pandit, Adv.
Ms. Shrutika Garg, Adv.
Ms. Shreya Arora, Adv.
Ms. Yashika Kapoor, Adv.
Mr. Riccky Chaudhary, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Jain, Adv.
Ms. Aroha Kadyan, Adv.
Mr. Shivam Gandhi, Adv.
Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General
Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR
9
Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Shantnu Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv.
Mr. Digvijay Dam, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.
Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Kartikay Agarwal, Adv.
Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv.
Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. K M Natraj, A.S.G.
Mr. Ajay Misra, Advocate General
Mr. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Sr. A.A.G.
Mr. Sudeep Kumar, AOR
Mr. Siddharth Thakur, Adv.
Ms. Indira Bhaker, Adv.
Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv.
Ms. Manisha, Adv.
Ms. Pallavi Singh, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Saket, Adv.
Ms. Rupali, Adv.
Ms. Arushi Singh, Adv.
Mr. Satwik Misra, Adv.
Ms. Poornima Singh, Adv.
Mr. Abhijeet Singh, Adv.
Mr. Anirudh Singh, Adv.
Ms. S S Subramaniam, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Harshvardhan, Adv.
Ms. Nidhi, Adv.
Ms. Reya Paul, Adv.
Ms. Gunjan Dogra, Adv.
Ms. Harshita Chawla, Adv.
Ms. Surabhi, Adv.
Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General
Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR
Mr. K M Natraj, A.S.G.
Mr. Ravindra Kumar Raizada, Adv.
Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR
Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Ruchir Ranjan Rai, Adv.
Mr. Ram Krishna Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Ashiwan Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Aditi Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Vaidruti Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Vidushi Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Suraj, Adv.
Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General
10
Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General
Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv.
Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv.
Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Aaditya Dixit, Adv.
Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv.
Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv.
Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR
Ms. Indira Jaisingh, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Bharat Sangal, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Manjula Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Nagarkatti Kartik Uday, AOR
Ms. Babita Kushwaha, Adv.
Mr. Hemant Kumar Tripathi, Adv.
Ms. Shalini, Adv.
Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, AAG
Mr. D.S. Parmar, AAG
Mr. Harmeet Singh Ruprah, AOR
Mr. Kanishk Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Arlene Noronha, Adv.
Mr. Karan Singh, Adv.
For Respondent(s) : Mr. S. K. Verma, AOR
Mr. Subhash Sharma, AOR
Mrs. K. Sarada Devi, AOR
Mr. Vidya Dhar Gaur, AOR
M/S. Lawyer S Knit & Co, AOR
Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Zain Haider, Adv.
Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR
Mr. K. Rajeev, AOR
Ms. Niveditha R Menon, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Verma, Adv.
Mr. Tarun Kumar, Adv.
Mr. K. L. Janjani, AOR
Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv.
Mr. Pawan Kumar Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Kamal Kumar Pandey, Adv.
Mrs. Vatsala Tripathi, Adv.
11
Mr. Krishna Pakash Dubey, Adv.
Mr. G P Mahto, Adv.
Mr. Yash Pal Dhingra, AOR
Mr. S. Ravi Shankar, AOR
Ms. Madhu Sikri, AOR
Mr. Saket Sikri, Adv.
Ms. Ekta Sikri, Adv.
Mr. Ajay Pal Kullar, Adv.
Mr. Vikalp Mudgal, Adv.
Mr. Arun Sanwal, Adv.
Mr. Jasbir Bidhuri, Adv.
Mr. Prakhar Khanna, Adv.
Mr. Akshit Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Sudhanshu Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. R. C. Kaushik, AOR
Mr. E. C. Vidya Sagar, AOR
Mr. Shivam Singh, Adv.
Mr. Subhash Chandra Sagar, Adv.
Mr. Hemant Kumar Sagar, Adv.
Mr. Harpreet Singh Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Divyanshi Bucha, Adv.
Ms. Spoorthi Cotha, Adv.
Ms. Nandani Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Kumar, Adv.
Dr. Mrs. Vipin Gupta, AOR
Mr. Narveer Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Siddhartha Sati, Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Gupta, AOR
Mrs. Kanchan Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Chakit Singhal, Adv.
Mr. Sayid Marzook Bafaki, AOR
Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv.
Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR
Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Samarjeet Deo, Adv.
Mr. Lokesh Malik, Adv.
Ms. Atika Chaturvedi, Adv.
Ms. Anju Shree Nair, Adv.
Ms. Khushboo Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Krishan Kumar, AOR
Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR
Mr. K.S. Namdar, Sr. Adv.
12
Mr. R.N. Vanjarani, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Abhijit S. Kamble, Adv.
Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Viraz R. Shah, Adv.
Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv.
Mr. Anupam Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Varun Varma, Adv.
Ms. Anushka Deshmukh, Adv.
Ms. Shreya Jha, Adv.
Ms. Asmita Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Devandra Kumar Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR
Mr. Amrendra Kumar Mehta, AOR
Mr. Sahil A Garg Narwana, Adv.
Ms. Gunjan Kumari, Adv.
Mr. P. Venkat Reddy, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Kumar Tyagi, Adv.
Mr. P. Srinivas Reddy, Adv.
M/s Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR
Ms. Nidhi, AOR
Mr. Mohit Girdhar, Adv.
Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Santhanan Krishnan, Adv.
Mr. Udhay Krishna G., Adv.
Mr. Dhaneswar Gudapalli, Adv.
Mr. Kesav Kumar, Adv.
Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, AOR
Mr. Ashok Kumar Sharma, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Kshitij Mudgal, AOR
Mr. Ansh Mittal, Adv.
Mr. Amit Jay Singh, Adv.
Mr. D. Kumanan, AOR
Mr. Kedar Nath Tripathy, AOR
Mr. Aditya Narayan Tripathy, Adv.
Dr. K.S. Chauhan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. P.S. Teji, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, AOR
Mr. Abhishek Chauhan, Adv.
Mr. Ravi Prakash, Adv.
Mr. R.S.M. Kalky, Adv.
Mr. S.P. Singh, Adv.
Dr. R.K. Chauhan, Adv.
Dr. Indra Pratap Singh, Adv.
Ms. Aditi Chauhan, Adv.
13
Ms. Shriya Sethi, Adv.
Mr. Nav Parkash Singh Teji, Adv.
Mr. Alok Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Sumit Kishore, Adv.
Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Ravi Shankar Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sanjeev Bhatnagar, Adv.
Mr. Sounak S Das, Adv.
Mr. Anshul Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Megha Gaur, Adv.
Mr. Vibhav Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Parmanand Gaur, AOR
Mr. Anurag Tomar, Adv.
Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR
Mr. Pravartak Suhas Pathak, AOR
Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR
Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Misha Rohatgi, AOR
Mr. Nakul Mohta, Adv.
Mr. Amulya Upadhyay, Adv.
Ms. Racheeta Chawla, Adv.
Mr. Anand Varma, AOR
Ms. Apoorva Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Madhav Bhatia, Adv.
Mr. Ayush Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Simran, Adv.
Mr. Parmanand Pandey, AOR
Mr. Utkarsh Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Praveen Chaudhary, Adv.
Mr. Kartikay Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Vishal Tiwari, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv.
Ms. Anindita Mitra, AOR
Ms. Ishita Puranik, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR
Mrs. Jayna Kothari, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Rohit Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Jatin Lalwani, Adv.
Mr. Nikhil Purohit, Adv.
Ms. Aparna Mehrotra, Adv.
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Jay Rawat, Adv.
14
Mr. Vinay Navare, Sr. Adv.
Mr. C. K. Sajji Narayan, Through VC, Adv.
Mr. Adarsh Kumar Tiwari, AOR
Mr. T. Gopal, Adv.
Mr. Yashodhan Chandurkar, Adv.
Mr. Raman V. R., Adv.
Ms. Vartika Maurya, Adv.
Ms. Akanshha Raj Mishra, Through Vc, Adv.
Mr. Darshan Lama, Adv.
Mr. Amritesh Anand, Adv.
Mr. Vinit Pathak, Adv.
Mr. Ayush Anand, Adv.
Mr. Adarsh Kumar Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Arvind Srevatsa, Adv.
Mr. S. Santanam Swaminadhan, Adv.
Ms. Aarthi Rajan, AOR
Ms. Abhilasha Shrawat, Adv.
Mr. Kartik Malhotra, Adv.
Mr. U.S. Jayapathy, Adv.
Mr. R. Anirud Narayen, Adv.
Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv.
Mr. Pradyut Kashyap, Adv.
Ms. Smruthi Gangadhar, Adv.
Mr. Aayushman Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Shourya Das Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Venugopal, Adv.
Ms. Trisha Chandran, Adv.
Mr. Madhav Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Shrivastava, Adv.
Ms. Aditi Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Amar Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Avinash Sharma, AOR
Ms. Akanksha Kapoor, Adv.
Dr. Joginder Singh Berwal, Adv.
Mr. Jayender S. Chandail, Adv.
Mr. P.V. Surendranath, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Manu Krishnan G, AOR
Mr. Sawan Kumar Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Sarvan Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Simran Singh, Adv.
Ms. Smrithi V S, Adv.
Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Aniruddha Joshi, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Shashibhushan P. Adgaonkar, AOR
Ms. Salonee Paranjape, Adv.
15
Mr. Karan Bishnoi, Adv.
Mrs. Pradnya S Adgaonkar, Adv.
Mr. Sharian Mukherji, Adv.
Mr. Anoop Raj, Adv.
Mr. Chirag Zanwar, Adv.
Ms. Shambhavi Kanade, Adv.
Mr. C U Singh, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Jawahar Raja, Adv.
Ms. Aditi Saraswat, Adv.
Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv.
Mr. Nitai Hinduja, Adv.
Mr. N. Sai Vinod, AOR
Ms. Bidya Mohanty, Adv.
Ms. Katyayani Suhrud, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kalaiyarasan, Adv.
Mr. Varun K Chopra, Adv.
Mr. Dipu Kumar Jha, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Tomar, Adv.
M/S. V K C Law Offices, AOR
Mr. Vivek Sharma, AOR
Dr. Vijay Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Amit Singh, Adv.
Mr. Nitin Pal, Adv.
Ms. Priyasha Panwar, Adv.
Mr. Ram Narayan Mohanty, Adv.
Mr. Pritam Singh, Adv.
Mr. Umesh Kumar Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Pradeep Kumar Rai, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Modoyia Kayina, Adv.
Ms. Rajshree Rai, Adv.
Mr. Vinay Kumar Rai, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Naman Sherstra, Adv.
Mr. Akshay L., Adv.
For Intervenor: Mr. Jayesh K Unnikrishnan, AOR
Ms. Sasmita Tripathy, Adv.
Ms. Smriti Parija, Adv.
16
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
C.A. No. 812/2005
The appeal is dismissed in terms of the signed order. Signed
order is placed on the file.
Pending application(s), if any, shall stand closed.
Rest of the matters
Arguments concluded.
Judgment reserved.
Written submissions/notes be filed by the parties on or before
06.04.2026.
(NITIN TALREJA) (PREETHI T.C.)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR
17
