Supreme Court – Daily Orders
In Re : T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad vs Union Of India on 6 August, 2025
ITEM NO.10 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). 202/1995
IN RE : T.N. GODAVARMAN THIRUMULPAD Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)
INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATION FOR 06.08.2025 “ONLY” [ 1 ] I.A. NO.
149686 & 149687 OF 2025 [Applications for Directions & Exemption
from filing O.T. filed by Ms. Aruna Gupta, Advocate] IN RE: VIKRAM
SINGH SHEKHAWAT PARTNER RADHE GOVIND MARBLES AND [ 2 ] I. A. NO.
132125 OF 2025 [Application for Impleadment filed by Mr. Vishnu
Kant, Advocate] WITH I. A. NO. 132266 OF 2025 [Application for
Directions filed by Mr. Vishnu Kant, Advocate] IN WRIT PETITION (C)
NO. 171 OF 1996 IN RE : MOHINDER SINGH & ORS. AND [ 3 ] I.A. NOS.
167008 & 167010 OF 2025 (Applications for Impleadment and
Directions in filed by Ms. Rani Mishra, Advocate) IN RE: SANJAY
KUMAR AND [ 4 ] I. A. NO. 280902 OF 2024 [Application for
Directions filed by Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, Advocate] AND I. A.
NO. 91650 & 91651 OF 2025 [Application for bringing on record
subsequent events and filing additional documents alongwith
application for Exemption from filing O.T. of Ms. Purnima Krishna,
Advocate] AND I. A. NO. 152465 OF 2025 [CEC REPORT NO. 30 OF 2025]
IN RE : TAMIL NADU WATER SUPPLY DRAINAGE BOARD, THE GOVERNMENT OF
TAMIL NADU AND [ 5 ] ISSUE REGARDING ORDER DATED 18.03.2025 PASSED
IN W.P. (C)NO. 13381 OF 1984 AND I. A. NO. 140084 OF 2025
[Application for Exemption from filing O.T. in Affidavit] AND [ 6 ]
I.A. NO. 117204 OF 2024 (CEC REPORT NO. 5 OF 2024-Status Report in
Delhi Ridge) IN RE : MINISTRY OF FINANCE IN RE : DELHI RIDGE AND
[ 6 (a) ] ISSUE REGARDING ORDER DATED 16.04.2025 PASSED IN W.P.
(C)NO. 4677 OF 1985 AND [ 7 ] I.A. NO. 156703 OF 2024 [Application
for Impleadment filed by Mr. Shrey Kapoor, Advocate] AND I.A. NO.
156707 & 156710 OF 2024 [Application for Directions and Exemption
from filing O.T. filed by Mr. Shrey Kapoor, Advocate] WITH I.A.
NOS. 182429 & 182432 OF 2024 [Application for permission to file
Additional documents and Exemption from filing O.T. filed by Mr.
Shrey Kapoor, Advocate] AND I.A. NOS. 279970 & 279972 OF 2024
[Application for placing on record Addition Facts and documents and
Exemption from filing English translation filed by Mr. Shrey
Kapoor, Advocate] AND I.A. NO. 8102 OF 2025 [Application for
Signature Not Verified
Directions in I.A. No. 211378, 211725/2024 in I.A. 58031/2024 filed
Digitally signed by
DEEPAK SINGH
Date: 2025.08.11
by Ms. Aruna Gupta, Advocate] AND [ 7 (a) ] I.A. NO. 212089 OF 2024
16:32:19 IST
Reason:
[Application for Impleadment in I.A. Nos. 58031 & 58032 of 2024
filed by Ms. Aruna Gupta, Advocate] AND I.A. NOS. 212084 & 212086
1
OF 2024 [Application for Directions & Exemption from filing O.T. in
I.A. Nos. 58031 & 58032 of 2024 filed by Ms. Aruna Gupta, Advocate]
AND [ 7 (b)] CIVIL APPEAL DIARY NO. 12516 OF 2019 AND [ 7 (c) ]
SUO-MOTU WRIT PETITION (C) NO. 1 OF 2023 IN RE : SARISKA TIGER
RESERVE IN RE : PAVAN SINGH IN RE : CHAND KANWAR IN RE : ANIL JATAV
IN RE : M/S. RADHE GOVIND MARBLE IN RE : STATUS OF FUNDS IN RE :
VAISHALI RANA AND [ 8 ] I. A. NOS. 79569 AND 79576 OF 2019
[Applications for Intervention and Directions] WITH I. A. NOS.
159670 AND 159677 OF 2019 [Application for Exemption from filing
Official Translation] WITH I. A. D. NOS. 14261 AND 14262 OF 2021
[Applications for Urgent Listing of I.A. Nos. 79569 and 79576/2019
and Exemption from filing duly Attested Affidavit] AND I. A. NOS.
40599 AND 40624 OF 2023 [Applications for Intervention and
Modification of Court’s order dated 12.05.2022] AND I. A. NO.
220675 OF 2023 [Application for Direction in I.A. No. 79576/2019]
AND I. A. NO. 111336 OF 2025 [Application permission to file
Additional documents in I.A. No. 79569 & 79576/2019 filed by Mr.
Aaditya A. Pande, Advocate] AND I. A. NO. 137276 OF 2025
[Application permission to file Additional documents in I.A. No.
40599 & 40624/2021 filed by M/s. Karanjawala & Co., Advocate] IN RE
: SHRAMIK RICKSHAW CHALAK-MALAK SEVASANSTHA IN RE : E-RICKSHAW IN
MATHERAN AND [ 9 ] I. A. NOS. 90595 & 90596 OF 2025 [Applications
for permission to file Impleadment and application for Impleadment
filed by M/s. Hooda & Co., Advocate] IN RE : B.K. SINGH – IFS
(RETD.) IN WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 202/1995 “ONLY” ARE LISTED IN
W.P.(C) No. 202/1995 “ONLY” ON 06.08.2025 AND THE NAMES OF “ONLY”
THE FOLLOWING ADVOCATES MAY BE TREATED TO HAVE BEEN SHOWN AGAINST
THESE I.As. MR. HARISH N. SALVE, SR. ADV. [A.C.], MR. A.D.N. RAO,
SR. ADVOCATE [A.C.], MS. APARAJITA SINGH, SR. ADVOCATE [A.C.], MR.
SIDDHARTHA CHOWDHURY, ADVOCATE [A.C.] MR. K. PARAMESHWAR, SR.
ADVOCATE [A.C.] MR. G.S. MAKKER, ADVOCATE MR. S.N. TERDAL, ADVOCATE
DR. N. VISAKAMURTHY, ADVOCATE FOR S. NO. [ 1 ] MR. K. PARAMESHWAR
(A.C.), MS. ARUNA GUPTA FOR S. NO. [ 2 ] (W.P.(C) NO. 171 OF 1996)
MR. K. PARAMESHWAR (A.C.), MR. VISHNU KANT FOR S. NO. [ 3 ] MR. K.
PARAMESHWAR (A.C.), MS. RANI MISHRA FOR S.NO. [ 4 ] MR. K.
PARAMESHWAR (A.C.), MR. SABARISH SUBRAMANIAN (STATE OF TAMIL NADU),
MS. PURNIMA KRISHNA (STATE OF TAMIL NADU) FOR S.NO. [ 5 ] MR. K.
PARAMESHWAR (A.C.), MR. G.S. MAKKER (MoEF & CC), MS. NIDHI JASWAL
(STATE OF RAJASTHAN) FOR S.NO. [ 6 & 6 (a)] MR. K. PARAMESHWAR
(A.C.), MR. NISHIT AGRAWAL (FOR DDA), MR. GUNTUR PRASAD (FOR CPWD),
MR. M.K. MARORIA (FOR GNCT IN I.A. NO. 117204/2024) FOR S.NO. [ 7
(a to c) ] MR. K. PARAMESHWAR (A.C.), MR. G.S. MAKKER, MS. RANI
MISHRA, MR. K. PARAMESHWAR (A.C.), MS. PARUL SHUKLA, MR. MILIND
KUMAR, MR. SHREY KAPOOR, MS. ARUNA GUPTA, MS. NIDHI JASWAL, MR.
SHYAM D. NANDAN, ADV. IN C.A.(D)NO. 12516/2016 FOR S.NO. [ 8 ] MR.
K. PARAMESHWAR (A.C.), MS. MISHA ROHATGI MOHTA, M/S. KARANJAWALA &
CO., MR. KRISHNA BALLABH THAKUR, MR. T.R.B. SIVAKUMAR, MR. AADITYA
A . PANDE (STATE OF MAHARASHTRA) FOR S.NO. [ 9 ] MR. K. PARAMESHWAR
(A.C.), MS. SHIBANI GHOSH, MR. SANCHIT GARGA (STATE OF KARNATAKA)
WITH
Diary No(s). 12516/2019 (XVII)
[IA No. 68530/2019 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING, IA No.
2
68535/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 68538/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM
FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 220462/2024 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 68527/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE
APPEAL)
SMW(C) No. 1/2023 (PIL-W)
[IA No. 282482/2024 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.
169820/2025 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 169812/2025 –
CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 128329/2025 – CLARIFICATION
/DIRECTION, IA No. 128330/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No.
285430/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 169815/2025 -
EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 174013/2025 – INTERVENTION
/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 227339/2024 – INTERVENTION /IMPLEADMENT, IA
No. 169819/2025 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)
W.P.(C) No. 171/1996 (PIL-W)
(IA No. 132266/2025 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.
132125/2025 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT
Date : 06-08-2025 This petition was called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA
Mr. K. Parameshwar, Sr. Adv. (A.C.)
Mr. M.V. Mukunda, Adv.
Ms. Kanti, Adv.
Mr. Raji Gururaj, Adv.
Mr. Shreenivas Patil, Adv.
Mr. Veda Singh, Adv.
Mr. Prasad Hegde, Adv.
For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Purnima Bhat, AOR
Mr. Shyam D. Nandan, AOR
Ms. Nandana Menon, Adv.
Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR
M/S. Plr Chambers And Co., AOR
Mr. Syed Mehdi Imam, AOR
Mr. T. Harish Kumar, AOR
M/S. Mitter & Mitter Co., AOR
M/S. Lawyer S Knit & Co, AOR
For Respondent(s)/ :Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR
applicant(s) Mr. Gaichangpou Gangmei, AOR
Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR
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Mr. Raj Kishor Choudhary, AOR
Mr. Shakeel Ahmed, Adv.
Ms. Pratibha Singh, Adv.
Ms. Shalini Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Anupam Bhati, Adv.
Mr. Nakul Chaudhary, Adv.
Mr. Vikram Patralekh, Adv.
Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR
Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Vivek Vishal Gautam, Adv.
Mr. Lalit Mohan, Adv.
Mr. Paul Kumar Kalai, Adv.
Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR
Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR
Ms. Pratibha Jain, AOR
Mr. Rajat Joseph, AOR
Mr. Gopal Prasad, AOR
Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR
Mr. Raj Kumar Mehta, AOR
Ms. Madhu Moolchandani, AOR
Ms. Sharmila Upadhyay, AOR
Mr. Tejaswi Kumar Pradhan, AOR
Mr. Pranab Samantaray, Adv.
Mr. Manoranjan Paikaray, Adv.
M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR
Mrs. Nandini Gore, AOR
Mr. E. C. Vidya Sagar, AOR
M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR
Mrs. B. Sunita Rao, AOR
Mr. Rajeev Singh, AOR
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG
Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR
Mrs. Kanchan Kaur Dhodi, AOR
Mr. Surya Kant, AOR
Ms. Sujata Kurdukar, AOR
Mrs. Manik Karanjawala, AOR
Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, AOR
Ms. Mehraj, Adv.
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Mr. Vikalp Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Urvi Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Kumar, AOR
Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR
Mrs. Vandna Beri, Adv.
Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR
Mr. Shiva Pujan Singh, AOR
Ms. Charu Mathur, AOR
Mr. Bhavanishankar V.gadnis, Adv.
Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR
Mr. Vishwanath Gadnis, Adv.
Mr. Sudarsh Menon, AOR
Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR
Mr. Vikrant Singh Bais, AOR
Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, AOR
Ms. K. V. Bharathi Upadhyaya, AOR
Mr. Rajiv Mehta, AOR
Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR
Mr. Rajesh, AOR
M/S. Corporate Law Group, AOR
Mr. Abhishek Chaudhary, AOR
Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv.
Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR
Ms. Richa Tiwari, Adv.
Mr. B V Deepak, AOR
Mr. T. N. Singh, AOR
Mr. C. L. Sahu, AOR
Mr. Rajendra Sahu, Adv.
Ms. Hema Sahu, Adv.
Mr. Rishabh Sahu, Adv.
Mr. Narinder Kumar Verma, Adv.
Ms. Sumita Hazarika, AOR
Ms. Abha R. Sharma, AOR
Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair, AOR
Mr. Rajesh Singh, AOR
Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv.
Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv.
Mr. Chaman Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Supriya, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Kumar Solanki, Adv.
Mr. Ravinder Pal Singh, Adv.
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Mr. Mahi Pal Singh, Adv.
Mr. Varun Varma, Adv.
Mr. Ishank Ranjan, Adv.
Mr. Subham Rajhans, Adv.
Mr. Prakhar Shukla, Adv.
Ms. Manisha Chawla, Adv.
Ms. Niharika Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. Jatin Malik, Adv.
Mr. Javed Raza, Adv.
Mrs. Rekha Pandey, AOR
Mr. Raghav Pandey, Adv.
Ms. Gauri Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR
Mr. T. V. George, AOR
Mr. Krishnanand Pandeya, AOR
Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, AOR
Mr. Rajesh Maurya, Adv.
Mr. Sudhir Kulshreshtha, AOR
Mr. Himanshu Shekhar, AOR
Mr. Parth Shekhar, Adv.
Mr. Shubham Singh, Adv.
Mr. Youkteshwari Prasad, Adv.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Adv.
Mr. Mata Prasad Pathak, Adv.
Mr. Vijay Singh, Adv.
Ms. Ambali Vedasen, Adv.
Mr. Arvind Kumar Tomar, Adv.
Mr. Soumyadeep Chatterjee, Adv.
Mr. Mayur Raj, Adv.
Mr. Nikhil Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Rawal, Adv.
Ms. Shalini Satyanarayan, Adv.
Mr. T.v. Surendranath, Adv.
Mr. Ramendra Nath Makhal, Adv.
Mr. Kirtikar Sukul, Adv.
Mr. Richa Shrivastav, Adv.
Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR
Mr. Mohd. Irshad Hanif, AOR
Ms. Rifat Ara Butt, Adv.
Mr. Punit Dutt Tyagi, AOR
Mr. Rathin Das, AOR
Mr. Ratan Kumar Choudhuri, AOR
Mr. G. Prakash, AOR
Mr. E. M. S. Anam, AOR
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Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR
Mr. Sudhir Kumar Gupta, AOR
Mr. A. N. Arora, AOR
Mr. Irshad Ahmad, AOR
Ms. C. K. Sucharita, AOR
Ms. Binu Tamta, AOR
Mrs. Bina Gupta, AOR
Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR
Mr. Jitendra Mohan Sharma, AOR
Ms. Malini Poduval, AOR
Mr. Jai Prakash Pandey, AOR
Mrs. Anjani Aiyagari, AOR
Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR
Mr. K. L. Janjani, AOR
Mr. Naresh K. Sharma, AOR
Ms. A. Sumathi, AOR
Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR
Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR
Mr. K. V. Vijayakumar, AOR
Mrs. Rani Chhabra, AOR
Ms. Divya Roy, AOR
Mr. Tarun Johri, AOR
Mr. S. C. Birla, AOR
Mr. Ram Swarup Sharma, AOR
Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR
M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR
M/S. K J John And Co, AOR
Mr. Amarjit Singh Bedi, Adv.
Ms. Surekha Raman, Adv.
Mr. Shreyash Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Harshit Singh, Adv.
Mr. Yashwant Sanjenbam, Adv.
Mr. Sidharth Nair, Adv.
Mr. V. Balachandran, AOR
Ms. Baby Krishnan, AOR
Mr. P. R. Ramasesh, AOR
Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR
Mr. Umesh Bhagwat, AOR
Mrs. M. Qamaruddin, AOR
Mr. H. S. Parihar, AOR
Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR
Ms. Bina Madhavan, AOR
Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR
Mr. P. N. Gupta, AOR
Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, AOR
Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR
Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G.
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Ms. Abhinandini Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, Adv.
Mr. Amogh Bansal, Adv.
Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR
Mr. K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR
Mr. Anupam Raina, Adv.
Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR
Mr. Vikash Singh, AOR
Mr. Nishanth Patil, AOR
M/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR
Mr. Ajay Marwah, AOR
Mr. Ravindra S. Garia, AOR
Mr. Karan Sharma, AOR
Ms. Sugandha Anand , AOR
Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR
Mr. T.k. Nayak, Adv.
Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv.
Mr. Vikas Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Deeptakirti Verma, AOR
Ms. Usha Nandini V., AOR
Mr. Avneesh Arputham, AOR
Mr. Ankit Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, AOR
Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR
Ms. Mayuri Raghuvanshi, AOR
Mr. Vivek Jain, AOR
Ms. Garima Prashad, Sr. A.A.G.
Mr. Sudeep Kumar, AOR
Ms. Manisha, Adv.
Ms. Rupali, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Kumar Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Vishnu Kumar Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Nandita Bansal, Adv.
Ms. Chandrika Upadhaya, Adv.
Mr. Aathrva Upadhaya, Adv.
Ms. Rani Mishra, AOR
Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR
Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
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Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.
Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.
Mr. Venkata Raghuvamsy D. , AOR
Ms. Swathi H. Prasad, AOR
Mr. Adeel Ahmed, AOR
Mr. Abul Kibriya, Adv.
Mr. Aamir Hussain, Adv.
Mr. Saalik Islam, Adv.
Ms. Shreemoyee Bhattacharjee, Adv.
Mr. Ajay Agarwal, A.A.G.
Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Ashiwan Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Aditi Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR
Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, AOR
Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR
Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.
Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR
Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv.
Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv.
Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv.
Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv.
Ms. Chitransha Singh Sikarwar, Adv.
Mr. Vijay S. Khamkar, Adv.
Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv.
Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR
Ms. Richa Tiwari, Adv.
Mr. Tarun Gupta, AOR
Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR
Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Rastogi, Adv.
Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR
Mr. Shubham Upadhyay, AOR
Mr. Vivek Gupta, AOR
Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR
Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR
Mr. Siddhartha Jha, AOR
Dr. Amandeep Gaur, Adv.
Mr. S Ramamoorthy, Adv.
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Mr. S Senthil Elangovan, Adv.
M/s V. Maheshwari & Co., AOR
Mr. Mayank Aggarwal, AOR
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, AOR
Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR
Ms. Bipasa Tripathy, Adv.
Mr. Shlok Luthra, Adv.
Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, AOR
Ms. Suman Kukrety, AOR
Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.
Ms. Suhashini Sen, Adv.
Mr. Shyam Gopal, Adv.
Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.
Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR
Mr. Naveen Kumar, AOR
Mr. P. K. Manohar, AOR
Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR
Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR
Mr. Rajeev Singh, AOR
Mr. P.B. Suresh, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Shoeb Alam, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Parul Shukla, AOR
Mr. Saday Mondol, Adv.
Ms. Shubhangi Pandey, Adv.
Ms. Debatmaja Ghosh, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Kumar Umrao, AOR
Mr. Arun K. Sinha, AOR
Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, AOR
Mr. Aman Pawar, A.A.G.
Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR
Ms. Shilpa Singh, AOR
Mr. B. K. Pal, AOR
Mr. James P. Thomas, AOR
Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR
Mr. A. Karthik, AOR
Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry , AOR
Mr. Anurag Tandon, AOR
Mr. Aastik Dhingra, Adv.
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Mr. Umesh Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Dr. Monika Gusain, Sr. Adv.
Mr. B.k. Satija, A.A.G.
Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR
Mr. Hariom Yaduvanshi, Adv.
Mr. Arjun Yaduvanshi, Adv.
Ms. S. Harini, Adv.
Mr. Avi Dhankhar, Adv.
Mr. Vansmani Tripathi, Adv.
Ms. Aahana Jaiswal, Adv.
Ms. Drishti Rawal, Adv.
Ms. Drishti Saraf, Adv.
Ms. Tanya Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Sarthak Shrivastava, Adv.
Mr. Mayur Goyal, Adv.
Mr. Omanakuttan K. K., AOR
Mr. Ajit Sharma, AOR
Mr. Avijit Roy, AOR
Mr. Vishnu Kant, AOR
Mr. Irasis Acharya, Adv.
Ms. Rajnandini, Adv.
Ms. Shalini Kaul, AOR
Mr. Sunil Kumar Sharma, AOR
Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR
Ms. Neha Singh, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Sharma, AOR
Mrs. Aishwrya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.
Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv.
Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Baijnath Patel, Adv.
Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR
Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR
Mr. Pranjal Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Eksha Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR
Mr. Nishant Awana, AOR
Mrs. Rini Badoni Awana, Adv.
Ms. Rebecca Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Suraj Kundu, Adv.
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Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR
Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR
Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv.
Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.
Mr. Santhosh K, Adv.
Mrs. Devika A.l., Adv.
Mrs. Garima Prashad, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Nishit Agrawal, AOR
Ms. Kanishka Mittal, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Ballabh Thakur, AOR
Mrs. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Aruna Gupta, AOR
Mr. Ramesh Allanki, Adv.
Mr. Syed Ahmad Naqvi, Adv.
Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv.
Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv.
Mr. Shishir Deshpande, AOR
Mr. Yusuf, AOR
Mr. Agam Sharma , AOR
Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR
Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR
Mr. Satyalipsu Ray, Adv.
Mr. Deepak Singh, Adv.
Mr. Anuj Chaudhary, Adv.
Ms. Priyal Sheth, Adv.
Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR
Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, AOR
Mr. P. Venkatraju, Adv.
Applicant-in-person, AOR
Mr. Anant Mann, AOR
Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR
Mrs. Samriti Ahuja, Adv.
Ms. Aditi Prakash, Adv.
Mr. Vikas Kumar, AOR
Mr. Gopal Balwant Sathe, AOR
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Mr. Sarvam Ritam Khare, AOR
Mr. Kushagra Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Anuj Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Akarsh Khare, Adv.
Mr. K. M. Nataraj, A.S.G.
Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv.
Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv.
Mr. Anuj Srinivas Udupa, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv.
Mr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Mrinal Elker Mazumdar, Adv.
Mr. Shashwat Parihar, Adv.
Mr. Mukesh K Verma, Adv.
Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR
Ms. Sunieta Ojha, AOR
Mr. Dinesh Chandra Pandey, AOR
Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, AOR
Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR
Ms. Shruti Jose, AOR
Mr. Durgesh Ramchandra Gupta, AOR
Mr. Kaushik Choudhury, AOR
Mr. Aravindh S., AOR
Mr. Aman Gautam, Adv.
Mrs. Kirti Renu Mishra, AOR
Mr. Atul Sharma, AOR
Mr. Anirudh Sanganeria, AOR
Mr. Chinmay Deshpande, Adv.
Mr. Shrey Kapoor , AOR
Ms. Anne Mathew, AOR
Mr. Yash S. Vijay, AOR
Mr. Sarvan Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Adarsh Kumar Tiwari, AOR
Ms. Vartika Maurya, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR
Ms. Alice Raj, Adv.
Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv.
Ms. Tara Elizabeth Kurien, Adv.
Mr. D.p.singh, Adv.
Ms. Anchal Kanthed, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR
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Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv.
Ms. Vidyottma Jha, Adv.
Ms. Mrinal Gopal Elker, AOR
Mr. Rajan K. Chaurasia, Adv.
Mr. Chinmoy Chaitanya, Adv.
Ms. Chhavi Khandelwal, Adv.
Mr. Dhaval Mehrotra, AOR
Mr. Ravindra Kumar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Binay Kumar Das, AOR
Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv.
Ms. Neha Das, Adv.
Mr. Shivam Saksena, Adv.
Mr. Vikas Bharti, Adv.
Ms. Lakshmi N. Kaimal, AOR
Mr. Subhasish Mohanty, AOR
Mr Rahul Jain, AOR
Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR
Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Nina Nariman, Adv.
Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv.
Mr. Arjun Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Sarah Ayreen Mir, Adv.
Ms. Sharanya Ghosh, Adv.
Mr. Samarth Suri, Adv.
M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR
Mr. Gopal Shankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Anindita Mitra, AOR
Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv.
Mr. Naveen Kumar, AOR
Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR
M/S. D.S.K. Legal, AOR
Ms. Shibani Ghosh, AOR
Mr. Rishad A Chowdhury, Adv.
Ms. Sohini Sanyal, Adv.
Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, AOR
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G.
Ms. Abhinandini Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, Adv.
Mr. Amogh Bansal, Adv.
Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR
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Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR
Mr. Pankaj Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Yatinder Choudhary, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Singh Chauhan, Adv.
Ms. Vidushi Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Subham Bahuguna, Adv.
Mr. Eshan Kumar Saxena, Adv.
Mr. Himanshu Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, AOR
Mr. Rajeev Maheshwaranand Roy, AOR
Ms. Ila Shikhar Sheel, AOR
M/S. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, AOR
Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR
Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR
Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR
Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, AOR
Ms. Manika Tripathy, AOR
Ms. Ankita Sharma, AOR
Mr. Arjun D Singh, Adv.
Ms. Ishika Neogi, Adv.
Ms. Supreeta Sharanagouda, AOR
Mr. Sharanagouda Patil, Adv.
Mr. Jyotish Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Yash S Tiwari, Adv.
Mr. Vinod Kumar Srivastava, Adv.
Ms. Ranu Purohit , AOR
Mr. Ashok Gaur, Adv.
Ms. Megha Karnwal, AOR
Ms. Sakshi Singh, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Thayrat, Adv.
Mr. Avishala Singh, Adv.
Ms. Adarsh Nain, AOR
Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR
Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR
Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, Sr. Adv, AAG
Ms. Purnima Krishna, AOR
Mr. M.F. Philip, Adv.
Mr. Karamveer Singh Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Togin M. Babichen, Adv.
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Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mrs. Ruchi Kohli, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR
Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Jagdish Chandra Solanki, Adv.
Mr. Suhasini Sen, Adv.
Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.
Dr. Surender Singh Hooda, AOR
Mr. Sunil Kumar Verma, AOR
Mr. Prakash Kumar Singh, AOR
Ms. Tanya Srivastava, AOR
Ms. Seita Vaidyalingam, AOR
Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR
Ms. Anzu. K. Varkey, AOR
Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR
Mr. T. R. B. Sivakumar, AOR
Mr. Sujit Kumar Mishra , AOR
Mr. Aldanish Rein, AOR
Mr. Kunal Vajani, Adv.
Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR
Ms. Shraddha Chirania, Adv.
Mr. Shantanu Kumar, AOR
Mr. Ashish Batra, Adv.
Mr. Manan Verma, AOR
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
[1} I.A. NOS. 149686 & 149687 OF 2025
1. The limited grievance in the present applications is that
though the matter is pending before the State Environment
Impact Assessment Authority (for short “SEIAA”) for permitting
the mining activities, the SEIAA is not considering the same.
2. We dispose of the present applications with the direction
to the SEIAA to consider the applications of the present
applicant(s) for the grant of mining lease strictly in
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accordance with law and as per the orders passed by this Court
on earlier occasions.
3. We expect the SEIAA to take a decision either way as
expeditiously as possible and preferably within three months
from today.
[2] A. NO. 132125 OF 2025 WITH I. A. NO. 132266 OF 2025 IN WRIT
PETITION (C) NO. 171 OF 1996
List on 08.08.2025.
[3] I.A. NOS. 167008 & 167010 OF 2025
1. These applications have been filed seeking the following
prayers:
a) Quash the impugned RFP dated 05.06.2025 floated by
OTDC for the Rs.91 crore tourism project within and around
Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary and its Eco-Sensitive Zone, as
being illegal and in violation of the Wildlife (Protection) Act
1972, the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, the Environment
(Protection) Act, 1986, and the MoEF&CC Guidelines on
Sustainable Ecotourism, 2021;
b) Restrain the Respondent State from proceeding with any
activity under the said RFP or related project, pending full
compliance with the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, Forest
(Conservation) Act, 1980, ESZ Notification dated 07.06.2017,
and the Eco-tourism Guidelines, 2021;
c) Direct the Respondents to place on record all statutory
approvals, if any, obtained for the said project, and disclose
the status of the Zonal Master Plan and Forest/Wildlife
clearances;
d) Direct the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to
independently examine the legality and ecological impact of
the tourism infrastructure and development activities
proposed or undertaken within and around the Debrigarh
Wildlife Sanctuary, including the role of the Odisha Tourism
Development Corporation and other concerned authorities17
2. The perusal of the application would reveal that the
process is only at the stage of request for proposal for
appointing an architectural consultant.
3. This Court has, time and again, prescribed as to what
activities are permitted in the Wildlife Sanctuary as well as
the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ). The authorities ought to be
aware of the orders passed by this Court.
4. At the cost of repetition, we direct that the State
Government, while finalizing the proposal for carrying out
any activities either within the Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary
or in its ESZ, should take into consideration the earlier
orders passed by this Court.
5. With the aforesaid observations, these applications are
disposed of.
[4] I.A. NOS. 167477 & 167479 OF 2025
1. Issue notice, returnable on 12.8.2025.
2. In addition to the usual mode, liberty is granted to the
petitioner to serve notice through the Standing Counsel for
the respondent/State.
[ 5 ] I.A. NO.280902/2024 WITH I.A. NOS. 91650 & 91651 OF 2025 WITH
I.A. NO. 152465 OF 2025 (CEC REPORT NO. 30/2025)
1. IA No. 280902 of 2024 has been filed seeking following
prayer:
a) Issue appropriate orders/directions and permit the Applicant
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for the grant of permission/Directions for Diversion of 21.92
ha of Forest land in Bevanurmalai Reserved Forest of
Pennagaram Range of Dharmapuri Forest Division for Raw
Water Pumping main, booster Pumping Station 110/33 kv
Substation and 110 kv Transmission line under Hogenakkal
combined water supply Scheme Phase – II in Dharmapuri
District.
2. This Court vide order dated 16.04.2025 had requested the
Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to examine the issue and to
submit its report before the next date of hearing.
Accordingly, the CEC had submitted its report on 02.07.2025.
4. The CEC, vide its report, has recommended granting
permission for the felling of 4021 trees of spontaneous growth
standing within an area of 19.05 hectares of forest land in
Bevanurmalai Reserved Forest, Pennagaram Range, Dharmapuri
Forest Division, subject to the following conditions:
i. The Applicant shall obtain prior approval of the Central Government
for diversion of the identified forest land admeasuring 19.05
hectares in Bevanurmalai Reserved Forest, Pennagaram Range,
Dharmapuri Forest Division, under the provisions of the Van
(Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980.
ii. The land identified for compensatory plantation shall be transferred
to the Forest Department and duly notified as a Protected Forest
under the provisions of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, prior to the
commencement of any construction or project-related activity at the
site.
iii. The Forest Department shall implement the approved Compensatory
Afforestation scheme in accordance with the norms laid down under
the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016, and maintain the
plantation for a period of ten years, including the erection of chain-
link fencing to protect the site.
iv. The Applicant shall ensure that excavated material is spread only
within the forest area diverted for the project. Further, tree felling
shall be carried out in a staggered manner rather than all at once,
and all trenches shall be properly covered by the Applicant upon19
completion of the work.
v. After completion of the work, the Applicant shall secure the trench
by covering it with the excavated material. The Forest Department
shall thereafter undertake the plantation of suitable saplings at the
site. The full cost of the plantation, including maintenance, shall be
recovered from the Applicant in advance, and tree felling shall be
permitted only after such cost has been deposited. This will be in
addition to the compensatory afforestation to be done in lieu of the
diversion of forest land.
vi. The Applicant will seek prior approval of the National Board of
Wildlife for execution of this project as it falls within the 10 km
default Eco-Sensitive Zone of the Cauvery South Wildlife Sanctuary
(Hosur & Dharmapuri Divisions), Tamil Nadu.
vii. Wildlife mitigation measures, including the erection of the steel wire
rope fence over 23.5 km along the boundary of Bevanurmalai and
Masakkal Reserved Forests, as approved by the Chief Wildlife
Warden, shall be implemented in full prior to the commencement of
work.
viii. The user agency shall ensure that construction and operational
activities are carried out in a manner that causes minimal
disturbance to wildlife and does not obstruct the natural movement
of animals within the Eco-Sensitive Zone of Cauvery South Wildlife
Sanctuary.
ix. Compliance with all mitigation measures and safeguards
recommended by the Forest Department, State Board for Wildlife,
and other statutory authorities shall be strictly adhered to during the
execution and maintenance of the project.
x. The felling of trees shall be carried out under the supervision and
direction of the Forest Department, and limited strictly to the
number approved. Wherever technically feasible, transplantation
shall be undertaken in lieu of felling.
xi. In case of damage to any tree not permitted for felling, a penalty of
Rs.50,000 per violation shall be imposed on the Applicant in addition
to any other penalty that may be imposed by the Forest Department
under any local act rule.
5. We are inclined to allow the application(s) for diversion
of forest land, so also for the felling of the trees, subject
to the strict compliance with the conditions as imposed by the
CEC.
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6. We ,therefore, allow these applications in terms of the
prayer clause (a), subject to the condition that the State
scrupulously complies with the conditions as imposed by the
CEC.
[6] I.A. NOS. 28216 & 28217 OF 2025 IN I.A. NOS. 3864-3866 OF 2015
List these applications on 12.08.2025.
[7] ISSUE REGARDING ORDER DATED 18.03.2025 PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.
13381 OF 1984 WITH I.A. NO. 140084 OF 2025
List on 12.08.2025.
[8] I.A. NO. 117204 OF 2024 (CEC REPORT NO. 5 OF 2024-Status Report
in Delhi Ridge) and [8] (a) ISSUE REGARDING ORDER DATED 16.04.2025
PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO. 4677 OF 1985
1. We find that insofar as the issues concerning the Delhi
Ridge are concerned, several committees are currently
monitoring the issues. The authorities are required to seek
permission from several committees/Bodies for land diversion,
which, at times, results in conflicting orders.
2. We, therefore, direct the Ministry of Environment, Forest
and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to take all the stake holders on
board, including the Government of NCT of Delhi, the CEC and
the various Committees/Bodies appointed by this Court or the
High Court of Delhi and to come out with a proposal wherein
one uniform body can be entrusted with monitoring the issues
relating to the Delhi Ridge.
3. We grant time till 08.10.2025 so that the MoEF&CC can
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come with a concrete proposal in this regard.
4. We direct all the stake holders, including the Government
of NCT of Delhi and the members of the committees, so also the
CEC, to cooperate with the MoEF&CC to expedite the
finalization of the proposal.
5. We further clarify that no further time would be granted
to the MoEF&CC for submitting the proposal.
6. List on 08.10.2025.
[9] I.A. NO. 156703 OF 2024 AND I.A. NO. 156707 & 156710 OF 2024
WITH I.A. NO. 182429 & 182432 OF 2024 AND I.A. NO. 279970 & 279972
OF 2024 AND I.A. NO. 8102 OF 2025, [9](a) I.A. NOS. 212089, 212084,
[9](b) C.A. D. NO. 12516 OF 2019 and [9](c) SMW(C) NO. 01 OF 2023
alongwith IA D. NOS. 174013 & 185646 OF 2025, IA NOS. 169812 &
185511 OF 2025
1. The applications (IA D. Nos. 174013 & 185646 of 2025, IA
No. 185511 OF 2025 in SMW(C) No. 01 of 2023) for intervention
are allowed.
2. List these applications/matters on 12.08.2025.
[11] IA Nos. 90595 & 90596 of 2025
List these applications on 12.08.2025.
(DEEPAK SINGH) (ANJU KAPOOR)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR
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