Rafique Sheikh Bhikan Etc. vs Government of India

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2012 Supreme(SC) 354

AFTAB ALAM, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI
Rafique Sheikh Bhikan Etc. – Appellant
Versus
Government of India – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
Mr. G.E. Vahanvati, AG, Mr. L. Nageshwar Rao, Mr. Fakhruddin, Mr. V. Giri, Mr. P.S. Narasimha, Mr. K.V. Viswanathan, Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Senior Advocates, Mr. Harris Beern, Mr. Nishanth Patil, Mr. Mushtaq Salim, Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, Mr. Shankar Narayanan, Mr. Abdul Karim Ansari, Mr. Surya Kamal Mishra, Mr. Harshad V. Hameed, Mr. Mohammed Saddique, Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, Mr. Gaichangpou Ganmei, Mr. D. Sri Rao, Mr. Zulfiker Ali, Mr. P. George Giri, Ms. Pooja Sharma, Ms. Niolfar Qureshi, Ms. Khushi Moho, Mr. Vijendra Kumar, Mr. Shaikh Chand Saheb, Mr. Biju P. Raman, Mr. Usha Nandani, Mr. Nikhil Goel, Mr. Marsook Bafaki, Ms. Naveen Goel, Mr. Shakeel Ahmed, Ms. Sadiya Shakeel, Mr. Ajay Veer Singh Jain, Mr. Atul Agarwal, Ms. Anish Jain, Mr. Nitin Jain, Ms. Divya Garg, Mr. Mohd. Irshad Hanif, Mr. Anand Mishra, Mr. Amarendra K. Singh, Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, Mr. B.V. Deepak, Mr. A.K. Singh, Ms. Toshika Katare, Mrs. Rana Parveen Siddiqui, Mr. Sudarshan Rajan, Mr. Mohd. Qamar Ali, Mr. S. Ritam Khare, Mr. A. Karim Ansari, Mr. Pradhuman Gohil, Mr. Vikash Singh, Mr. Satish Aggarwal, Mr. P. George Giri, Mr. Praveen Agrawal, Mr. Shakil Ahmad Syed, Mr. C.N. Sreekumar, Mr. E.M.S. Anam, Mr. P. Narasimhan, Ms. Jayasree Narasimhan, Ms. Samina-In-Person with them for the appearing parties.

JUDGMENT

Aftab Alam, J.

SLP (CIVIL) NO.28609/2011

1. This special leave petition has been filed by the Union of India against an order passed by Bombay High Court on October 5, 2011 in a batch of writ petitions challenging the Government of India 2011 Haj Policy that required a private operator/travel agent to have minimum office area of 250 sq. ft. as one of the eligibility conditions for registration for ferrying pilgrims for Hajj. The High Court rejected the challenge but gave directions to the Government of India to allocate certain seats to some of the writ petitioners from the eight hundred seats from the Central Government quota that had not been allocated to anyone till the time of passing of the order by the court. Aggrieved by the directions given by the High Court, the Union of India filed this special leave petition and by order dated October 14, 2011 this Court stayed the operation of the directions given by the High Court. In any event, by the time the matter came before this Court, the directions could not be acted upon as there was very little time left for the commencement of Hajj for that year.

2. By a subsequent order dated February 17, 2012 this Court declared its

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2012 Supreme(SC) 354

AFTAB ALAM, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAIRafique Sheikh Bhikan Etc. – AppellantVersusGovernment of India – Respondent

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AFTAB ALAM, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI
Rafique Sheikh Bhikan Etc. – Appellant
Versus
Government of India – Respondent