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2019 Supreme(SC) 627

RANJAN GOGOI, S. A. BOBDE, N. V. RAMANA, UDAY UMESH LALIT, D. Y. CHANDRACHUD
M. Siddiq (D) Thr. Lrs. – Appellant
Versus
Mahant Suresh Das – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
Dr. Rajeev Dhavan, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Raju Ramachandran, Sr. Advocate, Ms. Vrinda Grover, Advocate, Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR, Ms. Akriti Chaubey, Ms. Qurratulain, Ms. Tanya Shree, Mr. Kunwar Aditya Singh, Mr. Ishwar Mohanty, Ms. Hamsini Shankar, Mr. Zain Maqbool, Mr. M. Abdullah, Ms. Ratna Appnender, Mr. Soutik Banerjee, Ms. Siddhi Padia, Advocates. Dr. Rajeev Dhavan, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Yusuf Hatim Muchhala, Sr. Advocate Mr. Zafaryab Jilani, Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, Ms. Akriti Chaubey, Ms. Qurratulain, Ms. Tanya Shree, Mr. Kunwar Aditya Singh and Mr. M. Abdullah, Advocates, Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG, Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, Advocates, Mr. B.V. Balram Das, AOR, Mr. C.S. Vaidyanathan, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Harish N. Salve, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Bhupender Yadav, Mr. P.K. Singh, Ms. Aditi, Mr. Anirudh Sharma, Mr. Amit Sharma, Mr. Sandeep Singh, Mr. Pranav Kumar, Mr. Ashish Kumar Upadhyay, Mr. Babul Kumar, Mr. Y. Lokesh, Advocates, Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR, Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG, Mr. Raghvendra Singh, Sr. Adv., AG, UP, Mr. Madan Mohan Pandey, AAG, UP, Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, AAG, UP, Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Ms. Manvi Dikshit Sharma, Mr. Aviral Saxena, Mr. Avnish Pandey, Mr. Harish, Advocates. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR, Mr. Zafaryab Jilani, Advocate, Mr. Shakil Ahmed Syed, AOR, Mr. Mohd. Parvez Dabas, Ms. Uzmi Jameel Husain, Mr. Daanish Ahmad Syed, Mr. Pulkit Chandna, Mr. Niaz Ahmad Farooqui, Mr. Mohd. Shakim, Advocates, Mr. Riyaz Ahmad Jaan, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Shakil Ahmed Syed, AOR, Mr. Milan Laskar, Ms. Kanika Chauhan, Mr. Haris Osmani, Mr. Pulkit Chandna, Mr. Hari Shankar Jain, Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR, Mr. Pankaj Kumar Verma, Mr. Vinay Rajput, Mr. K.K. Khurana, Mr. M.K. Pandey, Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Mr. Raj Kumar Parashar, Advocates, Mr. Vishnu Shankar, AOR, Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR, Mr. Anoop Bose, Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Advocates, Mr. Sushil Kumar Jain, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Puneet Jain, Mr. Tarun Verma, Mr. Abhinav Gupta, Mr. Harsh Jain, Ms. Ankita Gupta, Mr. Shailendra Sharma, Mr. Abhinav Deshwal, Advocates, for Ms. Pratibha Jain, AOR, Ms. Pratibha Jain, AOR, Mr. Arjun Sain, Mr. Prabhoo Dayal Tiwari, Ms. Priya Sharma, Mr. P. Raj Chauhan, Mr. Arjun Sain, Advocates, Ms. Pratibha Jain, AOR, Mr. Prakash Sharma, Mr. Mohd. Naved, Mr. Sarbendra Kumar, Mr./Ms. Prakrati Raj, Advocates, Ms. Pratibha Jain, AOR, Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Advocate, Mr. D. Bharat Kumar, Mr. Yash Mishra, Mr. Ankit Raj, Ms. Indira Bhakhar, Mr. Rajesh Singh, Mr. Vineet Pandey, Ms. Nidhi Jaiswal, Mr. Santosh Kumar, Mr. T. Bhaskar Gowtham, Advocates Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR, Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Zafaryab Jilani, Advocate, Mr. M.R. Shamshad, AOR, Mr. Nizam Pasha, Mr. Aditya Samaddar, Ms. Sarah Haque, Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, Advocates, Mr. Vivek Tankha, Sr. Advocate, Ms. Ranjana Agnihotri, Ms. Mamta Tiwari, Ms. Swati Sinha, Ms. Sukanya Basu, Advocates for M/S. Fox Mandal & Co., AOR, Mr. Syed Shahid Hussain Rizvi, AOR, Mr. Syed Mansoor Ali, Mr. Mohd. Tayyab Khan, Mr. Mujeebuddin, Mr. Zeeshan Rizvi, Advocates, Mr. Irshad Ahmad, AOR, Mr. S.P. Singh, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Raunak Parekh, Ms. Gitanjali N. Sharma, Advocates, Mr. M. C. Dhingra, AOR, Mr. B.P. Gupta, Advocate, Mr. S.P. Singh, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Sudhakar Dwivedi, Mr. A. Deb Kumar, Advocates, Mr. M. C. Dhingra, AOR, Mr./Ms. A. Deepa, Mr. Vikrant Yadav, Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, Advocates, Mr. M. C. Dhingra, AOR, Mr. Satinder Singh, Mr. K.K.L. Gautam, Mr. Thomas Franklin Caezar, Mr. D.K. Pradhan, Mr. Rohul Mohod, Mr. Rachit Kumar, Advocates For Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, AOR, for the Appearing Parties; S. Manoj Selvaraj, Ms. J. Vijetha, Mr. C. Solomon, Mr. R. Naveen Raj, Ms. M.K. Aswathi, Advocates, Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, AOR, Mr. Vijendra Kasana, Advocate, Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, AOR, Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, AOR, Mr. Chandra Shekhar Suman, Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Singh, Mr. Rajendra Kr. Singh, Mr. Umesh Baba Chaurasia, Mr. Puneet Sheoran, Mr. Nisarg Chaudhary, Ms. Rita Gupta, Ms. Deepshika Bharati, Mr. Sujit Kumar, Mr. R.K. Rajwanshi, Mr. Acharya Santosh Pd. Chaursiya, Mr. Acharya Santosh Pandey, Advocates, Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, AOR, Mr. Mukesh Verma, Mr. Pawan Kumar Shukla, Mr. Vipin Saxena, Mr. Shiv Kumar Tiwari, Advocates Mr. Yash Pal Dhingra, AOR, Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR, Mr. Bhavanishankar V. Gadnis, Mr. Vishwanath B. Gadnis, Mr. Ashok Shrivastava, Advocates, Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Advocate, Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR, Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, Mr. B.N. Dubey, Ms. Devika Gulati, Mr. Kumar Gaurav, Mr. Robin Khokhar, Advocates, Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Advocate, Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR, Ms. Babita Yadav, Mr. B.N. Dubey, Mr. Pulkit, Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Advocates, Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Advocate, Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR, Ms. Babita Yadav, Mr. Pulkit, Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Advocates, Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Advocate, Mr. P.S. Narsimha, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Bhakti Vardhan Singh, AOR, Mr. Yash Mishra, Mr. Vikas Singh Jangra, Mr. Sarthak Nayak, Mr. Shridhar Pottaraju, Ms. Ankita Sharma, Mr. Prakash Gautam, Mr. Amit Kumar Pathak, Mr. V.C. Shukla, Mr. Rahul G. Tanwani, Mr. Rishi Raj Sharma, Mr. Tushar Thareja, Mr. Sayooj Mohandas and Mr. Praneet Pranav, Advocates, Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR, Mr. Barun Kumar sinha, Mrs. Pratibha Sinha, Mr. Birendra Kumar Choudhary, Mr. Arun Kumar, Mr. Aditya Sharma, Mr. Swatantra Rai, Advocates, Mr. B. K. Satija, AOR, Mr. B.K. Satija, AOR, Mr. Ajay Bansal, Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Ms. Veena Bansal, Mr. Manoj Kumar, Ms. Shweta Bharti, Mr. Shantanu, Mr. Anil Kumar Tiwari, Mr. Awadesh Kumar, Mr. Virendra Chaubey, Mr. Gopal Jha, Mr. Gunratan Pandey, Advocates, Mr. Amit Pawan, AOR, Mr. Jitendra Tripathy, Mr. Karunesh Kumar Shukla, Mr. Shiv Ram Pandey, Mr. Jugal Kishore, Advocates, Mr. Amit Pawan, AOR, Mr. Bhavanishankar V. Gadnis, Mr. Vishwanath Gadnis, Mr. Amit Pawan, Advocates, Mr. Syed Mehdi Imam, AOR, Mr. Atif Suhrawardi, Mrs. Shamama Anis, Mr. Tabrez Ahmed, Mr. Mohd. Noorullah, Mr. Md. Tashreeq Ahmed, Advocates, Mr. Rana Mukherjee, Sr. Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta, Mr. T.C. Sharma, Advocates, Mr. B.V. Balram Das, AOR, Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR, Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, AOR, Ms. Sucheta Joshi, Mr. Bharat Sood, Mr. Ayush Anand, Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Mr. Ankit Raj, Mr. R.K. Rajvanshi, Mr. Harshvardhan Singh Rathore, Ms. Vidyottamma, Mr. Sai Deepak, Mr. Ravindra Lokhande, Mr. Mukul Singh, Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh and Mr. Harshit Kaushik, Advocates, Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR, Mr. Mohd. Irshad Hanif, AOR, Mr. Manoj V. George, Mr. Rifat Ara Butt, Mr. Rizwan Ahmad, Advocates, Mr. Ajit Singh Pundir, AOR, Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, AOR, Ms. V.N. Sinha, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Vivek Sharma, Ms. Nanita Sharma, Mr. Ravi Shankar Kumar, Mr. Sachin Pahwa, Advocates, Mr. R.N. Venjrani, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Mr. S.K. Rajora and For A.S. Syyed, Advocates. Mr. Sriram P., AOR.

ORDER :

1. Today is fixed for fixing a date of hearing and for drawing up of a time schedule for hearing of the cases before us.

2. Before the Court could be addressed on any of the aforesaid issues, Dr. Rajeev Dhavan, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the appellants in Civil Appeal No.10866-10867 of 2010 made a statement that a member of the Bench (Uday Umesh Lalit, J.) had appeared in a connected matter sometime in the year 1997. Dr. Dhavan has further pointed out that though he has no objection to Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit hearing the matter the ultimate decision in this regard is for the learned Judge to take.

3. The said facts being pointed out, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit has expressed his disinclination to participate in the hearing any further. We, therefore, have no option but to adjourn the case to another date for the same purpose i.e. to fix a date of hearing and to draw up a time schedule for hearing of the case.

4. Dr. Rajeev Dhavan has also pointed out the judgment and order of this Court dated 27th September, 2018 by which a reference of the correctness of the judgment of this Court in Dr. M. Ismail Faruqui and others v. Union of India and others,





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