Manohar Lal Sharma vs Principle Secretary

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2014 Supreme(SC) 1364

R. M. LODHA, MADAN B. LOKUR, KURIAN JOSEPH
Manohar Lal Sharma – Appellant
Versus
Principle Secretary – Respondent

Advocate Appeared:
Summan, Prashant Bhushan, Pranar Sachdeva, Govind Jee, Shloka Rawat, Akshaya M. Sudame, Ashwin J. Deshpande, Satyajit Desai, Anagha S. Desai, Jyoti Mendiratta, Mukul Rohatgi, Attorney General, Ranjit Kumar, Solicitor General, Maninder Singh, A.S.G., Arijit Prasad, Binu Tamta, Sushma Suri, D.S. Mahra, C.B.I, A. Saran, Sr. Adv., Amit Anand Tiwari, Sanchit Guru, Ashutosh Jha, Avinash Tripathi, K.K. Venugopal, Sr. Adv., Anip Sachthey, Mohit Paul, Saakaar Sardana, Ravindra Srivastava, Sr. Adv., Apoorv Kurup, C.D. Singh, Rathi Rohit, V.E. Shukla, Sakshi Kakkar, Coal Producers Asso., K.K. Venugopal, Sr. K.V. Vishwanathan, Sr. Sanjeev K. Kapoor, Gauri Rasgotra, Gaurav Juneja, Rajat Jariwal, Sahil Narang, For M/s Khaitan & Co. Sponge Iron Manu. Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Association Majesh Agarwal, Amit Bhandari, Parul Shukla, E.C. Agrawala, Adv. 3 Independent Power Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Producers Asso. of India Majesh Agarwal, Neeha Nagpal, Radhika Gautam, E.C. Agrawala, D. Mahesh Babu, Kirti Renu Mishra, Jharkhand Tapesh Kumar Singh, Mohd. Waquas, Kumar Anurag Singh, Sanjay Parikh, Aparna Bhat, Prachi Arya, Mamta Saxena, Tanima, Sr. Adv., Maharashtra Vivek Tankha, Sr. Adv. Varun Pathak, Ravi Prakash, Ankit Jain, A.P. Mayee, Adv. Cri.M.P. 17632/2014 & Cri.M.P. 17633/2014 Ratan K. Singh, (WP 120/2012) Suraj Prakash, Shashi Bhushan, Tushar Roy, Rauf Rahim, Adv. IA 11/2014 Gopal Jain, Sr. Adv. (WP 463/2012), Nandini Gore, Devina Sehgal, Tahira Karanjawala, Trishala Kulkarni, Manik Karanjawala, Adv. For M/s Karanjawala & Co. Braj Kishore Mishra, Mishra Saurabh, Vanshaja Shukala, Amkil Lal Kumar, Kamini Jaiswal, S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. 4 Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Jesal, Preeti Bhardwaj, Puja Singh, Fereshte D. Sethna, Anuradha Dutt, Vijayalakshmi Menon, Ekta Kapil, Akriti, Tarinee, Varun Mishra, Advocates.

JUDGMENT :

1. In light of paragraph 157 of our judgment of August 25, 2014, Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, learned Attorney General, Mr. K.K. Venugopal, learned senior counsel for Coal Producers Association and Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, learned senior counsel for Sponge Iron Manufacturers Association made their submissions. They and also learned senior counsel for the Independent Power Producers Association of India prayed for some time to file respective affidavits.

2. Their prayer is reasonable. The affidavits may be filed by the Union of India and the above three Associations by September 8, 2014.

3. List the matters on September 9, 2014 at 10.30 A.M.

4. A report dated 01.09.2014 has been submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). It is stated that Shri R.S. Cheema has been appointed as Special Public Prosecutor by the Government of India vide notification dated 27.08.2014 in cases pertaining to allocation of coal blocks as per this Court's order dated 25.07.2014. It is also stated in the report that Shri R.S. Cheema has now requested for attachment of three Senior Public Prosecutors, namely, (1) Shri A.P. Singh, Senior Public Prosecutor, ACB CBI, Guwahati, (2) Shri Sanjay Kumar,

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2014 Supreme(SC) 1364

R. M. LODHA, MADAN B. LOKUR, KURIAN JOSEPHManohar Lal Sharma – AppellantVersusPrinciple Secretary – Respondent

R. M. LODHA, MADAN B. LOKUR, KURIAN JOSEPH
Manohar Lal Sharma – Appellant
Versus
Principle Secretary – Respondent