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2023 Supreme(SC) 878

B. R. GAVAI, VIKRAM NATH
In Re : T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Harish N. Salve, Sr. Advocate, [A.C.] (N.P.), Ms. Aparajita Singh, Sr. Advocate [A.C.] (N.P.), Mr. A.D.N. Rao, Sr. Advocate [A.C.], Mr. Rahul Mishra, Advocate, Mr. Dhuli Shiv Shankar, Advocate, Ms. Agrimaa Singh, Advocate, Mr. K. Parameshwar, Advocate [A.C.] Ms. Kanti, Advocate, Ms. Arti Gupta, Advocate, Mr. Siddhartha Chowdhury, Advocate [A.C.] (N.P.), Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G., Mr. Balbir Singh, A.S.G., Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, Advocate, Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Advocate, Ms. Suhashini Sen, Advocate, Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Advocate, Mr. S.S. Rebello, Advocate, Mr. Shyam Gopal, Advocate, Mr. Raghav Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Sughosh Subramanyam, Advocate, Ms. Shagun Thakur, Advocate, Ms. Manisha Chaya, Advocate, Mr. Rohan Gupta, Advocate, Mr. K.M. Nataraj, ASG, Mr. Abhay Anil Anturkar, Advocate, Mr. Anuj Udupa, Advocate, Mr. Dhruv Tank, Advocate, Ms. Surbhi Kapoor, Advocate, Mr. K.M. Natraj, ASG, Ms. Indira Bhakar, Advocate, Mr. Mrinal Elkar Mazumdar, Advocate, Mr. Mukesh Kr. Verma, Advocate, Mr. Neeraj Kr. Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Akshit Pradhan, Advocate, Mr. Nakul Chengappa K.K., Advocate, Mr. S.N. Terdal, Advocate, Mr. Balbir Singh, ASG, Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Advocate, Mr. Naman Tandon, Advocate, Ms. Suhasini Sen, Advocate, Mr. Navanjay Mohapatra, Advocate, Mr. Samarvir Singh, Advocate, Mr. Amrish Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, Advocate, Mr. Anup Kumar Rattan, Advocate, General, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, A.A.G., Mr. Puneet Rajta, Advocate, Mr. Akshay C. Shrivastava, Advocate, Mrs. Bihu Sharma, Advocate, Ms. Pratishtha Vij, Advocate, Mr. Dharmendra Kr. Sinha, Advocate, Dr. Manish Singhvi,Sr.Advocate, Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, Advocate, Mr. Ashok Basoya, Advocate, Ms. Aruna Gupta, Advocate, Mr. Ramesh Allanki, Advocate, Mr. Vundavalli Aruna Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Nandram, Advocate, Mr. V. K. Shukla, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Advocate, Mr. Ashiwan Mishra, Advocate, Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, Advocate, Petitioner(s)-in-person Mr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Advocate, Mr. D.K. Devesh, Advocate, Mr. Arpit Parkash, Advocate, Mr. Harsh Singh Rawat, Advocate, Mrs. Snehal U. Kanzarkar, Advocate, Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar,Sr.Advocate, Ms. Ila Sheel, Advocate, Mr. Shikhar Sheel, Advocate, Mr. Karan Mathur, Advocate, Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Advocate, Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, Advocate, Mr. Bharat Bagla, Advocate, Ms. Kirti Dadheech, Advocate, Mr. G.S. Gerwal, Advocate, Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Advocate, Mr. S.K. Rajora, Advocate, Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Advocate, Mr. Narendra Pal Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Ajay Bansal, Advocate, Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Advocate, Ms. Veena Bansal, Advocate, Mr. Praveen Swaroop, Advocate, Ms. Sujata Kurdukar, Advocate, Mr. Tomy Chako, Advocate, Mr. Shiv Singh Yadav,Advocate, Ms. Priya Ranjan Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Krishnam Mishra, Advocate, Mr. Abhishek Atrey, Advocate, Ms. Ambika Atrey, Advocate, Mr. Omkar Jayant Deshpande, Advocate, Mr. Shashi Bhushan P. Adgaonkar, Advocate, Mrs. Pradnya S. Adgaonkar, Advocate, M/s. Khaitan and Co., Advocate, Mr. Somiran Sharma, Advocate, Mr. B.K. Pal, Advocate, Mr. Nishant R. Katneshwarkar, Advocate, M/S Mitter and Mitter Co., Advocate, Ms. Ranjeeta Rohtagi, Advocate, Mr. C. S. Ashri, Advocate, Mr. James P. Thomas, Advocate, Mr. P. S. Sudheer, Advocate, Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, Advocate, Mr. Ashutosh Thakur, Advocate, Dr. Sumit Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Chandra Pratap, Advocate, Ms. Mrigna Shekhar, Advocate, Ms. Aarushi Singh, Advocate, Mr. Harsh Parashar, Advocate, Mr. Gaurav Aggarwal, Advocate, Mr. K.V. Vijayakumar, Advocate, Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, Advocate, Dr. Monika Gusain, Advocate, Mr. Siddharatha Jha, Advocate, Mr. Syed Mehdi Imam, Advocate, Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Advocate, Mr. Ajay Marwah, Advocate, M/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, Advocate, Mr. Mohit Paul, Advocate, Mr. Kunal Cheema, Advocate, Mr. Naveen Kumar, Advocate, Ms. Suman Yadav, Advocate, Mr. Vinod Ghai,Sr.Advocate, /AG Punjab, Mr. Aman Pal, AAG, Mr. Ajay Pal, Advocate, Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Advocate, Mrs. Suroor Mander, Advocate, Mr. Bhavanishankar V. Gadnis, Advocate, Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, Advocate, Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, Advocate, Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, Advocate, M/S. Parekh & Co., Advocate, Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, Advocate, Dr. (Mrs. ) Vipin Gupta, Advocate, M/S. J S Wad and Co, Advocate, M/S. K J John and Co, Advocate, Mrs. Sudha Gupta, Advocate, Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, Advocate, Mr. Parijat Sinha, Advocate, M/S. Mitter & Mitter Co., Advocate, Mr. Yashraj Singh Deora, Advocate, Ms. Madhu Sikri, Advocate, Mr. Ninad Lad, Advocate, Mr. Jayant Mohan, Advocate, Mr. Ivo Costa, Advocate, Ms. Rashika Narain, Advocate, Ms. Adya Shree Dutta, Advocate, Mr. Mohan Pandey, Advocate, Mr. Amit Sharma, Advocate, Mr. E. C. Agrawala, Advocate, Mr. P. S. Sudheer, Advocate, Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, Advocate, Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Advocate, Mr. Kunal Chatterji, Advocate, Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Advocate, Mr. Rohit Bansal, Advocate, Ms. Kshitij Singh, Advocate, By Courts Motion, Advocate, Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, Advocate, M/S. Plr Chambers and Co., Advocate, Mr. Syed Mehdi Imam, Advocate, Mr. Mohd Parvez Dabas, Advocate, Mr. Uzmi Jamil Husain, Advocate, Mr. T. Harish Kumar, Advocate, M/S. Mitter & Mitter Co., Advocate, Mr. Yashraj Singh Deora, Advocate, Mr. Siddhant Singh, Advocate, Mr. Priyesh Mohan Srivastava, Advocate, Mr. Abhishek Singh, Advocate, M/S. Lawyer S Knit & Co, Advocate, Shri. Gaichangpou Gangmei, Advocate, Mr. Raj Kishor Choudhary, Advocate, Mr. Shakeel Ahmed, Advocate, Mr. Anupam Bhati, Advocate, Mr. Nakul Chaudhary, Advocate, Mr. Waseem Akhtar Khan, Advocate, Mr. Amir Kaleem, Advocate, Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Advocate, Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Advocate, Mr. Sai Shashank, Advocate, Mr. Ashok Mathur, Advocate, Mr. P. N. Gupta, Advocate, Mr. Gopal Prasad, Advocate, Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, Advocate, Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Advocate, Mr. Lakshay Saini, Advocate, Ms. Madhu Moolchandani, Advocate, Mr. T. Mahipal, Advocate, Mr. Rajat Joseph, Advocate, Mr. Vijay Kari Singh, Advocate, M/S. Arputham Aruna and Co, Advocate, Mrs. Nandini Gore, Advocate, Mr. Raj Kumar Mehta, Advocate, M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, Advocate, Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, Advocate, Ms. S. Janani, Advocate, Mrs. Kanchan Kaur Dhodi, Advocate, Mr. Surya Kant, Advocate, Mr. E. C. Vidya Sagar, Advocate, Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, Advocate, Ms. Pratibha Jain, Advocate, Mr. Tejaswi Kumar Pradhan, Advocate, Mr. Prashant Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Subodh Kr. Pathak, Advocate, Mr. Vinod Kr. Soni, Advocate, Mr. Shashi Ranjan, Advocate, Mr. Pawan Kumar Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Akash Swami, Advocate, Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, Advocate, Mr. P. Parmeswaran, Advocate, Ms. Sujata Kurdukar, Advocate, Ms. Sharmila Upadhyay, Advocate, Mr. Rajeev Singh, Advocate, Mr. Sudarsh Menon, Advocate, Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., Advocate, Mr. Vikrant Singh Bais, Advocate, Mr. Dushyant Singh Chauhan, Advocate, Mr. Nitin Singh, Advocate, Mr. Shiva Pujan Singh, Advocate, Mr. Rajesh Singh, Advocate, Mrs. B. Sunita Rao, Advocate, Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, Advocate, Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, Advocate, Mr. Rajesh, Advocate, M/S. Corporate Law Group, Advocate, Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, Advocate, Mr. Himanshu Shekhar, Advocate, Mr. M. C. Dhingra, Advocate, Mr. C. L. Sahu, Advocate, Ms. Sumita Hazarika, Advocate, Ms. Abha R. Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Abhishek Chaudhary, Advocate, Mr. S. R. Setia, Advocate, Mrs. Manik Karanjawala, Advocate, Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, Advocate, Mr. T. V. George, Advocate, Mr. Krishnanand Pandeya, Advocate, Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, Advocate, Mr. Ashutosh Thakur, Advocate, Dr. Sumit Kumar, Advocate, Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair, Advocate, Mr. E. M. S. Anam, Advocate, Ms. Charu Mathur, Advocate, Mr. Rajiv Mehta, Advocate, Mr. Punit Dutt Tyagi, Advocate, Mr. Rathin Das, Advocate, Mr. Ratan Kumar Choudhuri, Advocate, Mr. Sudhir Kulshreshtha, Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta, Advocate, Ms. K. V. Bharathi Upadhyaya, Advocate, Mr. Vikas Kumar Singh, Advocate, Ms. Rajshree Singh, Advocate, Mr. Vikram Singh, Advocate, Mr. Sham Chand, Advocate, Mr. T. N. Singh, Advocate, Mr. Sudhir Kumar Gupta, Advocate, Mr. A. N. Arora, Advocate, Mr. Irshad Ahmad, Advocate, Mr. G. Prakash, Advocate, Mr. Rauf Rahim, Advocate, Ms. Ruchira Gupta, Advocate, Mr. Shishir Deshpande, Advocate, Ms. Urvi Kapoor, Advocate, Ms. Harshita Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, Advocate, Mr. Upendra Mishra, Advocate, Mr. P.S. Negi, Advocate, Mr. Rakesh Chaudhary, Advocate, Mr. Naresh Kumar, Advocate, Mr. B V Deepak, Advocate, Mr. Gopal Singh, Advocate, Mr. Avijit Bhattacharjee, Advocate, Mr. Jitendra Mohan Sharma, Advocate, Ms. Malini Poduval, Advocate, Ms. C. K. Sucharita, Advocate, Mrs. Anjani Aiyagari, Advocate, Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Ravinder Singh, Advocate, Mr. Srisatya Mohanty, Advocate, Mr. Amit Bhandari, Advocate, Ms. Raveesha Gupta, Advocate, Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Advocate, Ms. Mantika Haryani, Advocate, Mr. Himanshu Chakravarty, Advocate, Mr. Devvrat Singh, Advocate, Ms. Muskan Surana, Advocate, Ms. Astha Sharma, Advocate, Mrs. Rekha Pandey, Advocate, Mr. Mohd. Irshad Hanif, Advocate, Mr. Gurmeet Singh, Advocate, Mr. Amar Kumar Raizada, Advocate, Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, Advocate, Mr. Naresh K. Sharma, Advocate, Mr. R. Ramesh, Advocate, Ms. A. Sumathi, Advocate, Mr. Jai Prakash Pandey, Advocate, Mr. Ajit Pudussery, Advocate, Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Advocate, Mr. Pradeep Kumar Bakshi, Advocate, Mr. K. L. Janjani, Advocate, Ms. Divya Roy, Advocate, Mr. Tarun Johri, Advocate, Mr. Tarun Johri, Advocate, Mr. Ankur Gupta, Advocate, Mr. Vishwajeet Tyagi, Advocate, Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, Advocate, Mr. Ram Swarup Sharma, Advocate, Mrs. Bina Gupta, Advocate, Mrs. Rani Chhabra, Advocate, M/S. K J John and Co, Advocate, Mr. V. Balachandran, Advocate, Mr. S. C. Birla, Advocate, Mr. P. R. Ramasesh, Advocate, Mr. Shibashish Misra, Advocate, M/S. Parekh & Co., Advocate, Mrs. M. Qamaruddin, Advocate, Mr. H. S. Parihar, Advocate, Ms. Baby Krishnan, Advocate, Ms. Bina Madhavan, Advocate, Mr. K. V. Vijayakumar, Advocate, Mr. Umesh Bhagwat, Advocate, Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, Advocate, Mr. E. C. Agrawala, Advocate, Mr. Kuldip Singh, Advocate, Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Advocate, Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, Advocate, Mr. Naresh Kumar, Advocate, Dr. Monika Gusain, Advocate, Mr. P.K. Manohar, Advocate, Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Advocate, Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Advocate, Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Advocate, Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Advocate, Mr. Vaibhav Sabharwal, Advocate, Mr. Akshay Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Rajan Parmar, Advocate, Mr. Naveen Kumar, Advocate, Mr. James P. Thomas, Advocate, Mrs. Niranjana Singh, Advocate, Mr. Dhaval Mehrotra, Advocate, Mr. Rahul Garg, Advocate, Mr. B. K. Pal, Advocate, Ms. Shalini Kaul, Advocate, Mr. Sarvam Ritam Khare, Advocate, Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, Advocate, Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, Advocate, Mr. Vishal Bansal, Advocate, Ms. Rajshwari Shankar, Advocate, Mr. Niroop Sukirthy, Advocate, Mr. Md. Ovais, Advocate, Mr. Aravindh S., Advocate, Ms. Uma Bhuvaneshwari, Advocate, Mr. Abbas.b, Advocate, M/S. D.S.K. Legal, Advocate, Mrs. Pragya Baghel, Advocate, Mr. Mrinal Gopal Elker, Advocate, Mrs. Mrinal Elker Mazumdar, Advocate, Dr. Manish Singhvi Sr, Advocate, Mr. Arpit Parkash, Advocate, Mr. Milind Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Sanjay Parikh,Sr.Advocate, Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, Advocate, Ms. Satwik Parikh, Advocate, Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Advocate, Ms. Mantika Vohra, Advocate, Mr. Ravindra Keshavrao Adsure, Advocate, Mr. Rohan Darade, Advocate, Mr. Lav Mishra, Advocate, Mr. Gopal Balwant Sathe, Advocate, Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, Advocate, Mr. Dhanesh Ieshdhan, Advocate, Mr. Balbir Singh, A.S.G., Ms. Suhashini Sen, Advocate, Mr. Naman Tondon, Advocate, Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Advocate, Mr. Samarvir Singh, Advocate, Mr. Navanjay Mahapatra, Advocate, Mr. T.s. Sabarish, Advocate, Mr. Amrish Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Kaushik Choudhury, Advocate, Ms. Anzu. K. Varkey, Advocate, Mr. Ritesh Patil, Advocate, Mr. M. R. Shamshad, Advocate, Mr. Ajay Marwah, Advocate, Mr. Naveen Kumar, Advocate, Ms. Prerna Singh, Advocate, Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, Advocate, Ms. Mayuri Raghuvanshi, Advocate, Mr. Sanjay Upadhyay, Advocate, Mr. Vyom Raghuvanshi, Advocate, Mr. Kazi Sangay Thupden, Advocate, Ms. Eisha Krishan, Advocate, Ms. Mansi Bacheni, Advocate, Ms. Gitanjali Sanyal, Advocate, Mr. Deep Rao Palepu, Advocate, Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, Advocate, Mr. Arjun Agarwal, Advocate, M/S. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Advocate, Ms. Ruchira Goel, Advocate, Ms. Adarsh Nain, Advocate, Mr. Barun Kumar Sinha, AAG, Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Advocate, Mr. Anando Mukherjee, Advocate, Mr. Shwetank Singh,?Advocate, Ms. Beena Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Wills Mathews, Advocate, Mr. Paul Johnedison, Advocate, Ms. Deepa Joseph, Advocate, Ms. Sweta Garg, Advocate, Ms. Kavya S. Lokande, Advocate, Ms. Niharika Dewivedi, Advocate, Ms. Sweta Sand, Advocate, Mr. Ravish Kumar Goyal, Advocate, Mr. Nitin Sharma, Advocate, Mr. E. Vinay Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Gautam Jha, Advocate, Mr. Siddhartha Jha, Advocate, Ms. Seita Vaidyalingam, Advocate, M/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, Advocate, Mr. P Venkat Reddy, Advocate, Mr. Prashant Kumar Tyagi, Advocate, Mr. P Srinivas Reddy, Advocate, Mr. Vinod Sharma, Advocate, Nishanth Patil, Advocate, Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, Advocate, Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., Advocate, Mr. Shobhit Dwivedi, Advocate, Ms. Vaidehi Rastogi, Advocate, Mrs. Garima Prashad, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Nishit Agrawal, Advocate, Ms. Kanishka Mitral, Advocate, Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, Advocate, Mr. Narendra Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Advocate, Mr. Simanta Kumar, Advocate, Mr. S. Gowthaman, Advocate, Mr. Saket Singh, Advocate, Ms. Sangeeta Singh, Advocate, Ms. Niranjana Singh, Advocate, Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, Advocate, Mr. Sunil Kumar Sharma, Advocate, Mr. K.M. Nataraj, Solicitor General Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, Advocate, Mr. Mrinal Elkar Mazumdar, Advocate, Mr. Mukesh Kr. Verma, Advocate, Mr. Neeraj Kr . Sharma, Advocate, Ms. Indira Bhakar, Advocate, Mr. P. S. Sudheer, Advocate, Mr. Sunny Choudhary, Advocate, Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Advocate, Mrs. Kirti Renu Mishra, Advocate, Counsel for parties;

ORDER

1. This application concerns the Report of the CEC bearing No.31 of 2022 in Application No.1559/2022 filed by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Ministry of Finance, Government of India seeking permission of this Court for diversion of 6,200 sq. mtrs of Morphological Ridge Area situated at Plot No.11B, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi for construction of office building for the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence Headquarters, New Delhi.

2. The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has filed its report. In the Report, the CEC has recommended permitting the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to construct the aforesaid headquarters at the site mentioned above, subject to certain conditions.

3. The CEC, in paragraph 22 of its Report dated 01.12.2022 has observed thus:-

    "22. Keeping in view the discussions in the preceding paragraphs and considering that

    i) the land in plot No.11 is part of the Institutional Plot within the constraint area in Vasant Kunj,

    ii) the construction work has already commenced and that the DRI is in need of an independent office for smooth discharge of its functions.

    It is recommended that this Hon'ble Court may consider permitting the DRI, Ministry of Finance,

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