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2020 Supreme(SC) 1011

N. V. RAMANA, SURYA KANT, HRISHIKESH ROY
Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioners: Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv., Mr. Gopal Shankar Narayan, Sr. Adv., Mr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, Adv., Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR, Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv.
For the Respondents: Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR, Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, AOR, Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR, Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG, Mr. Aman Lekhi, ASG (N.P.), Ms. V. Mohana, Sr. Adv., Ms. Neela Gokhale, Adv., Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv., Mr. R.R. Rajesh, Adv., Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv., Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, Adv., Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR, Mr. Shiv Ram Sharma, AOR, Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR, Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR, Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR, Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv., Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv., Ms. K. Vaijayanthi, Adv., Ms. Manisha Chava, Adv., For M/s. Gorkela Law Office, AOR, Mr. Anandh Kannan N., AOR, Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR, Mr. Naresh K. Sharma, AOR, Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr. Adv.(AC), Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR, Mr. Abhinis Pandey, Adv., Mr. Abhinav Hansaria, Adv., Ms. Bristi Mahanta, Adv., Mr. Ambhoj Kumar Sinha, AOR, Mr. G. N. Reddy, AOR, M/s. K J John And Co, AOR, Mr. P.N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv., Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR, Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR, Mr. Rati Tandon, Adv., Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv., Ms. Liz Matthew, Adv., Mr. Vishal Prasad, Adv., Mr. Abhishek Manchanda, Adv., Mr. Sayandeep Pahari, Adv., For M/s. PLR Chambers & Co., AOR, Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR, Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR, Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv., M/s. Parekh & Co., AOR, Dr. Rajesh Pandey, Adv., Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR, Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR, Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR, Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv., Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv., Ms. G. Indira, AOR, Ms. Radhika Gautam, AOR, Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR, Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR, Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Adv., Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv., Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv., Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv., Ms. Geetanjali, Adv., For M/s. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR, Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR, Mr. Kabir Shankar Bose, Adv., Mr. Rahul Raj Mishra, Adv., Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR, Mrs. Bihu Sharma, Adv., Ms. Pratishtha Vij, Adv., Mr. Gaurav Pachnanda, Sr. Adv., Ms. Avni Sharma, Adv., Mr. Anupam Raina, AOR, Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR, Mr. Sharan Thakur, Adv., Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR, Mr. Siddhartha Thakur, Adv., Mr. V. G. Pragasam, AOR, Mr. S. Prabu Rama Subramanian, Adv., Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR, Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR, Mr. Karan Bharihoke, AOR, Ms. Shashi Juneja, Adv., Mr. Satish Pandey, AOR, Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR, Mr. Kabir Dixit, AOR, Mr. Apoorv Kurup, AOR, Mr. Raghvendra Singh, AG, Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, AOR, Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, Adv., Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv., Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR, Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR, Mr. Annam D. N. Rao, AOR, Mr. Venkatesh Rao, Adv., Mr. Rahul Mishra, Adv., Ms. Rachana Srivastava, AOR, Mr. Aviral Saxena, Adv., Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR, Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv., Mr. Pravar Veer Misra, Adv., Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR, Ms. Bhavana Duhoon, Adv., Mr. Manan Bansal, Adv., Mr. Anil Grover, Sr. AAG, Haryana, Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, Adv., Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv., Mr. Satish Kumar, Adv., Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR, Intervenor­in­person, Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, Adv., Mr. Sachin Patil, Adv., Mr. Rahul Chitnis Adv., Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv., Mr. Pratap Venugupal, Adv., Mr. Akhil Abraham Roy, Adv., Mr. M. Yogeshkanna, AOR, Mr. Raja Rajeshwaran S., Adv., Mr. Mahfooz A. Nazki, AOR, Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv., Mr. Amitabh Sinha, Adv., Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, Adv., Ms. Sanjana Nangia, Adv., Ms. Abhilasha Bharti, Adv., Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv., Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv., Ms. Astha Sharma, Adv., Mr. Jishnu M.L., Adv., Ms. Priyanka Prakash, Adv., Ms. Beena Prakash, Adv., Mr. G. Prakash, AOR.

ORDER :

1. This matter of paramount public importance pertaining to inordinately delayed inquiries/investigation and/or criminal trials, pending against legislators under various enactments first came up for hearing on 14.09.2016, when notice was issued. This court had earlier passed various orders intending streaming and speedy dispensation of justice delivery.

2. In furtherance of the above, by our earlier order dated 10.09.2020, we sought information from certain High Courts regarding criminal cases pending against legislators under special legislations such as the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 etc. The operative part of the said order reads as follows:

    “8. Lastly, the learned amicus curiae submitted that it appears that complete information regarding pending cases against legislators (sitting or former) relating to special legislations such as the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, Excise Act, 1944, Customs Act, 1962, Central Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 and Companies Act, 2013 have not been placed on record.

    9. Taking into consideration the relief sought, the pleadings and the orders passed by this Court in this matter, it

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