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2021 Supreme(SC) 1196

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


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Amicus Curiae : Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr.Adv.,
For the Petitioner, Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr.Adv., Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, Adv., Mr. Abhimanue Shrestha, AOR Ms. Rani Mishra, Adv.,
For the Respondent: Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG, Mr. Aman Lekhi, ASG Ms. V. Mohana, Sr. Adv., Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv., Ms. Neela Kedar Gokhale, Adv., Mr. Mohd. Akhil, Adv., Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adva., Mr. R. R. Rajesh, Adv., Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR, Mr. Amrish Sharma, AOR, Mr. Shiv Ram Sharma, AOR, Mr. Vishwaditya Sharma, Adv.,
For State of Haryana : Mr. Anil Grover, Sr. AAG, Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv., Mr. Rahul Khurana, Adv., Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR
For State of H.P. : Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AAG, Mrs. Bihu Sharma, Adv., Ms. Pratishtha Vij, Adv., Mr. Akshay C. Shrivastava, Adv.,
For Raj.High Court : Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AAG, Mrs. Bihu Sharma, Adv., Ms. Pratishtha Vij, Adv., Mr. Akshay C. Shrivastava, Adv.,
For State of Jharkhand : Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AAG,, Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv., Mrs. Bhaswati Singh, Adv.,
For High Court of Kerala : Mr. P.N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv., Mr. T.G. Narayanan Nair, AOR, Mr. P.H. Parekh, Sr.Adv., For M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR
For State of Maharashtra : Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR, Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv., Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, Adv., Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv.,
For State of Andhra Pradesh : Mr. Mahfooz A. Nazki, AOR, Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv., Mr. Shaik Mohamad Haneef, Adv., Mr. T. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv., Mr. Amitabh Sinha, Adv., Mr. K.V. Girish Chowdary, Adv.,
For State of Meghalaya : Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR, Mr. Shaurya Sahay, Adv., Ms. Rekha Bakshi, Adv.,
For State of Kerala : Mr. G. Prakash, AOR, Mr. Jishnu M.L, Adv., Ms. Priyanka Prakash, Adv., Ms. Beena Prakash, Adv., Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, AOR, Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR, Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR
For R.No.2(ECI) : Mr. Sidhant Kumar, Adv., Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR
For State of Gujarat : Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Adv., Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR
For State of Assam : Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR
For State of Tripura : Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR, Mr. Kabir Shankar Bose, Adv.,
For GNCTD : Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR
For High Court of Allahabad : Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR
For Intervenor : Mr. Prashanto Chandra Sen, Sr. Adv., Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR, Mr. Kaustubh Singh, Adv., Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR, Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR
For State of Manipur : Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv., Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv., Mr. Kabir Dixit, AOR
For High Court of J&K : Mr. Anupam Raina, AOR, Mr. Sunando Raha, Adv.,
For State of Punjab : Mr. Karan Bharihoke, AOR, Mr. Siddant Sharma, Adv., Ms. Neha Sahai Bharihoke, Adv., Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR
For Sikkim High Court : Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv., For M/s. Arputham Aruna and Co, AOR, Mr. Annam D. N. Rao, AOR
For High Court of Delhi : Mr. Venkatesh Rao, Adv., Mr. Rahul Mishra, Adv., Ms. Ananya Khandelwal, Adv., Ms. Sangeetha M Biju, Adv., Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR
For State of U.P. : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, AOR
For High Court of Manipur : Mr. Sharan Thakur, Adv., Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR, Mr. Siddharth Thakur, Adv.,
For High Court of Chhattisgarh : Mr. Apoorv Kurup, AOR Ms. Nidhi Mittal, Adv., Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR, Mr. Satish Pandey, AOR Ms. Rachana Srivastava, AOR, Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR, Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR
For State of Sikkim : Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, Adv., Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv., Mr. Nishant Verma, Adv., Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR Intervenor-in-person, AOR, Mr. Anandh Kannan N., AOR
For High Court of Jharkhand : Mr. Ambhoj Kumar Sinha, AOR Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR, Mr. Manan Bansal, Adv.,
For State of Mizoram : Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv., Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv., Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv., Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, Adv., Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv., Ms. Apurva, Adv., Ms. Tara Pokhriyal, Adv., Ms. Preeti Nair, Adv., For M/s. Gorkela Law Office, AOR Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR, Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR
For High Court of M.P. : Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR, Mr. Aakash Nandolia, Adv., Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR
For High Court of Tripura : Mr. Naresh K. Sharma, AOR, Mr. Aravindh S., AOR, Mr. G. N. Reddy, AOR
For State of Karnataka & for High Court of Karnataka : Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR, Mr. Md. Apzal Ansari, Adv.,
For State of Nagaland : Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR, Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv., Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv.,
For UT of J&K : Ms. Taruna Ardhendumauli Prasad, AOR, Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv., Mr. Abhimanue Shrestha, AOR Ms. Radhika Gautam, AOR
For State of West Bengal : Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv., Mr. Vishal Prasad, Adv., Mr. Nikhil Parikshith, Adv., Mr. Abhishek Manchanda, Adv., Mr. Sayandeep Pahari, Adv., For M/s. PlR Chambers and Co., AOR, Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR
For UT of Andaman & Nicobar Islands : Ms. G. Indira, AOR, Mr. M.K. Mondal, Adv., Mr. Gandeepan, Adv., Mr. Shantanu Sagar, AOR Ms. Aswathi M.K., AOR

ORDER :

The Court is convened through Video Conferencing.

1. At the commencement of hearing, Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General appearing on behalf of the Union of India seeks further time to comply with the directions passed by this Court on 10.09.2020, 16.09.2020, 06.10.2020 and 04.11.2020 regarding filing of Status Report regarding pending cases against the legislators (sitting or former).

2. Finally, two weeks’ time is granted to the learned Solicitor General to file response/affidavit in compliance of the directions given by this Court vide orders dated 10.09.2020, 16.09.2020, 06.10.2020 and 04.11.2020 with a copy in advance to the learned amicus curiae within ten days.

3. We have heard Mr.Vijay Hansaria, learned amicus curiae, Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General as also the learned counsel for the parties.

4. At the outset we may note that the learned Amicus has filed his 13th Report dated 09.08.2021. The Report, inter alia, addresses various concerns which are broadly indicated as under:

    (I) Misuse of the Prosecutor’s power to withdraw cases under Section 321, Cr.P.C.

    (II) Continuity of tenure of Judicial Officers

    (III) Jurisdiction of Special Court (M.P./M.L.A.) t

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