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2024 Supreme(SC) 342

SANJIV KHANNA, M. M. SUNDRESH, BELA M. TRIVEDI
Samaj Parivartana Samudaya – Appellant
Versus
State Of Karnataka – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. (A.C.) Mr. A.D.N. Rao, Sr. Adv. (A.C.) Mr. Siddharth Chowdhary, Adv. (A.C.) Ms. Sudipta Sirkar, Adv. Mr. Rahul Mishra, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makkar, Adv. Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, Adv. Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR Mr. Anurag Tiwary, Adv. Mr. Debadutta Kanungo, Adv. Mr. C. A. Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. S. Hariharan, Adv. Mr. Amaan Shreyas, Adv. Ms. Mannat Tipnis, Adv. Mr. Vikash Singh, AOR Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Krishnan Venugopal, Adv. Mr. Ninad Laud, Adv. Mr. Ivo D’costa, Adv. Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR Ms. Adya Shree Dutta, Adv. Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR Mr. Niroop Sukrithy, Adv. Mr. D. Girish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Jay Nirupam, Adv. Mr. Pranav Giri, Adv. Mr. Snehasish Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Merusagar Samantaray, AOR Mr. Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Yashraj Singh Deora, AOR Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr. Priyesh Mohan Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Sonal K. Chopra, Adv. Mr. Dinesh Kumar Garg, AOR Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Krishnan Venugopal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rohit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aditya Narayan, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Purohit, Adv. Mr. Jatin Lalwani, Adv. Ms. Pratiksha Nagayach, Adv. Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR Mr. Prakash Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. K M Natraj, A.S.G. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Shubranshu Padhi, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv. Mr. Rajeeva Ranjan Rajesh, Adv. Mr. B K Satija, Adv. Mr. Pranay Ranjan, Adv. Mrs. Vaijayanthi Girish, AOR Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, AOR Mr. Amrendra Singh, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Shrivastav, Adv. Mr. Kartik Kumar, Adv. Mrs. Kshama Sharma, Adv. Mrs. Priya Parmar, Adv. Mr. Niranjan Swami, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Maurya, Adv. Mr. Chandra Pratap, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, Adv. Mr. Susheel Joseph Cyriac, Adv. Ms. Priya S. Bhalerao, Adv. Mr. Varun Kanwal, Adv. M/S. Lex Regis Law Offices, AOR Mr. Kunal Verma, AOR Mr. K. M. Natraj, A.S.G. Mr. R Bala, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mrs. Shradha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Shubranshu Padhi, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. T.s. Sabarish, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Mahale, AOR Ms. A. Sumathi, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjeev K Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv. Mr. Aakash Bajaj, Adv. Mr. Avirat Kumar, Adv. Ms. Arushi Yadav, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Sumit Goel, Adv. Ms. Sonal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Thakral, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mrs. Anjani Aiyagari, AOR Mrs. Sudha Gupta, AOR Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR Mr. Adarsh Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Munawwar Naseem, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Bhargava V. Desai, AOR Mr. Nishant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR Mr. Anil Kumar Mishra-I, AOR Mr. S. K. Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Ms. Uditha Chakravarthy, Adv. Ms. Shalaka Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Sunil Dogra, Adv. Mr. Vivek Vishnoi, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Sharma, AOR Mr. Gaichangpou Gangmei, AOR Ms. Nisha Pandey, Adv. Mr. Yashvir Kumar, Adv. Mr. Maitreya Mahaley, Adv. M/S. A P & J Chambers, AOR Mr. T.L.V. Ramachari, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Singh Dhingra, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv. Mr. T.N. Rama Rao, Adv. Mr. S. S. Reddy, Adv. Mr. G. N. Reddy, AOR Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Pranjal Sharma, Adv. Mr. Kashif Irshad Khan, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Jhamba, Adv. Ms. Raman Deep Kaur, Adv. Mrs. Kirti Renu Mishra, AOR Mrs. Apurva Upmanyu, Adv. Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Mr. Vikas Mehta, AOR M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Dr. Sushil Balwada, AOR Mr. Srilok Nath Rath, Adv. Ms. Reena Rao, Adv. Mr. Nandlal Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Pramod Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vivekanand Rana, Adv. Mr. P. V. Dinesh, AOR Mr. Rajeev Maheshwaranand Roy, AOR Mr. Akhil Anand, AOR Mr. A. Raghunath, AOR Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishanth Patil, A.A.G. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Omkar Kambi, Adv. Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Ayush P. Shah, Adv. Mr. Vignesh Adithiya S, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, AOR Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr. K. M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Shubranshu Padhi, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv. Mr. S.K. Singhania, Adv. Mr. T. S. Sabarish, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR Ms. Divya Singh Pundir, Adv. Ms. Mahima Kapur, Adv. Mr. Arjun Bhatia, Adv. M/S. Lawyers Knit & Co, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Abdul Azeem Kalebudde, AOR Mrs. Taherabi Kalebudde, Adv. Mr. Gagan Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR Mrs. Anuparna Bordoloi, Adv. Ms. Anusha R, Adv. Ms. Mythili Srinivasmurthy, Adv. Mr. Shivamm Sharrma, Adv. Mr. Ranvijay Singh Chandel, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Basava Prabhu S. Patil, Sr. Adv. Mr. S. N. Bhat, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashwin Kumar D. S., Adv. Mr. Ishan Roy Chowdhury, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. S. S. Shroff, AOR Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishanth Patil, A.A.G. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Omkar Kambi, Adv. Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Ayush P. Shah, Adv. Mr. Vignesh Adithiya S, Adv. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Yashraj Singh Deora, AOR Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr. Priyesh Mohan Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Sonal K. Chopra, Adv. Mr. Pulkit Tare, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Gaichangpou Gangmei, AOR Ms. Nisha Pandey, Adv. Mr. Yashvir Kumar, Adv. Mr. Maitreya Mahaley, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjeev K Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv. Mr. Aakash Bajaj, Adv. Mr. Avirat Kumar, Adv. Ms. Arushi Yadav, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas, AOR Mr. Mayan Prasad, Adv. Mr. Sanjoit Ray, Adv. Ms. Sujaya Bardhan, Adv. Ms. Rohini Musa, AOR Mr. A. Raghunath, AOR Mr. Ishaan George, AOR M/S. Aura & Co., AOR

ORDER :

Writ Petition (C) No. 562/2009

1. To avoid prolixity and repetition, we refrain from restating the facts and developments in the present writ petitions, as they have already been delineated in our prior order dated 14.03.2024.

2. We address and answer the applications listed before us in the manner provided below.

I.A. No. 232/2014

3. To await report(s) of the Central Empowered Committee1[For short, “CEC”.] and the Monitoring Committee, and reply/response thereto, re-list in the week commencing 20.08.2024.

I.A. No. 237/2015

4. It is stated by the learned counsel appearing for the applicant(s) that the present application has become infructuous. Accordingly, the application is dismissed as infructuous.

I.A. No. 238/2015

5. The present application has become infructuous and is accordingly dismissed as infructuous.

I.A. No. 239/2015 and 240/2015

6. None appears on behalf of the applicant(s).

7. Mr. Shyam Divan, learned Amicus Curiae has pointed out that the issue raised in the present applications is covered by the decision of this Court, dated 30.07.2015 in “Samaj Partivartana Samudaya and Ors. v. State of Karnataka and Ors.”, (2017) 11 SCC 509.

8. It appears that the applications may hav

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