Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioners: V.A. Muhammed, S.P. Aravindakshan Pillay, Kaleeswaram Raj, Mohan Jacob George, P.V. Parvathy, Reena Thomas, T.K. Navas, Niji George, Nitish Sebastian Joshy, A. Rajasimhan, R.K. Muraleedharan, Athira A. Menon, Manuel Kachiramattam, Merry George, A.N. Rajan Babu, P. Gopalakrishnan (MVA), A.R. Easwar Lal, K.S. Bharathan, S. Anjusha, B.C. Menon, C.J. Lizy, P. Pratheesh, Reny Anto, V. Sreevalsan, D. Sreenath, Babu Karukapadath, M.A. Vaheeda Babu, P.U. Vinod Kumar, K.M. Faisal (Kalamassery), Mithun Baby John, J. Ramkumar, Amrin Fathima, K.B. Ganesh, Arunima Laurance, Vishnu, Smitha Chathanarambath, V. Philip Mathews, Gibi C. George, E. Radhakrishnan, K.K. Vijayan, S. Suresh, Anzu K. Varkey, K.R. Rajeshkumar, G. Ranju Mohan, B. Vinoth, Millu Dandapani, Jose Abraham, Nithya Chandrasekharan, Manu Srinath, A.D. Jose, V. Shanmughanandan, N. Ragesh, Chacko Simon, Babu Joseph Kuruvathazha, P.T. Abhilash, T.M. Vasudevan, K.M. Abdul Majeed, P.K. Sajeevan, Thankachan Mathew, P.J. Razia Beevi, S. Abdul Razzak, Roshan D. Alexander, Tina Alex Thomas, V.M. Kurian, Mathew B. Kurian, K.T. Thomas, P.C. Haridas, Manu Ramachandran, T.S. Sarath, Tony George Kannanthanam, Thomas George, K.N. Radhakrishanan (Thiruvalla), Cherian Varghese (Mallappally), V. Venugopal, T. Issac, M. Sasindran, Arun B. Varghese, M. Kannan, P. Santharam, Rekha Aravind, K.A. Mohamed Haris, K. Mohanakannan, A.R. Pravitha, P.B. Ajoy, V.C. James, K. Kunhikrishnan, M. Sajjad, Daisy A. Philipose, Jai George, A. Aruna, Varun C. Vijay, Riya Raymol Iype, M.V. Amaresan, K.M. Aneesh, N. Santha, K.A. Balan, V. Varghese, Peter Jose Christo, S.A. Anand, K.N. Remya, K. Sajan Varghese, M.P. Liju, Abe Rajan, M.U. Vijayalakshmi, Arun Basil, Joel Desmond, T.T. Muhamood, A. Renjit, V.E. Abdul Gafoor, A. Mohammed Savad, C.Y. Vinod Kumar, P.A. Jenzia, S. Sindhu, S. Sharan, A.D. Shajan, V.M. Bijumon, V.N. Ramesan Nambisan, Alex M. Scaria, Saritha Thomas, P.N. Damodaran Namboodiri, P. Unnikrishnan (Trissur), M.R. Sarin, Liju V. Stephen, Indu Susan Jacob, T.R. Sanjeetha, Nishin George Vijayababu, Annamma Philip, Hafy Punthala Wilson, G. Pradeep Kumar, V. Rajasekharan Nair, C.A. Chacko, C.M. Charisma, Mathew Kuriakose, Roy Chacko, Romy Chacko, George Zachariah Eruthickel, M.R. Sudheendran, P.V. Anoop, Mahesh V. Ramakrishnan, P. Vijayakumar, C.R. Reghunathan, T. Madhu, C.R. Saradamani, Sebastian Paul, Lizamma Augustine, Sabeena P. Ismail, Ben Tom, Sam Isacc Pothiyil, A.S. Sreejan, Rajeev Rajadhani, K.Amar Ragh, N.S. Hasna Mol, N. Maneesh, A.R. Assim, George Mathews, George Varghese (Perumpallikuttiyil) A.R. Dileep, Manu Sebastian, James Abraham (Vilayakattu), T.J. Franco, G. Santhosh Kumar (P), AVM. Salahuddin, A.D. Divya, Emil Stanley, A.A. Mohammed Nazir, P. Thomas Geeverghese, Tony Thomas (Inchiparambil), Rony Jose, George A. Cherian, M.V. Thamban, R. Reji, Thara Thamban, B. Bibin, Arun Bose, V. Vincent Didacose, S. Abhilash Vishnu, Nair Anuja Gopalan, Athul Shaji, K.R. Vinod, M.S. Letha, V. Vijulal, Santhosh Mathew, Arun Thomas, Jennis Stephen, Vijay V. Paul, Karthika Maria, Maria Roy, Veena Raveendran, J. Stephenson, Krishna Das, James Mathew Kadavan, Sergi Joseph Thomas, S. Subhash Chand, S. Jayakrishnan, S. Parameswara Prasad, K.R. Avinash (Kunnath), Abdul Raoof Pallipath, P.P. Mubashir Ali, V. Jayapradeep, O.A. Nuriya, D.S. Lokanathan, K.V. Dhanya, George Sebastian, Lizz Mariya Abraham, Blaze K. Jose, Keerthana J. Ramesh, Babu S. Nair, Smitha Babu, P.A. Rajesh, Shamseera C. Asharaf, Priyada R. Menon, E.M. Abdul Khader, Rahul Roy, M. Muhammed Shafi, T. Rasini, P.S. Abdul Kareem, Koshy George, K.M. Jamaludheen, Latha Prabhakaran, C.S. Ajith Prakash, T.K. Devarajan, Paul C. Thomas, A.T. Jose, Bjith S. Khan, Poovamulle Parambil Abdul Kareem, Jacob P. Alex, Joseph P. Alex, V.K. Peermohamed Khan, Thulasi K. Raj, S. Parvathi, Shaji Thomas, Rehana Jose, Jen Jaison, K. Shrihari Rao, N. Shobha, H. Kiran, C. Dinesh, Prathap S.R.K., P. Sreekumar, K. Arjun Vengopal, Mary Reshma George, V.A. Haritha, Jeevan Rajeev, R. Nandagopal, Latha Anand, M.N. Radhakrishna Menon, Joseph Sebastian (Parackal), S. Vishnu (Arikkattil) & K. Rakesh.
For the Respondents:Addl. Advocate General, K.A. Jaleel, Spl. Government Pleader, M.A. Asif, Government Pleader, S. Nirmal, V. Madhusudhanan, L. Annapoorna, T.K. Venugopalan, M.T. Suresh Kumar, Asst. Solicitor General of India (N. Nagaresh), Dinesh Rao, K.S. Sumitha, (C.G.C.s) M.C. Mony, Jaishankar V. Nair, Anish Jain, K.L. Sreekala, K. Thyagarajeswaran, C.G. Preetha, O.M. Shalina, Suvin R. Menon, Mini Gopinath & K.A. Balan.