2024 Supreme(Online)(DEL) 13756
LA.APP. 311/2017 & other connected matters Page 1 of 11 $~8 to 26 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + LA.APP. 311/2017 MAHESH KUMAR ..... Appellant Through:
Mr. S. K. Rout, Ms. Sukdha Dhamija, Mr. Aman Mehrotra, Mr. Rahul Kumar and Ms. Swati Shankar, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Mr. Apoorv P. Tripathi, Mr. Dheeresh K. Dwivedi and Mr. Apaan Mittal, Advocates for R-2 9 + LA.APP. 312/2017 JOGINDER SINGH & ORS ..... Appellants Through:
Mr. S. K. Rout, Ms. Sukdha Dhamija, Mr. Aman Mehrotra, Mr. Rahul Kumar and Ms. Swati Shankar, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Mr. Apoorv P. Tripathi, Mr. Dheeresh K. Dwivedi and Mr. Apaan Mittal, Advocates for R-2 LA.APP. 311/2017 & other connected matters Page 2 of 11 + LA.APP. 313/2017 JOGINDER SINGH ..... Appellant Through:
Mr. S. K. Rout, Ms. Sukdha Dhamija, Mr. Aman Mehrotra, Mr. Rahul Kumar and Ms. Swati Shankar, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Mr. Apoorv P. Tripathi, Mr. Dheeresh K. Dwivedi and Mr. Apaan Mittal, Advocates for R-2 11 + LA.APP. 314/2017 VIDHYAWATI ..... Appellant Through:
Mr. S. K. Rout, Ms. Sukdha Dhamija, Mr. Aman Mehrotra, Mr. Rahul Kumar and Ms. Swati Shankar, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA AND ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Mr. Apoorv P. Tripathi, Mr. Dheeresh K. Dwivedi and Mr. Apaan Mittal, Advocates for R-2 LA.APP. 311/2017 & other connected matters Page 3 of 11 + LA.APP. 332/2017 BAGDU ..... Appellant Through:
Mr. S. K. Rout, Ms. Sukdha Dhamija, Mr. Aman Mehrotra, Mr. Rahul Kumar and Ms. Swati Shankar, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Mr. Apoorv P. Tripathi, Mr. Dheeresh K. Dwivedi and Mr. Apaan Mittal, Advocates for R-2 13 + LA.APP. 363/2017 RAJESH KUMAR & ORS ..... Appellants Through:
Mr. Rajesh Yadav, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Rohan Yadav, Advocate versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Ms. Aakanksha Kaul, Mr. Manek Singh and Mr. Shantnu Agarwal, Advocates for R-2 LA.APP. 311/2017 & other connected matters Page 4 of 11 + LA.APP. 107/2018 BAL KISHAN & ORS ..... Appellants Through:
None.
versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Ms. Aakanksha Kaul, Mr. Manek Singh and Mr. Shantnu Agarwal, Advocates for R-2 15 + LA.APP. 368/2017 OM PRAKASH (DECEASED ) THR LRS & ORS ..... Appellants Through:
Appearance not given.
versus UNION OF INIDA & ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Mr. Apoorv P. Tripathi, Mr. Dheeresh K. Dwivedi and Mr. Apaan Mittal, Advocates for R-2 16 + LA.APP. 341/2017 NANAK CHAND ..... Appellant Through:
Mr. Rajesh Yadav, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Rohan Yadav, Advocate versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, LA.APP. 311/2017 & other connected matters Page 5 of 11 Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Ms. Aakanksha Kaul, Mr. Manek Singh and Mr. Shantnu Agarwal, Advocates for R-2 17 + LA.APP. 354/2017 BAGDU ..... Appellant Through:
Mr. S. K. Rout, Ms. Sukdha Dhamija, Mr. Aman Mehrotra, Mr. Rahul Kumar and Ms. Swati Shankar, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Ms. Aakanksha Kaul, Mr. Manek Singh and Mr. Shantnu Agarwal, Advocates for R-2 18 + LA.APP. 369/2017 DHARAM SINGH (DECASED) THR LRS & ORS ..... Appellants Through:
Mr. B.D. Sharma, Advocate versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Mr. Apoorv P. Tripathi, Mr. Dheeresh K. Dwivedi and Mr. Apaan Mittal, Advocates for R-2 LA.APP. 311/2017 & other connected matters Page 6 of 11 + LA.APP. 370/2017 RAM PAL SINGH ..... Appellant Through:
Mr. B.D. Sharma, Advocate versus UNION OF INDIA &ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Mr. Apoorv P. Tripathi, Mr. Dheeresh K. Dwivedi and Mr. Apaan Mittal, Advocates for R-2 20 + LA.APP. 371/2017 BHULAN SINGH & ORS ..... Appellants Through:
Mr. B.D. Sharma, Advocate versus UNION OF INDIA &ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Mr. Apoorv P. Tripathi, Mr. Dheeresh K. Dwivedi and Mr. Apaan Mittal, Advocates for R-2 21 + LA.APP. 372/2017 DHARAM PAL THROUGH LRS & ORS ..... Appellants Through:
Mr. B.D. Sharma, Advocate versus LA.APP. 311/2017 & other connected matters Page 7 of 11 UOI AND ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Ms. Aakanksha Kaul, Mr. Manek Singh and Mr. Shantnu Agarwal, Advocates for R-2 22 + LA.APP. 373/2017 RAJENDER SINGH & ORS ..... Appellants Through:
Mr. B.D. Sharma, Advocate versus UNION OF INIDA & ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Ms. Aakanksha Kaul, Mr. Manek Singh and Mr. Shantnu Agarwal, Advocates for R-2 23 + LA.APP. 374/2017 RAM RATTAN (DEACASED) THR LRS ..... Appellants Through:
Mr. B.D. Sharma, Advocate versus UNION OF INIDA &ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Ms. Aakanksha Kaul, Mr. Manek Singh and Mr. Shantnu Agarwal, Advocates for R-2 LA.APP. 311/2017 & other connected matters Page 8 of 11 + LA.APP. 376/2017 RAM PAL ..... Appellant Through:
Mr. S. K. Rout, Ms. Sukdha Dhamija, Mr. Aman Mehrotra, Mr. Rahul Kumar and Ms. Swati Shankar, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Ms. Aakanksha Kaul, Mr. Manek Singh and Mr. Shantnu Agarwal, Advocates for R-2 25 + LA.APP. 377/2017 SRI CHAND (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS & ORS ..... Appellants Through:
Mr. S. K. Rout, Ms. Sukdha Dhamija, Mr. Aman Mehrotra, Mr. Rahul Kumar and Ms. Swati Shankar, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Ms. Aakanksha Kaul, Mr. Manek Singh and Mr. Shantnu Agarwal, Advocates for R-2 LA.APP. 311/2017 & other connected matters Page 9 of 11 + LA.APP. 5/2019 CHIRANJI LAL TYAGI & ORS ..... Appellants Through:
None.
versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR ..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar, Ms. Nidhi Thakur, Ms. M. Benezeer and Mr. Mayank Arora, Advocates for UOI Ms. Aakanksha Kaul, Mr. Manek Singh and Mr. Shantnu Agarwal, Advocates for R-2 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA
DHAMIJA
ORDER
% 06.03.2024 [Physical Hearing/Hybrid Hearing (as per request)] CM APPL. 27882/2021 in LA.APP. 312/2017 (early hearing) CM APPL. 26152/2021in LA.APP. 363/2017 (early hearing) CM APPL. 21858/2021 in LA.APP. 368/2017 (early hearing) CM APPL. 27887/2021 in LA.APP. 370/2017 (early hearing) CM APPL. 27879/2021 in LA.APP. 372/2017 (early hearing) CM APPL. 27881/2021 in LA.APP. 374/2017 (early hearing) CM APPL. 26151/2021in LA.APP. 376/2017 (early hearing)
1. These applications are disposed of having become infructuous.
CM APPL. 45996/2017 in LA.APP. 368/2017 (delay in re-filing) CM APPL. 46065/2017 in LA.APP. 369/2017 (delay in re-filing) CM APPL. 46075/2017 in LA.APP. 370/2017 (delay in re-filing) CM APPL. 46087/2017 in LA.APP. 371/2017 (delay in re-filing) CM APPL. 46099/2017 in LA.APP. 373/2017 (delay in re-filing)
2. In the interest of expeditious disposal of these appeals, learned counsel for non-applicants of these applications submit that they have no objection if these applications are allowed and the delays in re-filing after LA.APP. 311/2017 & other connected matters Page 10 of 11 curing the registry defects are condoned. Accordingly these applications are allowed.
CM APPL. 35406/2021 in LA.APP. 107/2018 (U/O 22 Rule 3) CM APPL. 35407/2021 in LA.APP. 107/2018 (delay of 4 days in filing the application) CM APPL. 2761/2019 in LA.APP. 5/2019 (delay of 368 days in filing)
3. None has appeared on behalf of appellants in these cases. Learned counsel for respondent no.2 submits that they have not received copies of these applications and they intend to oppose the same. The appellants are directed to supply copies of these applications to counsel for respondent no.2 within three days and thereafter replies be filed within four weeks.
4. List the applications for disposal on 06.05.2024 before the concerned Joint Registrar.
LA.APP. 311/2017 LA.APP. 312/2017 LA.APP. 313/2017 LA.APP. 314/2017 LA.APP. 332/2017 LA.APP. 363/2017 LA.APP. 107/2018 LA.APP. 368/2017 LA.APP. 341/2017 LA.APP. 354/2017 LA.APP. 369/2017 LA.APP. 370/2017 LA.APP. 371/2017 LA.APP. 372/2017 LA.APP. 373/2017 LA.APP. 374/2017 LA.APP. 376/2017 LA.APP. 377/2017 LA.APP. 5/2019
5. For final arguments in this bunch of 19 appeals, learned counsel for respondent no.2 assures to file the chart in terms with order dated 21.02.2022 within one week after supplying advance copies to the remaining parties. Further, the arguments have to be deferred in view of the above pending applications.
6. List for final arguments on 19.07.2024 GIRISH KATHPALIA, J MARCH 6, 2024/rk Click here to check corrigendum, if any LA.APP. 311/2017 & other connected matters Page 11 of 11