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56648/2025, CM APPL. 68661/2025 & CM APPL. 79226/2025 PUNEET BATRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. N. Hariharan, Mr. Avi Singh, Mr. Sacchin Puri, Mr. Mohit Mathur, Mr. Kirti Uppal, Mr. K K Manan, Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Sr. Advocates with Mr. Animesh Gaba, Mr. Harsh Vardhan, Mr. Abhishek Singh, Ms. Rishika Ahuja, Mr. Akshat Sharma, Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Mr. Shikhar Garg, Ms. Nalinaksha Singh, Mr. Mohit Bhandari, Mr. Vinay Bansal, Mr. Animesh Gaur, Mr. Ishan Parashar, Mr. Rahul Gautam, Mr. Vignesh, Mr. Maneesh Shankani, Mr. Jatin Sharma, Ms. Punya Rekha Angara, Ms. Vasundhara N., Ms. Sana Singh, Mr. Arjan Mandla, Ms. Gauri Rama Chandran, Mr. Anigya Chaubey, Mr. Harshwardhan and Mr. Parth Sehrawat, Advs.

versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rajesh Kumar, CGSPC with Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, Adv. for R-1/UOI Mr. S V Raju, ASG with Mr. Akash Panwar, Mr. Venkatesh, Mr. PC Agarwal, Mr. Shaurya Sarin and Mr. Lakshay Nagpal, Advs. for R-2 For Respondent No. 2 Mr. T. Singhdev, Mr. Tanishq Srivastava, Mr. Abhijit Chakravarty, Ms. Yamini Singh, Mr. Bhanu Gulati and Mr. Vedant Sood, Advs. for R-3 Mr. Anurag Ojha, SSC with Mr. Dipak Raj and Mr. Priyatam Bhardwaj, Advs. for Forensic Lab Mr. P. C. Aggarwal, SPP, CGST, East along with Mr. Prateek Vidyarthi, Adv. for CGST, East (Through VC)

Mr. Preet Pal Singh and Ms. Tanupreet Kaur, Advs. for BCI (Through VC)

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NITIN WASUDEO SAMBRE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL

O R D E R

% 29.01.2026

1. The counsel for the petitioner states that an affidavit was already submitted on 13^th January, 2026 which is informed by the Registry to be under objection. He assures that all the objections, if are notified within three days from today, the same shall be removed before the next date.

2. In view of above, we direct the Registry to notify all the objections qua the affidavit tendered by the petitioner on 13^th January, 2026 within a period of three days from today.

3. We further grant time of three days to remove the office objection.

4. As regards the contention of the learned Additional Solicitor General appearing for the respondent as regards their entitlement for the copy of the data which is in the custody of the Court Commissioner, we would like to have a hearing on the said issue as the petitioner is objecting to it.

5. List on 4^th February, 2026.

NITIN WASUDEO SAMBRE, J AJAY DIGPAUL, J JANUARY 29, 2026 gs/yr