$~48 to 56 & 65 to 73 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 670/2026 & CM APPL. 3308/2026 SATYA BHUSHAN & ORS. .....Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents + W.P.(C) 671/2026 & CM APPL. 3309/2026 PUNEET KUMAR LAMBA & ANR. .....Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents + W.P.(C) 672/2026 & CM APPL. 3310/2026 M/S MEHAR CHAND AND SONS .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents + W.P.(C) 674/2026 & CM APPL. 3311/2026 KRISHAN LAL .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents + W.P.(C) 675/2026 & CM APPL. 3312/2026 SURENDER KUMAR .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents + W.P.(C) 677/2026 & CM APPL. 3313/2026 MUKESH KUMAR JAIN .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents + W.P.(C) 678/2026 & CM APPL. 3314/2026 SHYAM LAL .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents + W.P.(C) 679/2026 & CM APPL. 3315/2026 KASTURI LAL LAMBA .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents + W.P.(C) 680/2026 & CM APPL. 3316/2026 NARESH KUMAR (SINCE DECEASED)

THROUGH LR MR. AMIT MITTAL .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents + W.P.(C) 697/2026 & CM APPL. 3428/2026 MRS. DARSHANA KAPOOR .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents + W.P.(C) 708/2026 & CM APPL. 3439/2026 ARUN KUMAR BHATIA (SINCE DECEASED)

THROUGH LR MR. JAYANT BHATIA .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents + W.P.(C) 716/2026 & CM APPL. 3452/2026 KISHAN NARANG .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents + W.P.(C) 733/2026 & CM APPL. 3532/2026 SATISH CHANDER SIKKA .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents + W.P.(C) 734/2026 & CM APPL. 3534/2026 ANKUR AGGARWAL .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents + W.P.(C) 742/2026 & CM APPL. 3601/2026 PRAMOD KUMAR JAIN & ORS. .....Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents + W.P.(C) 743/2026 & CM APPL. 3603/2026 AJAY BHATIA & ANR. .....Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents + W.P.(C) 744/2026 & CM APPL. 3606/2026 DR. AJAY AGGARWAL .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents + W.P.(C) 745/2026 & CM APPL. 3608/2026 DEEPAK JAIN .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Advocates appeared in these cases:

Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Senior Advocate with Mr. Ajay Kohli, Mr. Mohit D Ram, Mr. Rajul Shrivastav, Ms. Nayan Gupta and Ms. Ayushi Bansal, Advocates for the Petitioners.

Mr. Chetan Sharma, ASG with Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. Shubham Sharma, Mr. Naman, Mr. Yashvardhan Sharma, Advocates for UoI in Item 48 to 56 & 65 to 73.

Mr. Akshit Mohan, Government Pleader for UoI in Item 49.

Ms. Shambhavi Sharma, Government Pleader with Ms. Avantika Pandey and Ms. Vanshika Arora, Advocates for UoI in Item 50.

Mr. Shashank Bajpai, CGSC with Ms. Aashna Mehra, Mr. Vatsal Tripathi and Mr. Govind Singh Chauhan, Advocates for R1 & 2 for Item 51.

Ms. Manisha Agrawal Narain, CGSC with Ms. Aditi Singh, GP and Mr.

Nipun Jain, Advocate for R1 & 2 in Item 53.

Mr. Chetan Sharma, ASG with Ms. Pratima N Lakra, CGSC; Mr. Adhiraj Singh, GP and Ms. Shailendra Kumar Mishra, Advocates for R1 & 2 in Item

54.

Mr. Ankur Mittal and Mr. Srijan Jain, Advocates for UoI for Item 56.

Ms. Rupali Sinha, Government Pleader for R1 & 2 in Item 70.

Mr. Sanjoy Ghose, Senior Advocate with Ms. Farhat Jahan Rehmani, ASC;

Mr. Rohan Mandal and Ms. Fatima Parveen, Advocates for R-3/DWB.

Mr. Pramod Kumar, Panel Counsel for R-4.

Mr. Hashmat Nabi, Mr. Toshif Ahmed, Ms. Ishrat Nabi and Ms. Farah Naaz, Advocates for R-5.

CORAM:

HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA

O R D E R

% 19.01.2026

1. Issue Notice to the Respondents.

2. On behalf of Union of India, Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. Akshit Mohan, Ms. Shambhavi Sharma, Mr. Shashank Bajpai, Ms. Manisha Agrawal Narain, Ms. Pratima N Lakra, Mr. Ankur Mittal and Ms. Rupali Sinha, learned Counsel have put in appearance in respective matters and accept Notice,