IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT INDORE BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VIJAY KUMAR SHUKLA &

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE ALOK AWASTHI ON THE 15^th OF MAY, 2026 WRIT PETITION No. 10497 of 2022 HINDU FRONT FOR JUSTICE (REGD. TRUST NO. 976) THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT MS. RANJANA AGNIHOTRI & ORS.

Versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Appearance:

Shri Vishnu Shankar Jain - Advocate (through V.C.) with Shri Vinay Joshi, Ms.

Varsha Parashar, Shri Harishankar Jain, Shri Parth Yadav, Shri Saurabh Singh, Ms. Mani Munjal Yadav, Shri Utkarsh Dubey, Shri Devendra Nagar, Shri Vagish Parashar, Shri Rohit Shukla, Ms.Shalini Joshi, Ms. Shivangee Parmar, Shri Satyanarayan Dubey, Ms. Priyanka Sharma, Shri Bhuvnesh Gupta, Shri Lalit Namdev, Shri Pradhumna Malpani, Shri Arpit Singh Parihar, Shri Rajesh Joshi and Ms.Pooja Verma - Advocates appeared for the petitioners.

Shri Salman Khurshid – Sr. Advocate through VC with Shri Noor Ahmed Sheikh, Shri Zishan Khan, Ms.Lubna Naaz, Ms.Azra Rehman, Shri Tausif Warsi and Shri Arshad Mansuri – Advocates for the respondent No.8.

Shobha Menon – Senior Counsel with Shri N.A. Sheikh, Shri Mohd.Ikram Ansari and Shri Rahul Choubey – Advocates for interveners Mohd. Farukh and Mohd.

Munir.

Shri Sunil Kumar Jain – Sr. Advocate and Addl. Solicitor General with Shri Aviral Vikas Khare, Shri Rishi Bhargava, Ms. Ayushi Agrawal, Ms.Nandini Sharma, Shri Kushagra Jain, Ms.Bhoomika Mev, Ms.Jyoti Sencha, Shri Sachin Patel and Ms.Ayush Agrawal - Advocates for respondent No.1 to 4 in WP No.10497/2022. Shri Vishwajit Joshi, Ms.Nena Mishra, Shri Shreesh Dubey, Ms. Surbhi Bahal, Ms.Ayushi Agrawal - Advocates for respondent No.9.

Shri Syed Ashhar Ali Warsi, Ms. Poorvi Asati, Ms.Manan Sharma, Shri Mohd.

Hashim and Ms.Priyal Agrawal - Advocates for the interveners Jibran Ansari, Ayaz Qureshi and Firoz Sheikh.

Shri Mohd Ikram Ansari – Advocate for respondent No.8 in WP No.10484/2022 & WP No.10497/2022.

Shri Prashant Singh - Advocate General through VC with Shri Nilesh Yadav AAG, Shri Rahul Sethi - AAG, Shri Dhirendra S. Parmar - AAG, Shri Ashish Yadav - AAG, Shri Sonal Gupta - AAG, Shri Sudeep Bhargava, Dy.AG, Shri Shrey Raj Saxena, Dy.AG, Shri Swapnil Ganguly, Dy.AG and Shri Abhijeet Awasthy – Dy.AG, Shri Surendra Kumar Gupta and Shri Viraj Godha - G.A., and Shri Sahil Sonkusale and Shri Viraj S. Jha - PL for the respondent/State.

Ms.Nena Mishra and Ms. Surbhi Bahal – Advocates for the respondent No.9.

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WITH WRIT PETITION No. 10484 of 2022 KULDEEP TIWARI Versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Appearance:

Shri Manish Gupta, Shri Chandresh Gupta & Shri Sahaj Choudhary - Advocates for the petitioner.

Shri Sunil Jain, Senior Advocate and Additional Solicitor General assisted by Shri Aviral Vikas Khare and Ms.Ayushi Agrawal and Ms.Ayushi Agrawal – Advocates for the respondents Nos. 1 to 4.

Shobha Menon – Senior Counsel with Shri N.A. Sheikh, Shri Mohd.Ikram Ansari and Shri Rahul Choubey – Advocates for interveners Mohd. Farukh and Mohd. Munir. Shri Noor Ahmed Sheikh, Shri Zishan Khan, Shri Tausif Warsi & Shri Arshad Mansuri – Advocates for the respondent No.8.

Shri Mohd Ikram Ansari – Advocate for respondent No.8 in WP No.10484/2022 & WP No.10497/2022.

Shri Aniket Naik, learned counsel for the respondent No.9.

Shri Prashant Singh - Advocate General through VC with Shri Nilesh Yadav AAG, Shri Rahul Sethi - AAG, Shri Dhirendra S. Parmar - AAG, Shri Ashish Yadav - AAG, Shri Sonal Gupta - AAG, Shri Sudeep Bhargava, Dy.AG, Shri Shrey Raj Saxena, Dy.AG, Shri Swapnil Ganguly, Dy.AG and Shri Abhijeet Awasthy – Dy.AG, Shri Surendra Kumar Gupta and Shri Viraj Godha - G.A., and Shri Sahil Sonkusale and Shri Viraj S. Jha - PL for the respondent/State.

WRIT PETITION No. 8986 of 2026 SALEK CHAND JAIN Versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Appearance:

Shri Dinesh.P.Rajdhar - Advocate with Ms.Priya Jain and Shri Sulabh Samaiya for the petitioner.

Shri Sunil Kumar Jain - Addl. Solicitor General with Shri Aviral Vikas