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.

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