ITEM NO.38 COURT NO.4 SECTION PIL-W S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS WRIT PETITION(S)(CIVIL) NO(S). 13029/1985 M.C. MEHTA Petitioner(s)

VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

[TO BE TAKEN UP AT 12:00 NOON] .... IN RE: POWER PLANTS AND IN RE: SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE NAME OF THE FOLLOWING ADVOCATES MAY BE TREATED TO HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN THE LIST: MR. HARISH N. SALVE, SR. ADVOCATE (A.C.) MS. APARAJITA SINGH, SR. ADVOCATE (A.C.) MS. UTTARA BABBAR, SR. ADVOCATE (A.C.) MR. A.D.N. RAO, SR. ADVOCATE (A.C.) MS. SHIBANI GHOSH, ADVOCATE (A.C.) MR. SIDDHARTHA CHOWDHURY, ADVOCATE (A.C.) MR. G.S. MAKKER, MR. AMRISH KUMAR, MR. M.K. MARORIA, MR. SANJAY KR. VISEN, MR. SUDEEP KUMAR, MR. KARAN SHARMA, MR. SANDEEP KR. JHA, MR. JYOTI MENDIRATTA, MR. RAHUL KHURANA, ADVOCATES Date : 29-04-2025 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY S. OKA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN Ms. Aparajita Singh, Sr. Adv. (A.C.)

Ms. Uttara Babbar, Sr. Adv. (A.C.)

Ms. Shibani Ghosh, AOR (A.C.)

For the parties: Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.

Mrs. Ruchi Kohli, Sr. Adv. Mr. Wasim Quadri, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mrs. Suhasini Sen, Adv.

Mr. Rajesh Kr. Singh, Adv. Mr. Subhranshu Padhi, Adv.

Mr. Jagdish Chandra Solanki, Adv.

Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.

Dr. Aditya Sondhi, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR Mr. Rijjuk Sarkar, Adv.

Ms. Ananya Basudha, Adv.

Mr. Ishaan Patnaik Adv.

Mr. Ravinder Pal Singh, Adv.

Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by Mr. A.N.S. Nadkarni, Sr. Adv.

ASHISH KONDLE Date: 2025.05.01

18:04: 23 IST Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.

Reason:

Mr. Rohan Talwar, Adv.

Mr. Uday Aditya Jetley Pocha, Adv.

Mr. Naman Agarwal, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Sudhanshu S. Choudhari, Sr. Adv.

Applicant-in-person, AOR Petitioner-in-person Mr. P.K. Jain, AOR Mr. Ramesh Babu M.R., AOR Mr. Rajesh Kumar Chaurasia, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR M/S. M.V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. Rakesh Kumar-I, AOR Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR M/S. Saharya & Co., AOR Mr. Pavan Kumar, AOR Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR M/S. S. Narain & Co., AOR Mr. Prashant Kumar, AOR Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G.

Mr. B.K. Satija, A.A.G.

Mr. Rakesh Kumar Mudgal, A.A.G.

Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR Mr. Rahul Khurana, Adv.

Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv.

Ms. Drishti Saraf, Adv.

Ms. Pragya Upadhyay, Adv.

Ms. Aakanksha, Adv.

Ms. Ishika Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Arya, Adv.

Mr. Ravi Vashisht, Adv.

Mr. Utkarsh Pratap, Adv.

Ms. Arunima Das, Adv.

Mr. Devesh Maurya, Adv. Ms. Bhumika Yadav, Adv. Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR Ms. Binu Tamta, AOR Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR Mr. V. K. Verma, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mrs. Bina Gupta, AOR Ms. Adviteeya, Adv.

Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR Ms. Sujeeta Srivastava, AOR Mr. Anil Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Mukesh K. Giri, AOR Mr. Mandaar Mukesh Giri, Adv.

M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Sudhir Mendiratta, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Hardeep Singh Anand, AOR Mr. Sandeep Narain, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mrs. Rani Chhabra, AOR Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Ms. Nandini Gidwaney, AOR Mr. Shri Narain, AOR Mr. Umesh Kumar Khaitan, AOR Ms. Shalini Kaul, AOR Mr. K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR Mrs. K. Sarada Devi, AOR Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Mrs. Priya Puri, AOR Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr. T. V. Ratnam, AOR Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, AOR M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Sushil Kumar Jain, AOR Mr. Aniruddha Deshmukh, AOR Mr. Ravindra Bana, AOR Mr. S. S. Shroff, AOR Mrs. B. Sunita Rao, AOR Mr. Abhishek, AOR Mr. Alok Gupta, AOR Mr. Sarvam Ritam Khare, AOR Mr. Kushagra Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Anuj Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Akarsh Khare, Adv.

Mr. Surya Kant, AOR Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mr. Pramod Dayal, AOR Mr. R. P. Gupta, AOR Ms. Pritha Srikumar Iyer, AOR Mr. Rajiv Yadav, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Ms. Debarati Sadhu, Adv.

Mr. Anant, Adv.

Ms. Yoowanka Rymbai, Adv.

Mr. Ayush Sharma, AOR Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Dale