ITEM NO.60 COURT NO.4 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS CONMT.PET.(C) NO. 425-426/2015 IN W.P.(C) NO. 523/2002 JUSTICE V.S. DAVE PRESIDENT, THE ASSOCIATION OF RETD. JUDGES OF SUPREME COURT AND HIGH COURTS Petitioner(s)

VERSUS KUSUMJIT SIDHU . & ORS. Respondent(s) (IA No. 68417/2019 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION, IA No. 94899/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 66189/2019 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 139073/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 71211/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 179718/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 131544/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 28769/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 150557/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM PERSONAL APPEARANCE, IA No. 144183/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM PERSONAL APPEARANCE, IA No. 100360/2018 - EXTENSION OF TIME, IA No. 27753/2018 - I/A TO BRING ON RECORD THE LRS, IA No. 94894/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 113284/2021 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 68420/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 113285/2021 – MODIFICATION, IA No. 53528/2017 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES AND IA No. 28203/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

Date : 10-02-2025 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY S. OKA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN Mr. Pravin H Parekh, Sr. Adv. (Amicus Curiae)

Mr. Vishal Prasad, AOR Mr. Aman Anand, Adv.

Mr. Bibhuti Krishna, Adv.

For Petitioner(s): Mr. Sumit Goel, Adv.

Ms. Ruchi Krishna Chauhan, Adv.

M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Narender Hooda, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Shiv Bhatnagar, Adv.

Signature Not Verified Mr. Rahul Rathore, Adv.

Digitally signed by Mr. Yuvraj N., Adv.

ASHISH KONDLE Date: 2025.02.14

08:59:29 IST Ms. Pallvi Hooda, Adv.

Reason:

Mr. M. P. Vinod, AOR For Respondent(s): Mr. Mukesh K. Giri, AOR Mr. Mandaar Mukesh Giri, Adv.

Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv.

Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv.

Ms. Mrinalini Mukherjee, Adv.

Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Ms. Radhika Gautam, AOR Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR Mr. Naresh K. Sharma, AOR Mr. Mukesh K. Giri, AOR Mr. Mandaar Mukesh Giri, Adv.

Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv. Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv.

Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv.

Ms. Mrinalini Mukherjee, Adv.

Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G.

Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Karan Sharma, AOR Mr. Prashant Shrikant Kenjale, AOR Mr. M. P. Vinod, AOR Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv.

Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.

Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.

Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv.

Mr. Dhruv Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv.

Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Ms. Aswathi M.K., AOR Mr. Niranjan Sahu, AOR Ms. Shivangi Gupta, Adv.

Ms. Malika Yadav, Adv.

Mrs. V Mohana, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Ms. Ameyvikraman Thanvi, Adv.

Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.

Mr. Anmol Chandan, Adv.

Mrs. Swati Gildyal, Adv.

Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv.

Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv.

Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, AOR Ms. Enakshi Mukhopadhyay Siddhanta, AOR Mr. Ravi Kumar S., Adv.

Mr. P.S. Sridhar Raj, Adv.

Dr. Monika Gusain, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR Ms. S. Harini, Adv.

Ms. Pragya Upadhyay, Adv.

Ms. Drishti Saraf, Adv.

Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, Sr. A.A.G.

Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Mr. Piyush Hans, D.A.G.

Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Ajay Kumar Bahuguna, Adv.

Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Mr. P S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. B.P. Singh, D.A.G.

Mr. Sarthak Raizada Ga, Adv.

Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, AOR Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K Joy, Adv.

Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Santhosh K, Adv.

Mr. S.R. Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Adarsh Upadhyay, AOR Ms. Pallavi Kumari, Adv.

Mr. Shashank Pachauri, Adv.

Mr. Karan Bharihoke, AOR Mr. V.N. R