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2025 Supreme(Online)(SC) 10805

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, CJ, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN, J, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA, J
ASHOK KUMAR SHARMA, INDIAN FOREST SERVICE (RETD) & ORS. – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA & ANR. – Respondent
Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 1164/2023 | W.P.(C) No. 1336/2023 | W.P.(C) No. 1375/2023 | W.P.(C) No. 42/2024 | W.P.(C) No. 85/2024 | W.P.(C) No. 152/2024

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Ms. Neha Rathi, Ms. Kajal Giri, Mr. Balraj Malik, Mr. Shubham Bhardwaj, Ms. Tanu, Mr. R. C. Kaushik, Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Mr. Prashant Padmanabhan, Mr. Vishal Sinha, Mr. Sudev Singh Juneja, Mr. Priya Sirohi, Mr. Prashanto Chandra Sen, Mr. Kaushik Choudhury, Ms. Shibani Ghosh, Ms. Rashi Goswami, Mr. Saksham Garg, Mr. Jyotirmoy Chatterjee, Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Mr. D.p.singh, Ms. Tara Elizabeth Kurien, Ms. Anchal Kanthed, Mr. Dhananjay Mishra, Ms. Madhusmita Bora, Mr. Dipankar Singh, Ms. Pavithra V.
For the Respondents: Mr. Tushar Mehta, Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Ms. Bani Dixit, Mr. Rajat Nair, Mr. Sridhar Pottaraju, Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Mr. Rohan Gupta, Mr. Umesh Babu Chourasia, Dr. N. Visakamurthy, Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Mr. Prang Newmai, Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, Mr. Rahul Kumar, Mr. Aakash Thakur, Ms. Eliza Barr, Ms. Disha Singh, Mr. Chinmoy Pradip Sharma, Mr. Debojit Borkakati, Mr. Irfan Hasieb, Mr. Vijay Deora, Mr. Aditya Agarwal, Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Mr. Karun Sharma, Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Mr. Divyanshu Kumar Srivastava, Mr. Saurabh Pandey, Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Mr. Bharat Bagla, Mr. Sourav Singh, Mr. Aditya Krishna, Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Ms. Chitransha Singh Sikarwar, Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, Ms. Yashmita Pandey, Ms. Shreepurna Dasgupta, Mr. Abhishek Atrey, Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Ms. Ishita Bist, Ms. Ambika Atrey, Mr. Navneet Gupta, Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Mrs. Anu K Joy, Mr. Alim Anvar, Mr. Santhosh K, Mrs. Devika A.l., Applicant-in-person, Mr. Naveen Kumar, Ms. Stuti Bisht, Mr. Maitreya, Mr. Nitesh Bhandari, Mr. Prabhat Kumar Rai, Mr. Aditya Goyal, Mr. Ujjawal Kumar Rai, Ms. Isha Baloni, Mr. Utkarsh Chandra, Ms. Bhavika, Mr. P.P. Hegde, Mr. Anantha Narayana M.g., Mr. Atul Shankar Vinod, Mr. Tejaswi Kumar Pradhan, Mr. Pranab Samantray, Mr. Manoranjan Paikaray, Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, Mr. K M Natraj, Mr. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Mr. Sudeep Kumar, Ms. Manisha, Ms. Rupali, Mr. Shadan Farasat, Mr. Yash S. Vijay, Ms. Varisha Sharma, Mr. Shikhar Aggrawal, Mr. Kunal Chatterji, Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Mr. Rohit Bansal, Mr. Varij Nayan Mishra, Mr. Aravindh S., Ms. Anika Bansal, Ms. Mrinal Gopal Elker, Ms. Chhavi Khandelwal.

The court addresses the procedural aspects and the collective hearing of multiple petitions and applications concerning directions and exemptions in public interest litigation.

Headnote:The case pertains to a Writ Petition concerning various applications and directions listed before the Supreme Court of India. Essential details include multiple intervening applications regarding appropriate orders and exemptions. The court determined to hear the matters collectively. The orders direct the listing of the case for a future date.

Date : 06-08-2025 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA For Petitioner(s) :

Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR Ms. Neha Rathi, Adv. Ms. Kajal Giri, Adv.

Mr. Balraj Malik, Adv.

Mr. Shubham Bhardwaj, Adv.

Ms. Tanu, Adv.

Mr. R. C. Kaushik, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Prashant Padmanabhan, AOR Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv.

Mr. Sudev Singh Juneja, Adv.

Mr. Priya Sirohi, Adv.

Mr. Prashanto Chandra Sen, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Kaushik Choudhury, AOR Ms. Shibani Ghosh, Adv. Ms. Rashi Goswami, Adv.

Mr. Saksham Garg, Adv.

Mr. Jyotirmoy Chatterjee, Adv.

Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv.

Mr. D.p.singh, Adv.

Ms. Tara Elizabeth Kurien, Adv.

Ms. Anchal Kanthed, Adv.

Mr. Dhananjay Mishra, Adv.

Ms. Madhusmita Bora, AOR Mr. Dipankar Singh, Adv.

Ms. Pavithra V., Adv.

For Respondent(s) :

Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.

Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.

Ms. Bani Dixit, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.

Mr. Sridhar Pottaraju, Adv.

Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv.

Mr. Rohan Gupta, Adv.

Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.

Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.

Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.

Ms. Bani Dikshit, Adv.

Ms. Bani Dkshit, Adv.

Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.

Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, Adv. Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, Adv.

Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.

Mr. Umesh Babu Chourasia, Adv.

Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv.

Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv.

Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv.

Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv. Ms. Disha Singh, AOR Mr. Chinmoy Pradip Sharma, Sr. A.A.G.

Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR Mr. Irfan Hasieb, Adv.

Mr. Vijay Deora, Adv.

Mr. Aditya Agarwal, Adv.

Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.

Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.

Mr. Divyanshu Kumar Srivastava, AOR Mr. Saurabh Pandey, Adv.

Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.

Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv.

Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv.

Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv.

Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv.

Ms. Chitransha Singh Sikarwar, Adv.

Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, AOR Ms. Yashmita Pandey, Adv.

Ms. Shreepurna Dasgupta, Adv.

Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv.

Ms. Ishita Bist, Adv.

Ms. Ambika Atrey, Adv.

Mr. Navneet Gupta, Adv.

Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Santhosh K, Adv.

Mrs. Devika A.l., Adv.

Applicant-in-person, AOR Mr. Naveen Kumar, AOR Ms. Stuti Bisht, Adv.

Mr. Maitreya, Adv.

Mr. Nitesh Bhandari, Adv.

Mr. Prabhat Kumar Rai, Adv.

Mr. Aditya Goyal, Adv.

Mr. Ujjawal Kumar Rai, Adv.

Ms. Isha Baloni, Adv.

Mr. Utkarsh Chandra, Adv.

Ms. Bhavika, Adv.

Mr. P.P. Hegde, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Anantha Narayana M.g., AOR Mr. Atul Shankar Vinod, AOR Mr. Tejaswi Kumar Pradhan, AOR Mr. Pranab Samantray, Adv.

Mr. Manoranjan Paikaray, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. K M Natraj, A.S.G.

Mr. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Sr. A.A.G.

Mr. Sudeep Kumar, AOR Ms. Manisha, Adv.

Ms. Rupali, Adv.

Mr. Shadan Farasat, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Yash S. Vijay, AOR Ms. Varisha Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Shikhar Aggrawal, Adv.

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

Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv.

Mr. Varij Nayan Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Ms. Anika Bansal, Adv.

Ms. Mrinal Gopal Elker, AOR Mr. Abha R. Sharma, Adv.

Ms. Chhavi Khandelwal, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

List on 12.08.2025.

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