ITEM NO.53 COURT NO.1 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 (Criminal) No.194/2017 JOSEPH SHINE Petitioner(s)

VERSUS UNION OF INDIA Respondent(s)

(With appln.(s) for intervention/impleadment)

Date : 05-01-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD For Petitioner(s) Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj, Adv.

Mr. Suvidutt M.s., AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Adv.

Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Adv.

Mr. Sachin Sharma, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

Heard Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. R. Balasubramanian, learned counsel along with Mr. B.V. Balram Das, learned counsel for the Union of India.

This Court on 8^th December, 2017, at the stage of admission, had passed the following order:-

“In this petition, preferred under Article 32 of Signature Not Verified the Constitution of India, the petitioner has Digitally signed by challenged the constitutional validity of CHETAN KUMAR Date: 2018.01.05

17:53:20 IST Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code and and Reason:

Section 198(2) of the Cri