ITEM NO.501 COURT NO.1 SECTION XVII-A (Part Heard)

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS SPECIAL REFERENCE NO(S). 1/2025 IN RE : ASSENT, WITHHOLDING OR RESERVATION OF BILLS BY THE GOVERNOR AND THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA Date : 20-08-2025 This matter was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ATUL S. CHANDURKAR By Courts Motion For Petitioner(s) :

Nodal Counsel Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv.

Ms. Misha Rohatgi Mohta, Adv.

Mr. Ayush Kashyap, Adv.

For Respondent(s)/Applicant(s) :

Mr. R Venkataramani, Attorney General for India Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv.

Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv.

Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv. Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv.

Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv.

Mr. Madhav Singhal, Adv.

Mr. Arkaj Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Mili Joy Baxi, Adv.

Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.

Ms. Astha Singh, Adv.

Ms. Rajeshwari Shankar, Adv.

Signature Not Verified Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Digitally signed by NARENDRA PRASAD Date: 202 5.08 .21 Mr. Vinay Navare,, Sr. Adv.

15:50:33 IST Reason:

Mr. A. Radhakrishnan, AOR Mr. Shivkumar, Adv.

Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Chinmoy Pradip Sharma, Sr. A.A.G.

Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.

Ms. Purvat Wali, Adv. Ms. Atiga Singh, Adv. Mr. Piyush Vyas, Adv.

Mr. Irfan Hasieb, Adv.

Mr. Vijay Deora, Adv.

Mr. Aditya Agarwal, Adv.

Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv.

Mr. P Wilson, Sr. Adv.

Mr. T. Harish Kumar, AOR Mr. Apoorv Malhotra, Adv.

Mr. Sidharth Seem, Adv.

Mr. Sabir, Adv.

Mr. Shubham Kothari, Adv.

Mr. Deepak Jain, Adv.

Mr. Lokesh Krishna, Adv.

Mr. Raktim Gogoi, Adv.

Mr. Kartikeya Singh, Adv.

Mr. Shubham P. Chopra, Adv.

Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Shashikiran Shetty, Advocate General Mr. Prateek K. Chadha, A.A.G. Mr. Muhammad Ali Khan, A.A.G.

Mr. Nishant Patil,, A.A.G.

Mr. Aman Panwar, A.A.G.

Mr. Avishkar Singhvi, A.A.G.

Ms. Tarannum Cheema, A.A.G.

Mr. Naveen Sharma, AOR Mr. Amit Bhandari, Adv.

Ms. Gauri Subramanium, Adv.

Mr. Omar Hod, Adv.

Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Adv.

Mr. Jaivardhan Singh, Adv.

Ms. Rupali Samue, Adv.

Ms. Sumedha Ray Sarka, Adv.

Mr. Sreekar Aechuri, Adv. Mr. Aniket Chauhaan, Adv.

Ms. Eesha Bakshi, Adv.

Mr. Adoorya Harish, Adv.

Mr. Arjun Sharma, Adv.

Mrs. Swati Bhushan Sharma, Adv.

Mr. S. K. Sharma, Adv.

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

Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.

Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.

Mr. Anil Shrivastav, A.A.G.

Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv. Ms. Disha Singh, AOR Ms. Sanya Kaushal, Adv.

Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi, Adv.

Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv.

Ms. Akanksha Tomar, Adv.

Mr. Yaduven, Adv.

Mr. Prashant Kumar Umrao, AOR Mr. Rishesh Sikarwar, Adv.

Mr. Praphulla Kumar Bharat, Advocate General Mr. Apoorv Kurup, A.A.G.

Mr. B.S Rajesh Agrajit, D.A.G.

Ms. Ankita Sharma, AOR Mr. Arjun D Singh, Adv.

Mr. Yimyanger Longkumar, Adv.

Ms. Ishika Neogi, Adv.

Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G.

Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv.

Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv.

Ms. Aakanksha, Adv.

Ms. Ishika Gupta, Adv.

Mr. Aman Dev Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Gaj Singh, Adv.

Mr. Vikas Singh Jangra, Adv.

Mr. Bhakti Vardhan Singh, Adv.

Mr. Pawan Kishore Singh, Adv.

Mr. Amit Ojha, Adv.

Mr. Amit Kumar, Sr. Adv., Advocate General Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Aditya S. Pandey, Adv.

Mr. Luv Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Aditya Kumar, Adv.

Mr. T.k. Nayak, Adv.

Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Kunal Vajani, Adv.

Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR Ms. Shraddha Chirania, Adv.

Ms. Aparajita Jamwal, Adv.

Mr. Rishabh Parikh, Adv. Mr. Abhijit Chimni, Adv.

Mr. Anand Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Arman Roop Sharma, Adv.

Ms. Shimpy Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Mohd. Aman Khan Afghani, Adv.

Ms. Priya Pachoury, Adv.

Mr. Nishkarsh Kumar Pharswal, Adv.

Mr. Pramod Tiwari, Adv.

Mr. Vivek Tiwari, Adv.

Ms. Priyanka Dubey, Adv.

Dr. Vinod Kumar Tewari, AOR Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv.

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

Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, Adv.

Mr. Kartikeya Asthana, Adv.

Ms.