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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
M.M. SUNDRESH, VIPUL M. PANCHOLI, JJ
DHARMINDER KUMAR & ORS. – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF PUNJAB – Respondent
SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No(s). 23570/2025 | SLP(C) No. 19300-19330/2025 | SLP(C) No. 20096-20102/2025 | SLP(C) No. 23788-23798/2025 | SLP(C) No. 30052-30059/2025 | SLP(C) No. 29863-29881/2025 | SLP(C) No. 30026-30051/2025 | SLP(C) No. 29951-29980/2025

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Arvind Gupta, Mr. Kuldeep Singh Rathore, Mr. Surinder Singh, Mr. Ashwini Kumar, Mr. Khowaja Siddqui, Mr. Ravi Bhushan Upadhyay, Mr. Rohini Kumar, Mr. Neeraj Kumar Jain, Mr. Umang Shankar, Mr. Sanjay Singh, Mr. Shalender Singh Negi, Mr. Nitish Kaushal, Mrs. Honey Verma, Ms. Goldy Goyal, Mr. Mohit Jaggi, Mr. Vibhuti Sushant Gupta, Mr. Narender Kumar Verma, Mr. R. S. Manhas, Mr. Hitesh Kumar, Ms. Preeti Kumari, Mr. Pranav Singh Gautam, Mr. Hardik Giri, Ms. Sarika Chalise, Mr. Sanjay Maurya, Mr. R. C. Kaushik
For the Respondents: Mr. Rahul Mehra, Mr. Sanjoy Ghose, Mr. Karan Sharma, Ms. Baani Khanna, Mr. Siddhant Sharma

Court allows several Special Leave Petitions while condoning delays and issuing notices, ensuring procedural fairness in appeal processes.

Headnote:The court considered various Special Leave Petitions including those arising from the High Court's conclusions on multiple appeal numbers. The main legal issues involved were procedural aspects including delay in filing and the necessity for notice in several matters. The court granted permission for filing SLPs, condoned delays, and issued directions regarding counter affidavits and rejoinders.

O R D E R

Permission to file SLPs is granted.

The application(a) for exemption from filing official translation is allowed.

Delay condoned.

It is stated that in some matters, notice has been issued.

Issue notice in the remaining matters.

Learned counsel appearing for the State prays for and is granted a period of four weeks to file the counter affidavit.

Rejoinder affidavit, if any, is to be filed within a period of two weeks thereafter.

List the matters thereafter.

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