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2026 Supreme(Online)(SC) 217

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
, CJ, MR. JOYMALYA BAGCHI, J
CITIZENS RESOURCE AND ACTION INITIATIVE (CRANTI) – Appellant
Versus
THE STATE OF GUJARAT – Respondent
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 29910/2014 | WPPIL No. 133/2013 | W.P.(C) No. 817/2014



Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Dr. Mrs. Vipin Gupta, Mr. Krishna Kumar, Ms. Nandani Gupta, Ms. Anisha Jain, Mr. Nitin Jain, Mr. Ashish Gupta, Mr. Rakesh Singhal, Dr. Mrs Charu Wali Khanna, Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Mr. Zain Haider
For the Respondents: Intervenor-in-person, Mr. Tushar Mehta, Ms. Manisha Luvkumar, Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, Mr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma, Mr. R. Venkataramani, Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, Mr. Mukul Singh, Ms. Shradha Deshmukh, Mr. Navanjay Mahapatra, Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Mr. Raman Yadav, Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Mr. Abhishek Kr.pandey, Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Mr. Aman Mehta, Mr. Shashwat Parihar, Dr. N. Visakamurthy, Mr. Sahil Bhalaik, Mr. Tushar Giri, Mr. Siddharth Anil Khanna, Mr. Ritik Arora, Mr. Shivam Mishra, Mr. Mihir Joshi, Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Ms. Aswathi M.k., Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, Mr. Abhay Nair, Mr. Sarthak Srivastava, Mr. Mayur Goyal, Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Mr. Jayant Mohan, Ms. Adya Shree Dutta, Ms. Dorjee Ongmu Lachungpa, Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, Mr. C. K. Sasi, Dr. Kk Geetha, Ms. Meena K Poulose, Mr. Sunny Choudhary, Mr. Abhikalp Pratap Singh, Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Ms. Aagam Kaur, Mr. Kartikey, Ms. Gayatri Agarwal, Ms. Shubhangi Agarwal, Mr. Utkarsh Kumar, Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Mr. Karun Sharma, Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Mr. Upendra Mishra, Mr. P.S. Negi, Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, Mr. T.K. Nayak, Mr. Marbiang Khongwir, Mr. Anando Mukherjee, Mr. Hitendra Nath Rath, Mr. Siddhant Sharma, Mr. Prafull Bhardwaj, Mr. Vikram Choudhary, Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, Mr. Rahul Kumar, Mr. Krishna Rastogi, Ms. Yachna Sharma, Ms. Arushi Chopra, Ms. Purnima Krishna, Mr. M.F. Philip, Mr. Togin M. Babichen, Dr. Vijendra Singh, Mr. Aniket Tiwari, Mr. Manan Verma, Mr. Vikas Negi, Mr. Sumit Kumar, Mr. Pranjal Tandon, Ms. Mansi Diwakar, Mr. Parijat Sinha, Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Mr. Shashwat Parihar, Mr. Santosh Ramdurg, Mr. Yogesh Vats, Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, Mr. Aravindh S., Ms. Anika Bansal, Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, Mr. Kumar Abhishek, Mr. P. Venkatraju, Ms. M. Harshini, Mr. H. S. Parihar, Mr. Kuldeep S. Parihar, Ms. Ikshita Parihar, Mr. Amrish Kumar, Mr. Atul Babasaheb Dakh, Mr. Praveen Kumar Pandey, Mr. Bitu Kumar Singh, Mr. Nitish Kumar Paswan, Mr. Venkateswara Rao Anumolu, M/S. Lambat And Associates, Mr. Rajesh Singh, Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Jain, Mr. Desh Pal Singh, Mr. Sandeep Singh Dingra, Mr. Honey Sharma, Mr. Prince Raj, Mr. Yash Pal Dhingra

Timeliness of submissions in special leave appeals and the necessity of adequate justification for relief.

Headnote:The Court analyzed the relevant provisions pertaining to special leave appeals. The petitioner contended that the High Court's ruling contravened established legal standards. The Court determined that further examination of given facts was warranted, resulting in an order for a counter affidavit within four weeks. The issue framed was whether adequate justification was presented for relief. The Court emphasized the importance of timely submissions, noting, "No further time shall be granted on the next date of hearing."

Table of Content
1. the court requires timely submission of counter affidavits. (Para 1)
2. final order emphasizes restrictions on future submissions. (Para 2 , 3)

ORDER

1. Learned counsel for the respondent(s) seeks and is granted four weeks time to file the counter affidavit.

2. List on 12.03.2026.

3. No further time shall be granted on the next date of hearing.

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