ITEM NO.25 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(s)(Civil) No(s). 259/2020 GAURI MAULEKHI Petitioner(s)

VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(IA No. 327487/2025 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 122763/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 3302/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 98093/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No. 68836/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Date : 09-03-2026 This matter was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JOYMALYA BAGCHI For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Debmalya Banerjee, Adv.

Ms. Esha Dutta, Adv.

Mr. Vipul Pathak, Adv.

Ms. Liza Vohra, Adv.

Mr. Siddharth Pandey, Adv.

Ms. Nandita Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Mohd Ashaab, Adv.

Ms. Mrinalika Pandey, Adv.

M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR For Respondent(s) : Ms. Rajeshri Nivuratirao Reddy, AOR Mr. Sahil Bhalaik, AOR Mr. Tushar Giri, Adv.

Mr. Siddharth Anil Khanna, Adv.

Mr. Ritik Arora, Adv.

Mr. Shivam Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Mihir Joshi, Adv. Ms. Disha Singh , AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv.

Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Divyansh Mishra, Adv.

Signa ture No t Ve rifi ed Mr. Kumar Saurav, Adv.

Digita lly s ign ed b y NITIN TALREJA Date: 2026.03.12 Reason:

Mr. Akshai Malik, Adv.

Mr. Nikhil Jain, AOR Mr. Khawar Saleem, Adv.

Ms. Divya Jain, Adv.

Ms. Diptasree Beg, Adv.

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

Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv.

Mr. Sarthak Srivastava, Adv.

Mr. Mayur Goyal, Adv.

Ms. Ishika Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Arya, Adv. Ms. Seema Sindhu, Adv.

Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR Mr. G.M. Kawoosa, Adv.

Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Adv.

Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv.

Mrs. Riya Dhingra, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Anand, Adv.

Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR Mr. Kunal Rana, Adv.

Mr. Shashwat Jaiswal, Adv.

Ms. Diksha Arora, Adv.

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

Ms. Devika A.l., Adv.

Mr. Surjeet Singh Ga, Adv.

Mr. Yashraj Singh Bundela, AOR Mrs. Pratima Singh, Adv.

Mr. Arpit Garg, Adv.

Ms. Sakshi, Adv.

Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.

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.

Mr. Lenin Singh Hijam, Advocate General Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.

Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.

Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.

Mr. Amit Kumar, Sr. Adv., Advocate General Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv.

Mr. P.S. Negi, Adv.

Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv.

Mr. Vikas Bansal, Adv.

Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv.

Mr. Aditya Kumar, Adv.

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

Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv.

Ms. Divya Roy, AOR Mr. Satyam Pahal, Adv.

Mr. Ruturaj Satpathy, Adv. Mr. Maninder Singh, A.A.G.

Mr. Siddhant Sharma, AOR Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Aryan Srivastava, Adv.

Mr. Krishna Rastogi, Adv.

Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. P Gandepan, Adv.

Mr. Anurag Kashyap, Adv.

Ms. Yashi Jain, Adv.

Ms. Anjali Singh, Adv.

Ms. Raniba Pangnila, Adv.

Mr. Sachin, Adv.

Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, AOR Mr. Kumar Abhishek, Adv.

Ms. M. Harshini, Adv. Ms. G. Sushmita, Adv.

Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. Saurabh Trivedi, AOR Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kr. Verma, Adv.

Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv.

Priyadarshini Priya, Adv.

Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv.

Mr. Yogesh Vats, Adv.

Mr. Santosh Ramdurg, Adv.

Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Ms. Priyanka, Adv.

Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Ms. Jyotika Sharma, Adv.

Ms. Ekta Muyal, Adv.

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

1. Despite sufficient opportunity given, 12 States and 2 Union Territories i.e., Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and Ladakh have not yet filed their counter affidavits.