ITEM NO.26 COURT NO.2 SECTION XVII-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Original Suit No(s).1/2021 THE STATE OF MEGHALAYA Plaintiff(s)

VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Defendant(s) IA No. 8411/2021 - APPLICATION ON BEHALF OF THE PLAINTIFF UNDER ORDER 39 RULES 1 AND 2 OF THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908 FOR AD-

INTERIM INJUNCTION Date : 10-03-2026 This matter was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA For Plaintiff(s) :

Mr. Amit Kumar, Sr. Adv., Advocate General Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Shaurya Sahay, Adv.

Mr. Aditya S. Pandey, Adv.

Mr. T.k. Nayak, Adv.

Mr. Aditya Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv.

Mr. P.S. Negi, Adv.

For Respondent(s) :Mr. R.Venkatramani, Attorney General for India Mr. Vikramjeet Banerjee, A.S.G.

Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv.

Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv.

Mr. Padmesh Mishra, Adv.

Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, Adv.

Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv.

Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.

Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv.

Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv.

Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.

Signa ture No t Ve rifi ed Mr. Mukesh Kr.singh, Adv.

Digita lly s ign ed b y Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv.

NEETU KHAJURIA Date: 2026.03.11 Reason:

Mr. Pallav Shishodia, Sr. Adv.

Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Dr. Kk Geetha, Adv.

Ms. Meena K Poulose, Adv.

Mr. Basava Prabhu S Patil, Adv.Gen.Sikkim/Sr.Adv.

Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Ms. Yachna Sharma, Adv. Ms. Arushi Chopra, Adv.

Mr. Samarth Kashyap, Adv.

Ms. Manisha T. Karia, Sr. A.A.G.

Mr. Abhinav Srivastav, Adv.

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

Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv.

Ms. Akanksha Tomar, Adv.

Mr. Chinmoy Sharma, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.

Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv.

Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv.

Mr. Vijay Deora, Adv.

Mr. Aditya Agarwal, Adv.

Mr. Alok Sangwan, Sr. A.A.G.

Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR Mr. Sumit Kumar Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Rajat Sangwan, Adv.

Mr. Shikhar Narwal, Adv.

Ms. Divya Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Sarthak Srivastava, Adv.

Mr. Mayur Goyal, Adv. Mr. Harsh Mehla, Adv.

Mr. Nishanth Patil, A.A.G.

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

Mr. Shashwat Jaiswal, Adv.

Ms. Diksha Arora, Adv.

Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv.

Mr. Maninderjit Singh, Advocate General Mr. Rajat Bhardwaj, A.A.G.

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

Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv.

Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv.

Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv.

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

Mr. Kumar Saurav, Adv.

Mr. Prashant Singh, AOR Mr. Abhay Anil Anturkar, Adv.

Mr. Dhruv Tank, Adv.

Mr. Sarthak Mehrotra, Adv.

Ms. Subhi Pastor, Adv.

Mr. Uday Gutam, Adv.

Ms. Aradhya Srivastava, Adv.

M/S. Dr. R.R. Deshpande And Associates, AOR Mr. Prashant Bhagwati, Adv.

Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Mr. Vishnu Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Sujeet Kumar Chaubey, Adv.

Mr. Surit Chaubey, Adv.

Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv.

Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.

Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Shamra, Adv.

Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.

Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.

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

Mr. Utkarsh Anand, Adv.

Ms. Rohini Musa, AOR Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv.

Ms. Tanvi Anand, Adv.

Ms. Jahnavi Taneja, Adv. Mr. Pranjal Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Veshal Tyagi, Adv.

Ms. Saushriya Havelia, Adv.

Ms. Arpitha Anna Mathew, Adv.

Mr. Badhrinathan K S, Adv.

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

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

Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR Mr. Sunny Sachin Rawat, Adv.

Ms. Saakshi Singh Rawat, Adv.

Mr. Harish Pandey, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Ms. Debarati Sadhu, Adv.

Mr. Dhruv Bhalla, Adv.

Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Ms. G. Indira, AOR Ms. Priyadarshni Priya, Adv.

Ms. Priyanka, Adv.

Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Ms. Anika Bansal, Adv.

Ms. Elizabeth Barr, Adv.

Ms. Akansha, Adv.

Ms. Anjali Saxena, Adv.

Mr. Bishwajit Dubey, AAG Mr. Vinayak Sharma,