1. Further hearing scheduled in the matter. (Para 1 )
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2026 Supreme(Online)(SC) 930
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Sanjay Karol, Augustine George Masih, JJ
Union Of India – Appellant
Versus
Chidiebere Kingsley Nawchara – Respondent
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 14185/2025
Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Surya Prakash V. Raju, S. Dwarakanath, Nisha Bagchi, Annam Venkatesh, Bhuvan Kapoor, Padmesh Mishra, Munisha Anand, Gurmeet Singh Makker
For the Respondents: Shrirang B. Varma, Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, Shraddha Deshmukh, Sanchit Singh, Sarthak Gupta, Kaustubh Khanna, Prakash Naik, Rahul Chitnis, Harsh Desai, Shwetal Shepal, Aditya Khanna, Chander Shekhar Ashri, Sudarshan Lamba, Sanjai Kumar Pathak, Shashi Pathak, Arvind Kumar Tripathi, Robin Kumar, Shweta Jayshankar Dwivedi, Amit Sharma, Sameer Abhyankar, Rahul Kumar, Krishna Rastogi, Aryan Srivastava, Pallavi Langar, Vishnu Sharma, Kumar Anurag Singh, Sujeet Kumar Chaubey, Dev Aaryan, Kunal Chatterji, Maitrayee Banerjee, Rohit Bansal, Varij Nayan Mishra, T. G. Narayanan Nair, Samyuktha H Nair, Abhay Kumar, Shagun Ruhil, Shreenivash, Rakesh Kumar, Karan Chopra, Firoz Gandhi, P. I. Jose, Avnish Pandey, Niranjan Sahu, Abhikalp Pratap Singh, Kartikey, Kashish Jain, Siya Singh, Samar Vijay Singh, Sabarni Som, Aman Dev Sharma, Keshav Mittal, Gaj Singh, Vikramaditya Chauhan, Pushkar Sharma, Dr. Arun Kumar Yadav, Raj Bahadur Yadav, Ahanthmem Henry, Ahanthmem Rohen Singh, Mohan Singh, Aniket Rajput, Khushnam Nirmala Devi, Yeshu Mehta, Tanay Hegde, Kumar Mihir, Harshad V. Hameed, Dileep Poolakkat, Ashly Harshad, Mahabir Singh, Dr. Arunender Thakur, Anshul Saharan, Guntur Pramod Kumar, Prerna Singh, Dhruv Yadav, Avneesh Arputham, Ankit Sharma, Ankolekar Gurudatta, Anando Mukherjee, Shwetank Singh, Utkarsh Anand, Sandeep Sudhakar Deshmukh, Nishant Sharma, Ankur Savadikar, Kartik Sharma, Vaibhav Srivastava, Sugandha Anand, Preetika Dwivedi, Abhisek Mohanty, Ansh Rajauria Junior, Mukul Kumar, Apoorv Shukla, Prabhleen A. Shukla, Anshul Narayan, Prem Prakash, Kunal Mimani, Shraddha Chirania, Akshay Luthra, Himanshu Shekhar, Parth Shekhar, Shubham Singh, Akshay Amritanshu, Sarthak Srivastava, Mayur Goyal, Disha Singh, Eliza Bar, Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Karun Sharma, Rajkumari Divyasana, Swati Ghildiyal, Neha Singh
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Surya Prakash V. Raju, S. Dwarakanath, Nisha Bagchi, Annam Venkatesh, Bhuvan Kapoor, Padmesh Mishra, Munisha Anand, Gurmeet Singh Makker
For the Respondents: Shrirang B. Varma, Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, Shraddha Deshmukh, Sanchit Singh, Sarthak Gupta, Kaustubh Khanna, Prakash Naik, Rahul Chitnis, Harsh Desai, Shwetal Shepal, Aditya Khanna, Chander Shekhar Ashri, Sudarshan Lamba, Sanjai Kumar Pathak, Shashi Pathak, Arvind Kumar Tripathi, Robin Kumar, Shweta Jayshankar Dwivedi, Amit Sharma, Sameer Abhyankar, Rahul Kumar, Krishna Rastogi, Aryan Srivastava, Pallavi Langar, Vishnu Sharma, Kumar Anurag Singh, Sujeet Kumar Chaubey, Dev Aaryan, Kunal Chatterji, Maitrayee Banerjee, Rohit Bansal, Varij Nayan Mishra, T. G. Narayanan Nair, Samyuktha H Nair, Abhay Kumar, Shagun Ruhil, Shreenivash, Rakesh Kumar, Karan Chopra, Firoz Gandhi, P. I. Jose, Avnish Pandey, Niranjan Sahu, Abhikalp Pratap Singh, Kartikey, Kashish Jain, Siya Singh, Samar Vijay Singh, Sabarni Som, Aman Dev Sharma, Keshav Mittal, Gaj Singh, Vikramaditya Chauhan, Pushkar Sharma, Dr. Arun Kumar Yadav, Raj Bahadur Yadav, Ahanthmem Henry, Ahanthmem Rohen Singh, Mohan Singh, Aniket Rajput, Khushnam Nirmala Devi, Yeshu Mehta, Tanay Hegde, Kumar Mihir, Harshad V. Hameed, Dileep Poolakkat, Ashly Harshad, Mahabir Singh, Dr. Arunender Thakur, Anshul Saharan, Guntur Pramod Kumar, Prerna Singh, Dhruv Yadav, Avneesh Arputham, Ankit Sharma, Ankolekar Gurudatta, Anando Mukherjee, Shwetank Singh, Utkarsh Anand, Sandeep Sudhakar Deshmukh, Nishant Sharma, Ankur Savadikar, Kartik Sharma, Vaibhav Srivastava, Sugandha Anand, Preetika Dwivedi, Abhisek Mohanty, Ansh Rajauria Junior, Mukul Kumar, Apoorv Shukla, Prabhleen A. Shukla, Anshul Narayan, Prem Prakash, Kunal Mimani, Shraddha Chirania, Akshay Luthra, Himanshu Shekhar, Parth Shekhar, Shubham Singh, Akshay Amritanshu, Sarthak Srivastava, Mayur Goyal, Disha Singh, Eliza Bar, Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Karun Sharma, Rajkumari Divyasana, Swati Ghildiyal, Neha Singh
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2. List for further hearing on 16.03.2026. (Para 2 )
Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv. (A.C.)
Ms. Sana Hashmi, AOR (A.C.)
Mr. Sheezn Hashmi, Adv.
Mr. Mihir Joshi, Adv.
Mr. Sarthak Jain, Adv.
Mr. Akshat Kumar, Adv.
For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Surya Prakash V. Raju, ASG
Mr. S. Dwarakanath, ASG
Ms. Nisha Bagchi, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Annam Venkatesh, Adv.
Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv.
Mr. Padmesh Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Munisha Anand, Adv.
Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR
For Respondent(s) :Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.
Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR
Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, AOR
Mr. Sanchit Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sarthak Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Kaustubh Khanna, Adv.
Mr. Prakash Naik, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv.
Mr. Harsh Desai, Adv.
Ms. Shwetal Shepal, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Khanna, Adv.
Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR
Mr. Sudarshan Lamba, AOR
Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, AOR
Mrs. Shashi Pathak, Adv.
Mr. Arvind Kumar Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Robin Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Shweta Jayshankar Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR
Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR
Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Rastogi, Adv.
Mr. Aryan Srivastava, Adv.
Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR
Mr. Vishnu Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sujeet Kumar Chaubey, Adv.
Mr. Dev Aaryan, Adv.
Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR
Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Varij Nayan Mishra, Adv.
Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR
Ms. Samyuktha H Nair, Adv.
Mr. Abhay Kumar, AOR
Mr. Shagun Ruhil, Adv.
Mr. Shreenivash, Adv.
Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Karan Chopra, Adv.
Mr. Firoz Gandhi, Adv.
Mr. P. I. Jose, AOR
Mr. Avnish Pandey, AOR
Mr. Niranjan Sahu, AOR
Mr. Abhikalp Pratap Singh, AOR
Mr. Kartikey, Adv.
Ms. Kashish Jain, Adv.
Ms. Siya Singh, Adv.
Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR
Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv.
Mr. Aman Dev Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Keshav Mittal, Adv.
Mr. Gaj Singh, Adv.
Mr. Vikramaditya Chauhan, Adv.
Mr. Pushkar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Suryaprakash V Raju, A.S.G.
Mr. S Dwarakanath, A.S.G.
Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv.
Ms. Nisha Bagchi, Adv.
Ms. Munisha Anand, Adv.
Mr. Padmesh Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Annam Venkatesh, Adv.
Dr. Arun Kumar Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR
Mr. Ananthem Henry, Adv.
Mr. Ananthem Rohen Singh, Adv.
Mr. Mohan Singh, Adv.
Mr. Aniket Rajput, Adv.
Ms. Khushnam Nirmala Devi, Adv.
Mr. Yeshu Mehta, Adv.
Mr. Tanay Hegde, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Mihir, AOR
Mr. Harshad V. Hameed, AOR
Mr. Dileep Poolakkat, Adv.
Mrs. Ashly Harshad, Adv.
Mr. Mahabir Singh, Adv.
Dr. Arunender Thakur, Adv.
Mr. Anshul Saharan, Adv.
Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR
Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.
Mr. Dhruv Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Avneesh Arputham, AOR
Mr. Ankit Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Ankolekar Gurudatta, AOR
Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR
Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv.
Mr. Utkarsh Anand, Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Sudhakar Deshmukh, AOR
Mr. Nishant Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Ankur Savadikar, Adv.
Mr. Kartik Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Vaibhav Srivastava, Adv.
Ms. Sugandha Anand, AOR
Ms. Preetika Dwivedi, AOR
Mr. Abhisek Mohanty Adv, Adv.
Mr. Ansh Rajauria Junior, Adv.
Mr. Mukul Kumar, AOR
Mr. Apoorv Shukla, AOR
Ms. Prabhleen A. Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Anshul Narayan, Adv.
Mr. Prem Prakash, AOR
Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR
Ms. Shraddha Chirania, Adv.
Mr. Akshay Luthra, Adv.
Mr. Himanshu Shekhar, AOR
Mr. Parth Shekhar, Adv.
Mr. Shubham Singh, Adv.
Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR
Mr. Sarthak Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Mayur Goyal, Adv.
Ms. Disha Singh, AOR
Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv.
Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar AOR
Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.
Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR
Ms. Neha Singh, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. List for further hearing on 16.03.2026.
