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2026 Supreme(Online)(SC) 1043

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Pankaj Mithal, S.V.N. Bhatti, JJ
VIKASH KUMAR – Appellant
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR – Respondent
Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No. 38217/2025 | SLP(C) No. 38427/2025 | SLP(C) No. 38274/2025 | SLP(C) No. 38212/2025 | SLP(C) No. 38279/2025 | SLP(C) No. 673/2026 | SLP(C) No. 3253/2026 | SLP(C) No. 5052/2026 | SLP(C) No. 5044/2026

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Sumit Srivaastava, Avinash Mishra, Nand Kishor Jha, Kumari Supriya, Vagisha Kashyap, Sridhar Potaraju, Guru Krishn Kumar, Anirudh Sharma, Ashwin K., Varun Kesharwani, Niharika, Chamundeshwari, Paramjit Singh Patwalia, Shantanu Sagar, Anil Kumar, Gunjesh Ranjan, Prakash Kumar Mangalam, Manoneet Dwivedi, Abhishek Kumar Gupta, Anshala Verma, Navaniti Prasad Singh, Vaibhav Niti, Madhavi Agrawal, Madhur Mahajan, Divyanshu Agrawal, Kumar Parimal, Seshatalpa Sai Bandaru
For the Respondents: Gaurav Agarwal, Azmat Hayat Amanullah, Vanshita Gupta

The court granted a procedural extension of three weeks to the respondent for filing a counter affidavit in a Special Leave Petition.

Headnote:The matter involves Special Leave Petitions filed against a final judgment and order passed by a High Court. The court considered a request for additional time to file a response. The issue concerned the request for an extension of time to file a counter affidavit. The court reasoned that the request should be granted for a period of three weeks. List in the month of April, 2026 on a non- miscellaneous day.

Table of Content
1. grant of time for filing counter affidavit and scheduling of the next hearing. (Para 1 , 2)

ITEM NO.53 COURT NO.9 SECTION XVI

(FOR ADMISSION

IA No. 307407/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

WITH

SLP(C) No. 38427/2025 (XVI)

(IA No. 312310/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.

IA No. 311197/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

SLP(C) No. 38274/2025 (XVI)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R.

IA No. 312315/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.

IA No. 309357/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

SLP(C) No. 38212/2025 (XVI)

FOR ADMISSION

IA No. 305912/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.

SLP(C) No. 38279/2025 (XVI)

(IA No. 313533/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT

IA No. 313534/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

SLP(C) No. 673/2026 (XVI)

(IA No. 336553/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT

IA No. 336542/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.

IA No. 336546/2025 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES)

SLP(C) No. 3253/2026 (XVI)

(IA No. 4079/2026 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

SLP(C) No. 5052/2026 (XVI)

(IA No. 27192/2026 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT

IA No. 27182/2026 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.

IA No. 27194/2026 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

SLP(C) No. 5044/2026 (XVI)

(IA No. 23039/2026 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Date : 27-02-2026 These matters were called on for hearing today.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

1. Mr. Gaurav Agarwal, learned senior counsel appearing for the State of Bihar prays for and is allowed three weeks’ time for filing counter affidavit.

2. List in the month of April, 2026 on a non- miscellaneous day.

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