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Date : 25-02-2026 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH For Petitioner(s) :Mr. Rana Mukherjee, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Parul Shukla, AOR Ms. Shubhangi Pandey, Adv.

Ms. Sneha Ahmad, Adv.

Ms. Keesha Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Subhasish Bhowmick, Adv.

Mr. Anupam Mishra, AOR Mr. Jenis V. Francis, Adv.

Mr. Harikumar V., Adv. Mr. Aarush Jenis, Adv.

Mr. Aditya Tewari, Adv.

Mr. Chakma Purnojyoti, Adv. Mr. Suraj Kumar Singh, Adv.

Mr. Sanjiv Sen, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, AOR Mr. Prahalad Balaji, Adv.

Mr. Parimal Rai, Adv.

Mr. Ankur Sharma, Adv.

Mrs. Nidhi A. Sharma, Adv.

Mrs. Shashi Pathak, Adv.

Mr. Arvind Kumar Tripathi, Adv.

Mr. Robin Kumar, Adv.

Ms. Shweta Jayshankar Dwivedi, Adv.

Ms. Simran Gupta, Adv. Ms. Jharna Singh, Adv.

For Respondent(s) :Mr. Anurag Ojha , AOR Mr. Vipul Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Dipak Raj, Adv.

Mr. Aayushman Bhatt, Adv.

Mr. Nikhil Majithia, AOR Mr. Badri Prasad Singh, AOR Mr. S. R. Singh, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, AOR Mr. Mridul Jain, Adv.

Mr. Sudesh Pal Malik, Adv.

Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, A.S.G.

Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv.

Mr. Anuj Udupa, Adv.

Mr. Rajan Kumar Chourasia, Adv.

Mr. Chitransh Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Amit Sharma-(b), Adv. Mr. Purnendu Bajpai, Adv.

Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, A.S.G.

Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv.

Mr. Rajan Kumar Chourasia, Adv.

Mr. Rajan Kr Chourasia, Adv.

Mr. Anuj Srinivas Udupa, Adv.

Mr. Chitransh Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Purnendu Bajpai, Adv.

Mr. Amit Sharma B, Adv.

Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR Mr. Sudhanshu Tewari, Adv.

Mr. Faizan Ahmed, Adv.

Mr. Anurag Ojha , AOR Mr. Anurag Ojha, Adv. Mr. Vipul Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Dipak Raj, Adv.

Mr. Aayushman Bhatt, Adv.

Mr. Nikhil Majithia, AOR Ms. Parul Shukla, AOR Mr. Nikhil Majithia, Adv.

Mr. Rishi Kumar Singh Gautam, AOR Mr. Tamilarasan Varadarajan, Adv.

Mr. Vikram Pratap Singh, Adv.

Ms. Ishita Bedi, Adv.

Mr. Dushyant Pratap Singh, Adv.

Ms. Sakshi Singh, Adv.

Ms. Akansha Tyagi, Adv.

Mr. Niteen Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Vishal Arun Mishra, AOR Ms. Rupali Panwar, Adv. Mr. Avinash Singh, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

1. Heard in part.

2. List these petitions on 12^th March, 2026 at 03:50 p.m., subject to obtaining orders from the Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India.

3. In the meanwhile, Mr. S. R. Singh, learned senior counsel f