ITEM NO.21 COURT NO.2 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). 953/2025 RAJENDRA PRASAD Petitioner(s)

VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

IA No. 234275/2025 - EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF Date : 24-02-2026 This matter was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA For Petitioner(s) :Mr. Sivagnanam Karthikeyan, Adv.

Mr. Tushar Giri, AOR Mr. Siddharth Anil Khanna, Adv.

Mr. Ritik Arora, Adv.

Mr. Shivam Mishra, Adv.

For Respondent(s) :Mr. S.D.Sanjay, A.S.G.

Mr. Udit Dediya, Adv.

Ms. Arushi Singh, Adv.

Mr. Yashraj Bundela, Adv.

Mr. Diwakar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Khushal Kolwar, Adv.

Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Arun Kumar Yadav, Adv.

Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Abhishek Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Nihar Dharmadhikari, Adv.

Mr. Rajinder Singh, AOR Mr. Huzefa Ahmadi, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Achuthan Sreekumar, Adv.

Mr. Mushtaq Salim, Adv.

Mr. Lzafeer Ahmad B. F., AOR Mr. Shubham Arun, Adv.

Signa ture No t Ve rifi ed Digita lly s ign ed b y Ms. Archana Sahadeva, AOR NEETU KHAJURIA Date: 2026.02.26

20:04: 25 IST Ms. Shiwangi Singh, Adv.

Reason:

Mr. Harshit Bhoi, Adv.

Mr. Nikhil Jain, AOR Ms. Divya Jain, Adv.

Mr. Kunal Vajani, Adv.

Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR Mr. Shubhang Tandon, Adv.

Mr. Dev Karn Singh, Av.

Mr. Abhishek Chandra Mishra , AOR Mr. Dev Devansh, Adv.

Mr. Divyanshu Kumar Srivastava, AOR Mr. Alok Nayak, Adv.

Mr. Shivam Nagpal, Adv.

Mr. Mullapudi Rambabu, Adv.

Mr. Nithin Chowdary Pavuluri, Adv.

Mr. Subham Saurabh, Adv.

Mr. Praveen Kumar Sharma, Adv.

M/S Niyati Law Chambers Llp, AOR Mr. Vikas Mehta, AOR Mr. Vaishak Omanakuttan, Adv.

Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.

Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv. Ms. Lakshmi Iyer, Adv.

Mrs. Anushree Kapooria, Adv.

Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

Mr. S.D. Sanjay, learned Additional Solicitor General appearing for respondent nos. 1 and 2, informs that an additional counter affidavit has been filed only yesterday.

Office to trace out the same and place it on record and also upload the soft copy.

Further, a copy of the said additional counter affidavit may be shared with all the respondents as well as the petitioner within three days. Pursuant thereto, the parties shall have three weeks’ time to file reply to the said additional counter affidavit.

List the matter again on 07.04.2026.

As prayed, in the meantime, the learned counsel appearing for the unrepresented parties may file vakalatnama and counter affidavit.

(NEETU KHAJURIA) (RANJANA SHAILEY)

ASST.REGISTRAR-CUM-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR