2026 Supreme(Online)(SC) 1658
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta, JJ
Sadik A P – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent
SLP (Crl) No. 3658/2024 | SLP (Crl) No. 4384/2024 | W.P.(C) No. 320/2026
Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Basant R, Vishnu P, Haris E A, Manu Krishnan G, Siddhartha Dave, Himanshu Tyagi, Karthik Ashok, Smrithi Suresh, Nanditha S, A. Karthik
For the Respondents: Aishwarya Bhati, Rajat Nair, Suyansh Pandey, Aditya Shankar Dixit, Astha Singh, Chitrangda Rastravara, Arvind Kumar Sharma, Shreya Jain, Anhinav Aggarwal, Maulik Shrivastava, Shaji P Chaly, Shivam Sharma, P. S. Sudheer, Rishi Maheshwari, Anne Mathew, Bharat Sood, Sunaina Phul, Jashan Vir Singh, Harshad V. Hameed, Dileep Poolakot, Ashly Harshad, Arunender Thakur
The court exercised its administrative power to decouple cases and regulate the timeline for the filing of additional documents and pleadings to ensure orderly judicial process.
Headnote:The court dealt with procedural administrative directions regarding the listing and decoupling of various petitions, including Special Leave Petitions and a Writ Petition. The court observed the necessity for the National Investigation Agency to file additional documents and set deadlines for the filing of counter and rejoinder affidavits in the ongoing matters. The main issues addressed pertain to procedural management of case listings and the completion of pleadings. The court reasoned that in the interest of orderly judicial administration, specific matters should be separated and timelines for filing responses must be strictly adhered to by the parties involved. Resulting in the de-tagging of the Writ Petition and granting time for the filing of an additional affidavit by the respondent and respective deadlines for counter and rejoinder affidavits.
O R D E R
Registry is directed to de-tag and list the Writ Petition (C) No.320/2026 separately from rest of the matters.
SL P (Crl.) Nos. 3658/2024 and 4384/202 4 Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, learned Additional Solicitor General, appearing for the National Investigation Agency, prays for and is granted a week’s time to file additional affidavit placing on record additional documents.
List the matters again on 28.04.2026.
W.P.(C) No. 320/2026 Issue notice, returnable on 14.07.2026.
The respondents are granted four weeks’ time to file counter affidavit. Thereafter, petitioner will have two weeks’ time from the date of receipt of counter affidavit to file rejoinder affidavit.
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