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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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W.P.(C) 8654/2021 & CM APPL. 26788/2021 (stay)

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SADRE ALAM

..... Petitioner

Through:

Mr. B.S. Bagga, Advocate

Versus

UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

..... Respondents

Through:

Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General

of India with Chetan Sharma, Additional Solicitor

General, Mr. Amit Mahajan, Central Government

Standing Counsel, Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. Vinay

Yadav, Mr. Akshay Gadeock and Mr. Sahaj Garg,

Advocates for Respondent No.1.

Mr.

Mukul

Rohatgi,

Senior

Advocate,

Mr. Maninder Singh, Senior Advocate with

Ms. Diksha Rai, Ms. Devanshi Singh, Mr. Ankit

Agarwal, Mr. Prabhas Bajaj and Ms. Palak

Mahajan, Advocates for Respondent No.2.

Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Ms. Neha Rathi and

Mr. Jatin Bhardwaj, Advocates for Intervener.

CORAM:

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH

JUDGMENT

:

Per D. N. PATEL, Chief Justice

1.

Present public interest litigation has been preferred seeking the

following reliefs:-

“a.

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b.

d.

of the instant case.”

2.

We have heard learned counsel appearing o