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JUDGMENT

REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

IA

NOS.

4,

5,

IA

NOS.

6-8,

IA.

NOS.

9-11,

12,

13,

14

AND

15

IN

WRIT

PETITION

(CIVIL)

NO.265

OF

2011

Avishek Goenka

... Appellant

Versus

Union of India & Anr.

... Respondents

J U D G M

E N T

Swatanter

Kumar,

J .

1.

The applications for impleadment and intervention are

allowed subject to just exceptions. All applications for placing

documents on record are also allowed.

2.

I.A. No. 5 of 2012 has been filed by the Dealers and

Distributors of tinted films in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 265 of 2011

under Order XVIII, Rule 5 of the Supreme Court Rules, 1966

against the dismissal of two interim applications, i.e., seeking

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permission to file application for impleadment and application for

modification by the Registrar of this Court vide his Order dated

16^th May, 2012.

3.

The learned Registrar vide the impugned order noticed that

application for impleadment was not maintainable inasmuch as

the writ petition in which the application was filed has al