ITEM NO.1501 COURT NO.1 SECTION X
(For Judgment)
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Writ Petition (Civil) No(s).118/2016
SHAYARA BANO Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)
WITH
SMW(C) No.2/2015 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.288/2016 (X)
W.P.(C) No.327/2016 (X)
W.P.(C) No.665/2016 (X)
W.P.(C) No.43/2017 (X)
Date : 22-08-2017 These matters were called on for pronouncements of judgment today.
For Petitioner(s)/Applicant(s) :
UOI Mr. Tushar Mehta,ASG
Ms. Pinky Anand,ASG
Mr. Devashish Bharuka,Adv.
Ms. Madhvi Diwan,Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati,Adv.
For Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria,AOR
& Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker,AOR
In WP(C) 118/2016 Mr. Amit Singh Chadha,Sr.Adv.
Mr. Balaji Srinivasan,AOR
Mr. Arunava Mukherjee,Adv.
Mr. Dilpreet Singh,Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Bharti,Adv.
Ms. Srishti Govil,Adv.
Ms. Vaishnavi Subrahmanyam,Adv.
Ms. Pratiksha Mishra,Adv.
Mr. Prashant Murthy,Adv.
In WP(C) 288/2016 Mr. Divyesh Pratap Singh,AOR
In WP(C)327/2016 Ms. Priya Hingorani,Adv.
Mr. Ashwani Upadhyaya,Adv.
Mr. Balaji Srinivasa,AOR
Mr. Arunava Mukherjee,Adv.
In WP(C)665/2016 Mr. V.K. Biju,AOR
Ms. Ria Sachthey,Adv.
Mr. Himanshu Singh Yadav,Adv.
Ms. Nazia Ellahi Khan,Adv.
Ms. Hema Sahu,Adv.
Mr. Rakeesh Panicker,Adv.
Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh,Adv.
Mr. Subash Chandran,Adv.
Ms. Ansu,Adv.
Ms. Usha Nandini,Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Payannoor,Adv.
Mr. Nishad Livingston,Adv.
In WP(C)43/2017 Mr. Mukesh Jain,AOR
Applicant Ms. Farha Faiz,In-person
IA 6 Ms. Rukhsana Choudhary,AOR
For Respondent(s) :
R8 in WP(C)118 Mr. Kapil Sibal,Sr.Adv.
R3 in SMW(C)2 Mr. Ejaz Maqbool,AOR
Ms. Akriti Chaubey,Adv.
Ms. Qurratulain,Adv.
Mr. Zafar Khurshid,Adv.
Ms. Sanchita Ain,Adv.
Mr. Antony R. Julian,Adv.
Ms. Azra Rehman,Adv.
for M/s. Equity Lex Associates,AOR
R1 in SMW(C) 2 Mr. Raju Ramachandran,Sr.Adv.
& R9 in WP(C) 118 Mr. Ejaz Maqbool,AOR
Mr. Shahid Nadeem,Adv.
Ms. Akriti Chaubey,Adv.
Ms. Qurratulain,Adv.
Ms. Mythili V.K. Thallam,Adv.
Mr. Vikrani Aditya Narain,Adv.
Mr. Ishwar Mohanty,Adv.
Ms. H. Shanker,Adv.
Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi,Adv.
Mr. Mihir Dev,Adv.
Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash,Adv.
Ms. Radhika Saxena,Adv.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh,Adv.
Mr. L. Nidhi Ram Sharma,Adv.
Ms. Sushma Singh,Adv.
Jamiat Ulama Hind Mr. V. Giri,Sr.Adv.
Mr. Shakil Ahmed Syed,Adv.
Mr. Mohd. Parvez Dabas,Adv.
Mr. Milan Laskar,Adv.
Mr. Nomanul Haq,Adv.
Mr. Manav Vohra,Adv.
Ms. Svadha Shankar,Adv.
Mr. Uzmi Jameel Husain,Adv.
No.10 in WP(C) 118 Mr. Anand Grover,Sr.Adv.
Mr. Waresha Farasat,Adv.
Mr. Shadan Farasat,Adv.
Ms. Tripti Tandon,Adv.
No.11 in WP(C) 118 Mr. Nitya Ramakrishna,Adv.
Mr. Shadan Farasat,AOR
Ms. Warisha Farasat, Adv.
Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed,Adv.
Ms. Naghma Imtiaz,Adv.
Mr. Ahmed Zargham,Adv.
Ms. Amra Moosavi,Adv.
Dr. Harsh Pathak,Adv.
For M/s Equity Lex Associates,AOR
Ms. Abha R. Sharma,AOR
Intervenor Mr. Mohd. Nizam Pasha,Adv.
Mr. Gautam Talukdar,AOR
Mr. Rajesh Inamdar,Adv.
NCW Ms. Aparna Bhat,AOR
Ms. Joshita Pai,Adv.
Mr. Nikhelesh Ramachandran,AOR
Dr. Sumant Bharadwaj,Adv.
Mr. Aviral Saxena,Adv.
Mr. Ajmal Khan,Adv.
Ms. Mridula Ray Bharadwaj,AOR
Mr. M.M. Kashyap,AOR
Intervenor Mr. Anis Ahmed Khan,AOR
Mr. Mohd. Naved Mian,Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Garausa,Adv.
Mr. Vishwa Pal Singh,AOR
R5 in WP(C) 118 Mr. Manoj Goel,Adv.
Mr. Naman Kamboj,Adv.
Mr. Wajeeh Shafiq,AOR
Mr. Zulfiker Ali P.S.,AOR
R13 in SMW(C) 2 Mr. M.R. Shamshad,AOR
Mr. Aditya Samaddar,Adv.
Mr. Zaki Ahmad Khan,Adv.
Mr. Jogy Scaria,AOR
R5 in WP(C) 288 Mr. Amit Dubey,Adv.
Mr. Rajul Shrivastav,Adv.
Mr. Rajneesh Chuni,Adv.
Ms. D. Khanna,Adv.
Mr. K. Krishna Kumar,AOR
Mr. Preetam Shah,Adv.
Mr. C. Rubavathi,Adv.
Mr. B.S. Rajesh,Adv.
Mr. Devesh Kr. Tripathi,Adv.
All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board Ms. Babita Kumar,AOR
Mr. Arun Kumar,Adv.
Mr. Birendra Kumar Choudhary,Adv.
Mr. Ajay Awasthi,Adv.
Mr. Chirag
Mr. Rajiv Kumar Sinha,Adv.
For Mr. Nitin Kumar Thakur,AOR
Mr. Md. Irshad Hanif,AOR
Mr. Rajiv Kumar Sinha,Adv.
Mr. Mohd. Adeel Siddiqui,Adv.
Mr. Arif Ali,Adv.
Mr. Neeraj Gupta,Adv.
Mr. Muzahid Ahmed,Adv.
Mr. E.C. Agrawala,AOR
Mr. Arif Mohd. Khan,Adv.
Mr. Aftab Ali Khan,Adv.
Impleading parties Ms. Garima Bajaj,AOR
Dr. Kailash Chand,AOR
Mr. Gaurav Yadava,Adv.
Intervenor Mr. Debasis Misra,In-person
Mr. O.P. Gaggar, AOR
Mr. Ravindra Bana,AOR
Ms. Rashmi Malhotra,AOR
Ms. Liz Mathew,AOR
Mr. R.P. Goyal,AOR
Mr. V.K. Shukla, In person
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Hon'ble the Chief Justice of India pronounced a Reportable judgment and Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. Abdul Nazeer concurred with the view taken by the Hon'ble the Chief justice of India. All the writ petitions are disposed of in terms of the signed reportable judgment
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph expressed his opinion by pronouncing a separate reportable judgment.
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman pronounced a separate reportable judgment and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit concurred with the view expressed by Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman.
In view of the different opinions recorded, by a majority of 3:2 the practice of ‘talaq-e-biddat’ – triple talaq is set aside, in terms of three signed reportable judgments.
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