ITEM NO.50 COURT NO.5 SECTION II-C S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 3003/2023 [Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 08-07-2022 in WP No. 4571/2020 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras] ELEPHANT G. RAJENDRAN Petitioner(s)

ITEM NO.50 COURT NO.5 SECTION II-C
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 3003/2023
[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 08-07-2022 in WP No. 4571/2020 passed by the High Court of Judicature at
Madras] ELEPHANT G. RAJENDRAN Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
THE SECRETARY & ORS. Respondent(s)
[ TO BE TAKEN UP IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FRESH CASES ]…….
IA No. 40525/2025 – PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON
IA No. 119817/2025 – PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES
Date : 16-09-2025 This matter was called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE R. MAHADEVAN
For Petitioner(s) : Petitioner-in-person
For Respondent(s) :Mr. Sanjay R Hegde, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv.
Mr. Veshal Tyagi, Adv.
Ms. Jahnavi Taneja, Adv.
Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv.
Mr. Badhrinathan K.s, Adv.
Ms. Arpitha Anna Mathew, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
We have heard Shri Elephant G. Rajendran, petitioner in
person and Shri Sanjay R Hegde, learned senior counsel along with Shri Sabarish Subramanian, learned standing counsel for the respondent(s)/State of Tamil Nadu.
We have perused the affidavits and find that in order to
achieve an effective solution to the issues that have been raised
contd..
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by the petitioner herein, it would be necessary to implead Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India and Ministry of Culture, Government of India represented by the concerned Secretary as respondent nos.5 and 6.
Cause title be amended accordingly.
Issue notice to the aforesaid respondents.
Registry to also intimate the Central Agency about the impleadment of the aforesaid respondents and also digitally send the memo of Special Leave Petition along with all the affidavits and pleadings for taking steps to appear in the matter.
List on 11.11.2025.
(NEETU SACHDEVA) (DIVYA BABBAR)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)