Stray dog ITEM NO.21(PH) COURT NO.2 SECTION PIL-W S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS SUO MOTO WRIT PETITION(CIVIL) No(s).5/2025 IN RE: “CITY HOUNDED BY STRAYS, KIDS PAY PRICE” WITH SLP(C) No. 14763/2024 (XIV)
ITEM NO.21(PH) COURT NO.2 SECTION PIL-W
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
SUO MOTO WRIT PETITION(CIVIL) No(s).5/2025
IN RE: “CITY HOUNDED BY STRAYS, KIDS PAY PRICE”
WITH
SLP(C) No. 14763/2024 (XIV)
IA No. 165492/2025 – APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 327646/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 327644/2025 – MODIFICATION OF COURT ORDER
IA No. 284955/2025 – PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES
IA No. 276113/2025 – PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES
SLP(C) No. 17623/2025 (XI)
FOR ADMISSION
W.P.(C) No. 784/2025 (PIL-W)
Diary No(s). 45707/2025 (XV)
IA No. 200940/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT AND IA No. 200937/2025 – PERMISSION TO FILE PETITION
(SLP/TP/WP/..)
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Date : 28-01-2026 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA
By Courts Motion
Amicus Curiae : Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, Sr. Adv.
For Petitioner(s) :
Mr. Vinay Navare, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Pravartak Suhas Pathak, AOR Mr. Akshay Deshmukh, Adv.
Ms. Mansi Jain, Adv.
Mr. Yashodhan Chandurkar, Adv.
Mr. Ritu Raj, Adv.
Mr. Anand Chhibbar, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Ateevraj Sandhu, Adv.
Mr. Deep Prabhu, AOR Mr. Shashank Tiwari, Adv.
Ms. Pragya Parijat Singh, AOR Mr. Lakshay Saini, Adv.
Ms. Jayita Verma, Adv.
Ms. Supriya Goel, Adv.
Ms. Shriya Singh, Adv.
Mr. Saurav Arora, Adv.
Mr. Vaibhav Mishra, AOR Mr. Ajit Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Jha, Adv.
Mr. Raghav Sood, Adv.
Mr. Utsav Madaan, Adv.
Ms. Kanchan, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Mohod, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Gyan, Adv.
Mr. Raju Sonkar, Adv.
Mr. Pradeep Mohod, Adv.
Mr. C D Goswami, Adv.
Ms. Pooja Sonkar, Adv.
Mr. Rajender Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Srivastav, Adv.
Mr. Vikram Adit Seth, Adv.
Mr. Sunil Prakash Sharma, AOR
Mr. N. M. Kapadia, Adv.
Mr. Rushab N. Kapadia, Adv.
Ms. Ranu Purohit, AOR Mr. Bhavik Shah, Adv.
Mr. Alay Shah, Adv.
Ms. Shalini Gaud, Adv.
Mr. Jainam Shah, Adv.
Ms. Aditi Anil Dani, Adv.
Mr. Yashas Rk, Adv.
Ms. Niharika Singh, Adv.
Mr. Yaksh Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Sahil Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Yudhister Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Yash Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Parveen Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Amit Anand, Adv.
Mr. Harvinder Singh Basoia, Adv.
Mr. Manish Chaurasia, Adv.
Ms. Jyoti Sharma, AOR
Mr. Akash Chatterjee, AOR
Ms. Mitali Chauhan, AOR
Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Singh, Adv.
Ms. Sneha Mathew, Adv.
Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR
Mr. Rahul Bajaj, Adv.
Mr. Amar Jain, Adv.
Mr. Amritesh Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Sarah, Adv.
Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR
Petitioner-in-person
For Respondent(s) :
Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, A.S.G.
Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.
Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv.
Ms. Prerna Dhal, Adv.
Mr. B.k. Satija, Adv.
Mr. Rohan Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, A.S.G.
Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.
Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv.
Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv.
Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv.
Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv.
Ms. Chitransha Singh Sikarwar, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, A.S.G.
Mr. Rajeshvari Shankar, Adv.
Mr. Udit Dediya, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR/Adv.
Mr. Sudarshan Lamba, AOR
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv.
Ms. Sonali Gaur, Adv.
M/s Aura & Co., AOR
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G.
Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv.
Ms. Sonali Gaur, Adv.
Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. Mukesh Kr. Verma, Adv.
Ms. Priyadarshini Priya, Adv.
Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Santosh Ramdurg, Adv.
Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv.
Mr. Anirudh Singh, Adv.
Mr. S D Sanjay, A.S.G.
Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Neha Singh, Adv.
Mr. Divyam Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv.
Mrs. Priya Puri, AOR Mr. Karl P. Rustomkhan, Adv.
Mr. Suhail Ahmed, Adv.
Mr. Parv Arora, Adv.
Ms. Esha Dutta, Adv.
Ms. Shreya Paropkari, Adv.
Ms. Shaalini Aggarwal, Adv.
Ms. Mishi Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Pandey, Adv.
Ms. Nandita Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Amit Rawal, Sr. Adv.
Mr. K S Kang, Adv.
Mr. Amrendra Kumar Mehta, AOR Ms. Rishika, Adv.
Ms. Gunjan Kumari, Adv.
Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.
Mr. A.M. Singhvi, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Percival Billimoria, Adv.
Mr. Mahalaxshmi Pavani, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv.
Mr. J Sai Deepak, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Jasmine Damkewala, AOR Mr. Sourabh Malhotra, Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Singh, Adv.
Mr. Siddhartha Garg, Adv.
Ms. Vaishali Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Divyam Khera, Adv.
Ms. Rachita Sood, Adv.
Ms. V. Shruti Devi, Adv.
Mr. Aakash Prasad, Adv.
Mr. Yash Joshi, Adv.
Mr. Himanshu Singh, Adv.
Mr. Zal Andhyarjuna, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv.
Mr. Arjun Singh Surjewala, Adv.
Ms. Sarah Ayreen Mir, Adv.
Mr. Debmalya Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Pranav Garg, Adv.
Mr. Abhik Chimni, Adv.
Mr. Vipul Pathak, Adv.
Ms. Liza Vohra, Adv.
Mr. Aakash Prasad, Adv.
Ms. Gauri Puri, Adv.
Ms. Shaalini Agrawal, Adv.
Ms. Shreya Paropkari, Adv.
Mr. Yash Joshi, Adv.
Mr. Pranjal Abrol, Adv.
Ms. Moksha Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Mishi Aggarwal, Adv.
M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR
Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Mumtaz Bhalla, AOR Mr. Gaurav Anand, Adv.
Mr. Abhik Chimni, Adv.
Ms. Moksha Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Pranjal Abrol, Adv.
Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv.
Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv.
Ms. Shaalini Agarwal, Adv.
Ms. Pritha Srikumar Iyer, AOR Ms. Anwesha Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sudipto Sircar, Adv.
Mr. Raghav Bhatia, Adv.
Ms. Arunima Kedia, Adv.
Ms. Shubhangi Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar, Sr. Adv., Advocate General
Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. T.k. Nayak, Adv.
Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Arvind Datar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, Adv.
Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, Adv.
Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv.
Mr. Debdeep Banerjee, Adv.
M/s Lex Regis Law Offices, AOR
Mr. Basava Prabhu S Patil, Adv.Gen.Sikkim/Sr. Adv.
Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Krishna Rastogi, Adv.
Mr. Aryan Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Arijeet Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Samarth Kashyap, Adv.
Mr. Sivanandh Lahiri, Adv.
Mr. Rana Mukherjee, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Ruchir Ranjan Rai, Adv.
Mr. Ashiwan Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Vinod Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Pandey, Adv.
Ms. Vaidruti Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Aditi Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Subham Bahuguna, Adv.
Mr. Himanshu Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Rudransu Das, Adv.
Mr. Suraj, Adv.
Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR
Mr. Krishnan Venugopal, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Subash Chandran, Adv.
Mrs. Kavitha Kt, Adv.
Mr. Sharat Gopal, Adv.
Mr. Syamkrishnan K, Adv.
Ms. Meenal Pandagare, Adv.
Mr. Akash Awana, Adv.
Mr. Vinu Vincent, Adv.
Ms. Deeksha Baghel, Adv.
M/S. Subash Chandran & Kavitha Law Associates, AOR Mr. Pradeep Rai, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, AOR Mrs. Rajshree Rai, Adv.
Mr. Vinay Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Vikrant Yadav, Adv.
Ms. Farhat Naim, Adv.
Ms. Modoyia Kayina, Adv.
Mr. Paras Chauhan, Adv.
Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv.
Ms. Madhulika, Adv.
Mr. Radeesh Kumar Mt, Adv.
Ms. Yashica Rawal, Adv.
Mr. Amulya Dev Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Chander Uday Singh, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Vivek Sibal, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Bidya Mohanty, Adv.
Ms. Katyayani Suhrud, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kalaiyarasan, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth S. Chapalgaonkar, Adv.
Ms. Shaalini Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Pandey, Adv.
Ms. Mishi Aggarwal, Adv.
Ms. Sneha Sanjay Botwe, AOR Ms. Esha Dutta, Adv.
Ms. Bhavya Pande, Adv.
Ms. Nandita Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Pinky Anand, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Damini Chawla, AOR Ms. Saudamini Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Samrat Pasriccha, Adv.
Ms. Chanya Jaitly, Adv.
Ms. Adeti Salooja, Adv.
Ms. Nayoleeka Purti, Adv.
Ms. Madhurima Ghosh, Adv.
Ms. Esha Dutt, Adv.
Ms. Shaalini Agrawal, Adv.
Ms. Shreya Paropkari, Adv.
Ms. Mishi Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Pandey, Adv.
Ms. Nandita Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Amit Verma, AOR Ms. Swati Sood, Adv.
Ms. Varnika Singh, Adv.
Ms. Khuloos Aziz Chawla, Adv.
Ms. Pridhi Chopra, Adv.
Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Manik Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR
Mr. Raju Ramachandran, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Anjali Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Damini Chawla, AOR Ms. Shruti Narayan, Adv.
Ms. Shaalini Agrawal, Adv.
Ms. Nida Khan Salim, Adv.
Mr. Mohammed Afeef, Adv.
Ms. Madhurima Ghosh, Adv.
Mr. P.S. Teji, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Chauhan, Adv.
Mr. S.p. Singh, Adv.
Mr. R.S.M. Kalky, Adv.
Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, AOR
Mr. Rajshekar Rao, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Gauri Puri, Adv.
Mr. Tanvir Nayar, AOR Mr. Samar Khan, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Bakshi, Adv.
Mr. Shubhang Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Yagyesh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Anany Rai, Adv.
Mr. Sumeet Pushkarna, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Varma, AOR Mr. Neeraj Ahirwar, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Baani Khanna, AOR Mr. Robin Singh, Adv.
Mr. Uday Bedi, Adv.
Ms. Varisha Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Kapil Balwani, Adv.
Ms. Komal Thakkar, Adv.
Ms. Shivani Aggarwal, Adv.
Ms. Trisha Chandra, Adv.
Ms. Smiksha Singhroha, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Sen, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Mandakini Ghosh, AOR Mr. Sayandeep Chakraborty, Adv.
Mr. Shivansh Baghel, Adv.
Ms. Karuna Nundy, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR Mr. Amanpreet Singh, Adv.
Mr. Shiv Mehrotra, Adv.
Ms. Astha Singh, Adv.
Mr. Nakul Dewan, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Shalaka Patil, Adv.
Mr. Amaan Rahman, Adv.
Mr. Ayush Chaturvedi, Adv.
Ms. Gahena Gambani, Adv.
Ms. Ishika Garg, Adv.
Ms. Gathi Prakash, Adv.
M/s Trilegal Advocates On Record, AOR
Mr. Shadan Farasat, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Varisha Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Uday Bedi, Adv.
Ms. Samiksha Singhroha, Adv.
Mr. Kaustubh Chaturvedi, Adv.
Mr. Bharat Gupta, AOR
Mr. Shadan Farasat, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Shourya Dasgupta, Adv.
Mr. Aman Naqvi, Adv.
Ms. Varisha Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Yashwant Singh, AOR
Mr. Chinmoy Pradip Sharma, Sr. A.A.G.
Mr. Ankit Roy, AOR Mr. Irfan Hasieb, Adv.
Mr. Vijay Deora, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Agarwal, Adv.
Ms. Mrinalini Ramesh, Adv.
Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G.
Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv.
Mr. Aman Dev Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Ishika Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Gaj Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sarthak Arya, Adv.
Ms. Yuvika Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Affan Anish, Adv.
Mr. Yashvir Singh Hooda, Adv.
Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G.
Mr. Rahul Khurana, AOR
Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, A.A.G.
Mr. D. S. Parmar, A.A.G.
Ms. Mrinal Gopal Elker, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Singh -g.a., Adv.
Mr. Chinmoy Chaitanya, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Chaudhary, Adv.
Ms. Silpi S Swain, Adv.
Mr. Atul Jha, A.A.G.
Ms. Sugandha Jain, Adv.
Mr. Prabodh Kumar, AOR
Mr. Prateek K Chadha, A.A.G.
Mr. Naveen Sharma, AOR Mrs. Swati Bhushan Sharma, Adv.
Mr. S.k. Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Sreekar Aechuri, Adv.
Ms. Surbhi Soni, Adv.
Mr. Aniket Chauhaan, Adv.
Mr. Anil Shrivastav, A.A.G.
Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv.
Ms. Disha Singh, AOR
Mr. Vivek Jain, A.A.G.
Mr. Siddhant Sharma, AOR
Mr. Balaji Subramaniam AAG, Adv.
Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. P Gandepan, Adv.
Mr. Anurag Kashyap, Adv.
Mr. Akash Kundu, Adv.
Ms. Anjali Singh, Adv.
Ms. Raniba Pangnila, Adv.
Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, AOR
Mr. Sahil Bhalaik, AOR Mr. Tushar Giri, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Anil Khanna, Adv.
Mr. Ritik Arora, Adv.
Mr. Shivam Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Mihir Joshi, Adv.
Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR
Mr. Nishit Agrawal, AOR Ms. Kanishka Mittal, Adv.
Ms. Deepti Rathi, Adv.
Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR
Mr. Divyansh Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Saurav, Adv.
Mr. Ravi Shanker Jha, Adv.
Miss Kalra Sukhda Kishore, AOR Mr. Vishal Navale, Adv.
Mr. Rachit Mittal, AOR Mr. Anup Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Shubham Sonthalia, Adv.
Mr. Kanishk Raj, Adv.
Ms. Srishti Agrawaal, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Sinha, Adv.
Mr. Shivansh Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Surjendu Sankar Das, AOR Ms. Annie Mittal, Adv.
Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Ms. Priyal Sheth, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Gautam, AOR Mr. Vivek Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Raman Singh Kashyap, Adv.
Mr. Ankit Kumar Shiv, Adv.
Mr. Rajender Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Himanshi Bagre, Adv.
Mr. Prem Prakash, Adv.
Ms. Varsha Bharti, Adv.
Mr. Pritam Singh, Adv.
Mr. Surendra Gautam, Adv.
Mr. Kkeshav Rai, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Gautam, AOR
Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Ms. Pragya Baghel, Adv.
Mr. Sujeet Kumar Chaubey, Adv.
Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Dr. Kk Geetha, Adv.
Ms. Meena K Poulose, Adv.
Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.
Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.
Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv.
Mr. Utkarsh Anand, Adv.
Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv.
Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv.
Ms. Yanmi Phazang,, Adv.
Ms. Sanjana Saddy, AOR
Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv.
Dr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR Ms. Ishita Bist, Adv.
Ms. Ambika Atrey, Adv.
Mr. Navneet Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR
Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Varij Nayan Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR
Mr. Shubham Bhalla, AOR Mr. Aman Khatri, Adv.
Ms. Ragini Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Alex Noel Dass, Adv.
Ms. Gauri Bedi, Adv.
Mr. Yash, Adv.
Mr. Nishith Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Gurkamal Kandhola, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Pandey, Adv.
Ms. Neha Verma, Adv.
Mr. Kamal Joshi, Adv.
Mr. Anilendra Pandey, AOR Ms. Kirti Ahuja, Adv.
Ms. Kanika Ahuja, Adv.
Ms. Archna Jain, Adv.
Mr. V. K. Biju, AOR
Mr. Anil Kumar Mishra-i, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Jain – I, Adv.
Mr. Ankit Dhawan, Adv.
Mr. Mohit Miglani, Adv.
Mr. Satyam Shivaach, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Singh, Adv.
Mr. Navneet Jha, Adv.
M/S. J & D Law Offices, AOR
Ms. Anasuya Choudhury, AOR Ms. Epsita Agastya, Adv.
Ms. Sudha Pradhan, Adv.
Mr. Shameen Yaser, Adv.
Mr. Mridunil M Kashyap, Adv.
Miss Kalra Sukhda Kishore, AOR Mr. Vishal Navale, Adv.
Mr. Aslam Ahmed Jamal, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Singh, Adv.
Mr. T. V. George, AOR Mr. Pankaj Bist, Adv.
Mr. Vijay Rawat, Adv.
Mr. Karan Chauhan, Adv.
Ms. Jyotika Kalra, AOR Mr. Rajesh Gogna, Adv.
Mr. Arun Bir Singh Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Inderdeep Singh, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Jha, Adv.
Mr. Ganesh Madhurkar, Adv.
Ms. Jayshree Prabhakar Kingre, Adv.
Mr. Kishor Appa Shinde, Adv.
Ms. Alpana Sharma, AOR
Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair, AOR
Mr. S. Vinay Ratnakar, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Sudhir, Adv.
Ms. Purti Gupta, AOR Ms. Henna George, Adv.
Ms. Sunidhi Sah, Adv.
Ms. Pooja, Adv.
Mr. Kailash Prashad Pandey, AOR
Ms. Adwaita Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Kartika Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Udian Sharma, AOR Mr. Manav Mitra, Adv.
Mr. Harsha Sadhwani, Adv.
Mr. Sahil Saraswat, Adv.
Ms. Roopashi Aggarwal, Adv.
Ms. Shubhika Joshi, Adv.
Ms. Neha Rathi, AOR Mr. Parth Samuel, Adv.
Ms. Kajal Giri, Adv.
Ms. Somya Kumari, Adv.
Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR Mr. Tushar Sannu, Adv.
Ms. Akansha Vidyarthi, Adv.
Mr. Devesh Maurya, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Swarup, Adv.
Mr. Yunus Malik, Adv.
Mr. Sukhamrit Singh, Adv.
Mr. K.p. Singh, Adv.
Mr. Anil C Nishani, Adv.
Mr. Krishna M Singh, Adv.
Mr. J.k. Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Vishwesh R Murnal, Adv.
Mr. Kushal U, Adv.
M/S. Krishna & Nishani Law Chambers, AOR
Mrs. Manjula Biswas, Adv.
Mr. Surendra Kumar, Adv.
M/s V. Maheshwari & Co., AOR
Mr. Ravi Shanker Jha, Adv.
Mr. Shubham Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Rupali Panwar, Adv.
Ms. Pooja, Adv.
Mr. Avinash Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Pradeep Kumar Chaudhary, Adv.
Mr. Vishal Arun Mishra, AOR
Ms. Supriya Juneja, AOR
Intervenor-in-person
Ms. Komal Mundhra, AOR
Mr. Vivek Sharma, AOR Dr. Vijay Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth K Garg, Adv.
Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, AOR
Mr. Sanyam Jain, Adv.
Mr. P Rohit Ram, Adv.
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, AOR Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Bhupendra Singh, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Lamba, Adv.
Mr. Ram Narayan Mohanty, Adv.
Mr. Dharma Datta Verma, Adv.
Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Ms. Bhakti Pasrija, Adv.
Ms. Prenaa Singh, Adv.
Mr. Moksh Pasrija, Adv.
Mr. Vikash Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Abhay Anil Anturkar, Adv.
Ms. Bhavya Pande, Adv.
Mr. Dhruv Tank, Adv.
Ms. Surbhi Kapoor, AOR Mr. Sarthak Mehrotra, Adv.
Ms. Subhi Pastor, Adv.
Mr. Bhagwant Deshpande, Adv.
Mr. Sumeet Lall, AOR
Mr. Pratik R. Bombarde, AOR Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Jitendra Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Kirti Anand, Adv.
Mr. Subhash Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Devendra Singh, Adv.
Mr. Ajay Choudhary, AOR
Mr. Divyadeep Chaturvedi, AOR Ms. Yugandhara Khanwilkar, Adv.
Ms. Namrata Shah, Adv.
Mr. Ayush Kumar Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Akshay Verma, AOR
Mr. Manish Kumar Vikkey, AOR
Mr. Malak Manish Bhatt, AOR
Ms. Sindoora Vnl, AOR
Mr. Yadav Narender Singh, AOR
Mr. Yoginder Handoo, AOR
Mr. Akshay, Adv.
Mr. Ashwin V. Kotemath, Adv.
Mr. Harisha S.r., AOR
Ms. Aditi Tripathi, AOR
Applicant-in-person
Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR
Mr. Binay Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Sambhrant Krishna, AOR
Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv.
Mr. P.S. Negi, Adv.
Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv.
Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv.
Mr. D.P. Singh, Adv.
Mr. Varun Varma, Adv.
Mr. Jogender Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Lalit dixit, Adv.
Mr. Anupam Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Kalash Parsad Pandey, AOR
Mr. Rajesh Singh Chauhan, Adv.
Mr. S.N. Terdal, AOR
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
The arguments of the amicus curiae, Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, learned senior counsel, are continuing.
Put up these matters tomorrow, i.e. 29.01.2026, at 2:00 p.m. as part-heard for further arguments after obtaining appropriate orders from Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India.
(NEETU KHAJURIA) (RANJANA SHAILEY)
ASST.REGISTRAR-CUM-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR
