W.P.(C)No.13/2015 etc.etc.

ITEM NO.301

COURT NO.4

SECTION X,PIL,XVIA

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s).13/2015
SUPREME COURT ADVOCATES-ON-RECORD
ASSOCIATION AND ANOTHER
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA

Petitioner(s)
Respondent(s)

(with appln(s) for intervention and impleadment and office report)

WITH W.P.(C) No.23/2015
(With appln.(s) for discharge of advocate on record and Office
Report)
W.P.(C) No.70/2015
(With appln.(s) for permission to file lengthy list of dates and
Office Report)
W.P.(C) No.83/2015
(With Office Report)
T.P.(C) No.391/2015
(With appln.(s) for stay and Office Report)
W.P.(C) No.108/2015
(With appln.(s) for stay and Office Report)
W.P.(C) No.124/2015
(With Office Report)
W.P.(C) No. 14/2015
(With appln.(s) for permission to appear and argue in person and
stay and Office Report)
W.P.(C) No. 18/2015
(With appln.(s) for permission to appear and argue in person and
Office Report)
W.P.(C) No. 24/2015
(With appln.(s) for permission to appear and argue in person and
ex-parte stay and Office Report)
W.P.(C) No. 209/2015
(With appln.(s) for permission to appear and argue in person)
Date : 23/04/2015 These petitions were called on for hearing
today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J. CHELAMESWAR
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL
Signature Not Verified

For Petitioner(s)
In WP 13/2015

Digitally signed by
Satish Kumar Yadav
Date: 2015.04.23
17:16:19 IST
Reason:

Mr. Fali S. Nariman, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Surya Kant,Adv.
Mr. Subhash C. Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Vipin Nair, Adv.
Mr.Dushyant Parashar, Adv.
Mr. Pranav Vyas, Adv.

W.P.(C)No.13/2015 etc.etc.

For Petitioner(s)
In WP 23/2015

Prof. Bhim Singh, in person

Mr. Dinesh Kumar Garg, AOR

For Petitioner(s)
In WP 70/2015

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Ms.
Ms.
Mr.

For Petitioner(s)
In WP 83/2015

Mr. Prashant Bhushan,Adv.

For Petitioner(s)
In WP 108/2015

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Ms.

For Petitioner(s)
in WP 124/2015

Mr. Mathews J. Nedumpara, in person

Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR

For Petitioner(s)
in WP 14/2015

Mr. Manohar Lal Sharma, in person

Ms.Suman Adil, Adv.
Mr.Vinod Yadav, Adv.

For Petitioner(s)
in WP 18/2015

Mr. R.K. Kapoor, in person

For Petitioner(s)
in WP 24/2015

Mr. Bishwajit Bhattacharyya, in person

For Petitioner(s)
in WP 209/2015

Mr. Rajiv Daiya, in person

For Respondent(s)
(UOI)
and for
petitioner(s)
In TP 391/2015

For SCBA

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Ms.
Mr.
Ms.
Ms.
Mr.

Santosh Paul, Adv.

Joseph Aristotle S.,Adv.
Arvind Gupta, Adv.
Priya Aristotle, Adv.
Sheena S.,Adv.,
M.B. Elakkumanan, Adv.

Anil B.Divan, Sr. Adv.

K.N. Bhat, Sr. Adv.
Prashant Kumar, Adv.
Jitendra Mahapatra, Adv.
Ranvir Singh, Adv.
Anindita Pujari,Adv.

Mukul Rohatgi, Attorney General for India

P.S. Narasimha, ASG
Guru Krishna Kumar, Sr. Adv.
D.L. Chidananda, Adv.
Madhavi Divan, Adv.
R.K. Verma, Adv.
V. Mohana, Adv.
Binu Tamta, Adv.
B.V. Balaram Das, AOR

Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Adv.

for Mr. Devashish Bharuka, AOR

W.P.(C)No.13/2015 etc.etc.

For State of Raj.

Mr.P.S.Narsimha, ASG
Mr.Shiv Mangal Sharma, AAG
Mr. S.S.Shamshery, AAG
Mr.Akshat Anand, Adv.
Mr.Puneet Parihar, Adv.
Mr.Avanish Rathi, Adv.
Mr.V.M.Vishnu, Adv.
Mr.Amit Sharma, Adv.
Mr.Sandeep Singh, Adv.
for Ruchi Kohli, AOR

For State of
Gujarat

Mr.Tushar Mehta, ASG

Ms.Hemantika Wahi, Adv.
Ms.Jesal Wahi, Adv.
Ms.Puja Singh, Adv.

For State of
Jharkhand

Mr.Ajit Kr.Sinha, Sr.Adv.

Mohd.Waquas, Adv.
Mr.Tapesh Kr.Singh, Adv.

For State of
Chhattisgarh

Mr.Ravin Shrivastava, Sr.Adv.

Mr.C.D.Singh, AAG

For State of West

Bengal

Mr.Anip Sachthey, Adv.

Mr.Mohit Paul, Adv.
Ms.Shagun Matta, Adv.
Mr.Saakaar Sardana, Adv.

For State of
Manipur

Mr.Sapam Biswajit Meitei, Adv.

Mr.Z.H.Isaac Haiding, Adv.
Mr.Ashok Kumar Singh, Adv.

For State of
Karnataka

Ms.Anitha Shenoy, Adv.

Mr.V.N.Raghupathy, Adv.

For State of
Haryana

Mr.Anil Grover, AAG

Mr.B.K.Satija, AAG
Mr.Satish Kapoor, Adv.
Mr.Sanjay Kr.Visen, Adv.

For State of
Arunachal Pradesh

Mr.Anil Shrivastav, Adv.

For State of MP

Mr. K.K.Venugopal, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Mishra Saurabh, Adv.
Mr.Ankur Talwar, Adv.

For State of H.P.

Mr.Suryanaryana Singh, AAG

Ms.Pragati Neekhra, Adv.

W.P.(C)No.13/2015 etc.etc.

For Govt. of
Pudicherry

Mr.R.Viduthalai, Sr.Adv.
Mr.V.G.Pragasam, Adv.
Mr.Praburamasubramanian, Adv.
Mr.Chetpat Aryana Sundaram, Sr.Adv.
Mr. G. Umapathy, Adv.
Mr.V.P.Sengottuvel, Adv.
Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Arvind P. Datar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Gautam Narayan, Adv.
Ms. Asmita Singh, Adv.

For State of
Sikkim

Mr.A.Mariarputham, Advocate General

Ms.Aruna Mathur, Adv.
Mr.Yusuf Khan, Adv.
Mr.K.Vijay Kumar, Adv.

For State of
Chhattisgarh

Mr.Atul Jha, Adv.

Mr.A.P.Mayee, Adv.
Mr.Sandeep Jha, Adv.
Mr.Dharmendra K.Sinha, Adv.

For State of
Uttarakhand

Ms.Rachna Srivastava, Adv.

Mr.Ashutosh Kr.Sharma, Adv.

For State of
Mizoram

Mr.Biswajit Deb, Advocate General

Mr.Pragyan Pradip Sharma, Adv.
Mr.Heshu Kayina, Adv.
For Mr.P.V.Yogeswaran, AOR

For State of Goa

Mr.ANS Nadkarni, Advocate General

Mr.Siddharth Bhatnagar, Adv.
Mr.Datta Prasad Lawande, Adv.
Mr.Nikhil D.Pai, Adv.
Mr.P.Dangai, Adv.
Mr.P.Bhandari, Adv.
Mr.S.S.Rebello, Adv.
Mr. Prakash Kumar Singh,AOR
Mr. Tushar Bakshi,AOR
Mr. Deepak A. Masih, Adv.
Ms. Manreet Kaur, Adv.
for Mr. Ramesh N. Keswani, AOR
Mr.Milind Kumar, Adv.

For State of
Nagaland

Mr.Balaji Srinivasan, Adv.

W.P.(C)No.13/2015 etc.etc.

For State of U.P.

Mr.Vijay Bahadur Singh, AAG

Mr.Gaurav Bhatia, AAG
Mr.Abhisth Kumar, Adv.

For State of T.N.

Mr.Subramonium Prasad, AAG

Mr.M.Yogesh Kanna, Adv.

For State of
Maharashtra

Mr.Shankar Chillarge, Adv.

Ms.Sonia Shankar Chillarge, Adv.
Mr.A.P.Mayee, Adv.

For Andaman &

Nicobar Admn.

Ms.G.Indira, Adv.
Mr.K.V.Jagdishvaran, Adv.

For State of
Punjab

Mr.Ajay Bansal, AAG

Mr.Kuldip Singh, Adv.
Mr.Gaurav Yadava, Adv.

For State of
Andhra Pradesh

Ms.Prerna Singh, Adv.

Mr.Guntur Prabhakar, Adv.

In I.A.5/2015

Mr.Deepak A.Masih, Adv.

Ms.M.Kaur, Adv.
Ms.Krishna Sarma, Adv.
Mr.Navnit Kumar, Adv.
Mr.Avijit Roy, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R
Mr.

Mukul

Rohatgi,

learned

Attorney

General,

having

obtained instructions, states that the constitution of the National

Judicial Appointments Commission will be completed by nomination of
two

eminent

persons,

at

the

earliest.

He

further

states,

that

consequent upon the nomination of two eminent persons, the National

Judicial

Appointments

appointments

of

Commission

existing

shall

Additional

presently

Judges

only.

deal
For

with

further

interim directions, the matter will be taken up on 11.05.2015.

List again on 27.04.2015 at 10.30 A.M.

(SATISH KUMAR YADAV)

AR-CUM-PS

(RENUKA SADANA)
COURT MASTER