ITEM NO.64 COURT NO.
4 SECTION X
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
CONMT.PET.(C) No. 425-426/2015 In W.P.(C) No. 523/2002
JUSTICE V.S. DAVE PRESIDENT,
THE ASSOCIATION OF RETD. JUDGES
OF SUPREME COURT AND HIGH COURTS Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
KUSUMJIT SIDHU . & ORS. Respondent(s)
[TO BE TAKEN UP AT 2.00 P.M.]
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Date : 15-04-2025 This matter was called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY S. OKA
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN
For Petitioner(s) :Mr. Sumit Goel, Adv.
Ms. Ruchi Krishna Chauhan, Adv.
Mr. M. P. Vinod, AOR
Signature Not Verified
M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR
Digitally signed by
KAVITA PAHUJA
Date: 2025.04.17
For Respondent(s) :Mr. Mukesh K. Giri, AOR
18:17:31 IST
Reason:
Mr. Mandaar Mukesh Giri, Adv.
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Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR
Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Varij Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR
Ms. Radhika Gautam, AOR
Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR
Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR
Mr. Dipesh Sinha, Adv.
Ms. Pallavi Barua, Adv.
Ms. Aparna Singh, Adv.
Mr. Anirudh Singh, Adv.
Mr. G. Prakash, AOR
Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR
Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR
Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR
Mr. Pranjal Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Anil Kumar Verma, Adv.
Mr. Pai Amit, AOR
Mr. Kushal Dube, Adv.
Ms. Pankhuri Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Krishnanand Pandeya, AOR
M/S. Plr Chambers And Co., AOR
Mr. Aravindh S., AOR
Mr. Akshay Gupta, Adv.
Mohd. Irshad Ahmad, A.A.G.
Ms. Baani Khanna, AOR
Mr. Robin Singh, Adv.
Mr. Kapil Balwani, Adv.
Ms. Tejal Nagauri, Adv.
Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR
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Mr. P. I. Jose, AOR
Ms. G. Indira, AOR
Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR
Mr. Himanshu Tyagi, AOR
Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR
Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.
Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.
Mr. Ajay Marwah, AOR
Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR
Ms. Sagun Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Saaransh Shukla, Adv.
Ms. Mukti Chowdhary, AOR
Mr. Ahanthem Henry, Adv.
Mr. Ahanthem Rohen Singh, Adv.
Mr. Mohan Singh, Adv.
Mr. Aniket Rajput, Adv.
Ms. Khoisnam Nirmala Devi, Adv.
Mr. Yeshu Mehta, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Mihir, AOR
Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR
Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv.
Mr. Naresh K. Sharma, AOR
Mr. Mukesh K. Giri, AOR
Mr. Mandaar Mukesh Giri, Adv.
Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR
Mr. Ravindra S. Garia, AOR
Mr. Shashank Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, AOR
Mrs. Shashi Pathak, Adv.
Mr. Arvind Kumar Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR
Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Varij Mishra, Adv.
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Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR
Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR
Ms. Devina Sehgal, AOR
Mr. Dhananjay Yadav, Adv.
Mr. M. P. Vinod, AOR
Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR
Mr. Azmat Hayat Amanullah, AOR
Ms. Rebecca Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Vishal Prasad, AOR
Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR
Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv.
Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR
Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR
Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv.
Ms. Asmita Singh, AOR
Mr. Abheet Mangleek, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Nair, Adv.
Mr. Anirudh Anand, Adv.
Mr. Punishk Handa, Adv.
Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR
Ms. Aswathi M.K., AOR
Mr. Karan Sharma, AOR
Mr. Prashant Shrikant Kenjale, AOR
Mr. B Dhananjay, Adv.
Mr. Muthuvel Palani, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR
Mr. Nimish Arjaria, Adv.
Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR
Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR
Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.
Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR
Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR
Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.
Mr. Dhruv Yadav, Adv.
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Mr. H. S. Parihar, AOR
Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR
Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR
Mr. Niranjan Sahu, AOR
Mr. R Venkatramani, Attorney General for India
Mr. K M Nataraj, A.S.G.
Mrs. V Mohana, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Rekha Pandey, Adv.
Mr. R.S. Chauhan, Adv.
Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR
Ms. Ameyvikraman Thanvi, Adv.
Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.
Mr. Anmol Chandan, Adv.
Mrs. Swati Gildyal, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv.
Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR
Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR
Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR
Ms. Enakshi Mukhopadhyay Siddhanta, AOR
Mr. Ravi Kumar S., Adv.
Mr. P.s. Sridhar Raj, Adv.
Dr. Monika Gusain, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR
Mr. Hariom Yaduvanshi, Adv.
Mr. Arjun Yaduvanshi, Adv.
Ms. S. Harini, Adv.
Mr. Avi Dhankhar, Adv.
Mr. Vansmani Tripathi, Adv.
Ms. Aahana Jaiswal, Adv.
Ms. Drishti Rawal, Adv.
Ms. Pragya Upadhyay, Adv.
Ms. Drishti Saraf, Adv.
Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR
Mr. Sujay Jain, Adv.
Mr. Karan Bharihoke, AOR
Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR
Mr. Raghavendra M. Kulkarni, Adv.
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Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR
Mr. R Venkataramani, Attorney General for India
Mr. K M Nataraj, A.S.G.
Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.
Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv.
Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Kartikeya Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Swati Ghildiyal, Adv.
Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, Aor, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Hans, D.A.G.
Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, AOR
Ms. Rachna Gandhi, Adv.
Mr. Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. Abhay Anil Anturkar, Adv.
Mr. Dhruv Tank, Adv.
Mr. Aniruddha Awalgaonkar, Adv.
Mr. Sarthak Mehrotra, Adv.
Mr. Bhagwant Deshpande, Adv.
Ms. Subhi Pastor, Adv.
Ms. Surbhi Kapoor, AOR
Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR
Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR
Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR
Mr. Santhosh K, Adv.
Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.
Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv.
Mr. Bhupendra Pratap Singh, D.A.G.
Mr. Sarthak Raizada Ga, Adv.
Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, AOR
Mr. T. Harish Kumar, AOR
Mr. Subham Kothari, Adv.
Mr. Bharathi Subramanian, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, AOR
Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv.
Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv.
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Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR
Mrs. Garima Prashad A.ag, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Adarsh Upadhyay, AOR
Ms. Pallavi Kumari, Adv.
Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR
Ms. Shraddha Chirania, Adv.
Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR
M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR
Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR
Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General for India
Mr. K.M.nataraj, A.S.G.
Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.
Mr. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv.
Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Kartikeya Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv.
Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, Adv.
Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR
Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma (AOR), Adv.
Mr. Yashvardhan, Adv.
Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR
Mr. T.G.N. Nair, Adv.
Ms. Samyuktha H. Nair, Adv.
Mr. Baldev Singh, Adv.
Mr. Divyansh Thakur, Adv.
Mr. Rishabh Kr. Singh, Adv.
Mr. Vivek Punia, Adv.
Mr. Vishal, Adv.
Mr. Narender Hooda, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Shiv Bhatnagar, Adv.
Ms. Y. Pallvi Hooda, Adv.
Mr. Yuvraj Nandal, Adv.
Ms. Tannu, Adv.
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UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
List on 29th April, 2025 at 2.00 p.m.
We request the learned senior counsel appointed as Amicus to
go through the compliance affidavits filed by the States reporting
compliance with the directions issued under earlier orders as well
as the order dated 18th May, 2025. We request the learned Amicus to
submit a chart to this Court indicating the extent of compliances
made by various States. We are putting the State to the notice
that if we find non-compliance, action under the Contempt of Courts
Act, 1981 will be initiated.
Our attention is invited to paragraph 9 of our order dated 18 th
February, 2025 which reads thus:
“9. We also make it clear that all the reimbursements,
as directed under the orders of the Court, shall be made
by the concerned State Governments. When we say the
concerned State Governments, it will be the State
Government where the seat of the High Court is situated
from which the learned Judge has retired. Obviously, the
concerned State Government shall reimburse even if the
treatment is taken in a hospital outside that State.”
It is pointed out that there are cases of Judges who are
appointed in one particular High Court but have retired as judges
of some other High Court as they were transferred. Therefore,
direction contained in paragraph 9 is clarified as under:
“When we say the concerned State Government, it will be the
State Government where the seat of the High Court is situated in
which the retired Judge was firstly appointed or the State
Government where the seat of the High Court is situated from which
the learned Judge has retired.”
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We permit the States to file fresh affidavits within a period
of one week from today. The States will forward copies of the
affidavit to the learned Amicus Curiae.
(KAVITA PAHUJA) (AVGV RAMU)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)
