Nilesh Bhagwan Sambre And ANR. v. Union Of India And ANR.

Shephali

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1849 OF 2018 Vinodkumar Dulchand Daga & Anr Registrar of Companies, Mumbai & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 693 OF 2019 Sudarshan Banerjee WRIT PETITION NO. 2168 OF 2016 Sunil Mahadeo Parab & Ors Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Ors WRIT PETITION NO. 2753 OF 2017 Shree Marathwada Paper Mills Pvt Ltd SICOM Limited & Ors WRIT PETITION NO. 247 OF 2018 Jigar Vora & Anr

The Union of India & Ors WRIT PETITION NO. 1224 OF 2018 Satish Kumar Gupta WRIT PETITION NO. 1731 OF 2018 Dhiraj Manohar Kanoria WRIT PETITION NO. 1812 OF 2018 Sanwar Kanoria Mahonar WRIT PETITION NO. 1830 OF 2018 Shakuntala Laxminarayan Rathi & Laxminarayan Jainarayan Rathi

WRIT PETITION NO. 1989 OF 2018 Bawri Fasions Private Limited & Anr National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai & Ors WRIT PETITION NO. 2001 OF 2018 Prakhar Mohan Rathod WRIT PETITION NO. 2012 OF 2018 Neelesh Arun Khachane WRIT PETITION NO. 2034 OF 2018 Bharat P Damani The Registrar of Companies WRIT PETITION NO. 2058 OF 2018 Taronish Mehernoosh Khajotia & Zinnia Khajotia The Union of India & Anr

WRIT PETITION NO. 2065 OF 2018 ABY Maliakkal Union of India & Ors WRIT PETITION NO. 2084 OF 2018 Rajesh Gajanan Javalkar The Registrar of Companies & Anr WRIT PETITION (ST) NO. 2242 OF 2018 Anita Vinodkumar Aggrawal Dir. Of Sarvottam Holding & Estate Developers Private Limited WRIT PETITION NO. 2261 OF 2018 Nishant Gupta & Ors WRIT PETITION NO. 2286 OF 2018

Bhavesh Kumar Ambalal Dalwadi & Anr Registrar of Companies, Mumbai & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 2323 OF 2018 CHAMBER SUMMONS NO. 90 OF 2019 Kaushal Jaysingh Sampat & Anr Registrar of Companies, Mumbai & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 2333 OF 2018 Rakshita Ashok Mehta The Union of India & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 2394 OF 2018 Ajit Govind Kharkar & Sugandha Ajit Kharkar WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 2400 OF 2018 Om Prakash Gurdayal Berlia Director of Berlia Marketing Private Limited

WRIT PETITION NO. 2424 OF 2018 Parvath Shetty WRIT PETITION NO. 2481 OF 2018 Pathanjali Sastry Pappu Srinivasa WRIT PETITION NO. 2561 OF 2018 Balaji Singh Teeka The Registrar of Companies & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 2654 OF 2018 Sheetal Vinod Talwar S/O Vinod Shantilal Talwar WRIT PETITION NO. 2768 OF 2018

Ghanshyam Mohanlal Turkar & Ors WRIT PETITION NO. 2802 OF 2018 Pramod Fulchand Sancheti & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 2925 OF 2018 Shammee Swaran Salaria & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 2949 OF 2018 Akash Ranjan The Registrar of Companies & Ors WRIT PETITION NO. 2958 OF 2018 Makrand Pundalik The Union of India & Anr

WRIT PETITION NO. 2980 OF 2018 Rashmi Narvekar The Registrar of Companies & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 2984 OF 2018 Sikha Singh The Registrar of Companies & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 3113 OF 2018 Devesh Harish Aggarwal The Registrar of Companies & Ors WRIT PETITION NO. 3124 OF 2018 Dinubhai Ramjibhai Vagadiya & Ors WRIT PETITION NO. 3142 OF 2018 Neerav Apurva Parekh & Anr The Registrar of Companies (Mumbai) & Anr

WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 3238 OF 2018 Sudhir Murlidhar Singh & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 3239 OF 2018 Ashok Amichand Shah & Anr Union of India & Ors WRIT PETITION NO. 3255 OF 2018 Sekhri Balkrishan Deepak & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 3316 OF 2018 Manjulaben Ganpatbhai & Ors Union of India & Ors WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 3317 OF 2018 Madhu Narayanan Menon & Anr

WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 3319 OF 2018 Sudhir Murlidhar Singh & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 3402 OF 2018 Ankur Muchhal WRIT PETITION NO. 3520 OF 2018 Pankaj Santosh Tripathi The Union of India through The Ministry of Corporation Affairs & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 3560 OF 2018 Dilip Babulal Joshi The Registrar of Companies & Anr

WRIT PETITION NO. 3572 OF 2018 Prakash C.V.

WRIT PETITION NO. 3594 OF 2018 Akshatt Deepak Sekhri & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 3675 OF 2018 Vexta Laboratories Private Limited WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 3856 OF 2018 Vivek Prakash Mathur WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 3860 OF 2018 Vivek Prakash Mathur

WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 3898 OF 2018 Pritam Shailendra Singh & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 3951 OF 2018 Rishi Kumar Rajani WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 3954 OF 2018 Charmaine Shailesh Mody & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 4003 OF 2018 Hassan EL Houry & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 4195 OF 2018

Milan Dinesh Shah S/o Dinesh Shah WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 4219 OF 2018 Dilip Madhav Muzumdar WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 4278 OF 2018 Niyam Bhasin WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 4313 OF 2018 Vijay Kumari Sudeshkumar Sharma & Ors WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 152 OF 2019 Naturon Healthcare Ltd The Registrar of Companies

WRIT PETITION NO. 157 OF 2019 Bhavin Chandrakant Kothari & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 159 OF 2019 Tejakshi Sudhakar Shetty WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 259 OF 2019 Jean Yves Parisot & Anr The Registrar of Companies & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 410 OF 2019 Sanjay Natvarlal Mandavia WRIT PETITION NO. 520 OF 2019 Abhimanyu Singh

WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 543 OF 2019 Nimesh Mehta & Anr The Registrar of Companies & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 557 OF 2019 Zuzer Hatim Lucknowala WRIT PETITION NO. 623 OF 2019 Sabhajit Sitaram Singh The Commissioner of MCGM & Ors WRIT PETITION NO. 628 OF 2019 Tarun Jaipal Jain Registrar of Companies

...Respondent

WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 682 OF 2019

Ram Tejbahadur Singh & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 688 OF 2019 Fatema Anwar Jetha WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 734 OF 2019 Pratik Tejinder Makkar & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 745 OF 2019 Murud Anwar Jetha WRIT PETITION NO. 758 OF 2019 Ramakant Jadhav

WRIT PETITION NO. 759 OF 2019 Sunil Shamrao Patil WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 789 OF 2019 Ramesh Hiralal Patel & Ors WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1007 OF 2019 Krishnamurthy Padmanabhan WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1036 OF 2019 Rituraj Kishore Sinha WRIT PETITION NO. 1066 OF 2019 Anant Arun Bhalotia & Anr

WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1109 OF 2019 Aneesha Franklin The Registrar of Companies, Mumbai

...Respondent

WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1139 OF 2019 Atul Nathalal Patel & Ors WRIT PETITION NO. 1215 OF 2019 Anandkumar Raichand Lunia WRIT PETITION NO. 1236 OF 2019 Dilip Rajpal Haria & Anr Union of India through The Joint Secretary & Ors WRIT PETITION NO. 1241 OF 2019 Pradeep J Saxena S/O Jagdish Saxena

The Registrar of Company & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1338 OF 2019 VP Nagarajan Union of India through Ministry of Corporate Affairs & Ors WRIT PETITION NO. 1372 OF 2019 Garfield William Desouza & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1446 OF 2019 Ramesh Lakshman The Registrar of Companies & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 1448 OF 2019 Sameer Arvind Shah & Ors

WRIT PETITION NO. 1450 OF 2019 Chetan Navinchandra Doshi WRIT PETITION NO. 1456 OF 2019 Rajesh Ranjit Parikh Union of India & Ors WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1471 OF 2019 Ajay Dhanvant Shah Union of India through The Ministry of Corporate Affairs & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 1478 OF 2019 Viresh Bansilal Sethi & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 1495 OF 2019 Vinodkumar Chamanlal Aggrawal

WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1503 OF 2019 Poonam Jain WRIT PETITION NO. 1503 OF 2019 Shekar Narasimhan Tirumalai The Registrar of Companies, Mumbai & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1507 OF 2019 Dharamraj Shubhkaran Singh And Bittan Dharamraj Singh WRIT PETITION NO. 1524 OF 2019 Vinay Gupta

WRIT PETITION NO. 1525 OF 2019 Yashraj Mahendra Gala WRIT PETITION (ST) NO. 1527 OF 2019 Nitin Jaiprakash Agrawal & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 1533 OF 2019 Dilipkumar V Lakhi & Ors WRIT PETITION NO. 1560 OF 2019 Rizwan Abdul M Thakur WRIT PETITION NO. 1562 OF 2019 Yashraj Mahendra Gala

WRIT PETITION NO.1563 OF 2019 Yashraj Mahendra Gala WRIT PETITION NO. 1564 OF 2019 Yashraj Mahendra Gala Also known as Yash Mahendra Gala WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1565 OF 2019 Rohinton Habibulla Mottahed The Registrar of Companies & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1566 OF 2019 Siddharth Suresh Poojari The Registrar of Companies & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1572 OF 2019

Nilesh Bhagwan Sambre & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1597 OF 2019 Rakesh Mahipatrai Shah The Registrar of Companies

...Respondent

WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1646 OF 2019 Arun Kumar Purusottamdas Todi & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1650 OF 2019 Sriram Kalyana Sundaram & Ors WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1668 OF 2019 Vijaylal Jain & Sachinkumar Vijaylal Jain The Union of India & Anr

WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1675 OF 2019 Savita Deepka Thawaney Registrar of Companies & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1692 OF 2019 Vishal Sharma & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1706 OF 2019 Yashraj Mahendra Gala WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1707 OF 2019 Yashraj Mahendra Gala Also known as Yash Mahendra Gala WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1708 OF 2019 Yashraj Mahendra Gala

WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1710 OF 2019 Yashraj Mahendra Gala Also known as Yash Mahendra Gala WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1711 OF 2019 Yashraj Mahendra Gala Also known as Yash Mahendra Gala WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1716 OF 2019 Yashraj Mahendra Gala Also known as Yash Mahendra Gala WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1717 OF 2019 Yashraj Mahendra Gala Also known as Yash Mahendra Gala

WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1718 OF 2019 Yashraj Mahendra Gala Also known as Yash Mahendra Gla WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1719 OF 2019 Yashraj Mahendra Gala Also known as Yash Mahendra Gala WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1720 OF 2019 Yashraj Mahendra Gala WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1722 OF 2019 Yashraj Mahendra Gala WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1723 OF 2019

Balamukunda Das WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1724 OF 2019 Yashraj Mahendra Gala Also known as Yash Mahendra Gala WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1735 OF 2019 Rajinder Kumar Suraj Bahri Export-Import Bank of India & Ors WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1736 OF 2019 Ashok Yoginder Punj Export-Import Bank of India & Ors WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1790 OF 2019 Venkataraman Laxmikantan

WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1793 OF 2019 Satish Kumar Srivastav The Registrar of Companies & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1814 OF 2019 Michael Eric Winmer & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1815 OF 2019 Michael Eric Widmer & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1819 OF 2019 Dilip Jaysukhlal Doshi & Anr The Registrar of Companies, Mumbai and Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1821 OF 2019 Sadaf Ashfak Ahmed Saiyed The Registrar of Companies & Anr

WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1823 OF 2019 Vikrant Hemraj Jain The Registrar of Companies & Anr WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1829 OF 2019 Ashwin B Rajpurohit CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION 404 OF 2019 Jean Michel Szczerba & Ors Ministry of Corporate Affairs & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 7773 OF 2018 Pavitra Pradip Walvekar The Registrar of Companies, Pune & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 8411 OF 2018

Vaidehidevi R Naik Nimbalkar & Ors The Union of India Through Its Principal Secretary & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 14325 OF 2018 Laxman V Bandekar The Registrar of Companies, Mumbai, through the Ministry of Corporate Affairs

...Respondent

WRIT PETITION NO. 1848 of 2019 Kishore Prabhakar Sardesai WRIT PETITION NO. 1967 OF 2019 Shanti Mohan W/O Mohan Kumar & Anr Union of India Through Ministry of Corporate Affairs through The Secretary & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 1968 OF 2019 Pruthviraj Sayajirao Deshmukh Tazzoli Apparel Company Private Limited & Ors

WRIT PETITION NO. 3032 OF 2019 Sudhakar Gangaramji Kakde S/O of Gangaramji Kakde Union of India Through Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 3033 OF 2019 Jyoti Sudhakar Kakde W/O of Sudhakar Kakde Union of India Through Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs & Anr WRIT PETITION NO. 4212 OF 2019 Siddarth Sunil Mutha & Anr Union of India Through The Secretary & Ors WRIT PETITION NO. 5648 OF 2019 Abdul Samad Abdul Gaffar Kapadia The Union of India Through the Secretary & Ors WRIT PETITION NO. 5650 OF 2019 Mohmed Soeb Abdul Gaffar Kapadia

The Union of India Through the Secretary & Ors Ms Sheeja John, i/b M/s. MP Savla & Co., for the Petitioner in ASWP/404/2019.

Mr Siddh Vidya, i/b Adwait Bhunde, for the Petitioner in ASWP/7773/2018.

Mr Akshay Petkar, for the Petitioner in ASWP Nos. 8411/2018, WPL/2925/2018, 2958/2018, 3250/2018 & WPL/1668/2019. Mr Swapan Pradhan, with Abhay Wadhawa, i/b Pankaj B Singh, for the Petitioner in ASWP/12325/2018.

Ms Hemangi Kuber, with Nikita Abhyankar, i/b Roy's Law Firm, for the Petitioner in WP/693/2019.

Ms Neha Joshi, i/b Vidhii Partners, for the Petitioner in WP/247/ 2018 & WPL/1338/2019.

Ms Deepika Subramaniam, i/b J Sagar Associates, for the Petitioner in WP/1224/2018.

Ms Pooja Bhaidkar, i/b Aagan J Doshi, for the Petitioner in WP/1731/2018, 1812/2018 & 2012/2018.

Mr Mahesh Pandey, for the Petitioner in WP/2001/2018. Mr Siddh Vidya, for the Petitioner in WPL/2242/2018 & WP/1495/2019.

Mr Saurabh Pandya, for the Petitioner in WP Nos. 2261/2018, 2394/2018, 2424/2018, 2768/2018, 3124/2018, WPL/3898/2018 & WPL/1572/2019.

Ms Khusboo Shah, i/b AKR Advisors LLP, for the Petitioner in WP/2323/2018 & Applicant in CHSW/90/2019.

Mr Arif Doctor, with Utkarsha Anklesaria, i/b Dhaval Rustomji & Associates, for the Petitioner in WP/2561/2018, 2980/2018 & 2984/2018.

Mr Vishal Jathar, with Shivani Vora, i/b MDP Partners, for the Petitioner in WP/2802/2018.

Ms Farzana Behramkamdin, with Bharti Bhansali, i/b FZB & Associates, for the Petitioner in WP/3142/2018. Mr Aditya Khanna, for the Petitioner in WPL Nos. 3238/2018, 3239/2018, 3316/2018, 3317/2018 & 3319/2018.

Mr Anil Jarial, i/b Legal Associates, for the Petitioner in WP/3560/2018.

Mr Aniket Worlikar, i/b Deven Dwarkadas, for the Petitioner in WP/3572/2018 & WPL/4219/2018.

Mr Aditya Khanna, with Kartik K Tiwari, for the Petitioner in WP/157/2019.

Mr Pankaj Kode, i/b Himanshu Kode, for the Petitioner in WPL/259/2019.

Rohma Hameed, i/b Acuity Law, for the Petitioner in WP/410/2019. Mr Vinduprakash Pandey, with Jyoti R Pandey, i/b Legal Edge LLP, for the Petitioner in WPL/682/2019.

Mr Ajit Singh Tawar, i/b Ajit Singh Tawar & Co., for the Petitioner in WP/688/2019, WPL Nos 734/2019, 745/2019, 789/2019. Mr Hemant Sethi, with Sunny Shah, i/b Hemant Sethi & Co., for the Petitioner in WP Nos 758/2019, 759/2019 & WPL/1829/2019. Mr SU Kamdar, Senior Advocate, with Vishal Kanade, Parita Dave, i/b M/s. Crawford Bayley & Co., for the Petitioner in WPL/1007/2019.

Mr Swapan Pradhan, Abhay Wadhwa, i/b Sanjay N Yegurwar, for the Petitioner in WPL Nos. 1109/2019 & 1597/2019. Mr Keanan Nagporwala, i/b Kochhar & Co., for the Petitioner in WP/1215/2019.

Mr Aayesh Gandhi, i/b Wadia Gandhy & Co., for the Petitioner in WP/1372/2019.

Mr Deepak Pandey, i/b Pankaj R Dubey, for the Petitioner in WP/1448/2019 & WPL/1507/2019.

Ms Chandni Tanna, i/b India Law Alliance, for the Petitioner in WP Nos. 1450/2018, 1456/2019.

Mr Ajit N Jakhadi, for the Petitioner in WPL/1471/2019. Mr Rahul Kedar, with Pooja Bhaidkar, i/b Aagam J Doshi, for the Petitioner in WP/1478/2019.

Mr Surbhi Soni, i/b Manish G Varma, for the Petitioner in WP/1524/2019.

Mr Vivek Kantawala, with Amey Patil, Vivek M Sharma, Hetal Jobanputra, Shanay Bafna, i/b Vivek Kantawala & Co., for the Petitioner in WP Nos. 1525/2019, 1562/2019, 1563/2019, 1564/2019, WPL Nos. 1706/2019, 1707,2019, 1708/2019,

1710/2019, 1711/2019, 1716 to 1720/2019, 1722/2019 & 1724/2019.

Mr Yashesh Kamdar, with Parita Dave, i/b Crawford Bayley & Co., for the Petitioner in WPL/1692/2019.

Ms NS Nappinai, with Rohmin Aref, i/b Noelle Ann Park, for the Petitioner in WPL/1723/2019.

Mr Sudan Y Amare, for the Petitioner in WP/1790/2019. Mr Bhushan Deshmukh, with Gaurav Srivastav, Angela Singha, i/b Simeen Shaikh, for the Petitioner in WPL/1793/2019. Mr Benny Joseph, with Vijay Poojari, & Pallavi Kamath i/b BL Law Officers LLP, for the Petitioner in WPL Nos 1814/2019 & 1815/2019.

Mr Surbhi Soni, i/b MG Varma, for the Petitioner in WPL/1821/ 2019 & WOL/1823/2019.

Mr Ashutosh S Kale, for the Petitioner in ASWP/1849/2019. Mr Surajkumar R Pandey, for the Petitioner in WP/1849/2018 (Absent).

Mr Prakash N Nakati, for the Petitioner in WP/2753/2017 (Absent). Ms Mona Vora, for the Petitioner in WP/1830/2018 (Absent). Mr RR Nair, for the Petitioner in WP/1989/2018 (Absent). Mr Swapnil V Newaskar, for the Petitioner in WP/2034/2018 (Absent).

Mr Roshan S Tanna, for the Petitioner in WP/2058/2018 (Absent). Ms Manali Khut, for the Petitioner in WP/2065/2018 (Absent). Ms Sabina Mahadik, for the Petitioner in WP/2084/2018 (Absent). Mr Suraj Pandey, for the Petitioner in WP/2286/2018 (Absent). ANP Partners, for the Petitioner in WP/2333/2018 (Absent). Mr Kaustubh Gupte, for the Petitioner in WPST/2400/2018 (Absent).

Shubro Dey, for the Petitioner in WP/2481/2018 (Absent). Probus Legal, for the Petitioner in WP/2654/2018 (Absent). Mr Vikrant D Shetty, for the Petitioner in WP/2949/2018 & 3113/2018 (Absent).

Ms Prachi Manekar, for the Petitioner in WP/3255/2018 & WP/3594/2018 (Absent).

Mr Naved S Chawdhary, for the Petitioner in WP/3402/2018 (Absent).

Mr Omar K Shaikh, for the Petitioner in WP/3675/2018 (Absent).

Mr Mustafa Motiwala, for the Petitioner in WPL Nos.3856/2018, 3860/2018 (Absent).

Mr Ajay Basutkar, for the Petitioner in WPL Nos.3951/2018 and 3954/2018 (Absent).

Mr Navid Y Memon, for the Petitioner in WPL/4003/2018 (Absent). Mr Mani Prakash, for the Petitioner in WPL/4195 /2018 (Absent). Mr Niyam Bhasin, for the Petitioner in WPL/4278/2018 (Absent). Mr Rahul D Oak, and Siddhesh S Shetey, for the Petitioner in WPL/4313/2018 (Absent).

Y & A Legal, for the Petitioner in WPL/152/2019 (Absent). Lex Juris, for the Petitioner in WP/159/2019 (Absent). Mr Darshan, for the Petitioner in WP/520/2019 (Absent). Mr Pulkit M Jain, for the Petitioner in WPL/543/2019 (Absent). Kartikeya & Asso, for the Petitioner in WP/557/2019 (Absent). Mr Yogesh Dabke, for the Petitioner in WP/623/2019 (Absent). Mohanty & Associates, for the Petitioner in WP/628/2019 (Absent). Keystone Partners, for the Petitioner in WPL/1036 /2019 (Absent). M Mulla Associates, for the Petitioner in WP/1066/2019 (Absent). Ms Dipali G Mainkar, for the Petitioner in WPL/1139/2019 (Absent).

Ms Kavita Mohan Kutty, for the Petitioner in WP/1236/2019 (Absent).

Ms Jyoti Muley, for the Petitioner in WP/1241/2019 (Absent). AVP Partners, for the Petitioner in WPL/1446/2019 (Absent). Mr Kaustubh Gupte, for the Petitioner in WPL/1503/2019 (Absent). Mr Sonu Tandon, for the Petitioner in WP/1503/2019 (Absent). Ms Prachi Manekar, for the Petitioner in WPL/1527/2019 (Absent). Parinam Law Associates, for the Petitioner in WP/1533/2019 (Absent).

Mr Kaustubh Gupte, for the Petitioner in WP/1560/2019 (Absent). Mr Fauzan Shaikh, for the Petitioner in WPL/1565/2019 (Absent). Mr Fauzan Shaikh , for the Petitioner in WPL/1566/2019 (Absent). Mr Devendra B Shukla, for the Petitioner in WPL/1646/2019, WPL/1650/2019 (Absent).

Mr Vishal B Nimbalkar, for the Petitioner in WPL/1675/2019 (Absent).

The Law Point, for the Petitioner in WPL/1735/2019, WPL/1736/ 2019 (Absent).

Mr Nasir Mohammed, for the Petitioner in WPL/1819/2019 (Absent).

MDP & Partners, for the Petitioner in ASWP/1967/2019 (Absent). Mr Chaitanya Nikate, for the Petitioner in ASWP/1968/2018 (Absent).

Mr Anupam Chattopadhyay, for the Petitioner in ASWP/3032/ 2019, ASWP/3033/2019, ASWP/5648/2019, ASWP/5650/ 2019 (Absent).

Mr Rahul D Oak, for the Petitioner in ASWP/4212/2019 (Absent). Mr Ajinkya J Jaibhave, for Respondents Nos. 1 & 2 in ASWP/7773/ 2018 & WPL/1338/2019.

Ms Jyoti Chavan, AGP, for the State.

Mr Anil Yadav, Dy. ROC, Mumbai, is present.

Mr Anil Singh, Additional Solicitor General, with Aditya Thakkar, Ashish Mehta, & Mohit Sahani, i/b Ashish Mehta, for Respondents Nos. 1 & 2 WP Nos. 8411/2018, 639/2019, 1731/2018, 1812/2018, 2012/2018, 2058/2018, L/2242/2018, 2261/2018, 2394/2018, 2400/2018, 2424/2018, 2561/2018, 2654/2018, 2768/2018, 2949/2018, 2958/2018, 2980/2018, 2984/2018, 3113/2018, 3124/2018, 3142/2018, 3402/2018, 3520/2018, 3560/2018, 3572/2018, L/3856/2018, L/3860/2018, L/3898/2018, L/3951/2018, L/3954/2018, L/4195/2018, L/152/2019, 159/2019, L/259/2019, 520/2019, L/543/2019, 557/2019, 628/2018, L/1007/2019, L/1036/2019, L/1066/2019, 1215/2019, 1236/2019, L/1372/2019, 1448/2019, 1450/2019, 1456/2019, 1478/2019, 1495/2019, 1503/2019, 1524/2019, 1533/2019, 1560/2019, L/1723/2019, 1848/2019, 1968/2019, 5648/2019, 5650/2019.

CORAM:

S. C. DHARMADHIKARI & G.S. PATEL, JJ DATED:

PC:- 1.

Rule in each of these Writ Petitions, as arguable questions are indeed involved.

2.

Respondents waive service in respective matters. 3.

Mr Anil Singh, learned Additional Solicitor General has agreed to address the Court in these matters and prays for two weeks time. 4.

For the present, we do not pass interim orders in every case though the reliefs of that nature are sought. We grant liberty to the parties to revive their applications for interim relief should the Petitions themselves not being disposed of.

5.

We clarify that this order and direction will not affect the clarification already issued in some of the matters. 6.

List all these matters on 10th July 2019.

(G. S. PATEL, J) (S. C. DHARMADHIKARI, J)