E.R. KUMAR vs UNION OF INDIA CABINET SECRETARY — W.P.(C) No. 55/2003

Case under 48P-others Section PIL-W. Status: Pending.

Pending

CNR: SCIN010020492003

Filing Date

28-Jan-2003

Registration No

W.P.(C) No. 55/2003

Diary Number

2049/2003

Order Date

14-Oct-2025

Document Type

ROP - of Main Case

Neutral Citation

2016 INSC 1020

Last updated 15-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

48P-Others Section PIL-W

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.E.R. KUMAR

    Adv. PETITIONER-IN-PERSON[P-1]

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.UNION OF INDIA CABINET SECRETARY

    Adv. DEEPANWITA PRIYANKA[R-8] M. YOGESH KANNA SHREEKANT NEELAPPA TERDAL[R-15] SAMAR VIJAY SINGH[R-5] PRABODH KUMAR[R-14] NIDHI JASWAL[R-7] SARAD KUMAR SINGHANIA[R-10] AZMAT HAYAT AMANULLAH[R-11] AKSHAT KUMAR[R-13] SIDDHANT SHARMA[R-4] ABHISHEK GAUTAM[R-3] PASHUPATHI NATH RAZDAN[R-2] SHANTANU SAGAR[R-12] AVIJIT MANI TRIPATHI[R-17] UTTARA BABBAR (Dead / Retired / Elevated) PRAGATI NEEKHRA MUKESH KUMAR MARORIA[R-1] VINAY GARG ADARSH UPADHYAY V. G. PRAGASAM (Dead / Retired / Elevated) KAVEETA WADIA (Dead / Retired / Elevated) G. INDIRA[R-1] NISHE RAJEN SHONKER UTTARA BABBAR (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [R-6] P. V. YOGESWARAN G. INDIRA SHIBASHISH MISRA RUCHI KOHLI (Dead / Retired / Elevated) HEMANTIKA WAHI SATYA MITRA SHUVODEEP ROY[R-16] KAMLENDRA MISHRA[R-9] GOPAL PRASAD GOPAL SINGH RANJAN MUKHERJEE S.. UDAYA KUMAR SAGAR MISHRA SAURABH (Dead / Retired / Elevated) ANIRUDDHA P. MAYEE (Dead / Retired / Elevated) GUNTUR PRABHAKAR PARIJAT SINHA K. ENATOLI SEMA

Case History

  1. 14-Oct-2025

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  2. 14-Oct-2025

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K. Vinod Chandran

  3. 15-Sep-2025

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  4. 15-Sep-2025

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice, Hon'ble Mr. Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Atul S. Chandurkar

  5. 29-Aug-2025

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  6. 29-Aug-2025

    Mention Memo

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice, Hon'ble Mr. Justice N.V. Anjaria and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Alok Aradhe

  7. 12-Feb-2025

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  8. 12-Feb-2025

    Next Week / Week Commencing / C.O.Week

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.R. Gavai and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Augustine George Masih

  9. 29-Jan-2025

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  10. 29-Jan-2025

    Not Taken Up

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.R. Gavai, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Augustine George Masih and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K. Vinod Chandran

  11. 22-Jan-2025

    Not Taken Up

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.R. Gavai, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Augustine George Masih and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K. Vinod Chandran

  12. 22-Jan-2025

    Ordinary

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.R. Gavai, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Augustine George Masih and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K. Vinod Chandran

  13. 08-Jan-2025

    Not Taken Up

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.R. Gavai and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Augustine George Masih

  14. 19-Dec-2024

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.R. Gavai and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.V. Viswanathan

  15. 04-Dec-2024

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  16. 04-Dec-2024

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.R. Gavai and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.V. Viswanathan

  17. 03-Dec-2024

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  18. 03-Dec-2024

    After Week/Month/Vacation

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.R. Gavai and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.V. Viswanathan

  19. 12-Nov-2024

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  20. 12-Nov-2024

    Not Taken Up

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.R. Gavai and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.V. Viswanathan

  21. 05-Nov-2024

    After Week/Month/Vacation

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.R. Gavai and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.V. Viswanathan

  22. 11-Mar-2024

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  23. 11-Mar-2024

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.R. Gavai and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Mehta

  24. 19-Feb-2024

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  25. 19-Feb-2024

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.R. Gavai and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Mehta

  26. 13-Feb-2024

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  27. 13-Feb-2024

    Mention Memo

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.R. Gavai and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Mehta

  28. 01-Sep-2023

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  29. 01-Sep-2023

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Aravind Kumar

  30. 25-Aug-2023

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  31. 25-Aug-2023

    Mention Memo

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Aravind Kumar

  32. 14-Aug-2023

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  33. 03-Jul-2023

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  34. 03-Jul-2023

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pankaj Mithal

  35. 18-May-2023

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  36. 18-May-2023

    Fixed Date by Court

    Registrar (Court & Building)

  37. 28-Mar-2023

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  38. 28-Mar-2023

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dipankar Datta

  39. 21-Mar-2023

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  40. 21-Mar-2023

    Mention Memo

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dipankar Datta

  41. 14-Mar-2023

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  42. 20-Jan-2023

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  43. 20-Jan-2023

    Mention Memo

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dipankar Datta

  44. 16-Jan-2023

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  45. 12-Jan-2023

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  46. 29-Nov-2022

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha

  47. 11-Oct-2022

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  48. 11-Oct-2022

    After Week/Month/Vacation

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice, Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Hon'ble Ms. Justice Bela M. Trivedi

  49. 25-Feb-2019

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  50. 25-Feb-2019

    Next Week / Week Commencing / C.O.Week

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.A. Bobde and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  51. 05-Dec-2018

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  52. 05-Dec-2018

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta

  53. 29-Nov-2018

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  54. 29-Nov-2018

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur, Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  55. 13-Nov-2018

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  56. 13-Nov-2018

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  57. 07-Sep-2018

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  58. 07-Sep-2018

    Not Taken Up

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  59. 16-Aug-2018

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  60. 16-Aug-2018

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur, Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  61. 23-Apr-2018

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  62. 23-Apr-2018

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  63. 19-Apr-2018

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  64. 19-Apr-2018

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  65. 22-Mar-2018

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  66. 22-Mar-2018

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  67. 08-Feb-2018

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  68. 08-Feb-2018

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  69. 10-Jan-2018

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  70. 10-Jan-2018

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  71. 13-Dec-2017

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  72. 13-Dec-2017

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  73. 23-Nov-2017

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  74. 23-Nov-2017

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  75. 08-Nov-2017

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  76. 08-Nov-2017

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  77. 13-Oct-2017

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  78. 13-Oct-2017

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  79. 13-Sep-2017

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  80. 13-Sep-2017

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  81. 08-Aug-2017

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  82. 08-Aug-2017

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  83. 13-Jul-2017

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  84. 13-Jul-2017

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  85. 02-May-2017

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  86. 02-May-2017

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  87. 11-Nov-2016

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  88. 11-Nov-2016

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  89. 11-Nov-2016

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  90. 21-Oct-2016

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  91. 21-Oct-2016

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  92. 16-Sep-2016

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  93. 16-Sep-2016

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  94. 08-Mar-2016

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  95. 08-Mar-2016

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  96. 08-Feb-2016

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  97. 08-Feb-2016

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  98. 04-Dec-2015

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  99. 04-Dec-2015

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  100. 30-Oct-2015

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  101. 30-Oct-2015

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  102. 18-Sep-2015

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  103. 18-Sep-2015

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  104. 07-Aug-2015

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  105. 07-Aug-2015

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  106. 24-Jul-2015

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  107. 24-Jul-2015

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  108. 24-Apr-2015

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  109. 13-Feb-2015

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  110. 13-Feb-2015

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  111. 16-Jan-2015

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  112. 16-Jan-2015

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  113. 12-Dec-2014

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  114. 04-Dec-2014

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  115. 04-Dec-2014

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  116. 13-Nov-2014

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  117. 13-Nov-2014

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  118. 31-Oct-2014

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  119. 31-Oct-2014

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  120. 04-Sep-2014

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  121. 01-May-2014

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  122. 26-Feb-2014

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  123. 11-Apr-2013

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  124. 27-Jan-2004

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  125. 07-Jan-2004

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  126. 07-Jan-2004

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  127. 21-Apr-2003

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  128. 17-Feb-2003

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  129. 05-Feb-2003

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  130. 28-Jan-2003

    Case filed

    Registration No. W.P.(C) No. 55/2003

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Case Summary: W.P.(C) No. 55/2003 E.R. Kumar & Another v. Union of India & Others On 14 October 2025, the Supreme Court of India heard this writ petition, which was marked for priority listing with multiple pending applications for permission. The Court, comprising the Chief Justice and Justice K. Vinod Chandran, heard extensive arguments from counsel representing the petitioner and numerous government respondents. The matter was adjourned with directions to list the case after Diwali Vacations for further proceedings. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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