ASHIS NANDY vs UNION OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS SECRETARY — W.P.(Crl.) No. 19/2013

Case under Criminal Law : Criminal Writ Petition [Not in the Nature of Pil] Section X. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010035772013

Filing Date

31-Jan-2013

Registration No

W.P.(Crl.) No. 19/2013

Diary Number

3577/2013

Order Date

04-Sep-2025

Document Type

ROP - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Allowed

Last updated 05-Jul-2026

Acts & Sections

Criminal Law : Criminal writ petition [not in the nature of PIL] Section X

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.ASHIS NANDY

    Adv. CHANDAN KUMAR[P-1]

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.UNION OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS SECRETARY

    Adv. KRISHAN SINGH CHAUHAN (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [R-1] PRAGATI NEEKHRA[R-1] AJIT KUMAR EKKA[R-4] PRASHANT SINGH[R-6] AADITYA ANIRUDDHA PANDE[R-5] ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA[R-1]

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 04-Sep-2025

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  3. 04-Sep-2025

    After Week/Month/Vacation

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Hon'ble Mr. Justice N.V. Anjaria

  4. 11-Aug-2025

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  5. 11-Aug-2025

    Ordinary

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice N.V. Anjaria and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Atul S. Chandurkar

  6. 04-May-2018

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  7. 04-May-2018

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Navin Sinha

  8. 26-Mar-2018

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  9. 26-Mar-2018

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  10. 16-Feb-2018

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  11. 16-Feb-2018

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Navin Sinha

  12. 11-Aug-2017

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  13. 11-Aug-2017

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  14. 09-Mar-2015

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  15. 09-Mar-2015

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  16. 09-Jan-2015

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  17. 12-Dec-2014

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  18. 12-Dec-2014

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  19. 24-Nov-2014

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  20. 24-Nov-2014

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  21. 17-Nov-2014

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  22. 17-Nov-2014

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  23. 17-Nov-2014

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  24. 17-Oct-2014

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  25. 17-Oct-2014

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  26. 08-Sep-2014

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  27. 08-Sep-2014

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  28. 31-Jan-2013

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  29. 31-Jan-2013

    Case filed

    Registration No. W.P.(Crl.) No. 19/2013

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casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: W.P.(Crl.) No. 000019/2013 - Ashis Nandy v. Union of India The Supreme Court quashed three criminal cases (FIR No.35/2013 Jaipur, FIR No.53/2013 Jodhpur, and criminal complaint No.248/2013 Bihar) against 90-year-old intellectual Ashis Nandy for objectionable comments made at the Jaipur Literary Conference. Though the Court strongly condemned his statements against marginalized sections as "very objectionable," it granted relief based on his unconditional apology recorded on 24.11.2014 and advanced age, noting the cases had hung over him for 12 years. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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