CENTRE FOR PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION GENERAL SECRETARY vs UNION OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT SECRETARY — W.P.(C) No. 180/2004

Case under 48P_3jj-others Section PIL-W. Status: Pending.

Pending

CNR: SCIN010064462004

Filing Date

22-Mar-2004

Registration No

W.P.(C) No. 180/2004

Diary Number

6446/2004

Order Date

15-Jan-2026

Document Type

ROP - of Main Case

Last updated 19-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

48P_3jj-Others Section PIL-W

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.CENTRE FOR PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION GENERAL SECRETARY

    Adv. PRASHANT BHUSHAN[P-1]

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.UNION OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT SECRETARY

    Adv. APPLICANT-IN-PERSON[R-5] APPLICANT-IN-PERSON[R-4] K. V. BHARATHI UPADHYAYA[R-15] SHEKHAR KUMAR[R-19] A. SUBBA RAO (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [R-13] JOSEPH ARISTOTLE S. (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [R-20] GURMEET SINGH MAKKER PURNIMA KRISHNA[R-20] PURNIMA KRISHNA[R-21] RAJ BAHADUR YADAV[R-1] A. RAGHUNATH[R-16] A. RAGHUNATH[R-14] A. RAGHUNATH[R-12] BHASKAR Y. KULKARNI[R-10] B. KRISHNA PRASAD NAFIS A. SIDDIQUI[R-17] NAFIS A. SIDDIQUI[R-18] P. N. PURI R. C. KOHLI S. P. SHARMA A. RAGHUNATH[R-1] A. RAGHUNATH[R-6] A. RAGHUNATH[R-7] A. RAGHUNATH[R-8] A. RAGHUNATH[R-9] A. RAGHUNATH[R-11] N. VISAKAMURTHY[R-1]

Case History

  1. 14-May-2026

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  8. 15-Apr-2026

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  9. 09-Apr-2026

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  10. 08-Apr-2026

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  11. 19-Mar-2026

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    Hon'ble The Chief Justice, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vipul M. Pancholi

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  14. 11-Mar-2026

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  15. 26-Feb-2026

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  16. 25-Feb-2026

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  17. 19-Feb-2026

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  18. 18-Feb-2026

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  19. 04-Feb-2026

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  20. 15-Jan-2026

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  21. 12-Apr-2023

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Aravind Kumar

  22. 23-Mar-2023

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  23. 19-Jan-2023

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abhay S. Oka and Hon'ble Mrs. Justice B.V. Nagarathna

  24. 07-Dec-2022

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abhay S. Oka and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vikram Nath

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  26. 29-Jan-2020

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  27. 28-Jan-2020

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  28. 23-Jan-2020

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  29. 22-Jan-2020

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  31. 28-Nov-2019

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  32. 27-Nov-2019

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  33. 26-Nov-2019

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  34. 20-Nov-2019

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  35. 19-Nov-2019

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  36. 14-Nov-2019

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  37. 07-Nov-2019

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  38. 06-Nov-2019

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  39. 05-Nov-2019

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  40. 24-Oct-2019

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  41. 23-Oct-2019

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  42. 22-Oct-2019

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  43. 17-Oct-2019

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  44. 16-Oct-2019

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  45. 15-Oct-2019

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  46. 03-Oct-2019

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  47. 01-Oct-2019

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  48. 26-Sep-2019

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  49. 25-Sep-2019

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  50. 24-Sep-2019

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  51. 08-Jul-2019

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Common Record of Proceedings — heard with connected matters

Lead case: C.A. No. 329 - 330/2004

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