The Supreme Court on Monday granted liberty to parties to explore an amicable resolution in a dispute concerning alleged demolition action against a Gurudwara in Colaba, Mumbai. The petitioner alleged that despite a subsisting order of the Supreme Court restraining demolitions without due process, authorities had proceeded to demolish the structure without notice. Counsel submitted before the Bench:
“At that time there was an order operating of this honourable court which has finally resulted in a final judgement… that no demolitions will be done throughout the country. During that period… they have without notice come and demolished.”
During the hearing, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing in the matter, sought that the dispute be resolved mutually while submitting that “There are so many other projects… we don’t want to spoil our relationship at the same time this is not something that is insurmountable.”
Responding to the it, the Court observed: “If you are able to resolve, we will be the most happy.”
The matter was thereafter adjourned till after the summer vacation. Recording that arguments heard in part, the Bench directed the matter to be listed on July 21 for further directions.
Appearances
Petitioner- Mr. Pradeep Kumar Yadav, Adv., Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv., Mr. Deepak Yadav, Adv., Mr. Manish Nagpal, Adv., Ms. Anjale Kumari, Adv., Ms. Chhaya, Adv., Mr. Aditya Yadav, Adv., Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, AOR, M/S. Shakil Ahmad Syed, AOR, Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Sr. Adv., Mr. Huzefa Ahmadi, Sr. Adv., Mr. M. R. Shamshad, Sr. Adv., Mr. Adeel Ahmed, AOR, Mr. Abdur Razzaque Bhuyan, Adv., Mr. Junaid Khalid, Adv., Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv., Mr. Nekibur Zaman Choudhury, Adv., Mr. Nasim Akram Mazarbhuiya, Adv., Mr. Piyush Sachdev, Adv., Ms. Riya Dutta, Adv., Ms. Shehnaz Laskar, Adv., Mr. Aamir Hussain, Adv., Ms. Fauzia Shakil, AOR, Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv., Mr. M. Huzaifa, Adv., Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR, Mr. Ebad Ur Rahman, Adv., Ms. Zainab Shaikh, Adv., Mr. Fakhre Alam, Adv., Ms. Masoom Raj Singh, Adv., Ms. Zeb Hasan, Adv., Mr. Ankit Tiwari, Adv., Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv., Mr. Khayrul Bashar, Adv., Mr. Abdul Qadir Abbasi, AOR, Mr. Mohd Azam, Adv., Mr. Arun Chandra Srivastava, Adv., Mr. Imran Ahmad Abbasi, Adv., Mr. Syed Abdur Rahman, Adv., Ms. Rukhmini Bobde, Adv., Ms. Soumya Priyadarshinee, AOR, Mr. Amit Kumar Srivastava, Adv., Mr. Jatin Dhamija, Adv., Mr. Vinayak Aren, Adv., Mr. Pavitra Dixit, Adv., Mr. Archit Sharma, Adv., Mr. I.H. Syed, Sr. Adv., Ms. Pyoli, AOR, Mr. A.S. Timbalia, Adv., Ms. Saumya Dwivedi, Adv.
Respondent- Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G., Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G., Mr. Amogh Bansal, Adv., Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR, Ms. Praveena Gautam, AOR, Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv., Mr. Pawan Shukla, Adv., Ms. Tissy Annie Thomas, Adv., Mr. Rohan Bansla, Adv., Mr. Aditya, Adv., Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General, Mr. Gursharan H. Virk, Adv., Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR, Mr. Chinmoy Sharma, Sr. A.A.G., Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR, Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv., Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv., Mr. Amol Nirmalkumar Suryawanshi, AOR, Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G., Mr. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Sr. A.A.G., Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR, Mr. Anil Kaushik, A.S.G., Mr. Shrirang Bharat Varma, AOR, Mr. Mayank Gautam, Adv., Mr. Harsh, Adv., Mr. Harshvardhan Ghadge, Adv., Mr. Aslam Ahmed Jamal, AOR, Mr. Raees Ahmad, Adv., Ms. Shabiesta Nabi, Adv., Mr. Mohd Ashaab, Adv., Mr. Abhishek Dwivedi, Adv., Mr. Mohd Riaz, Adv., Mr. Rakesh Dahiya, AOR, Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR, Mr. Kailash Prashad Pandey, AOR, Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv., Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv., Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv., Mr. Narendra Pal Sharma, Adv., Mr. Mahi Pal Singh, Adv., Mr. Sandeep Singh Dingra, Adv., Mr. Varun Varma, Adv., Mr. Rajesh Singh, Adv., Mr. Javed Raza, Adv., Ms. Manisha Chawla, Adv., Ms. Shreya Jha, Adv., Ms. Niharika Dwivedi, Adv., Ms. Swati Vishan, Adv., Mr. Anupam Kumar, Adv., Mr. Jogender Kumar, Adv., Mr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Adv., Mr. Dilip Kumar, Adv., Mr. Saurabh Kumar Solanki, Adv., Mr. Sudhakar Dwivedi, Adv., Mr. Rashid Khan, Adv., Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv., Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv., Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv., Mr. Sanjay Kr. Tyagi, Adv., Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv., Mr. Amit Sharma (B), Adv., Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv., Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR, Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR, Mr. A.D.N. Rao, Adv., Ms. Ankita Choudhary Rathi, Adv., Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv., Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR, Mr. Ameet Siingh, Adv., Mr. Rohit Swarup, Adv., Mr. Ravi Kumar, Adv., Mr. Sukhamrit Singh, Adv., Mr. Saurabh Rohilla, Adv., Mr. Nityanand Mahato, Adv., Mr. Farrukh Rasheed, AOR.

