UNION OF INDIA VS. UTV NEWS LTD.

ITEM NO.111 COURT NO.15 SECTION XIV-A

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Civil Appeal No.4487/2010

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Appellant(s)

VERSUS

UTV NEWS LTD. Respondent(s)

WITH

C.A. No. 7501/2009 (IV)

C.A. No. 8391-8393/2011 (III)

C.A. No. 8397/2011 (III)

C.A. No. 9032/2011 (III)

C.A. No. 9021/2011 (III)

C.A. No. 9025/2011 (III)

C.A. No. 9023/2011 (III)

C.A. No. 9024/2011 (III)

C.A. No. 8428/2011 (III)

IA No. 3/2011 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES

C.A. No. 9022/2011 (III)

C.A. No. 9026/2011 (III)

FOR

FOR ON IA 88145/2011

FOR WITHDRAWAL OF CASE / APPLICATION ON IA 71963/2020

IA No. 71963/2020 - WITHDRAWAL OF CASE / APPLICATION

C.A. No. 9028/2011 (XIV-A)

FOR

FOR WITHDRAWAL OF CASE / APPLICATION ON IA 6824/2020

C.A. No. 9031/2011 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 9030/2011 (XIV-A)

FOR

FOR WITHDRAWAL OF CASE / APPLICATION ON IA 71941/2020

FOR MODIFICATION OF COURT ORDER ON IA 77124/2020

IA No. 77124/2020 - MODIFICATION OF COURT ORDER

IA No. 71941/2020 - WITHDRAWAL OF CASE / APPLICATION

C.A. No. 1459/2012 (III)

FOR ON IA 105154/2011

C.A. No. 1461/2012 (III)

FOR ON IA 105685/2011

C.A. No. 1460/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 9589/2011 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 1232/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 11358/2011 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 306/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 305/2012 (XIV-A)

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C.A. No. 307/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 2621/2012 (III)

FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 2/2012

FOR ON IA 3/2012

FOR ON IA 5566/2012

IA No. 2/2012 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES

C.A. No. 308/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 11195/2011 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 2143/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 2057/2012 (XIV-A)

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C.A. No. 1233/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 300/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 2059/2012 (XIV-A)

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C.A. No. 1035/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 1456/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 2740/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 846/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 2192/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 2193/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 2194/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 1031/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 3402/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 3801/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 2195/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 1479/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 1475/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 2739/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 3404/2012 (IV)

FOR ON IA 17365/2012

FOR ON IA 30204/2012

C.A. No. 5870/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 3165/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 3665/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 4290/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 3345/2012 (III)

C.A. No. 5691/2012 (III)

C.A. No. 5690/2012 (III)

C.A. No. 7139/2012 (XI-B)

C.A. No. 286/2013 (XII-A)

FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 2/2013

FOR ON IA 114514/2012

IA No. 2/2013 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES

SLP(C) No. 2748/2019 (IV-B)

C.A. No. 6559-6560/2019 (XVII-A)

IA No. 69130/2019 - STAY APPLICATION

C.A. No. 111/2020 (XVII-A)

Diary No(s). 21552/2019 (XVII-A)

Office report for Directions for issuance of notice to the

respondent

C.A. No. 6676/2019 (XVII-A)

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IA No. 123967/2019 - STAY APPLICATION

Diary No(s). 25785/2019 (XVII-A)

Office report for Directions for issuance of notice to the

respondent

IA No. 125711/2019 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING APPEAL

IA No. 125716/2019 - STAY APPLICATION

C.A. No. 7434/2019 (XVII-A)

IA No. 134594/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY

C.A. No. 1143-1144/2021 (XIV-A)

IA No. 110490/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED

JUDGMENT

IA No. 193682/2022 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON

C.A. No. 1361/2011 (XIV-A)

FOR ON IA 8251/2011

C.A. No. 1323-1344/2011 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 4193/2011 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 1351-1358/2011 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 1350/2011 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 1346/2011 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 1360/2011 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 1348/2011 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 4007/2011 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 4486/2010 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 1359/2011 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 1347/2011 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 240/2016 (IV)

Not to be listed before Hon'ble Judge [A.K.Sikri] as per Court's

order dated 20.09.2017

READY FOR LISTING

C.A. No. 4011/2011 (IV)

FOR ON IA 17521/2011

C.A. No. 241/2016 (IV)

Not

FOR ON IA 14566/2011

C.A. No. 242-243/2016 (IV)

Not

FOR ON IA 92368/2013

C.A. No. 244/2016 (IV)

C.A. No. 8390/2011 (III)

IA No. 50799/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL

VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT

IA No. 49187/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT

IA No. 48691/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT

IA No. 122865/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT

IA No. 40525/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT

IA No. 182194/2022 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT

IA No. 158783/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT

C.A. No. 8878/2011 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 9029/2011 (XIV-A)

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C.A. No. 9733/2011 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 11441/2011 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 3167/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 3305/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 3172/2012 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 3359/2012 (XIV-A)

SLP(C) No. 9288/2013 (XIV)

FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING ON IA 1/2013

FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS ON IA

2/2013

FOR ON IA 3/2013

IA No. 1/2013 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING

IA No. 2/2013 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE

DEFECTS

C.A. No. 557/2013 (XV)

C.A. No. 2680/2013 (XII-A)

SLP(C) No. 11398/2013 (IX)

FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING ON IA 1/2013

FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 2/2013

IA No. 1/2013 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING

IA No. 2/2013 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT

SLP(C) No. 11399/2013 (IX)

FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING ON IA 1/2013

FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 2/2013

IA No. 1/2013 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING

IA No. 2/2013 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT

SLP(C) No. 11396/2013 (IX)

FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING ON IA 1/2013

FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 2/2013

IA No. 1/2013 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING

IA No. 2/2013 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT

SLP(C) No. 18147/2013 (XV)

SLP(C) No. 20640/2013 (XV)

C.A. No. 5006/2014 (III-A)

IA No. 3/2014 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT

IA No. 2/2014 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.

SLP(C) No. 12004/2014 (IV-B)

C.A. No. 6405/2014 (IV)

C.A. No. 11109/2016 (XIV-A)

FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 50811/2017

FOR EARLY HEARING APPLICATION ON IA 51334/2017

IA No. 51334/2017 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION

IA No. 50811/2017 - STAY APPLICATION

C.A. No. 1470/2017 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 3504/2017 (III)

C.A. No. 124/2018 (III)

Date : 04-08-2026 This appeal was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ATUL S. CHANDURKAR

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For Appellant(s) : Mr. Bhargava V. Desai, AOR

Mr. Ruchir Bhatia, Adv.

Mr. Shivam Sharma, Adv.

Ms. Prakriti Rastogi, Adv.

Ms. Surabhi Tuli, Adv.

Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR

Mr. Abhijeet Varshney, Adv.

Mrs. Shilpa G Mittal, Adv.

Mr. Mohit Tanwar, Adv.

Mr. Mahesh Sehrawat, Adv.

Mr. Ravi Kumar Tomar, AOR

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR

Mr. Krishan Narang, Adv.

Mr. Kumar Ajit Singh, Adv.

Mr. Sanjeev Prakash Upadhyay, Adv.

Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR

Mr. Sushant Dogra, Adv.

Mr. Naveen Kumar, AOR

Mr. Sanjeev K. Kapoor, Adv.

Mrs. Vanita Bhargava, Adv.

Ms. Srijata Majumdar, Adv.

Mr. Ajay Bhargava, Adv.

Mr. Rahul Sangwan, Adv.

Ms. Mimansha Durgapal, Adv.

M/s Khaitan & Co., AOR

Mr. R. Parthasarathy, AOR

Mr. Partha Sil, AOR

Mr. Utkarsh Dwivedi, Adv.

Mr. Srijit Datta, Adv.

Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR

Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.

Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Adv.

Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv.

Mr. Victor Das, Adv.

Ms. Shivani Agarwal, Adv.

Ms. Manavi Agarwal, Adv.

Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR

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Mr. Anil Nag, AOR

Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR

Mr. Dhuli Gopi Krishna, Adv.

Mr. Akshay Singh, Adv.

Ms. Sanjana Jain, Adv.

Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR

Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR

Mrs. Kanchan Kaur Dhodi, AOR

Mr. Tarun Gupta, AOR

Mr. M.b. Rama Subba Raju, Adv.

Mr. Gopinath E.p., Adv.

Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR

Mr. Vijay Kumar, AOR

Mr. Bharat Bhushan, AOR

Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR

Ms. Vagisha Kochar, AOR

Ms. Charanya Lakshmikumaran, Adv.

Ms. Neha Choudhary, Adv.

Ms. Nitum Jain, Adv.

Ms. Medha Sinha, Adv.

Mr. Swastik Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Yashovardhan Singh, Adv.

Mr. Adithya Nair, Adv.

Ms. Ananya Gupta, Adv.

Mr. M. P. Devanath, AOR

Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR

Ms. Nilofar Khan, AOR

Mr. Kishore Kunal, Adv.

Mr. Soumik Ghosal, AOR

Mr. Gaurav Singh, Adv.

Mr. Yash Pal Dhingra, AOR

M/S. Dua Associates, AOR

Mr. L.k. Bhushan, Adv.

Ms. Raashi Beri, Adv.

Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR

Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv.

Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv.

Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv.

Mr. Jashan Vir Singh, Adv.

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Mr. Prem Prakash, AOR

Mr. Aditya Harsh, Adv.

Mrs. Deepali Nanda, Adv.

Mr. Tarush, Adv.

Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR

Ms. Nayan Gupta, Adv.

Mr. Tejas Rai, Adv.

M/S. Mitter & Mitter Co., AOR

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR

Mr. Pranab Kumar Mullick, AOR

Mrs. Soma Mullick, Adv.

Mr. Lakshay Suri, Adv.

Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Irshad Ahmad, AOR

Mr. Apurv Singhvi, Adv.

Ms. Shalini Haldar, Adv.

Ms. Anagha S. Desai, AOR

Mr. Satyajit A Desai, Adv.

Mr. Sachin Singh, Adv.

Mr. Pratik Kumar Singh, Adv.

Mr. Shashank Upadhyay, Adv.

Mr. N.venkataraman, A.S.G.

Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR

Mr. S A Haseeb, Adv.

Ms. Nisha Bagchi, Adv.

Mr. Anirudh Bhat, Adv.

Mr. Udai Khanna, Adv.

Mr. Ashwani Kumar, AOR

Ms. Jasmine Damkewala, AOR

Mr. Saurabh Chaudhary, Adv.

Ms. Vaishali Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Divyam Khera, Adv.

Ms. Anusha Misra, Adv.

Mr. Subhasish Mohanty, AOR

Mr. Rajiv Agnihotri, Adv.

Mr. M.L. Agarwal, Adv.

Mr. Yashvardhan Sinha, Adv.

Mr. Arunabh Chowdhury, Sr. Adv.

Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR

Mr. Abhishek Roy, Adv.

Mr. Yuvraj Kashyap, Adv.

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Mr. Byrapaneni Suyodhan, Adv.

Ms. Tatini Basu, AOR

Mr. Kumar Shashank, Adv.

Ms. Obulapuram Keerthi, Adv.

Mr. Bharat J Joshi, Adv.

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Krishan Kumar, AOR

Mr. Ravi Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Nitin Pal, Adv.

Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.

Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Adv.

Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv.

Mr. Victor Das,, Adv.

Ms. Shivani Agarwal, Adv.

Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR

Mr. Shibu Devasia Olickal, AOR

Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR

Mr. Mohinder Jit Singh, AOR

Mr. Shivaji M. Jadhav, AOR

Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR

Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR

Mr. Sanjay Jain, AOR

Mr. Dinkar Kalra, AOR

Mr. Sanjay Sarin, Adv.

Ms. Gagan Deep Kaur, Adv.

Ms. Priyanka Kakkar, Adv.

Respondent-in-person

Mr. Puneet Agrawal, Adv.

Mr. Santosh Kumar, AOR

Ms. Mansi Khurana, Adv.

Mr. Viplav Tiwari, Adv.

Mr. Chetan Kumar Shukla, Adv.

Mr. Saurabh, Adv.

Mr. Anand Sukumar, AOR

Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair, AOR

Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR

Mr. S. Sukumaran, Adv.

Mr. Bhupesh Kumar Pathak, Adv.

Mrs. Ruche Anand, Adv.

Mr. Tilak RajPasi, Adv.

Mr. G. Natarajan, Adv.

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Mr. Anant Gautam, Adv.

Mr. Vibhu Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Aman Gahlot, Adv.

Ms. Isha Gaur, Adv.

Mr. Rishi Chauhan, Adv.

Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gautam, AOR

Mr. Pankaj Gupta, AOR

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR

Ms. N. Annapoorani, AOR

Mr. Sahil Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, AOR

Mrs. Mahima Bhardwaj Kalucha, Adv.

Mr. Akash Singh, Adv.

Mr. Ajay Kumar Narula, Adv.

Ms. Palak Kaushik, Adv.

Ms. Annika Khurana, Adv.

M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR

Mr. Kavin Gulati, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Ruby Singh Ahuja, Adv.

Ms. Akanksha Thapa, Adv.

Mr. Piyush Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Vedant Singh Choudhary, Adv.

Mr. Tarun Johri, AOR

Mr. Anil Nag, AOR

Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR

Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR

Mr. Suman Jyoti Khaitan, AOR

Mr. Vikas Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Ayush Kapur, Adv.

Mr. Satymev Sabarn, Adv.

Ms. Prerna Rawat, Adv.

Mr. Vihaan Kumar, Adv.

Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR

Ms. Binu Tamta, AOR

Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR

Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv.

Mr. Aman Dev Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Gaj Singh, Adv.

Mr. Pushkar Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR

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Mr. Y K Kapur, Adv.

Mr. Bhushan Kapur, Adv.

Mr. Amrendra Kumar Mehta, AOR

Ms. Anita Mahapatra, Adv.

Mr. Bankey Bihari Sharma, AOR

Mr. Kumar Visalaksh, Adv.

Mr. Udit Jain, Adv.

Mr. Ashish Jain, Adv.

Mr. Abhishek Vikas, AOR

Mr. VSR Subramani, Adv.

Mr. TS Kagaokar, Adv. (not legible)

Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Abhishek, AOR

Mr. Shreeyash Uday Lalit, Adv.

Mr. Himanshu Vats, Adv.

Mr. Angad Pahal, Adv.

Mr. Lavam Tyagi, Adv.

Mr. Aviral Kumar Mishta, Adv.

Ms. Tvesha Gupta, Adv.

Mr. Ishaan George, AOR

Mr. Santosh Kumar Prasad, Adv.

Mrs. Rani Chhabra, AOR

Mr. Jay Savla, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Jasdeep Singh Dhillon, Adv.

Mr. Prabhat Chaurasia, Adv.

Mr. Anirudh Jamwal, Adv.

Mr. Aditya Bajaj, Adv.

Mr. Rahul Gupta, AOR

Mr. Rajinder Mathur, AOR

Mr. Gaurav Kejriwal, AOR

Mr. Sudhir Malhotra, Adv.

Ms. Kanika Malhotra, Adv.

Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, AOR

Mr. Pramod Dayal, AOR

M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR

Mr. Kumar Visalaksh, Adv.

Mr. Udit Jain, Adv.

Mr. Ashish Jain, Adv.

Mr. Abhishek Vikas, AOR

Mr. Vaibhav Joshi, AOR

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Mr. Udit Jain, Adv.

Ms. Ginita Bodani, Adv.

Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

1. From a perusal of the office report dated 30.07.2026, we find

that in some of the cases, being Serial No.4, 6, 12, 15, 17, 19,

22, 53 and 58, service is shown as incomplete.

2. Registry to indicate as to whether the Court can proceed with

the hearing of the batch notwithstanding service being shown as

incomplete in the above matters.

3. We would request learned counsel appearing for the assessees

to prepare a consolidated statement of the different cases

providing the basic details.

4. Civil Appeal No.111/2020, Civil Appeal No.21552/2019 and Civil

Appeal Nos. 6676/2019 be de-tagged as it is submitted that subject

matter of these cases is different.

5. List after 3 weeks i.e., on 08.09.2026.

(IRAMNAZ) (CHETNA BALOONI)

COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)

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