{"id":340072,"date":"2025-01-30T15:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T09:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=340072"},"modified":"2025-02-01T09:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T04:22:09","slug":"domicile-based-reservation-admission-pg-medical-course-state-quota-sc-legal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/01\/30\/domicile-based-reservation-admission-pg-medical-course-state-quota-sc-legal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Domicile\/residence-based reservation in admission to PG Medical Courses within State quota is impermissible: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.animate-charcter{background-image: linear-gradient(-225deg, #231557 0%, #44107a 29%, #ff1361 67%, #fff800 100%); background-size: 200% auto; -webkit-background-clip: text; -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; animation: textclip 0s linear infinite;}\n@keyframes textclip {to {background-position: 200% center;}}\n<\/style>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Supreme Court:<\/span> In a significant decision, the 3-Judge Bench of Hrishikesh Roy, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sudhanshu Dhulia*<\/span> and S.V.N Bhatti, JJ., while deliberating over whether residence-based reservation in Postgraduate (PG) Medical Courses by a State is constitutionally valid, held that, considering the importance of specialist doctors&#8217; in PG Medical Course, reservation at the higher level based on &#8216;residence&#8217; would be violative of Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574870\" target=\"_blank\">14<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\">Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Background:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Division Bench of A.M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari in in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Tanvi Behl v. Shrey Goel<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Ib2Crq59\" target=\"_blank\">(2020) 13 SCC 675<\/a>, heard the appeals against Punjab and Haryana High Court order dated 23-04-2019, wherein it was held that the provisions made by the Medical College in question in its prospectus were invalid, so far relating to the domicile\/residence-based reservation as provided in UT Chandigarh Pool; and had struck down the same while directing that all the admissions made on the basis of such invalid reservation in the said Medical College be cancelled and fresh admission process for admission to the PG Medical Courses for the academic year 2019-20 be carried out on the basis of merit obtained by the candidates in National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test.<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">Therefore, while considering the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/12\/10\/larger-bench-to-decide-the-legality-of-domicile-residence-based-reservation-in-admission-to-pg-medical-courses-within-the-state-quota\/\" target=\"_blank\">issue of the legality and validity of domicile\/residence-based reservation<\/a> for admission to the Post Graduate Medical Courses (MD\/MS Courses 2019) Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, had referred the following questions\/issues for consideration by a larger Bench:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">1.<\/span> Whether providing for domicile\/residence-based reservation in admission to &#8220;PG Medical Courses&#8221; within the State Quota is constitutionally invalid and is impermissible?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">2(a)<\/span> If answer to the first question is in the negative and if domicile\/residence-based reservation in admission to &#8220;PG Medical Courses&#8221; is permissible, what should be the extent and manner of providing such domicile\/residence-based reservation for admission to &#8220;PG Medical Courses&#8221; within the State Quota seats?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">2(b)<\/span> Again, if domicile\/residence-based reservation in admission to &#8220;PG Medical Courses&#8221; is permissible, considering that all the admissions are to be based on the merit and rank obtained in NEET, what should be the modality of providing such domicile\/residence based reservation in relation to the State\/UT having only one Medical College?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">3.<\/span> If answer to the first question is in the affirmative and if domicile\/residence-based reservation in admission to &#8220;PG Medical Courses&#8221; is impermissible, as to how the State Quota seats, other than the permissible institutional preference seats, are to be filled up?<\/p>\n<h3>Court&#8217;s Assessment:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Answering <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Issue 1<\/span>, the Court straightaway held that <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">providing for domicile\/residence-based reservation in admission to &#8220;PG Medical Courses&#8221; within the State quota is constitutionally invalid<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">and impermissible<\/span>. With the first issue decided thusly, the Court did not see the need to answers Issues 2(a) and 2(b).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court relied on 3- Judge Bench decisions given by the Supreme Court in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jagadish Saran v. Union of India<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/7Lcz1Beh\" target=\"_blank\">(1980) 2 SCC 768<\/a>; <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dr.<\/span> <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Pradeep Jain v. Union of India<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/0fD7coh1\" target=\"_blank\">(1984) 3 SCC 654<\/a> and Constitution Bench decision in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Saurabh Chaudri v. Union of India<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/wWFk4c9G\" target=\"_blank\">(2003) 11 SCC 146<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court pointed out that the question in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Saurabh Chaudri<\/span> (supra) was the validity of institutional preference\/reservation as well as reservation based on residence. The Court clarified that <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Saurabh Chaudri<\/span> though holds institutional preference or reservations to a reasonable extent permissible under the Constitution in PG courses yet holds reservation in PG Medical Courses and other higher learning courses, on the basis of &#8216;residence&#8217; in the State as violative of Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574870\" target=\"_blank\">14<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\">Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court pointed out that <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Saurabh Chaudri<\/span> relies heavily on both <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Pradeep Jain<\/span> and <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jagadish Saran<\/span>. To a reasonable degree residence-based reservation in a State is permissible for MBBS Courses (<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Pradeep Jain<\/span>), but the same reservation for PG Courses is not permissible by a long line of decisions of the Court, including <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Pradeep Jain<\/span>. The Court further pointed out that the difference in the logic in making reservations on the basis of residence in UG level or MBBS level, and PG level was explained in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jagadish Saran<\/span> as well as <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Pradeep Jain<\/span>. It was held that at PG level merit cannot be compromised, although residence- based reservation can be permissible to a certain degree in UG or MBBS course.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In the instant reference, the Court explained that<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> residence-based reservation is impermissible because<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">such reservation runs counter to the idea of citizenship and equality under the Constitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Examining the Constitutional provisions, the Court pointed out that Article 14 speaks of Right to equality and declares that the <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of law within the territory of India<\/span>. Article 15 declares that the State shall not discriminate on the grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth; though Article 15(3) is in the nature of a proviso leaving it open for the State to make any special provision for women and children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Deliberating over the concept of &#8216;<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">domicile<\/span>&#8217;, the Court observed that domicile has been equated to residence or permanent residence, by the State machinery or by educational institutions in a loose\/casual manner; therefore, the concept of &#8216;<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">domicile<\/span>&#8217; needs to be clarified.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court explained that domicile in normal parlance denotes &#8216;the place of living&#8217; or permanent residence. The legal concept is, however, different. The purpose for which domicile is used by Governments is like a substitute for &#8216;permanent residence&#8217; or a &#8216;permanent home&#8217;. Yet &#8216;domicile&#8217; is primarily a legal concept for the purposes of determining what is the &#8216;personal law&#8217; applicable to an individual<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">.<\/span> Therefore, even if an individual has no permanent residence or permanent home, he is still invested with a &#8216;domicile&#8217; albeit by law or implication of law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Consequently, the concept of domicile acquires importance only when within a country there are different laws or more precisely different systems of law operating. However, this is not the case in India. Each citizen of this country carries with him or her, one single domicile which is the &#8216;Domicile of India&#8217;. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The concept of regional or provincial domicile is alien to the Indian legal system<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court clarified that the very concept of a provincial or state domicile in India is a misconception. There is only one domicile in India, which is referred to as domicile in the territory of India as given under Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001575264\" target=\"_blank\">5<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\">Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;All Indians have only one domicile, which is the Domicile of India&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court further explained that permanent residence or residence have a meaning which is different from that of &#8216;domicile&#8217;. Article 15 speaks of &#8216;<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">place of birth<\/span>&#8217;, whereas Article 16 states that no citizen shall be discriminated, inter alia, on the ground of &#8216;residence&#8217;. State cannot grant reservation in public employment on the basis of residence in that State. The exception carved out under Article 16(3), enables only the Parliament to make a law prescribing a requirement of residence for State employment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court stated that we are all domiciled in the territory of India. We are all residents of India. Our common bond as citizens and residents of one country gives us the right not only to choose our residence anywhere in India but also gives us the right to carry on trade &amp; business or a profession anywhere in India. It also gives us the right to seek admission in educational institutions across India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The benefit of &#8216;reservation&#8217; in educational institutions including medical colleges to those who reside in a particular State can be given to a certain degree only in MBBS courses. However, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">considering the importance of specialists doctors&#8217; in PG Medical Course<\/span>, reservation at the higher level on the basis of &#8216;residence&#8217; would be violative of Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574870\" target=\"_blank\">14<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\">Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">&#8220;If such a reservation is permitted then it would be an invasion on the fundamental rights of several students, who are being treated unequally simply for the reasons that they belong to a different State in the Union! This would be a violation of the equality clause in Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574870\" target=\"_blank\">14<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\">Constitution<\/a> and would amount to a denial of equality before the law&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h3>Decision:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Pertaining to the facts of the instant case, the Court determined that residence-based reservation is impermissible in PG Medical courses, the State quota seats, apart from a reasonable number of institution-based reservations, have to be filled strictly on the basis of merit in the All- India examination. Thus, out of 64 seats which were to be filled by the State in its quota 32 could have been filled on the basis of institutional preference, and these are valid. But the other 32 seats earmarked as U.T. Chandigarh pool were wrongly filled on the basis of residence. Thus, the Court upheld the findings of Punjab &amp; Haryana High Court on this crucial aspect.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court clarified that declaration of impermissibility of residence-based reservation in PG Medical courses will not affect such reservations already granted, and students are undergoing PG courses or have already passed out from Government Medical College, Chandigarh. Applying the principle of equity, the Court said that the present appellants who were granted admission under the residence category and were undergoing their course, will not be affected by this judgment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #171617;\">Also Read:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/12\/10\/larger-bench-to-decide-the-legality-of-domicile-residence-based-reservation-in-admission-to-pg-medical-courses-within-the-state-quota\/\" target=\"_blank\">Larger bench to decide the legality of domicile\/residence-based reservation in admission to PG Medical Courses within the State Quota<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">Tanvi Behl v. Shrey Goel, CIVIL APPEAL NO. 9289 OF 2019, decided on 29-1-2025<\/span>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">*Judgment by Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<hr\/>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For parties:<\/span> Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR Mr. Rohit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Jatin Lalwani, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Purohit, Adv. Mr. Jay Rawat, Adv. Mr. Samar Bansal, Adv. Mr. Amit Agrawal, AOR Ms. Sana Jain, Adv. Mr. Arjun Chhibbar, Adv. Mr. Siddharth R. Gupta, Adv. Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR Ms. Sunita Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aman Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Sakshi Banga, Adv. Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Mr. Rakesh Dahiya, AOR Mr. Aakash Dahiya, Adv. Mr. Aditya Dahiya, Adv. Mr. R N Mahlawat, Adv. Mr. Vikram Gulia, Adv. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Mr. K.K.L. Gautam, Adv. Ms. Vaishali N., Adv. Mr. Madan S., Adv. R. Rani Chandra, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, AOR Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Ms. Japneet Kaur, Adv. Ms. Preeti Sehrawat, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, AOR Mr. Divyansh Singh, Adv. Ms. Garima Prasad, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Harsh Kaushik, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. K.M.nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Apoorv Kurup, Adv. Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kr.mahapatra, Adv. Mr. Sughosh Subramanyam, Adv. Ms. Namita Choudhary, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shefali Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhinav Hansaria, AOR Ms. Kavya Jhawar, Adv. Ms. Nandini Rai, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Sharma, Adv. M\/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR Ms. Garima Prasad, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Azmat Hayat Amanullah, AOR Ms. Rebecca Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sagar Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Siddharth Sangal, AOR Mr. Prateek K. Chadha, A.A.G. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Sreekar Aechuri, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Sangal, AOR Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR Mr. Nagarkatti Kartik Uday, AOR M\/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Ajith Anto Perumbully, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv Mr. Surjendu Sankar Das, AOR Mr. Samarpit Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Venkat Mani Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Shivendra Singh, AOR Mr. Bikram Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Sagar Devgan, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sharan Pathak, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Ajith Anto Perumbully, Adv. Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Mr. Shaurya Sahay, AOR Mr. Aditiya Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rahul Mehra, Sr. Adv. Ms. Baani Khanna, AOR Mr. Robin Singh, Adv. Mr. Rohit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Govinda Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Surjendu Sankar Das, AOR Mr. Samarpit Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Venkat Mani Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, AOR Ms. Shireesh Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Aniket Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. Azmat Hayat Amanullah, AOR Ms. Rebecca Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sagar Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Preet S. Phanse, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Samarth Luthra, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Yadav, Adv. Ms. Devina Sehgal, AOR Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Ms. Devina Sehgal, AOR Ms. Namita Choudhary, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shefali Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Anubhav Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Pathak Prakash, Adv. Mr. Nishant Kumar, AOR Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prateek Bhatia, AOR Mr. Dhawal Mohan, Adv. Mr. Paranjay Tripathi, Adv<\/p>\n\n--><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-overflow: ellipsis; background-color: #92A8D1; text-align:justify; clear:both; text-size-adjust: auto; overflow: auto;\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center;\">CASE DETAILS<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; border-collapse:collapse; table-layout: fixed; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"41%\"\/>\n<col width=\"59%\"\/>\n<\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #D4E4F7; font-weight: bold;\">Citation:<\/span><br \/> <span style=\"color: #D4E4F7; font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/JgtqLA18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 SCC OnLine SC 180<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #D4E4F7; font-weight: bold;\">Appellants&#160;:<\/span><br \/> Tanvi Behl<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #D4E4F7; font-weight: bold;\">Respondents&#160;:<\/span><br \/> Shrey Goel<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"color: #D4E4F7; font-weight: bold;\">Advocates who appeared in this case<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #D4E4F7; font-weight: bold;\">For Parties:<\/span><br \/> Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR Mr. Rohit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Jatin Lalwani, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Purohit, Adv. Mr. Jay Rawat, Adv. Mr. Samar Bansal, Adv. Mr. Amit Agrawal, AOR Ms. Sana Jain, Adv. Mr. Arjun Chhibbar, Adv. Mr. Siddharth R. Gupta, Adv. Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR Ms. Sunita Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aman Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Sakshi Banga, Adv. Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Mr. Rakesh Dahiya, AOR Mr. Aakash Dahiya, Adv. Mr. Aditya Dahiya, Adv. Mr. R N Mahlawat, Adv. Mr. Vikram Gulia, Adv. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Mr. K.K.L. Gautam, Adv. Ms. Vaishali N., Adv. Mr. Madan S., Adv. R. Rani Chandra, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, AOR Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Ms. Japneet Kaur, Adv. Ms. Preeti Sehrawat, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, AOR Mr. Divyansh Singh, Adv. Ms. Garima Prasad, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Harsh Kaushik, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. K.M.nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Apoorv Kurup, Adv. Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kr.mahapatra, Adv. Mr. Sughosh Subramanyam, Adv. Ms. Namita Choudhary, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shefali Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhinav Hansaria, AOR Ms. Kavya Jhawar, Adv. Ms. Nandini Rai, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Sharma, Adv. M\/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR Ms. Garima Prasad, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Azmat Hayat Amanullah, AOR Ms. Rebecca Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sagar Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Siddharth Sangal, AOR Mr. Prateek K. Chadha, A.A.G. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Sreekar Aechuri, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Sangal, AOR Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR Mr. Nagarkatti Kartik Uday, AOR M\/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Ajith Anto Perumbully, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv Mr. Surjendu Sankar Das, AOR Mr. Samarpit Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Venkat Mani Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Shivendra Singh, AOR Mr. Bikram Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Sagar Devgan, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sharan Pathak, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Ajith Anto Perumbully, Adv. Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Mr. Shaurya Sahay, AOR Mr. Aditiya Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rahul Mehra, Sr. Adv. 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