SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Before :- T.S. Thakur CJI, Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud and L Nageswara Rao, JJ.
Civil Appeal Nos .12164-12166 of 2016 (Arising Out of SLP (C) Nos.14911-14913 of 2013). D/d. 15.12.2016.
The State of Tamilnadu Rep. By Its Secretary Home, Prohobition & Excise Dept & Ors - Appellants
Versus
K Balu & Anr - Respondents
With
Civil Appeal No. 12167 of 2016 (Arising Out of SLP (C)no.8267 of 2014), Civil Appeal Nos. 12168 of 2016 (Arising Out of SLP(C) No.8971 of 2014), Civil Appeal No. 12169 of 2016 (Arising Out of SLP (C) No. 35454 of 2014), Civil Appeal No.12170 of 2016 (S.L.P.(C) No.36787 of 2016 @ of CC No.231 of 2015), Civil Appeal Nos. 12171-12172 of 2016 (S.L.P.(C) Nos.36788-36789 of 2016 @ of CC Nos.18587-18588 of 2015), Civil Appeal No.12173 of 2016 (Arising Out of SLP(C) No.34525 of 2015) and T.P.(C) No.739-741 of 2016.
For the Appellants :- Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv., B. Balaji, Muthuvel Palani, A. Arvind Athithan, Jagjit Singh Chhabra, Sanjay Kumar Visen, B.S. Gautam, S.H. Sachdeva, R. Venkataramani, Sr. Adv.,V. G. Pragasam, S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Nidesh Gupta, Sr. Adv., V. Balaji, T. Ashok Kumar, Atul Sharma, C. Kannan, Rakesh K. Sharma, Ravi Kamal Gupta, Nikunj Dayal, pramod Dayal, Ms. Payal Dayal, Yadav Narender Singh, Rajshekhar Rao, Abhinav Mukerji, Sameer Dawar, Advocates.
For the Respondents :- Nidesh Gupta, Sr. Adv., V. Balaji, T. Ashok Kumar, Atul Sharma, C. Kannan, Rakesh K. Sharma, Sunil Fernandes, Ms. Astha Sharma, Ms Mithu Jain, Puneeth K.G., Arnav Vidyarthi, Manoj V. George, Ms Shilpa M. George, Yash Sampat, Towseef Ahmad Dar, Kamlendra Mishra, P. Ramesh, S. Thananjayan, D.S. Mahra, Kunal Verma, (M/s. M.V. Kini & Associates), Ms. Sunita Sharma, Ritesh Khatri, Anil Kumar Tandale, Ms. Sunita Sharma, Sanjay Jain, R. Venkataramani, Sr. Adv., V.G. Pragasam, S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, V.K. Biju, Ria Sachthey, Vipin Nair, Sanjay Kumar Visen, Advocates.
JUDGMENT
Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud, J. - Delay condoned.
Leave granted.