Registry directed to notify first respondent and provide paper-book to Amicus Curiae before 23 July appeals hearing

SC, in a batch of civil appeals, issued a procedural direction without adjudicating the merits. The Court ordered the Registry to intimate the first respondent regarding the scheduled hearing and final disposal of the grouped civil appeals on 23 July 2019. The Registry was further directed to supply the learned Amicus Curiae with a copy of the order along with a complete paper-book to facilitate effective assistance to the Court. The appeals were accordingly listed for hearing on the specified date.

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The Supreme Court issued a procedural order in a batch of civil appeals. It recorded that the first respondent was present in person. The Court directed the Registry "to furnish an intimation to the first respondent that the batch of civil appeals shall be taken up for hearing and final disposal on 23 July 2019," thereby formally fixing the date for substantive hearing and "final disposal." Recognizing the need for independent assistance, the Court requested a learned senior counsel "to assist the Court as Amicus Curiae." It further ordered that the Amicus Curiae "would be at liberty to nominate an advocate on record of his choice to assist him in the proceedings," clarifying the Amicus's authority to constitute his own legal team. To facilitate effective assistance, the Court directed the Registry "to communicate a copy of this order to the learned Amicus Curiae together with a complete set of papers." The matter was then ordered to be listed on "23 July 2019," confirming the schedule for hearing. The order is purely administrative and facilitative, without adjudicating the merits of the appeals.

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