SANJAY KUMAR vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 14 July 2025 Pronounced on: 28 October 2025 + W.P.(C) 1571/2018 SANJAY KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vinay Kumar Garg, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Anshuman Mehrotra and Mr. Nikunj Arora, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Sr. PC with Ms. Ojaswini Jain, Adv. for Union of India + W.P.(C) 8796/2020, CM APPLs. 3718/2021 & 7089/2021 BRIJESH KUMAR RAI & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Kumar Mihir, Mr. Athul Joseph and Ms. Muskan Shayla, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA THROUGH SECRETARY MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC with Mr. Akash Mishra and Mr. Arnav Mittal, Advs. for Union of India Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Adv. for R-31, R-125, R-127, R-162 & R-163 Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Joby P Varghese, Mr. Navneet Soni, Mr. Aby P Varghese and Ms. Rashi Goyal, Advs. for R- 63 & R-103 Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 1571/2018 and other connected matters Digitally Signed By:AJIT Page 1 of 61 KUMAR Signing Date:28.10.2025 15:42:53 + W.P.(C) 5247/2021, CM APPL. 46416/2024 UPENDRA KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Himanshu Gautam, Mr. Lokesh Sharma, Mr. Krishan Gautam, Ms. Anuradha Pandey, Ms. Niharika Punn and Ms. Sujal Gupta, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA THROUGH SECRETARY MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Neeraj, Sr. PC with Mr. Vedansh Anand, GP and Mr. Rudra Paliwal, GP with Mr. Soumyadip Chakraborty, Adv. and Mr. Sanjay Pal, GP for Union of India Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Adv. for R-6 + W.P.(C) 7064/2021 ACHYUT SINGH AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ganesh A. Khemka, Mr. Shreenath A. Khemka and Ms. Vidhi Gupta, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND O