Harshita Grover v. Union of India & Ors.

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 751/2026

HARSHITA GROVER Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(IA No. 245669/2026 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 232580/2026 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT and IA No. 219706/2026 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) WITH W.P.(C) No. 711/2026 (PIL-W) (IA No. 274077/2026 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION, IA No. 174165/2026 - APPLICATION FOR TAGGING/DETAGGING, IA No. 253102/2026 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION, IA No. 244690/2026 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION, IA No. 181373/2026 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 181374/2026 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON, IA No. 207163/2026 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ ANNEXURES and IA No. 215601/2026 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ON RECORD SUBSEQUENT FACTS)

Date : 09-10-2026 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JOYMALYA BAGCHI
HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE V. MOHANA

For Petitioner(s) :Mr. Md. Imran Ahmad, Adv. Ms. Kashish Jain, Adv. Ms. Ariana D. Ahluwalia, Adv. Mr. Daksh Sachdeva, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar- 1649, AOR Mr. Rajesh Singh Chauhan- 2213, AOR Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Adv. For Respondent(s) :Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Anuj Udupa, Adv. Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv. Ms. Aashna Gill, Adv. Ms. Prerna Dhall, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar- 2986, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma-aor, Adv. Dr. Arun Kumar Yadav, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. K.M. Nataraj, ASG Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv. Mr. Anuj Udupa, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Aashna Gill, Adv. Ms. Prerna Dhall, Adv. Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Ms. Madhulika Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Anuj Udupa, Adv. Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv. Ms. Aashna Gill, Adv. Ms. Prerna Dhal, Adv. Ms. Radhika Gautam- 2287, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal- 909, AOR Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv. Ms. Sindoora Vnl- 3122, AOR Ms. Alika Priya, Adv. Ms. Preetika Dwivedi- 2078, AOR Mr. Sandeep Sudhakar Deshmukh- 2461, AOR Mr. Nishant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ankur Savadikar, Adv. Mr. Kartik Sharma, Adv. Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv. Mr. Varij Nayan Mishra, Adv. Ms. Manisha Ambwani- 2394, AOR Mr. Avnish Pandey- 2493, AOR Ms. Nidhi Mittal- 3800, AOR Mr. Annam Venkatesh- 2792, AOR Mr. Rahul Mishra, Adv. Ms. Agrimaa Singh, Adv. Mr. Satyarth Singh, Adv. Ms. Tejaswani Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. P. I. Jose- 1206, AOR Mr. Md Rafiur Rahman, Adv. Mr. Ritesh Kumar Gupta, Adv. Mr. S Manoj, Adv. Mr. Sarbartha Ghosal, Adv. Mr. Ahanthem Henry, Adv. Mr. Ahanthem Rohen Singh, Adv. Mr. Mohan Singh, Adv. Mr. Aniket Rajput, Adv. Ms. Khoisnam Nirmala Devi, Adv. Mr. Yeshu Mehta, Adv. Mr. Tanay Hegde, Adv. Mr. Kumar Mihir- 2116, AOR Mr. Sahil Tagotra- 2520, AOR Ms. Shreya Kasera, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Pandey, Adv. Mr. Aditya Bharat Manubarwala, Adv. Mrs. Akriti Aditya Manubarwala, Adv. Mrs. Tanishka Grover, Adv. Mrs. Deepshikha Mishra, Adv. Mrs. Shaila Arora, Adv. Mrs. Pradnya Sachin Matkar, Adv. Ms. Charvi Virmani, Adv. Mr. Bharat Thakorlal Manubarwala- 2847, AOR Mr. Amit Pai- 2649, AOR Ms. Pankhuri Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Shathaayu Patik, Adv. Mr. V. K. Biju- 2002, AOR Mr. Pavan Kumar, Adv. Ms. Vijaya Laxmi, Adv. Mr. Divyakant Lahoti- 2188, AOR Mr. Kartik Lahoti, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Soni, Adv. Ms. Shubheksha Dwivedi, Adv. Ms. Gayatri Bharadwaj, Adv. Ms. Deepika Nandakumar- 4023, AOR Ms. Kanimozhi J., Adv. Mr. Vetriventhan R., Adv. Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, AOR Mrs. Shashi Pathak, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Anamika Mishra, Adv. Mr. Shovan Mishra- 2456, AOR Ms. Bipasa Tripathy, Adv. Mr. Shlok Luthra, Adv. Mr. Ritesh Agrawal- 1660, AOR Mr. Parag P. Tripathi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nikhil Majithia- 2223, AOR Mr. Rishi Kumar Singh Gautam, Adv. Mr. Tamilarasan Varadarajan, Adv. Ms. Aparajito Sen, Adv. Mr. Neeleshwar Pavani, Adv. Ms. Shaurya Mishra, Adv. Mr. Mukul Kumar- 1722, AOR Mr. Avneesh Arputham- 2627, AOR Mr. Ankit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma- 1781, AOR Mr. Dipesh Sinha, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Barua, Adv. Ms. Aparna Singh, Adv. Mrs. D. Bharathi Reddy- 1115, AOR Mr. Nishant Sharma, Adv. Ms. D.tejaswi Reddy, Adv. Ms. Adviteeya, Adv. Mr. B. Shravanth Shanker- 2815, AOR Ms. Grahita Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Jayasimha, Adv. Ms. Prerna Robin, Adv. Mr. Shivam Kunal, Adv. Mr. I.v. Sai Nikhil, Adv. Mr. Dandu Laxman, Adv. Mr. Tushar Gadia, Adv. Mr. Suryansh Jamwal, Adv. Mr. B. Yeshwanth Raj, Adv. Mr. Faisal Sherwani - 2284, AOR Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Chitrangda Saini, Adv. Mr. Kushal Sharma, Adv. Mr. S. S. Shroff- 710, AOR Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Swati Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Shashank Mishra, Adv. Ms. Aparajita Jamwal, Adv. Ms. Akshi Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Pahwa, Adv. Ms. Rithika Mathur, Adv. Ms. Anupama Reddy Eleti, Adv. Ms. Shloka Narayanan- 4213, AOR Mr. Tejpal Singh Rathore, Adv. Mr. Tanish Gupta, Adv. Ms. Shubhani D Krishan, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee- 2468, AOR Mr. Aditya Gupta, Adv. Ms. Sarah Ayreen Mir, Adv. Mr. Palash Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Gladson Rodrigues, Adv. Ms. Shubhangi Pandey, Adv. Petitioner-in-person Mr. Vivek Sharma- 3260, AOR Dr. Vijay Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhushan- 515, AOR Ms. Cheryl D'Souza, Adv. Ms. Alice Raj, Adv. Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Varun Pathak, Adv. Ms. Amee Rana, Adv. Mr. Yash Karunakaran, Adv. Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vishwajeet Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Shardul S. Shroff, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

1. Vide Order dated 31.07.2026, the Union of India was requested to formulate a proposal, in consultation with the nodal Ministries, addressing the prayers made in the present Writ Petition. The prayers concern the prevention of commercial exploitation, misrepresentation, misquoting and dissemination of misleading content relating to court proceedings and their live streaming.

2. Some of the High Courts have already filed their suggestions before us. We direct the Registry to supply soft copies of these suggestions, along with those received from the interveners, to the office of the learned Solicitor General of India. The learned Solicitor General seeks and is granted two weeks to file a counter affidavit, along with a proposal prepared after taking into consideration all suggestions received so far.

3. Any other party, intervener, High Court or other stakeholder who wishes to submit further suggestions, over and above those already received, may forward the same to the office of the learned Solicitor General of India to enable the Government of India to take them into consideration while preparing a comprehensive draft proposal.

4. Post these matters on 30.10.2026.

5. Interim directions issued on 24.07.2026 prohibiting extraction, dissemination, monetisation, posting, re-posting, uploading, transmitting, modification, storing, or hosting of the audio-video recording(s) of the judicial proceedings on social media or any other digital platforms without prior permission of the Secretary General of the Supreme Court of India or the Registrar Generals of the jurisdictional High Courts shall continue to operate and shall be faithfully complied with by all social media channels.

(NITIN TALREJA) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS
(PREETHI DILEEP KUMAR) DY. REGISTRAR