109 Ms. Charanya, Adv. Ms. Tara, Adv. Mr. Koshi John, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Mayuri Tiwari, Adv. Mr. S.S. Shroff, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG Ms. Vibha Datta Makhija, Sr. Adv. Mr. A.K. Sanghi, Sr. Adv. Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Rajat nair, Adv. Mr. Vijay Prakash, Adv. Ms. Sadhana Sandhu, Adv. Ms. Ranjita Rohatgi, Adv. Ms. Anisha Mathur, Adv. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. K.V. Vishwanathan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Ravi Raghunath, Adv. Mr. A.M. Rao, Adv. Mr. N. Sai Vinod, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following ORDER It is submitted by Ms. Madhavi Divan, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners that Mr. Harish Salve, learned senior counsel who had assured this Court to argue the matter today is busy before the International Court of Justice defending India and, therefore, the matter may be argued in his absence. We accept the aforesaid submission. We permitted Mr. K.V. Vishwanathan, learned senior counsel who is supporting the cause of the petitioners to argue the matter. Ms. Madhavi Divan, learned counsel assisted him and also participated in the course of arguments. After Mr. Vishwanathan, learned senior counsel submitted his arguments, we are obliged to note that Mr. K.K. Venugopal, learned