# In the matter of Manish Kumar Vs. Union of India & Anr. Writ Petition (Civil) No. 26 - 2020

> SC judgment dated 2020-01-13. Citation: TCN-2020-SC-00076. This is a Writ Petition (Civil) No. 26/2020 filed in the Supreme Court of India. Other related writ…

- **Court:** SC
- **Order date:** 13 Jan 2020
- **Citation:** TCN-2020-SC-00076
- **Category:** IBC
- **Source page:** https://caseease.in/cases/ibc/supreme-court-of-india/manish-kumar-vs-union-of-india-anr-writ-petition-018f3285

## Summary

### Background

This is a Writ Petition (Civil) No. 26/2020 filed in the Supreme Court of India. Other related writ petitions (W.P. (C)No. 27/2020, W.P. (C)No. 28/2020, W.P. (C)No. 47/2020, W.P. (C)No. 53/2020) are also mentioned, all involving applications for admission and stay. The matters were called for hearing on January 13, 2020.

## Facts

Manish Kumar filed a Writ Petition (Civil) No. 26/2020 against the Union of India & Anr. in the Supreme Court. The petition includes an application for admission and a stay application (IA No.3123/2020-STAY APPLICATION). Several other related writ petitions (W.P. (C)No. 27/2020, W.P. (C)No. 28/2020, W.P. (C)No. 47/2020, W.P. (C)No. 53/2020) are also listed, each involving applications for admission and interim relief. The matters were called for hearing on January 13, 2020, before a Coram of Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman and S. Ravindra Bhat. After hearing the counsel, the Court issued a notice and ordered that the status quo be maintained with respect to the pending applications.

## Issues and analysis

### Issue 1: Whether the pending applications …

**Ratio:** The principle of maintaining the status quo is applied to preserve the existing state of

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**Reasoning:** The Court ordered the maintenance of the status quo to prevent any irreversible changes

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**Interpretation:** Maintaining the status quo ensures that the subject matter of the litigation

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**Application:** Given the pending applications for stay, the Court's decision to maintain the

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## Parties

- **Judges:** ROHINTON FALI…; S. Ravindr…
- **Appellants:** Manish…
- **Respondents:** Union of…
- **Advocates:** Rana Mukh…; Srijan…; +10 more

## Timeline

- **2020-01-13 — Hearing…**: The matters were called…

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