Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 18‑09‑2026

Case Overview

  • Petition: Special Leave to Appeal (C) No. 28784/2019, arising from the impugned judgment and order dated 10‑July‑2019 in WA No. 1140/2018 of the High Court of Kerala, Ernakulam.
  • Parties: The State of Kerala & Ors. (Petitioner) versus Manager Aysha L.P. School, Chedikkulam & Ors. (Respondent).
  • Multiple Intervention Applications (IA) were listed, including IA Nos. 63745/2020, 79340/2022, 85543/2020, 17684/2020, 14431/2020, 231833/2023, 205675/2022, 123491/2021, 54995/2020, among others, seeking exemptions from filing affidavits and other procedural reliefs.
  • Hearing took place on 18‑09‑2026 before a bench comprising Hon’ble Mr. Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Hon’ble Mrs. Justice V. Mohana.
  • Counsel for the petitioners included Senior Advocate Mr. Jaideep Gupta and a team of advocates (Mr. Sayid Marzook Bafaki, Mr. Risvi Muhammed, Mr. Vaishak, Mr. Riddhi Bose, Ms. Rishi Agarwal, Ms. Racheeta Chawla, Ms. Sampriti Baksi, Mr. C. K. Sasi, etc.).
  • Counsel for the respondents comprised a large panel of advocates (Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, Ms. Anna Oommen, Mr. P. S. Sudheer, Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Ms. Anne Mathew, Mr. Bharat Sood, Mr. Jashan Vir Singh, Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, Mr. Amrish Kumar, Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG Miss Madhulika Upadhyay, Mr. Nishesh Sharma, Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Mr. Raghav Sharma, Mr. Manish, Ms. Chitrangda Rastravara, Mr. K. Rajeev, Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S., Mr. Sudhanshu S. Choudhari, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vatsalya Vigya, Ms. Gautami Yadav, Ms. Pranjal Chapalgaonkar, Mr. Yash Singhania, Mr. Sudhanshu Chaudhary, Sr. Adv. Mr. B. Karunakaran, Ms. Pooja Lakshmi, Ms. Gautami Yadav, Mr. Jose Abraham, Mr. Nishanth Patil, Mr. A. Karthik, Ms. Smirthi Suresh, Mr. Sugm Agrawal, Mr. Togin M Babichen, Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., Ms. Anu K. Joy, Mr. Alim Anvar, Ms. Devika A.L., Mr. Santhosh K., Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj, Mrs. Thulasi K. Raj, Ms. Chinnu Maria Antony, Ms. Athira Nandakumar, Mr. Anto Robert G., Ms. Neya A.S., etc.).
  • The Court noted that in Civil Appeal Nos. 14255‑14256 (2025), a bench presided over by the Chief Justice of India had approved the view expressed in Manager, Aysha L.P. School, Chedikulam & Anr. v. State of Kerala & Ors., ILR 2019 (3) Kerala 229, which is the subject of the present SLP.
  • Petitioner's senior counsel, Mr. Jaideep Gupta, argued that the pendency of the present SLP had not been brought to the bench’s notice.

Final Outcome

  • The Supreme Court directed that the matter be listed before a bench presided over by the Chief Justice of India on 26 November 2026 for further hearing.
  • The order was signed by Assistant Registrar‑cum‑PS, Nitin Talreja, and Assistant Registrar, Preethi Dileep Kumar.

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