Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay Etc v. Union of India and Others

ASHWINI KUMAR UPADHYAY ETC. v. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Transfer Petition (Civil) Nos 1249-1250 Of 2020 JANUARY13, 2023 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD, CJI AND PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, J.] Transfer Petition – Matters pertaining to uniformit y in the minimum age of marriage for men and women in diverse legi slations – WP (C) No. 8905 of 2019 pending before the Delhi Hig h Court transferred to Supreme Court. CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION : Transfer Petition (Civi l) Nos.1249-1250 of 2020. Transfer Petition Under Article 139A (1) of the Constitution read with Order XLI of the Supreme Court Rules 2013, Seeking Transfer of Writ Petition (Civil) No.8905 of 2019 pending in the Delhi High Court and D.B. Civil Writ Petition No.13784 of 2019 pending in the High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan, Jodhpur. Rajshekhar Rao, Sr. Adv. (Amicus Curiae), Areeb Amanullah, Ms. Mansi Sood, Ms. Zehra Khan, Advs. Tushar Mehta, SG, Suryaprakash V Raju, A.S.G., Ms. Sonia Mathur, Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Advs., Mrs. Swarupama Chatur vedi, Shilp Agrawal, Ms. Saumya Kapoor, Ms. Rashmi Singhania, Ms. Ankita Chaudhary, Praneet Pranav, Ms. Vandana Sharma, Rajat Nair, M rs. Rooh E Hina Dua, Digvijay Dam, Arvind Kumar Sharma, Gurmeet Singh Makker, Rooh E Hind Dua, Pratyush Srivastva, Ashok Basoya , Sandeep Kumar Jha, Arpit Prakash, Vikalp Sharma, Gaurav A grawal, Advs. for the appearing parties. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, Petitioner-in-person The following Order of the Court was passed : O R D E R

¶1The petitioners seek the transfer of WP (C) No 8905 of 2019 pending before the Delhi High Court and CW/13784/2019 pending before the Rajasthan High Court to this Court.

¶2The issue which is raised in the main proceedings pertains t o uniformity in the minimum age of marriage for men and women in diverse legislations.

¶3Dr Manish Singhvi, senior counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents states that CW/13784/2019 has been dismissed for want of prosecution by the Rajasthan High Court.

¶4In this backdrop, we dispose of the transfer pet itions by transferring WP (C) No 8905 of 2019 pending before the Delhi High Court to this Court.

¶5Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of. Divya Pandey Transfer petitions disposed of. ASHWINI KUMAR UPADHYAY ETC. v. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS