In Brief
This case involved a Special Leave Petition concerning a writ petition in which the Court's original counsel (Mr. Harish Salve) was unavailable because he was appearing before the International Court of Justice. The Court permitted supporting counsel to argue the petition. A preliminary question of maintainability was raised by the respondent's senior counsel. The Court admitted the petition and adjourned it for further hearing to permit full arguments on both the maintainability issue and the substantive merits of the writ petition on 16 May 2017."
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