The review petitions were dismissed by a bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari in separate orders passed on July 15 and July 20. The bench said, “Prayer for listing or hearing the review petitions in open court is rejected. The present review petitions have been filed against the final judgment and order dated January 5, 2021. We have perused the review petitions as well as the grounds in support thereof. In our opinion, no case for review is made out.”

 

The review petitions are heard and decided in chambers by the judges who gave the verdict. In the event, the review petitions are allowed, the same are listed in open court for the hearing.

 

The review petitions were filed by architect and urban planner AG Krishna Menon, activist Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Anuj Srivastava and former bureaucrat Meena Gupta. Menon’s petition was decided on July 15 while the remaining two review petitions were decided on July 20 by the same bench.