(1.) Leave granted in SLP (C) No. 17651 of 2022.
(2.) This judgment deals with three matters arising out of separate orders passed by different High Courts. Since the questions of law involved in all the cases are substantially identical and common, they were heard together and are being decided by this common judgment.
(3.) The facts giving rise to the respective appeals are set out below. C.A. No(s). 2827 2829 of 2018 [Union of India & Ors. v. Rohith Nathan and Anr. Etc.]