(1.) Leave to appeal is granted in SLP(C) No. 12884/2020, SLP(C) No. 31227/2018, SLP(C) No. 7375/2020, SLP(C) No. 2135/2021 and SLP(C) No. 6166/2021.
(2.) All these seven appeals though factually different, involve certain common questions of law and therefore were heard together.
(3.) The broad outline of the impugned orders in each appeal may be stated as under: