Bachpan Bachao Andolan Chairman vs. Union Of India And Ors. Ministry Of Home Affairs Secretary

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 75/2012

BACHPAN BACHAO ANDOLAN Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

Date : 07-12-2017 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Bhuwan Ribhu, Adv. Ms. Prabhsahay Kaur, Adv. Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv.

Mr. Shree Pal Singh, AOR

For Respondent(s) Union of India Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Adv.

11:11:36 IST Reason:

Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv. Ms. Gunwant Dara, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Zail Ali, Adv. Mr. Saeed Qadri, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makker, Adv. Mr. T.A. Khan, Adv. Mr. B.V. Balramdas, Adv. Mr. B.K. Prasad, Adv. NHRC Ms. Shobha, AOR Mr. B. Kranthi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Satyam Jyoti Saikia, Adv. NALSA Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, Adv. Mr. Annam D. N. Rao, AOR For States of Andhra Pradesh Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Digitally signed by MEENAKSHI KOHLI Date: 2017.12.09 Signature Not Verified

Arunachal Pradesh Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR

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	Ms. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
Assam	Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.<br>For M/s Corporate Law Group
Bihar	Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR<br>Mr. Shreyas Jain, Adv.
Chhattisgarh	Mr. Aniruddh P. Mayee, Adv.<br>Mr. A. Selvin Raja, Adv.<br>Mr. Chirag Jain, Adv.
Gujarat	Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR<br>Ms. Puja Singh, Adv.<br>Ms. Jesal Wahi, Adv.<br>Ms. Mamta Singh, Adv.<br>Ms. Shodhika Sharma, Adv.
Haryana	Mr. Viswa Pal Singh, AOR.
H.P.	Mr. D.K. Thakur, AAG<br>Mr. Shariq Ahmed, Adv.
Jharkhand	Mr. Anil Kr. Jha, Adv.<br>Ms. Priyanka Tyagi, Adv.
J&K	Mr. G.M. Kawoosa, Adv.<br>Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv.
Karnataka	Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR<br>Mr. Parikshit P. Angadi, Adv.<br>Md. Apzal Ansari, Adv.
Kerala	Mr. G. Prakash, Adv.<br>Mr. Jishnu M.L., Adv.<br>Mrs. Priyanka Prakash, Adv.<br>Mrs. Beena Prakash, Adv.<br>Mr. Vijay Shankar V.L., Adv.
Maharashtra	Mr. Kunal A. Cheema, Adv.<br>Mr. Nishant R. Katneshwarkar, AOR.
M.P.	Mr. Naveen Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Arjun Garg, Adv.
Manipur	Mr. Leishangthem Roshmani KH., Adv.<br>Ms. Maibam Babina, Adv.<br>Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv.
Meghalaya	Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR<br>Mr. Subhro Sanyal, Adv.

Mizoram	Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv.<br>Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR
Nagaland	Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv.<br>Mr. Edward Belho, Adv.<br>Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv.<br>Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv.
Odisha	Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR
Punjab	Mr. Karan Bharihoke, Adv.
Rajasthan	Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Adv.<br>Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv.<br>Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv.<br>Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.
Sikkim	Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv.<br>Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv.<br>Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv.<br>Ms. Simran Jeet, Adv.<br>for M/s Arputham Aruna & Co.
Tamil Nadu	Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR<br>Ms. Sujatha Bagadhi, Adv.
Tripura	Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR<br>Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
Telangana	Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv.<br>Mr. Mrityunjai Singh, Adv.
Uttar Pradesh	Ms. Garima Prashad, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhishek, Adv.
Uttarakhand	Ms. Rachana Srivastava, AOR<br>Ms. Rachna Gandhi, Adv.<br>Mr. Sukrit R. Kapoor, Adv.<br>Ms. Nitya Madhusoodhanan, Adv.
West Bengal	Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR.
A&N Islands	Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv.<br>Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.<br>Mrs. G. Indira, AOR
Chandigarh	Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR.
Puducherry	Mr. V.G. Pragasam, AOR<br>Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv.

Mr. S. Manuraj, Adv. Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, AOR Mr. Birjesh Kumar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kr. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Goyal, Adv. Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, AOR Mr. Subhashini, Adv. Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Mr. Irshad Ahmad, AOR Mr. Krishnanand Pandeya, AOR Ms. Shalini Chandra, AOR Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR Mr. Avijit Bhattacharjee, AOR M/s. Venkat Palwai Law Associates

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

Learned counsel for the petitioner says that the software for facial recognition is being actively considered by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. It is upto the Ministry to take a decision on whether to accept the software and implement it or not.

Nothing further survives this matter.

The writ petition is disposed of.

COURT MASTER COURT MASTER

(MEENAKSHI KOHLI) (KAILASH CHANDER)

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