Bombay Natural History Society vs. Union Of India& Ors.

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). 109/2008

WILDLIFE FIRST & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

MINISTRY OF FOREST AND ENVIRONMENT & ORS. Respondent(s)

WITH

T.C.(C) No. 3/2016 (XVI-A)

W.P.(C) No. 50/2008 (PIL-W)

• T.C.(C) No. 39/2015 (XVI-A)
• T.C.(C) No. 41/2015 (XVI-A)

T.C.(C) No. 59/2015 (XVI-A)

• T.C.(C) No. 103/2015 (XVI-A)
• W.P.(C) No. 514/2006 (PIL-W)
• T.C.(C) No. 132/2015 (XVI-A)
• T.C.(C) No. 85/2011 (XVI-A)
• T.C.(C) No. 87/2011 (XVI-A)

T.C.(C) No. 12/2018 (XVI-A)

Date : 18-04-2018 These matters were called on for hearing today.

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

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.[NP] Mr. P. K. Manohar, AOR Ms. Shibani Ghosh, Adv.

Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR

Mr. Raj Panjwani, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR

Ms. Purnima Bhat, AOR

	Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, AOR
	Mrs. Revathy Raghavan, AOR
	Ms. Madhusmita Bora, AOR
	Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR
For Respondent(s)	Mr. Annam D. N. Rao, AOR [NP]
UOI	Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, Adv.
	Ms. Arunima Dwivedi, Adv.
	Mr. G.S. Makker, Adv.
	Mr. Ashok Kumar Panigrahi, Adv.
	Mr. Anirudh Puroshattam, Adv.
Assam	Mr. M. Bala Shivudu, Adv.
	Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR
	Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.
Andhra Pradesh	Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR
	Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.
Arunachal Pradesh	Mr. Anil Shrivastav, Adv.
Bihar	Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR
	Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv.
	Mr. Shivam Singh, Adv.
Chhattisgarh	Mr. Atul Jha, Adv.
	Mr. Sandeep Jha, Adv.
	Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR
Gujarat	Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR
	Ms. Vishakha, Adv.
	Ms. Jesal Wahi, Adv.
Goa	Mr. Arjun Vinod Bobde, Adv.
	Ms. Surbhi Sardana, Adv.
	Mr. Sartnak Bhatia, Adv.
	Mr. Rajat Joseph, AOR
Haryana	Mr. Piyush Hans, Adv.
	Mr. Anil Grover, Adv.
	Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR
	Mr. Vishwa Pal Singh, Adv.
HP	Mr. Ajay Marwaha, Adv.
J&K	Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR

	Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv.<br>Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv.
Jharkhand	Mr. Gopal Prasad,Adv.
Kerala	Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR<br>Mr. Anu K. Joy, Adv.<br>Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.<br>Mr. L. Reegan, Adv.
	Mr. G. Prakash, AOR
Karnataka	Mr. Joseph Aristotle S., Adv.<br>Mrs. Priya Aristotle, Adv.
Maharashtra	Mr. Mahaling Pandarge, AAG<br>Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR
Manipur	Mr. Leishangthem Roshmani Kh., Adv.<br>Ms. Maibam Babina, Adv.
Meghalaya	Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR
MP	Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv.<br>Mr. B.N. Dubey, Adv.<br>Ms. Devika Gulati, Adv.<br>Mr. Arjun Garg, Adv.
	Mr. Manish Yadav, Adv.<br>Mr. Rohit Chandra, Adv.<br>Mr. Aakash Nandolia, Adv.
Nagaland	Mr. Edward Belho, AAG<br>Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR<br>Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv.
Odisha	Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv.<br>Mr. Sarvjit Pratap Singh, Adv.
Punjab	Mr. Karan Bharihoke, Adv.<br>Mr. Raj Kamal, Adv.
	Mr. Benant Noor Singh, Adv.
Rajasthan	Mr. S.S. Shamshery, AAG<br>Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Sandeep Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv.<br>Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv.<br>Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR

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 And Co.
Tamil Nadu	Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR<br>Mrs. Sujatha Bagadhi, Adv.<br>Mrs. Maha Lakshmi, adv.<br>Ms. Nithya, Adv.
Tripura	Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR<br>Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
Uttarakhand	Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR [NP]
U.P.	Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Adv.<br>Ms. Rachna Gupta, Adv.
W.B.	Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv.<br>Ms. Astha Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Vishal Prasad, Adv.<br>Mr. Amit Verma, Adv.<br>For M/s PLR Chamber & Co.
	Mr. Apoorva Bhumesh, AOR
	Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR
	Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, AOR<br>Ms. Deeksha Gujral, Adv.
	Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR
	Mr. Gopal Prasad, AOR
	Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR
	Mr. Rana Ranjit Singh, AOR
	Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR
	Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR
	Mr. Rajiv Yadav, AOR
A&N	Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv.<br>Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.<br>Ms. G. Indira, AOR
Puducherry	Mr. V. G. Pragasam, AOR

Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. S. Manuraj, Adv. Mr. Mohit Kumar Chopra, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Geetanjali Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Anil K. Chopra, AOR Mr. Tara Chandra Sharma, AOR Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Mr. S. Ravi Shankar, AOR Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR Mr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma, AOR Ms. Sharmila Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Ravi Prakash Mehrotra, AOR Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR Mr. Aruneshwar Gupta, AOR Mr. B. S. Banthia, AOR Mr. P. Venkat Reddy, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kr. Tyagi, Adv. For M/s Venkat Palwai Law Associates Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, Adv. Ms. Suvarna Damle, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

In spite of giving 4 weeks' time to file an affidavit in terms of order dated 07.03.2018, several States have not filed their affidavit even though the matter pertains to the rights of tribals.

Learned counsel for the States of Maharashtra, Tripura, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Bihar and Rajasthan say that they will be filing

the affidavit during the course of the day.

Learned counsel for the State of Gujarat says that she will file an additional affidavit.

Partial information has been given by the State of Jharkhand. Learned counsel for the State of Jharkhand should furnish the required information by way of an additional affidavit within a period of two weeks.

No affidavit has been filed by the States of Karnataka, Kerala, U.P., M.P., Assam, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Affidavit may be filed by these States within two weeks subject to payment of costs of Rs.50,000/- to be deposited with the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee for utilization of juvenile justice issues.

We are imposing costs since the matter pertains to rights of tribals and therefore the State should take the matter somewhat more seriously than what they have been doing.

In so far as the States of Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh, they may file their affidavit within two weeks.

List the matters after two weeks for directions.

(MEENAKSHI KOHLI) (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) COURT MASTER COURT MASTER