In Re:Imp & Wkg Of Con Protection Act, 86 vs. Uoi & Others

A/N MATTER

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

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

I.A. Nos. 8, 11, 15

in

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No.6928/1999

(From the judgement and order dated 08/10/1998 in CMWP 968/97 of the HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD)

STATE OF U.P. & ORS Petitioner (s)

VERSUS

JEET S. BISHT & ANR. Respondent (s)

(For taking affidavit on record and directions, WP(C) No.548/2003 directed to be treated as I.A. in SLP(C) No.6928/1999 and WP(C) No.164/2002 and intervention and directions)

(ALONG WITH THE RECORD OF SLP(C) NO.4135/2002 and WP(C) NO.164/2002)

WITH

W.P.(C) No.164/2002: In re: The Implementation & the Working

of of Consumer Protection Act,1986.

(With applications for directions and to take on record addl. documents and permission to file addl. documents and amendment of

writ petition and exemption from filing O.T.)

(FOR DIRECTIONS)

Date : 17/11/2005 This matter was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.B. SINHA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE P.P. NAOLEKAR For Petitioner (s) Dr. R.G. Padia, Sr.Adv. Mr. Javed M. Rao, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Mishra, Adv. Mr. Ashok K. Srivastava, Adv. For Respondent (s) Mr. N.N. Goswami, Sr.Adv. Union of India Ms. B Sunita Rao, Adv. Ms. Kiran Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. V.K. Verma, Adv. Mr. B V Balram Das, Adv. Applicant(s) in IAs 8, 11, 15 Mr. V P Sharma, Adv. Mr. M P S Tomar, Adv. Ms. Sandhya Goswami,Adv. Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Adv. ...2/- -2- State of Assam Ms. Krishna Sarma, Adv. Mr. V K Sidharthan, Adv. Mr. Riku Sarma, Adv. for Corporate Law Group, Advs. State of A.P. Mrs. D. Bharathi Reddy, Adv. Mr. P. Vinay Kumar, Adv. Ms. Sneha Bhaskaran, Adv. Mr. T.V. Ratnam, Adv. State of Arunachal Pradesh Mr. Anil Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Srivastava, Adv.

State of Bihar Mrs. Sunita R. Singh, Adv. Mr. B.B. Singh, Adv. State of Chhatisgarh Ms. Suparna Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Deepti Singh, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Prakash Shrivastava, Adv.(N.P.) NCT Delhi Mr. Ashok Bhan, Adv. Mrs. Kiran Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Anil Katiyar, Adv. For NCDRC Bar Asscn. Mr. M.N. Krishnamani, Sr.Adv. Mr. S.K. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ranji Thomas, Adv. Mr. S. Pani, Adv. Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, Adv. Ms. C.K. Sucharita, Adv. UTs of Daman & Diu, Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv. Lakshadweep, Dadra & Mr. D S Mahra, Adv. Nagar Haveli, Andaman & Nicobar State of Gujarat Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Adv. Ms. Sadhana Sandhu, Adv. Mr. Pinky Behera, Adv. State of Haryana Mr. Anay Siwach, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Adv. Mr. Manjit Singh,Adv. Mr. T.V. George, Adv. Ms. Kavita Wadia,Adv. (N.P.) State of H.P. Mr. J.S. Attri, Addl.Adv.Gen. Ms. Shivani Thakur, Adv. State of J & K Mr. Anis Suhrawardy, Adv.

State of Jharkhand Mr. Pinky Anand, Adv. Mr. D.N. Goburdhun, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Pathak, Adv. State of Kerala Mr. K R Sasiprabhu, Adv. Ms. Indira, Adv. ...3/- -3- State of Karnataka Mr. Sanjay R Hegde, Adv. Mr. A Rohan Singh, Adv. Mr. Anil K Mishra, Adv. State of Maharashtra Mr. S.S. Shinde, Adv. Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, Adv. State of Manipur Mr. KH. Nobin Singh,Adv. State of Mizoram Mr. K N Madhusoodhanan, Adv. Mr. R Sathish, Adv. State of M.P. Mr. C.D. Singh, Adv. Ms. Kiran Suvarna,Adv. Mr. G. Pandey,Adv. State of Meghalaya Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv. State of Nagaland Mr. Upamanyu Hazarika, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, Adv. Ms. Sumita Hazarika, Adv. State of Orissa Mr. Janaranjan Das, Adv. Mr. Swetaketu Mishra, Adv. State of Punjab Mr. Kuldip Singh,Adv. Mr. Arun K Sinha, Adv. Govt. of Pondicherry Mr. V.G. Pragasam, Adv.

State of Rajasthan Mr. Aruneshwar Gupta,Addl.Adv.Genl. State of Sikkim Mr. A. Mariarputham, Adv. Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Ashok Mathur, Adv. State of Tripura Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas,Adv. State of W.B. Mr. Tara Chandra Sharma, Adv. Ms. Neelam Sharma, Adv. State of Uttaranchal Ms. Rachana Srivastava, Adv. (N.P.) UT of Chandigarh Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, Adv. Mr. Ravindra Shrivastava, Sr.Adv. Mr. Kunal Verma, Adv. Mr. Irshad Ahymed, Adv. Mr. R.S. Singh, Adv. Mr. Pramod Dayal, Adv. Ms. Revathy Raghavan, Adv. Ms. A. Subhashini, Adv. Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, Adv. Mr. T. Mahipal, Adv. ...4/- -4- Mr. Ravindra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Adv. Mr. N S Bisht, Adv. Mr. S. Srinivasan, Adv. Mr. Pallav Shishodia, Adv.

UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following

ORDER

An additional affidavit on behalf of the State of U.P. is being fi led

which may be placed on record. It is stated that the lands which were

identified, are the subject matter of certain litigation wherein orders of status quo had been passed. However, the Chief Secretary of the Sta te, having

regard to the importance of the matter, directed the Principal Secretary,

Housing and Urban Planning Department, to give top priority to the matter of

allotment of land for the purpose of construction of a building for t he State

Commission under the Consumer Protection Act. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State of U.P. submits that he has instructions to say that one piece of land at Gomati Nagar has been identified for the said purpose. Let an affidavit to that effect be filed within two weeks. Reply thereto, if any, may be filed by the respondents within one week thereafter.

Let the matter appear on Board three weeks hence. The petitioners are directed to comply with the Office Report in the meantime.

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Rejoinder, if any, to the additional affidavit filed on behalf of the State of Orissa may be filed by the next date.

W.P.(C) No.164/2002:

Mr. N.N. Goswami, learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the Union of India submits that by the next date fixed, the Union of In dia

shall also file an affidavit as regard the terms and conditions of service of the members of the National Commission.

(A.S. BISHT) (JASBIR SINGH)

COURT MASTER COURT MASTER