Abhay Singh vs. Union Of India Through The Secretary

t# ITEM NO.10 COURT NO.4 SECTION XI S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No(s).25237/2010 (From the judgement and order dated 21/08/2009 in CMWP No.15440/1998 of The HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD) ABHAY SINGH Petitioner(s) VERSUS STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ORS. Respondent(s) (With appln(s) for exemption from filing O.T. and permission to file additional documents and permission to file additional affidavit and correction of pleadings and office report) WITH SLP(C) NO. 23984 of 2010 (With appln(s) for exemption from filing O.T. and urging additional grounds and permission to file additional Affidavit and with prayer for interim relief and office report) Date: 17/01/2013 These Petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE G.S. SINGHVI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.L. GOKHALE For Petitioner(s) Mr. Harish N. Salve, Sr. Adv. Mr. Puneet Jain, Adv. Ms. Chirsti Jain, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. R.F. Nariman, SG (UOI) Mr. Farrukh Rasheed, Adv. Mr. Nakul Dewan, Adv. for State of Delhi Mr.R.K.Rathore, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, Adv. Mr. A. Deb Kumar, Adv. for State of Haryana Mr.Manjit Singh, AAG For State of UP Mr. Gaurav Bhatia, AAG Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, Adv. Ms. Alka Sinha, Adv. Mr. Gautam Talukdev, Adv. For State of Goa Mr.Pawan Kr.Bansal, Adv. For State of Maharashtra Mr. Arun R. Pednekar, Adv. For State of Mr.Atul Jha, Adv. Chhattisgarh Mr.Sandeep Jha, Adv. for State of J & K Ms. Insha Mir, Adv. Mr. Raghav chadha, Adv. for State of Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Uttarakhand Mr. Brijesh Panchal, Adv. Mr. Aishverya Shandilya, Adv. For States of Bihar Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv. and Tripura For State of Sikkim Mrs.Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr.Yusuf Khan, Adv.

Ms. Movita, Adv.

UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Shri Harish Salve, learned senior counsel representing the petitioner in S.L.P.(C) No.25237 of 2010 place before the Court an application for direction in which it has been prayed that a direction may be issued to all the States and Union Territories to furnish information under the following headings:

(a) The Rules, Orders or Guidelines, if any, in the state which prescribe the policy for permitting Red Lights on vehicles to various persons in the state.

(b) The Rules, Orders or Guidelines, if any, in the state which prescribe the policy of the state for permitting security personnel to individuals.

(c) The Names and the designation of the persons to whom security personnel have been provided and the number of security persons provided to them.

(d) Total cost borne by the state for providing security in terms as aforesaid.

(e) Total number of security personnel in the state and the total number of such personnel who are engaged in (i)Maintaining Law and Order, (ii) Crime Prevention and investigation and (iii) Traffic Management.

Learned counsel for the States and Union Territories must ensure that affidavits of the responsible officers of the Home Department of their respective States and Union Territories are filed within three weeks from today. Any lapse in this regard will be viewed seriously.

For further consideration, list the cases on 07.02.2013.

Court Master Court Master

(Parveen Kr. Chawla) (Phoolan Wati Arora)