Abhay Singh vs. Union Of India Through The Secretary

J3 ITEM NO.11 COURT NO.3 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 permission to file additional documents and exemption from filing O.T. and correction of pleadings and permission to file additional affidavit and c/delay in filing affidavit and with office report) WITH SLP(C) NO. 23984 of 2010 (With appln.(s) for urging addl.grounds and permission to file additional affidavit and exemption from filing O.T. and with prayer for interim relief and office report) Date: 03/04/2013 These Petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE G.S. SINGHVI HON'BLE MR JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH For Petitioner(s) Mr.Harish N.Salve, Sr.Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Jain, Adv. Mr.Anurag Gohil, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr.Sidharth Luthra, ASG For NCT of Delhi Ms.Rashmi Malhotra, Adv. Ms.Supriya Juneja, Adv. Ms.Sunita Sharma, Adv. Mr. D.S. Mahra, Adv. For MOH Ms.Indira Jaisingh, ASG Mr.Aman Ahluwalia, Adv. Mr.Farrukh Rasheed, Adv. Ms.Supriya Jain, Adv. Mr.B.K.Prasad, Adv. For State of Punjab Mr.Sidharth Luthra, ASG Mr.Ajay Bansal, AAG Mr.B.Chander, Adv. Mr.Kuldip Singh, Adv. Mr.Gaurav Yadav, Adv. For State of Mr.Rakesh Diwedi, Sr.Adv. Uttarakhand Mr.Abhishek Atrey, Adv. Mr.Prateek Dwivedi, Adv. For State of Raj. Mr.Jasbir Singh Malik, AAG Ms.Pragati Neekhra, Adv. For State of Mr.Manjit Singh, AAG Haryana Mr.Tarjit Singh, Adv. Mr.Kamal Mohan Gupta, Adv. For State of Mah. Mr.Shankar Chillarge, AAG Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair, Adv. For State of U.P. Mr.Gaurav Bhatia, AAG Mr.Anuvrat Sharma, Adv.

• For State of H.P. Mr.Suryanaryana Singh, AAG Ms.Pragati Neekhra, Adv. For State of T.N. Mr.Subramoniam Prasad, AAG Mr.B.Balaji, Adv. Mr.R.Rakesh Sharma, Adv. Mr.T.Mouli Mahendran, Adv. Mr.P.Krishnamoorthy, Adv. For State of Kerala Mr.Ramesh Babu M.R., Adv. For State of Assam Mr.Riku Sarma, Adv. Mr.Navnit Kumar, Adv. For State of Andhra Mr.Koka Raghava Rao, Sr.Adv. Pradesh Mr.G.N.Reddy,Adv. Mr.Debojit, Adv. For State of Mr.Atul Jha, Adv. Chhattisgarh Mr.Sandeep Jha, Adv. Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, Adv. For State of J & K Mr.Sunil Fernandes, Adv. Ms.Astha Sharma, Adv. Ms.Insha Mir, Adv. Ms.Renu Gupta, Adv. For State of Mr.Anil Shrivastav, Adv. Arunachal Pradesh Mr.Rituraj Biswas, Adv. For State of Odisha Mr.Shibashish Misra, Adv. For State of Manipur Mr.Khwairakpam Nobin Singh, Adv. For State of W.B. Mr.Bikas Kar Gupta, Adv. Mr.Avijit Bhattacharjee, Adv. Ms.Sarbani Kar, Adv. For UT of Puducherry Mr.V.G.Pragasam, Adv. Mr.S.J.Aristotle, Adv. Mrs.Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. For State of M.P. Mr.Mishra Saurabh, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, Adv. For RR No.6 Mr. Sunil Kumar Jain, Adv. Mr.Sachin Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Mutatkar, Adv. For UT, Chandigarh Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, Adv. For State of Gujarat Ms.Hemantika Wahi, Adv. Mr.Aakarshan Aditya, Adv. For State of Mr. Gopal Prasad, Adv. Jharkhand Mr.Sarbjeet Dutta, Adv. Mr.Jayesh Gaurav, Adv. For State of Mrs.K.Enatoli Sema, Adv. Nagaland For State of Sikkim Mr.A.Mariarputham, Sr.Adv.
• Mrs.Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr.Yusuf Khan, Adv.

For State of Goa Mr.Siddharth Bhatnagar, Adv. Mr. T. Mahipal, Adv.

For State of Bihar Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. Mr.Manish Kumar, Adv. Mr.Chandan Kumar, Adv.

For State of Tripura Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. Mr.Ritu Raj Biswas, Adv.

For State of Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, Adv.

Karnataka

For State of Mr.Ranjan Kumar Mukherjee, Adv. Meghalaya Mr.Tayenjam Momo Singh, Adv.

Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, Adv.

Mr. Shreekant N. Terdal, Adv. UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Shri Harish N.Salve, learned senior counsel for the petitioner, submitted a note and made detailed submissions on the following three questions:

1. Whether the use of beacons red-light and sirens by persons other than high constitutional functionaries is lawful and constitutional?

2. Whether the provision of security to persons other than the constitutional functionaries without corresponding increase in sanctioned strength and without a specific assessment of threat is lawful and constitutional?

3. Whether the closure of roads for facilitating movement of VIPs is lawful and constitutional?

For completion of arguments of Shri Salve and submissions of other learned counsel, the cases are adjourned for 04.04.2013.

(Satish K.Yadav) (Phoolan Wati Arora) Court Master Court Master