ITEM NO.28 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W

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

CONMT.PET.(C) No.952/2023 In W.P.(C) No.400/2012

KAMLESH & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

NITEN CHANDRA & ORS. Respondent(s)

Date : 11-07-2024 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR Mr. Digvijay Dam, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Pratyush Shrivastav, Adv. Mr. B.K. Satija, Adv. Mr. T.S. Sabrish, Adv.

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Ms. Annam Venkatesh, Adv. Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR Mr. Samyak Jain, Adv. Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv. Ms. Himanshi Shakya, Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, A.A.G. Mr. Siddhant Sharma, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Mr. Sahil Bhalaik, AOR Mr. Tushar Giri, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Anil Khanna, Adv. Mr. Ritik Arora, Adv. Mr. Shivam Mishra, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR Ms. Nimisha Menon, Adv. Mr. Arijit Dey, Adv. Ms. Apurva Sachdev, Adv. Ms. Shurti Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Mr. Abhay Anil Anturkar, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Tank, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha Awalgaonkar, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Kapoor, AOR Mr. Bhagwant Deshpande, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Srivastav, AAG Ms. Radhika Gautam, AOR

CPC 952/2023

Mr. Rushab Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi,, Adv. Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv. Mr. Japnish Singh Bhatia, Adv. Ms. Ridhima J. Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Pragya Baghel, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Preet S. Phanse, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, AAG Ms. Mrinal Gopal Elker, AOR Mr. Jitendra Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. R. Rajaselvan, Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. T.K.. Nayak, Adv. Ms. Rekha Bakshi, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Siddhesh Shirish Kotwal, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Akshay Gupta, Adv.

CPC 952/2023

Ms. Ekta Muyal, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Vishwa Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shashank Gusain, Adv. Mr. Akash, Adv. Mr. Srajan Shankar Kulshrestha, Adv. Mr. Ankit Shah, Adv. Mr. Manan Verma, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Himanshu Chakravarty, Adv. Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv. Mr. C.K. Sasi, AOR Ms. Meena K Poulose, Adv. Ms. Anupriya, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, Sr. AAG Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Ms. Devyani Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. C Kranthi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Naman Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Anand, Adv. Mr. D.L. Chidananda, AOR Ms. Ankita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Arjun D. Singh, Adv.

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

• 1 Ms Aishwarya Bhati, Additional Solicitor General placed a tabulated statement indicating State-wise compliance with regard to direction No 3 contained in the judgment in National Legal Services Authority vs Union of India and Others (2014) 5 SCC 438. Three States and five Union Territories are yet to file their responses, namely, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Telangana, UT of Chandigarh, NCT of Delhi, Lakshadweep, Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and Ladakh.
• 2 We direct that the above States and Union Territories shall file their responses no later than by 31 August 2024.
• 3 A copy of this order shall be served on the Standing Counsel for the above States/Union Territories with copies to the Chief Secretaries.
• 4 List the Contempt Petition on 6 September 2024.

(CHETAN KUMAR) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR) A.R.-cum-P.S. Assistant Registrar