Peoples Union For Civil Liberties (Pucl) National Secretary vs. Union Of India Department Of Food And Public Distribution Secretary

1 ITEM NO.18 COURT NO.5 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 Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s).277/2015 PEOPLE'S UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & OTHERS Respondent(s) (WITH APPLN. (S) FOR exemption from filing O.T. and Office Report) Date : 11/04/2017 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Ms. Olivia Bang, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR For Respondent(s) UOI Mr. A.N.S. Nadkarni, ASG Mr. Ajit Kumar Sinha, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Adv. Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv. Mr. R.K. Rathore, Adv. Mr. S.S. Rawat, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makker, Adv. Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv. Mr. A.K. Kaul, Adv. Mr. Anshuman Srivastava, Adv. Mr. S.S. Rebello, Adv. Mr. Apoorva Bhumesh, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR For States of Bihar Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Ms. Varsha Poddar, Adv. Chhattisgarh Mr. Atul Jha, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Jha, Adv. Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR Gujarat Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Ms. Puja Singh, Adv. Ms. Mamta Singh, Adv. 2 Haryana Mr. Ajay Bansal, AAG Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Mrs. Veena Bansal, Adv. Mr. Devendra Singh, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Adv. J&K Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv. Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv. Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv. Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv. M.P. Mr. Purushaindra Kaurav, AAG Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Mr. Manish Yadav, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Mishra, Adv. Maharashtra Mr. Mahaling Pandarge, Adv. Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Manipur Mr. Sapam Biswajit Meitei, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar Gaur, Adv. Ms. Linthoingambi Thongam, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR Mizoram Mr . K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv. Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR Nagaland Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Edward Belho, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv. Ms. Elix Gangmei, Adv. Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv. Punjab Mr. Ajay Bansal, AAG

Mr. Kuldip Singh, Adv. Mrs. Veena Bansal, Adv. Mr. Devendra Singh, Adv. Mr. Dheeraj Gupta, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Adv. Rajasthan Mr. Ajay Kapur, AAG Mr. Anirudh Singh, Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Sikkim Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Mr. Amit Arora, Adv. for M/s Arputham Aruna & Co. Tamil Nadu Mr. B. Balaji, AOR 3 Mr. S. Kumar, Adv. Telangana Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Tripura Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Ms. Varsha Poddar, Adv. Uttar Pradesh Mr. Irshad Ahmad, AAG Mr. Vinay Garg, AOR Mr. Pankaj Singh, Adv. Uttarakhand Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR West Bengal Ms. Nandini Sen, Adv. Mr. Soumitra G. Chaudhuri, Adv. Mr. Chanchal K. Ganguli, Adv. A&N Islands Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv. Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Mrs. G. Indira, AOR Chandigarh Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Mr. Vivek Singh, Adv. NCT of Delhi Ms. Charu Walikhanna, Adv. Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks some time to place some additional documents. Learned Additional Solicitor General says that a Scheme has been prepared for implementing Section 4(b) of the National Food Security Act, 2013. He says that the Scheme will be finalized in consultation with various State Governments to ensure full implementation of the Act. We direct that the needful be done within eight weeks. 4 List the matter on 11 th July, 2017. (SANJAY KUMAR-I) (SHARDA KAPOOR)

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