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

ITEM NO.16 Court 1 SECTION PIL-W (By Virtual Hearing)

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

PEOPLES UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES (PUCL) Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(WITH IA No. 1/2016 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Date : 14-07-2020 The matter was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. BOPANNA

Counsel for the parties

Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Ms. Olivia Bang, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Mr. Saket Singh, Adv. Mrs. Niranjana Singh, AOR Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR Mr. Apoorva Bhumesh, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, Adv. Mr. Vishaal Prasad, Adv. Mr. Amit Verma, Adv. For M/s PLR Chambers And Co., AOR Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Mr. Gopal Prasad, AOR

Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Ms. Rachana Srivastava, AOR Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv. Ms. Arshiya Ghose, Adv. Mr. Divyansh Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR Ms. Bhavana Duhoon, Adv. Mr. Manan Bansal, Adv. Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Jayant Muthuraj, AAG Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Ankur Prakash, AOR Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR Dr. Rajesh Pandey, Adv. Ms. Aswathi M.K., AOR Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Mr. Sachin Patil, Adv. Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv. Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR

Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, Standing Counsel Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR Mr. V.G. Pragasam, Adv. Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. Jayant K. Sud, AAG Ms. Suhashini Sen, Adv. Mr. S.S. Rebello, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makker, AOR Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv. Mr. Jishnu M.L., Adv. Mrs. Priyanka Prakash, Adv. Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Ajay Bansal, AAG Ms. Veena Baura, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Yadav, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Mr. Rati Tandon, Adv.

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

Issue notice in respect of prayer (j) of the instant writ petition which reads as under :

"For an order directing all States and UTs to pay the maternity benefit of not less than Rs.6,000/- to all pregnant women and lactating mothers with effect from 5.7.13 in accordance with Section 4(b) of the National Food Security Act."

The respondent – Union of India may furnish a status report in that regard.

ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

(SANJAY KUMAR-II) (INDU KUMARI POKHRIYAL)