National Legal Services Authority Member Secretary vs. Union Of India Ministry Of Human Resource Development Secretary

ITEM NO.302

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(Civil) No.659/2007

ENVIRONMENT & CONSUMER PROTN. FOUNDATION Petitioner(s)

COURT NO.9

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

(With appln.(s) for directions, permission to file additional <pre>documents and office report)</pre> (For Final Disposal)

WITH

W.P. (C) No. $133/2012$ (With Office Report)

W.P. (C) No. $168/2012$

Date: 17/04/2015 These petitions were called on for hearing today.

$CORAM :$

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT

For Petitioner(s)

Mr. Ravindra Bana, AOR Mr. Rono Mohanthy, Adv.

Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR

NALSA

Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Mr. Divya Jyoti Jaipuriar, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR

For Respondent(s)

Mr. P.S. Patwalia, ASG Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Amarjit Singh, Adv. Mrs. Anil Katiyar, Adv.

Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR Ms. Tanima Kishore, Adv. Ms. Shivangi Singh, Adv.

Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, AOR

SECTION PIL

Respondent(s)

	Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR
	Ms. Bina Madhavan, AOR
NCT of Delhi	Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Adv.<br>Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv.<br>Mr. D.S. Mahra, AOR
	Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR
	Mr. Abhijit Sengupta, AOR
For States of<br>Bihar	Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR<br>Ms. Shubhra Rai, Adv.<br>Ms. Rashmi Srivastava, Adv.
Chhattisgarh	Mr. J.K. Gilda, AG<br>Mr. C.D. Singh, AAG<br>Mr. Apoorv Kurup, Adv.<br>Mr. Aniruddh P. Mayee, Adv.<br>Mr. Rohit Rathi, Adv.<br>Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, Adv.<br>Ms. Sylona, Adv.
H.P.	Mr. Suryanaryana Singh, AAG<br>Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR
Kerala	Ms. Bina Madhavan, Adv.
Maharashtra	Mrs. Asha Gopalan Nair, AOR<br>Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, Adv.<br>Ms. Charudatta Mahindrakar, Adv.<br>Mr. A. Selvin Raja, Adv.
Manipur	Mr. Sapam Biswajit Meitei, Adv.<br>Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR<br>Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv.
Mizoram	Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran, AOR
Nagaland	Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv.<br>Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, Adv.
Sikkim	Mr. A. Mariarputham, AAG<br>Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv.<br>Mr. Yusuf Khan, Adv.<br>Mr. K. Vijay Kumar, Adv.<br>for M/s Arputham Aruna & Co.

Tripura	Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR
	Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
	Ms. Rashmi Srivastava, Adv.
Uttar Pradesh	Mr. Gaurav Bhatia, Adv.
	Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR
	Mr. Utkarsh Jaiswal, Adv.
West Bengal	Mr. Anip Sachthey, Adv.<br>Mr. Mohit Paul, Adv.
A&N Islands	Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.<br>Mrs. G. Indira, AOR
Puducherry	Mr.V.G. Pragasam, AOR
	Mr. S.J. Aristotle, Adv.
	Mr. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv.
	Mr. Khwairakpam Nobin Singh, AOR
	Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR
	Mr. B. Balaji, Adv.
	Mr. Rakesh Sharma, Adv.

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

We have heard learned counsel for the parties including the learned Additional Advocate General for the State of U.P.

An interim status report dated 16th April, 2015 prepared by Ms. Renuka Kumar, Principal Secretary, Department of Women and Child Welfare, Government of Uttar Pradesh has been handed over in Court. The same is taken on record.

We have been shown some of the recommendations that have been made and extent of work that has been carried out.

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Learned Additional Advocate General says that some further time is required to finalize the report and to make final recommendations. He says that the needful will be done within six weeks. Accordingly, we adjourn the matter to 10th July, 2015 and we expect the final report and the final recommendations to be completed before that date and a copy thereof handed over to learned counsel for the parties.

We have also been informed that the State of Uttar Pradesh has released some amounts for the benefit of the widows in Vrindavan. We can only request the State of Uttar Pradesh to be little more liberal in making financial arrangements so that improvement in the condition of the widows of Vrindavan is not delayed.

We also make it clear that while considering the entire issue, the Principal Secretary will take into consideration the reports that have already been mentioned in our order of 20th February, 2015 as also our earlier order dated 3rd August, 2012 while making a final report.

Since this matter primarily pertains to the State of Uttar Pradesh, there is no requirement for learned counsel for the other States/Union Territories to remain present in Court and their presence is accordingly dispensed with.

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List the matter on 10th July, 2015.

(SANJAY KUMAR-I) (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) COURT MASTER COURT MASTER