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

\210&1 ITEM NO.50 COURT NO.8 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).659/2007 ENVIRONMENT & CONSUMER PROTN.FOUNDATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (with appln. (s) for directions and permission to file additional documents and office report) WITH W.P.(C) No. 133/2012 (With Office Report) W.P.(C) No. 168/2012 (With Office Report) Date : 29/04/2016 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Ravindra Bana, AOR Mr. Rono Mohanty, Adv. NALSA Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Mr. Divya Jyoti Jaipuriar, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Kailash Vasudev, Sr. Adv. Mr. Wasim A. Qadri, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shailender Saini, Adv. Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv. Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Zaid Ali, Adv. Mr. Amarjit Singh, Adv. Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR Mr. D.S. Mahra, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makkar, Adv. NCW Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR Ms. Raj Kumari Banju, Adv. 2 For States of Bihar Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv. Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv. Chhattisgarh Mr. J.K. Gilda, AG Mr. Aniruddh P. Mayee, AOR Mr. A. Selvin Raja, Adv. NCT of Delhi Mr. D.S. Mahra, AOR H.P. Mr. Suryanaryana Singh, AAG Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR Kerala Ms. Bina Madhavan, AOR. Karnataka Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR Maharashtra Dr. Ashish Sharma, Adv. Mr. Nishant R. Katneswarkar, Adv. Manipur Mr. Sapam Biswajit Meitei, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR Mizoram Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran, AOR Mr. T.L.V. Ramachari, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. K.V.L. Raghavn, Adv. Nagaland Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv. Mr. Edward Belho, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Sikkim Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Mr. Yusuf Khan, Adv. for M/s Arputham Aruna & Co.

Tamil Nadu Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Mr. Muthuvel Palani, Adv. Mr. K. Venkataramani, Adv. Tripura Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Mr. Aditya Raina, Adv. Uttar Pradesh Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR Mr. Utkarsh Sharma, Adv. 3 A&N Islands Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Mrs. G. Indira, AOR Puducherry Mr.V.G. Pragasam, AOR Mr. Khwairakpam Nobin Singh, AOR Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, AOR Mr. Avinash Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR Mr. Abhijit Sengupta, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Ms. Aparna Bhat, learned counsel appearing for the National Commission for Women has filed a preliminary status report. She says that four months' time is required to prepare a final report with regard to three States, viz., Odisha, West Bengal and Uttarakhand. Time as prayed for is granted. At the time of filing the final report, the National Commission for Women should also take inputs from the State of Uttar Pradesh so that one consolidated report is filed for four States for the convenience of everybody. Certain interim directions are prayed for in the preliminary report. Mr. Kailash Vasudev, learned senior counsel appearing for the Union of India says that interim directions will be implemented since they do not involve any complications. We expect the Union of India to implement the interim directions within two months. In the report filed by Ms. Renuka Kumar on behalf of 4 the State of Uttar Pradesh, it is pointed out that Sulabh International has withdrawn its assistance since HelpAge India is involved in the project. Merely because some NGO is assisting the widows does not mean that anybody else is debarred from rendering assistance. We request Sulabh International to continue its efforts and to assist in the betterment of the widows in Vrindavan and other places. We have also gone through the pendrive submitted by Ms. Renuka Kumar. The pendrive is returned to learned counsel for the State of Uttar Pradesh and objections given by Ms. Renuka Kumar has been taken into account. Mr. Kailash Vasudev, learned senior counsel for the Union of India says that the copies of the affidavit in compliance with the direction of this Court dated 11 th March, 2016 will be handed over to the appearing counsel. List the matter on 2 nd September, 2016. (SANJAY KUMAR-I) (JASWINDER KAUR) AR-CUM-PS COURT MASTER