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

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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(s) (Civil) No(s).659/2007

ENVIRONMENT & CONSUMER PROTN. FOUNDATION

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

(with appln. (s) for directions, appln.(s) for intervention and extension of time) and permission to file additional documents and <pre>office report)</pre>

WITH

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

W.P.(C) No. $168/2012$ (With Office Report)

Date: 02/09/2016 These petitions were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

ature Not Verified

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.K. AGRAWAL

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Ravindra Bana, AOR Mr. Rono Mohanty, Adv.

NALSA Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, Adv. Ms. Surabhi Aggarwal, Adv.

Ms. Sija Nair Pal, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR

For Respondent(s) Mr. P.S. Patwalia, ASG Mr. Shailender Saini, Adv. Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv. Mr. Amarjit Singh, Adv. Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR Mr. G.S. Makkar, Adv.

Cervener $\begin{array}{c}\n\stackrel{11:28:31}{\text{Res}}\n\bullet\text{Stalabh} & \text{International}\n\end{array}$

Dr. S.K. Verma, AOR

• Ms. Gargi Tuli, Adv.
• Mr. Arindam Mukherjee, Adv.

SECTION PIL $(W)$

$Respondent(s)$

NCW	Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR<br>Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Adv.
For States of
Bihar	Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR
	Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv.
Chhattisgarh	Mr. Aniruddh P. Mayee, AOR
NCT of Delhi	Mr. D.S. Mahra, AOR
H.P.	Mr. Suryanaryana Singh, Sr. AAG
	Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR
Kerala	Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR
	Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv.
Karnataka	Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR
Maharashtra	Mr. Kunal A. Cheema, Adv.
	Mr. Yogesh K. Ahirrao, Adv.
	Dr. Ashish Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. Nishant R. Katneswarkar, Adv.
Manipur	Mr. Sapam Biswajit Meitei, Adv.
	Ms. Linthoingambi Thongam, Adv.
	Mr. Naresh Kumar, Adv.
	Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR
Mizoram	Mr. Shikhar garg, Adv.
	Mr. Pragyan Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. Ganesh Bapu, Adv.
	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, AOR
	Mr. Edward Belho, Adv.
	Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
	Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv.
Sikkim	Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv.
	Mr. Yusuf Khan, Adv.
	Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv.
	Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv.
	for M/s Arputham Aruna & Co.
Tamil Nadu	Mr. B. Balaji, AOR<br>Mr. Muthuvel Palani, Adv.
	Mr. A. Arvind Athithan, Adv.

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Tripura Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Ms. Varsha Poddar, Adv. Uttar Pradesh Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR Mr. Utkarsh Sharma, Adv. West Bengal Mr. Joydeep Mazumdar, Adv. Mr. Rohit Dutta, Adv. Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR A&N Islands Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Mrs. G. Indira, AOR Puducherry Mr.V.G. Pragasam, AOR Mr. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. Franklin Caesar Thomas, Adv. Mr. Chand Qureshi, Adv. Mr. M.P. Siddiqui, Adv. 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

National Commission for Women has filed an application for extension of time for finalizing the final report.

List the matter on 11th November, 2016. By that time report be filed by the National Commission for Women.

Application for extension of time is disposed of.

Sulabh International has filed an application for intervention. Learned counsel for Sulabh International is permitted to assist this Court.

A latest status report dated 31st August, 2016 filed by Ms. Renuka Kumar, Principal Secretary, Government of U.P. has been received in Court today. Learned counsel for the State of U.P. should give a copy of this report to learned counsel for the parties.

The States of Sikkim and Nagaland have filed their affidavits. The affidavits be returned to learned counsel. The Registry is directed not to accept any affidavit from any State, unless specifically directed. If any information has to be given by any State, it should be given to learned counsel for National Commission for Women or directly to the National Commission for Women.

AR-CUM-PS COURT MASTER

(SANJAY KUMAR-I) (JASWINDER KAUR)