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

<ITEM NO.11 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). 659/2007 ENVIRONMENT & CONSUMER PROTN.FOUNDATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (With application for directions and intervention and permission to file additional documents and Office Report) (For final disposal) WITH W.P.(C) No. 133/2012 (With Office Report) W.P.(C) No. 168/2012 Date : 06/04/2017 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Ravindra Bana, AOR Mr. Rono Mohanty, Adv. NALSA Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, Adv. Ms. Dharani Subramanian, Adv. Mr. Kabir Ali Zia Choudhary, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. A.K. Panda, Sr. Adv. Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv. Mr. Nischal Kumar Neeraj, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv. Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR Mr. Vibhu Shanker Mishra, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makkar, Adv. Mr. S.N. Terdal, Adv . Sulabh International Dr. S.K. Verma, AOR Mr. Harshit Sanwal, Adv. NCW Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR Ms. Joshita Pai, Adv. 1 For States of Bihar Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv. Chhattisgarh Mr. Aniruddh P. Mayee, AOR Mr. A. Selvin Raja, Adv. NCT of Delhi Mr. D.S. Mahra, AOR H.P. Mr. D.K. Thakur, DAG Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Y. William Vinoth Kumar, Adv. Kerala Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Karnataka Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Lagnesh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Parikshit P. Angadi, Adv. Mr. Prakash Jadhav, Adv. Maharashtra Mr. Kunal A. Cheema, Adv. Mr. Yogesh K. Ahirrao, Adv. Mr. Nishant R. Katneswarkar, Adv. Manipur Mr. Sapam Biswajit Meitei, Adv. Mr. Mr. Naresh Kumar Gaur, Adv. Ms. Linthoingambi Thongam, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR Meghalaya Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Mizoram Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran, AOR Nagaland Mrs. 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. 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 Mr. Muthuvel Palani, Adv. Mr. S. Kumar, Adv. Tripura Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. 2 Uttar Pradesh Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR Mr. Utkarsh Sharma, Adv. West Bengal Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Chanchal Ganguly, Adv. Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR A&N Islands Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv. Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Mrs. G. Indira, AOR Puducherry Mr.V.G. Pragasam, AOR Mr. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Chandigarh Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Learned counsel for the Union of India says that due to some misunderstanding, a meeting as mentioned in the order dated 29.03.2017 was held only yesterday but nothing could come out of it perhaps due to paucity of time. Learned counsel says that another meeting will now be held on 12.04.2017 and if necessary, on 13.04.2017 also so that appropriate directions can be agreed upon. In our view, it will be appropriate if the Members of the Expert Committee who had conducted the research for the National Commission for Women are also invited to participate in the meetings to be held on 12.04.2017 and 13.04.2017. We expect a final decision on the agreed directions to be taken at the earliest. List the matters on 21.04.2017. Liberty is granted to the Union of India to file an additional affidavit. (Meenakshi Kohli) (Sharda Kapoor) Court Master (SH) Court Master (NS) 3