Democratic Youth Federation Of India vs. Union Of India

º+ITEM NO.36 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.213 OF 2011 DEMOCRATIC YOUTH FEDERATION OF INDIA Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (With appln(s) for directions, intervention, modification of Court's order dated 13.5.2011 and permission to file additional documents) Date: 05/08/2011 This Petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SWATANTER KUMAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. Krishnan Venugopal,Sr.Adv. Mr. Deepak Prakash,Adv. Mr. Biju Raman,Adv. Mr. Bineesh Karat,Adv. Ms. Leena Nair,Adv. Ms. Vineeta Bansal,Adv. Ms. Meena C.R.,Adv. For Respondent(s) Ms. Aruna Mathur,Adv. For Sikkim: Mr. Yusuf Khan,Adv. For Andhra Pradesh: Ms. C.K. Sucharita,Adv. Ms. Nirada Das,Adv. For Kerala: Mr. Ramesh Babu M.R.,Adv. Mr. G. Prakash,Adv. Mr. Gaurav Banerjee,ASG. Mr. J.S. Attri,Sr.Adv. Ms. Asha G. Nair,Adv. Mr. A. Deb Kumar,Adv. Mr. T.M. Singh,Adv. Mr. D.S. Mahra,Adv. For Manipur: Mr. Khwairakpam Nobin Singh,Adv. Mr. Sapam Biswajit Meitei,Adv. ....2/- - 2 - For Maharashtra: Mr. Shankar Chillarge,Adv. Ms. Asha G. Nair,Adv. Mr. Hari Om Gautam,Adv. For Pesticides Mr. H.N. Salve,Sr.Adv. Manufacturers and Dr. A.M. Singhvi,Sr.Adv. Formulators Asso. Mr. Jay Savla,Adv. of India: Ms. Renuka Sahu,Adv. For Haryana: Mr. Manjit Singh,AAG. Ms. Vivekta Singh,Adv. Mr. Tarjit Singh,Adv. Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta,Adv. Mr. S.S. Ray,Adv.

Ms. Rakhi Ray,Adv. For Nagaland: Ms. K. Enatoli Sema,Adv. Mr. Edward Belho,Adv. Ms. Nimshim,Adv. Mr. Rokono Mor,Adv. Mr. Balaji Srinivasan,Adv. Ms. Prerna Mehta,Adv. For Rajasthan: Ms. Archana Pathak,Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar,Adv. For J&K: Mr. Sunil Fernandes,Adv. Ms. Pinky Anand,Sr.Adv. Mr. D.N. Goburdhan,Adv. Mr. Prabal Bagchi,Adv. Mr. Balendu Shekhar,Adv. For Mizoram: Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan,Adv. For Chhattisgarh: Mr. Atul Jha,Adv. Mr. D.K. Sinha,Adv. For Jharkhand: Mr. S. Chandra Shekhar,Adv. For Meghalaya: Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee,Adv. For Goa: Ms. A. Subhashini,Adv. For Tamil Nadu: Mr. Guru Krishna Kumar,AAG. Mr. B. Balaji,Adv. ....3/- - 3 - UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R The Court would like to know from the Joint Expert Committee ['Committee', for short] their answers to the following questions: 1) What is the total quantity of the manufactured Endosulfan in various Companies, Firms, etc. in the country? 2) What is the quantity of the manufactured stock of Endosulfan, out of the total quantity manufactured in India, which can be exported in terms of the pending export orders? 3) To which countries could exports be made and on what conditions? In this connection, the Committee will examine the relevant material, including International Conventions and suggest to us the conditions on which exports of the existing manufactured stock be made? 4) Net of such exports, the Court would like to know as to what steps the Government should take to dispose of the balance quantity of the manufactured Endosulfan? At what stage could the material/product be destroyed? While deciding these questions on disposal of the manufactured quantity of Endosulfan, the Committee would keep in mind the environmental norms - whether destruction of the balance quantity would result in ecological degradation. ....4/-

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The Committee should give us the interim

report on the above questions within three weeks. On receipt of the Report of the Joint Expert Committee, the parties would be entitled to collect copies thereof from the Registry. The Writ Petition shall stand over for four weeks.

[ Alka Dudeja ] [ Madhu Saxena ] A.R.-cum-P.S. Assistant Registrar