Patna Nagrik Parishad Through Its Secretary Arbind Kumar Sinha S/O Late Sarbeshwar Prasad Sinha vs. The State Of Bihar Governemnt Of Bihar Through The Chief Secretary

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.310 OF 1996

PRAKASH SINGH & ORS Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

U O I & ORS Respondent(s)

(For directions with office report)

Date: 04/10/2010 This Matter was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AFTAB ALAM HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN

Mr. Raju Ramachandran,Sr.Adv.(A.C.) (N/P) For Petitioner(s) Mr. Prashant Bhushan,Adv. Mr. Rohit Kumar Singh,Adv. Mr. Sumeet Sharma,Adv.

For Respondent(s) Mr. Anis Suhrawardy,Adv.

Mr. Pranav Sachdeva,Adv.

Mr. P. Parmeswaran,Adv.

Mr. Aruneshwar Gupta,Adv.

Mr. H.K. Puri,Adv. Mr. Akshat Jain,Adv.

Mr. Khwairakpam Nobin Singh,Adv. Mr. Sapam Biswajit Meitei,Adv.

Mr. V.N. Raghupathy,Adv.

Ms. Kavita Wadia,Adv.

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Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde,Adv. Mr. Abhishek Malviya,Adv.

Ms. Vibha Datta Makhija,Adv.

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Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee,Adv. Mr. S. Bhowmick,Adv. Mr. S.C. Ghosh,Adv.

Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh,Adv.

Mr. Kamlendra Mishra,Adv.

Ms. Hemantika Wahi,Adv. Ms. Nupur,Adv.

Ms. Sumita Hazarika,Adv.

Mr. R. Ayyam Perumal,Adv.

Mr. Riku Sarma,Adv. Mr. Keshav,Adv. M/s. Corporate Law Group,Adv. Mr. Ashok Mathur,Adv. Mr. Mohanprasad Meharia,Adv. for M/s. S. Narain & Co.,Advs. Mr. Anuvrat Sharma,Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh,Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar,Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh,Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas,Adv. Mr. Anil Shrivastav,Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas,Adv. Mr. Gopal Subramaniam,SG. Mr. Mohan Jain,ASG. Mr. S.W.A. Qadri,Adv. Mr. Deepak Jain,Adv. Ms. Yogita Yadav,Adv. Mr. Mukesh Verma,Adv. Mr. R.S. Nagar,Adv. Mr. S.N. Terdal,Adv. Mr. S.S. Rawat,Adv. Ms. Anil Katiyar,Adv. Mr. D.S. Mahra,Adv. Mr. Gopal Prasad,Adv. ....3/- - 3 -

Mr. Rajesh Srivastava,Adv.

Mr. Pragyan P. Sharma,Adv. Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran,Adv.

Ms. Anitha Shenoy,Adv.

Mr. Atul Jha,Adv. Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha,Adv.

Mr. T.V.George,Adv.

Mr. Radha Shyam Jena,Adv.

Ms. Rachana Srivastava,Adv.

Mr. Ashoka Kumar Thakur,Adv. Mr. M.P. Jha,Adv. Mr. Ram Ekbal Roy,Adv.

Ms. A. Subhashini,Adv.

Mr. Ravindra Keshavrao Adsure,Adv.

Mr. Tara Chandra Sharma,Adv. Ms. Neelam Sharma,Adv. Mr. Kishan Datta,Adv.

Ms. Binu Tamta,Adv.

Ms. Sushma Suri,Adv.
Mr. S.R. Singh,Sr.Adv.
Mr. Shail K. Dwivedi,AAG.
Mr. Manoj K. Mishra,Adv.
Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao,Adv.
Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma,Adv.
Mr. V. Krishna Murthy,Sr.Adv.
Mr. T. Harish Kumar,Adv.
Mr. P. Prasanth,Adv.
Mr. V. Vasudevan,Adv.
Mr. Jana Kalyan Das,Adv.
Mr. V.G. Pragasam,Adv.
Mr. S.J. Aristotle,Adv.
Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian,Adv.
Mr. L.A.J. Selvam,Adv.
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 Mr. Manjit Singh,Addl.AG.
 Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta,Adv.
 Mr. Naresh K. Sharma,Adv.
 Ms. K. Enatoli Sema,Adv.
 Mr. Edward Belho,Adv.
 Mr. Rituraj Biswas,Adv.
 Mr. Sanjay V. Kharde,Adv.
 Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair,Adv.
 Dr. Manish Singhvi,AAG, Rajasthan
 Mr. D.K. Devesh,Adv.
 Mr. Sahil S. Chauhan,Adv.
 Mr. Milind Kumar,Adv.
 Mr. D. Mahesh Babu,Adv.
 Mr. Ramesh Allanki,Adv.
 Mr. A. Mariarputham,Adv.Genl.,Sikkim.
 Ms. Aruna Mathur,Adv.
 Mr. Amarjeet Singh Girsa,Adv.
 Mr. Sunil Fernandes,Adv.
 Ms. Renu Gupta,Adv.
 Mr. Vikrant Nagpal,Adv.
 Mr. Sidhan Goel,Adv.
 Mr. Sanjay Parikh,Adv.
 Mr. Anish R. Shah,Adv.
 Ms. Mamta Saxena,Adv.
 Mr. A.N. Singh,Adv.
 Ms. Soumya Ray,Adv.
 Mr. Ajay Pal,Adv.
 Mr. Prashant Shukla,Adv.
 Mr. Abhinav Ramkrishna,Adv.
 Mr. P.V. Dinesh,Adv.
 UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following

The Thomas Committee has submitted it's Report in a sealed cover.

O R D E R

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The Registry is directed to furnish copies of the said Report to the learned Amicus Curaie as well as the petitioner appearing before us. The Union of India and the States/Union Territories should also be given copies of the said Report at the earliest.

Stand over to 8th November, 2010. In the meantime, the parties, before us, should give their response to this Court at the earliest. If possible, the learned Amicus Curaie can prepare a chart after looking at the Report of the Thomas Committee so that the matter could be expedited. We expect the petitioner, learned Amicus Curaie and learned Solicitor General to work in tandem and give us a chart on the basis of which orders can be passed from time to time.

[ T.I. Rajput ] [ Madhu Saxena ] A.R.-cum-P.S. Assistant Registrar