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

ª%ITEM NO.2 Court 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.310/1996 PRAKASH SINGH AND OTHERS Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. Respondent(s) (Interim report dt.20.10.2008 received from Dr.Justice K.T.Thomas and directions and office report) WITH CONMT.PETN.(C)No.92/2007 in W.P.(C)No.310/1996 AND CONT.PET.(C)NO.240/2007 IN W.P.(C)NO.310/2007 (with appln.(s) for exemption from filing O.T.) Date: 18/12/2008 These Petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE P.SATHASIVAM HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASOK KUMAR GANGULY For Petitioner(s) Mr. Prashant Bhushan,Adv. In C.P.(C)No.240/'07 Mr.Ambhoj Kr.Sinha, Adv. For Respondent(s)Mr. Gopal Subramanium, ASG UOIMr. Raghenth Basant,Adv. Ms.Sandhya Goswami, Adv. Mrs. Sushma Suri, Adv. Mr.P.Parmeswaran, Adv. Mr.S.N.Terdal, Adv. Mrs.Anil Katiyar, Adv. For NHRC Mr.Sanjay Parekh, Adv. Mr.Jitin Sahni, Adv. Mr.A.N.SIngh, Adv. Ms.Mamta Saxena, Adv. Mr.Gaurav Tyagi, Adv. Ms.Anitha Shenoy, Adv. NCT of DelhiMr. S.Wasim A.Qadri,Adv. Mr.Vikas Sharma, Adv. mrs.Anil Katiyar, Adv. Mr. D.S.Mahra,Adv. For PondicherryM/s VG Pragasam, S.J.Aristotle S.Prabu Ramasubramanian, Advs. Mr.R.K.Adsure, Adv. HaryanaMr. Manjit Singh, Addl.Adv.General for Mr.TV George,Adv. For MizoramM/s KN Madhusoodhanan & R.Sathish, Advs. RajasthanMr. Aruneshwar Gupta, Adv. Ms.Indu Malhotra, Sr.Adv.

Mrs.Shashi M.Kapila, Adv.

Mr. Gopal Shankaranarayanan,Advs. J&KMr.S.R.Singh, Sr.Adv. Mr. Anis Suhrawardy, Adv. Mr.S.Mehdi Imam, Adv. Mr.Tabrez Ahmad, Adv. ManipurKh.Nobin Singh, Adv. For UPSCMs Binu Tamta,Adv. For State of W.B.Mr. T.C.Sharma,Adv. Ms. Neelam Sharma, Adv. M/s HK Puri, Ujjwal Banerjee SK Puri, Priya Puri and VM Chauhan, Advs. For BiharMr. Gopal Singh, Adv. For TripuraMr. Gopal Singh, Adv. For KarnatakaM/s Sanjay R.Hegde, Vikrant Yadav, Amit Kr. Chawla & A.Rohen Singh,Advs. JharkhandM/s BB Singh & Kumar Rajesh Singh, Advs. For Arunachal Pradesh Mr. Anil Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Srivastava, Advs. Ms. Sumita Hazarika, Advs. Mr. VN Raghupathy, Adv. Ms. Kavita Wadia, Adv. Ms. Vibha Datta Makhija, Adv. H.P.Mr. Naresh Kr.Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Narain, Adv. Mr.Shri Narain, Adv. For M/s Narain & Co., Advs. Mr.J.S.Attri, Adv. For GujaratMrs. Hemantika Wahi, Adv. Miss Mamta, Adv. Mr.Somnath, Adv. Mr. Jana Kalyan Das, Adv. Mr. R.Ayyam Perumal, Adv. Mr.P.V.Dinesh, Adv. For AssamMr.Riku Sarma, Adv. For M/s.Corporate Law Group, Advs. For UT ChandigarhMr.Ashoka Kumar Thakur, Adv. Mr.M.P.Jha, Adv. Mr.R.E.Roy, Adv. For GoaMs.A.Subhashini, Adv.

For NagalandMr.Edward Belho, Adv. Mr.Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Mr.Athui Panmei, Adv. For ChhattisgarhMr.Atul Jha, Adv. Mr.D.K.Sinha, Adv. For SikkimMrs.Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr.P.Parmeswaran, Adv. Mr.Atulesh Kumar, Adv. For M/s.Arputham Aruna & Co., Advs. Mr.Mohan Prasad Meharia, Adv. Mr.Gopal Prasad, Adv. Mr.Ashok Mathur, Adv. Mr.K.K.Rai, Adv. UttarakhandMr.Anuvrat Sharma, Adv. Ms.Alka Sinha, Adv. Mr.Lakshmi Raman Singh, Adv. Mr.Radha Shyam Jena, Adv. Ms.Rachana Srivastava, Adv. U.P.Mr.Shail Kr.Dwivedi, AAG Mr.Manoj K.Mishra,Adv. Ms.Vandana Mishra, Adv. Mr.Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, Adv. PunjabMr.Kuldip Singh, Adv. Mr.R.K.Pandey,Adv. Mr.T.P.Mishra, Adv. Mr.Kamlendra Mishra, Adv. UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R By the Commission appointed by this Court some interim report has been filed but the final report has not been filed. The Commission is requested to expedite the proceedings. The sitting fee also to be paid to the Commission. Rs.50,000/- may be paid to the Chairman for each day of sitting and Rs.35,000/- each should be paid for a day's sitting to Members. The Secretary of the Commission may take appropriate steps to get the payment from out of the amount deposited with the Registry of this Court. List in the 2nd week of February, 2009.

(G.V.Ramana)(Veera Verma) Court MasterCourt Master