Bachpan Bachao Andolan vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.1 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). 427/2022

BACHPAN BACHAO ANDOLAN Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(as Item No. 1. IA No. 83391/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Date : 01-09-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE INDIRA BANERJEE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. SUNDRESH

	For Petitioner(s)	Mr. H.S. Phoolka, Sr. Adv.
		Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR
		Ms. Rachana Tyagi, Adv.
		Ms. Shashi, Adv.
		Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv.
		Ms. Shilpa Diwan, Adv.

For Respondent(s) Ms. Garima Prashad, Sr. Adv./Aag Mr. Rohit K. Singh, AOR Mr. Pritam Bishwas, Adv., Mr. Kislay Jha, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR

Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, AOR

Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Ms. Sweena Nair, Adv. Mr. P. Mohith Rao, Adv.

Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. J.K. Nayak, Adv. Mr. Shaurya Sahay, Adv.

Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG Ms. Neela Kedar Gokhale, Adv. Ms. Praveena Gautam, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Shagun Thakur, Adv. Ms. Poornima Singh, Adv.

Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Kushal Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Ms. Monika Gusain, AOR Mr. Avi Dhankhar, Adv. Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., AOR Mr. Shobhit Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makkar, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukeni, AOR Ms. Bihu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akshay C. Shrivastava, Adv. Ms. Pratishtha Vij, Adv. Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mishra, Adv. Ms. Nishi Sangtani, Adv. Ms. Vani Vandana Chhetri, Adv. Ms. Yeshi Rincheen, Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv., Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Adv. Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv. Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv. Mr. Akash Singh, Adv. Mr. Nihar Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Mr. Aman Sharma, Adv. Mr. Manvendra Singh Rathore, AOR Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR Mr. Vishal Banshal, Adv. Ms. Rajeshwari Shankar, Adv. Mr. Niroop Sukirthy, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Ovais, Adv.

Mr. Anil Grover, AAG Mr. Debojit Borkakarti, AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Arpit Parkash, Adv. Mr. Vikalp Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Mahfooz A. Nazki, AOR Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv. Mr. Shaik Mohamad Haneef, Adv. Mr. T. vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv. Ms. Rajeswari Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. K.V. Girish Chowdary, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Mr. Gaurav Agarwal, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) handed over a communication from the Principal District Judge, Khandwa. The Principal District Judge may depute a sensitive lady Judicial Officer to conduct a discreet enquiry as directed by the earlier order of this Court. A confidential report shall be submitted to this Court on or before 05.09.2022 in a sealed cover.

We are also informed that NALSA has provided the family of the victim with legal assistance. We need not record the name of the lawyer in the order.

The Scheme for Empanelment of Para-Legal Volunteers in Police Stations for Missing Children framed by the Delhi State Legal Service Authority may be circulated to all the State Legal Services Authorities and the Legal Services Authorities of the Union Territories so that appropriate schemes can be framed for appointment of Para-Legal Volunteers in Police Stations for missing

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children and other offences against the children using the scheme as a model scheme with appropriate modifications.

At the oral request made by Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, learned Additional Solicitor General, the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development is impleaded as party-respondent.

List the matter on 12.09.2022.

(GULSHAN KUMAR ARORA) (MATHEW ABRAHAM)

AR-CUM-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)