Sampurna Behrua vs. Union Of India Ministry Of Human Resources And Development Through Its 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(s). 473 OF 2005

SAMPURNA BEHRUA Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(With appln(s) for exemption from filing O.T.,interim directions and office report)

Date: 09/07/2010 This Petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.V. RAVEENDRAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.L. GOKHALE

• (State of Sikkim) Mr. A. Mariarputham,Adv.Genl.Sikkim Mrs. Aruna Mathur,Adv. Mr. Amarjeet Singh Girsa,Adv.
• (State of U.P.) Mr. Pramod Swarup,Sr.Adv. Ms. Pareena Swarup,Adv. Ms. Alka Sinha,Adv. Mr. Anuvrat Sharma ,Adv

M/S Arputham,Aruna & Co.,Adv.

(State of Uttarakhand)Mr. J.K. Bhatia,Adv. Mr. B.N. Jha,Adv.Mr. Anuvrat Sharma ,Adv

Mr. Arun K. Sinha ,Adv Mr. Anis Suhrawardy ,Adv.

• (State of W.B) Mr. Bikas Kar Gupta,Adv. Mr. Avijit Bhattacharjee ,Adv. 2
• (State of Bihar) Mr. Gopal Singh,Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas,Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar,Adv. (State of Manipur) Mr. Khawairakpam Nobin Singh,Adv. Mr. Sapam Biswajit Meitei,Adv.
• (State of Nagaland) Mr. Edward Belho,Adv. Mr. P. Athuimei R. Naga,Adv. Mr. Kenatoli Sema,Adv.

Mr. Rituraj Biswas,Adv. (State of Tamil Nadu) Mr. T. Harish Kumar,Adv. Mr. V.Vasudevan,Adv. (State of Arunachal Mr. Anil Shrivastav,Adv. Pradesh Mr. Rituraj Biswas,Adv. Mr. Manjit Singh, AAG Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta,Adv. (U.T. Of Pondicherry) Mr. V.G. Pragasam,adv. Mr. S.J. Aristotle,Adv. Mr. Prabvraama Subramanian,Adv. (State of Punjab) Mrs. Jayshree Anand,Adv. Mr. K.K. Mahalik,Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal ,Adv. (State of Goa) Mrs. A. Subhashini,Adv. (NCT of Delhi) Mr. W.A.Qadri,Adv. Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair ,Adv Ms. Hemantika Wahi ,Adv. Ms. Renuka Sahu,Adv. Ms. Kamini Jaiswal ,Adv Mr. Naresh K. Sharma ,Adv Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee ,Adv Mr. V.G. Pragasam ,Adv Mrs.D. Bharathi Reddy ,Adv (State of M.P.) Mr. B.S. Banthia ,Adv. Mr. Vikas Bansal,Adv. Mr. Vikas Upadhyay,Adv. (State of A.P.) Mrs. C.K. Sucharita,Adv. Ms. Nirada Das,Adv. (state of Mizoram) Mr. Pragyan P.Sharma,Adv. 3 Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran ,Adv Mr. Radha Shyam Jena ,Adv (State of Maharashtra)Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde ,Adv Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair,Adv. Mr. Krutin R.Joshi,Adv. Mr. Ramesh K. Mishra,Adv. Mr. Ratan Kumar Choudhuri ,Adv Mr. Riku Sarma,Adv. For M/S Corporate Law Group ,Adv Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia ,Adv Mr. P.V. Dinesh ,Adv (State of Chhattisgarh)Mr. Atul Jha,Adv. Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha ,Adv

Balaji Srinivasan ,Adv

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

We find from the reports filed that most of the States have not complied with the provision of the Act. In regard to several States, there is only nominal or partial compliance. We therefore, request the learned Solicitor General to arrange for the concerned Department of Central Government to co-ordinate with the State Governments so that there is actual compliance rather than paper compliance in regard to the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000. Mr. Colin Gonsalves, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner is requested to co-ordinate with the learned Solicitor General in regard to the further steps to be taken in the matter and finalise 4

the appropriate mechanism to ensure that the Act is implemented properly. List after four weeks.

(O.P. Sharma) (M.S. Negi)

Court Master Court Master