Sampurna Behrua vs. Union Of India Ministry Of Human Resources And Development Through Its Secretary

è,ITEM NO.52 COURT NO.8 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). 473/2005 SAMPURNA BEHRUA Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (With application for exemption from filing OT and interim directions and modification and permission to file additional documents and office report) Date : 05/02/2016 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.K. AGRAWAL For Petitioner(s) Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Mr. Divya Jyoti Jaipuriar, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta,Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. P.S. Patwalia, ASG UOI Mrs. V. Mohana, Sr. Adv. Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Adv. Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Adv. Mr. Zaid Ali, Adv. Mr. S.S. Rawat, Adv. Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Adv. Mr. D.S. Mahra, Adv. Ms. Natasha Vinayak, Adv. Ms. Sushma Suri, Adv. CBI Ms. Vibha Dutta Makhija, Sr. Adv. Mr. S.Wasim A. Qadri, Adv. Mr. Shalinder Saini, Adv. Mr. B.V. Balaramdas, Adv. NALSA Ms. Indu Malhotra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gagan Gupta, Adv. Mr. Ananta Prasad Mishra, Adv. Assam Mr. Riku Sarma, Adv. Mr. Navnit Kumar, Adv. Ms. Deepika, Adv. Gujarat Ms. Jesal Wahi, Adv. Ms. Hemantika Wahi,Adv. 1 Ms. Puja Singh, Adv. Ms. Vinakshi Kadan, Adv. Tripura Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Ms. Varsha Poddar, Adv. Bihar Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Jain, Adv. Ms. Varsha Poddar, Adv. Uttarakhand Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv. J&K Mr. Puneeth K.G., Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sunil Fernandes, Adv. Mizoram Mr. Pragyan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shikhar Garg, Adv. M.P. Mr. C.D. Singh, Adv. Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, Adv. Ms. Sylona Mohapatra, Adv. Puducherry Mr. V.G. Pragasam, Adv. Mr. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Sikkim Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Mr. Yusuf Khan, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Mr. Shobhit Nanda, Adv. For Arputham Aruna & Co. U.P. Mr. Gaurav Bhatia, Adv.

Ms. Pragati Neekhra, Adv. Mr. Pawan Shree Aggarwal, Adv. H.P. Ms. Pragati Neekhra, Adv. Tamil Nadu Mr. B. Balaji,Adv. Mr. Sudhanshu, Adv. A&N Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Ms. G. Indira,Adv. Mr. Anurag Kashyap, Adv. W.B. Mr. Harin P. Raval, Sr. Adv. Mr. Debjyoti Basu, Adv. Mr. Parijat Sinha, Adv. 2 Ms. Reshmi Rea Sinha, Adv. Jharkhand Mr. Jayesh Gaurav, Adv. Mr. Ratan Kr. Choudhari, Adv. A.P. Mr. Anil Shrivastav, Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Nagaland Mr. Edward Belho, Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Telangana Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. Mr. Krishna Kumar Singh, Adv. Chhattisgarh Mr. Jugal Kishore Gilda, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee,Adv. Mr. A. Selvin Raja, Adv Punjab Mr. Ajay Bansal, AAG Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Adv. Mr. Kuldip Singh, Adv. Chandigarh Mr. T.S. Doabia, Sr. Adv. Mr. M.S. Doabia, Adv. Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat,Adv. Andhra Pradesh Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv. Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Maharashtra Mr. Mahaling Pandarge, AAG Mr. Nishant Katneshwarkar, Adv. Manipur Mr. Sapam Biswajit Meitei, Adv. Ms. Linthoingambi Thongam, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kr. Gaur, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kr. Singh, Adv. Mr. T.L.V. Ramachari, Adv. Mr. K.V.L. Raghavn, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, Adv. Mr. Arun K. Sinha, Adv. Mr. Avijit Bhattacharjee, Adv. Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, Adv. Mr. Parijat Sinha, Adv. 3 Mr. B.S. Banthia, Adv. Mr. G.N. Reddy, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, Adv. Mr. Khwairakpam Nobin Singh, Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kr. Sharma, Adv. Mr. P.V. Dinesh, Adv. Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran, Adv. Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, Adv. Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, Adv. Mr. T. Harish Kumar, Adv. Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, Adv. Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair, Adv. M/s Corporate Law Group Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, Adv. M/s. Venkat Palwai Law Associates

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R Applications on behalf of the States for exemption from personal appearance of the Chief Secretary are allowed. Learned Additional Solicitor General has shown to us a status report as on 04 th February, 2016. He says that he will file the status report on an affidavit. On perusal, the status report shows that no response has been received as yet to the questions raised by the Ministry of Women and Child Development of the Government of 4 India from Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep and Pondicherry as also from the States of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur and Rajasthan. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the States of Gujarat, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh & Manipur state that whatever response is required to be given will be given on or before 8 th February, 2016. There is no appearance on behalf of Rajasthan. Under the circumstances, we direct the presence of the Chief Secretary of Rajasthan in this Court on 15 th February, 2016. We would require a proper explanation as to why no response has been given. Learned Additional Solicitor General should also give us the latest status with regard to existence of the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights for every State and Union Territory and its tenure. List the matter on 15 th February, 2016. (Meenakshi Kohli) (Jaswinder Kaur) Court Master Court Master

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