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

l6ITEM NO.49 COURT NO.7 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 appln. (s) for exemption from filing O.T. and exemption from personal appearance and interim directions and modification and permission to file additional documents and office report) Date : 23/09/2016 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. Anant Asthana, Adv. Ms. Shodhika Sharma, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta,Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. P.S. Patwalia, ASG UOI Mrs. V. Mohana, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ajit Kr. Sinha, Sr. Adv. Mr. S. Wasim Quadri, Adv. Mr. R.K. Rathore, Adv. Ms. Alka Agrawal, Adv. Mr. R.R. Rajesh, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Sheoran, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makkar, Adv. Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vikas Bansal Ms. Gunwant Dara, Adv. Mr. D.S. Mahra, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur, Adv. NALSA Mr. Rajesh Kumar Goel, Director Ms. Indu Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Gagan Gupta, Adv. AP Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv. Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Arunachal Pradesh Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR Bihar Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. 1 Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv. Mrs. Varsha Poddar, Adv. Chhattisgarh Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR Mr. A. Selvin Raja, Adv. Gujarat Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Ms. Puja Singh, Adv. Ms. Aagam Kaur, Adv. Ms. Yogmaya, Adv. Haryana Dr. Monika Gusain, Adv. H.P. Mr. Suryanarayana Singh, AAG Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR J&K Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Puneeth K.G., Adv. Kerala Mr. C.K. Sasi, AOR Karnataka Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, Adv. Maharashtra Mr. Nitin S. Tambwekar, Adv. Mr. Nishant R. Katneshwarkar, Adv. Manipur Ms. Sapam Biswajit Meitei, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar Gaur, Adv. Ms. L. Thongam, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kr. Singh, AOR. Meghalaya Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Mr. S.C. Ghosh, Adv. M.P. Mr. Sunny Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR.

Mizoram Mr. Pragyan Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Shikhar Garg, Adv. Mr. Ganesh B., Adv. Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR Nagaland Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv. Mr. Edward Belho, AAG Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv. Orissa Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra,AOR. Mr. Umakant Mishra, Adv. 2 Mr. Niranjan Sah, Adv. Punjab Mr. Ajay Bansal, AAG Ms. Veena Bansal, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Adv. Mr. Kuldip Singh, Adv. Rajasthan Mr. Ajay Kapur, AAG Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Sikkim Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Mr. Yusuf Khan, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. for M/s Arputham Aruna & Co. Tamil Nadu Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Mr. Muthuvel Palani, Adv. Mr. A. Arvind Athithan, Adv. Telangana Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. Tripura Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Ms. Varsha Poddar, Adv. Uttarakhand Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR U.P. Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR Mr. Utkarsh Sharma, Adv. WB Mr. Soumik Ghosal, Adv. Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR A&N Mr. Balasubramanian, Adv. Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR Puducherry Mr. V. G. Pragasam, AOR Mr. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. Anuvrat Sharma,Adv. Mr. Arun K. Sinha,Adv. Mr. Avijit Bhattacharjee,Adv. 3 Mr. Balaji Srinivasan,Adv. Mr. B. S. Banthia,Adv. Mr. T.N. Rama Rao, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. T. Veera Reddy, Adv. Mr. G. N. Reddy,Adv. Mr. Khwairakpam Nobin Singh,Adv. Mr. Naresh K. Sharma,Adv. Mr. P. V. Dinesh,Adv. Mr. Radha Shyam Jena,Adv. Mr. Ratan Kumar Choudhuri,Adv. Mr. T. Harish Kumar,Adv. Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair,Adv. Ms. Kamini Jaiswal,Adv. Ms. Sushma Suri, Adv. M/s. Venkat Palwai Law Associates UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Learned Additional Solicitor General has shown us a chart in compliance of our order dated 29.08.2016. We have gone through the chart and find that the information made available is deficient. For example, it is not known when the computers were purchased, whether the computers are working, annual maintenance contract has been awarded, man power has been made available etc. We direct the State Governments and Union Territories through the Chief Secretary to supply complete, full and necessary information in terms of the Integrated Child Protection Scheme with regard to availability of computers and peripherals both for 4

Juvenile Justice Boards as well as for the Child Welfare Committees including whether computers and peripherals are in working order, man power is available, annual maintenance contract has been awarded and other necessary and relevant details. This order be complied with positively within a period of three weeks from today. The information will be furnished in an affidavit by the concerned Chief Secretary or the Secretary in the Department of Women and Child Department (not by any junior official) to the Secretary of the Ministry of Women and Child Development of the Union of India for the purposes of being filed in this Court, if necessary. Learned Additional Solicitor General says that the Ministry of Women and Child Development will compile all the information and make it available to learned counsel for the Petitioner as well as to this Court a couple of days before the next date of hearing. We must record that we are somewhat dissatisfied with the response that we have received from the State Governments and Union Territories which appear to have shown only a passing interest in the welfare of children under their care and protection. In terms of our order dated 15.02.2016, we have framed 15 issues for consideration. Pleadings are complete in respect of these 15 issues. List the matter on 25 th October, 2016 as a first item for hearing on these 15 issues. It is made clear that no adjournment will be granted and all necessary information should be obtained by the Union of India to assist this Court in respect of each of these 15 issues. 5 The States of Meghalaya and Kerala have filed an affidavit. There is no direction to file any affidavit. The Registry is

directed to return the affidavit to learned counsel for the States of Meghalaya and Kerala. The Registry will not accept any affidavit unless specifically directed. (Meenakshi Kohli) (Jaswinder Kaur) Court Master Court Master

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