Vigyan Bharati Trust Thr. Vice Chairman Mr. Tirupati Chaudhary vs. Union Of India Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare Secretary

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS CIVIL APPEAL NO(s). 2871 OF 2007

STATE OF ORISSA Appellant (s)

VERSUS

ORISSA PVT. MED. & DENTAL COLLEGES ASSCN Respondent(s)

(With appln(s) for impleadment, modification of Court's Order and office report)

WITH Civil Appeal NO. 2872 of 2007 (With appln.(s) for clarification/modification of court's order and directions and with office report) Civil Appeal NO. 2873 of 2007 (With appln.(s) for impleadment) Civil Appeal NO. 2874 of 2007 (With appln.(s) for direction and impleadment) SLP(C) NO. 2203-2204 of 2010 (With prayer for interim relief and office report) SLP(C) NO. 28576 of 2009 (With appln.(s) for permission to place addl. documents on record, prayer for interim relief and office report) SLP(C) NO. 29875-29876 of 2009 (With appln.(s) for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment and stay, prayer for interim relief and office report) SLP(C) NO. 30058-30059 of 2009 (With appln.(s) for directions and vacating stay, prayer for interim relief and office report) SLP(C) NO. 30089-30090 of 2009 (With appln.(s) for permission to place addl, documents on record, prayer for interim relief and office report) SLP(C) NO. 686 of 2010 (With prayer for interim relief and office report) SLP(C) NO. 16805 of 2010 (With prayer for interim relief and office report)

Date: 24/08/2011 This Appeal was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.V. RAVEENDRAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.K. PATNAIK 2

For Appellant(s)/ Respondent(s) Mr. Suresh Chandra Tripathy,Adv. For UOI Ms. Indira Jaising, ASG Mr. A. Mariarputham, Sr. Adv. Ms. Sadhana Sandhu, Adv. Mr. Aman Ahluwalia, Adv. Ms. Supriya Jain, Adv. Mr. D.S. Mahra, Adv. Mr. Shailendra Saini, Adv. Mr. A. Dev Kumar, Adv.

Ms. C.K. Sucharita, Adv.

Ms. Manjula Gupta, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, Adv. Ms. Sharmila Upadhyay,Adv. Ms. Mridula Ray Bharadwaj, Adv. Mr. Prem Sunder Jha, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, Adv. Ms. Punam Kumari, Adv. Mr. Ajay Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Abhisth Kumar, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, Adv. Ms. Charu Mathur, Adv. Mr. Shibashish Misra, Adv. UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Fee) Ordinance, 2007, which has been struck down by the Orissa High Court.

We are informed that similar statutes have been enacted by the States of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh.

We are of the view that the said States should also be heard in the matter as any decision in these cases may affect the validity of the similar enactments made by those States. Therefore, we direct that notice of these cases may also be given to the aforesaid States. We direct the appellant to serve notice on the standing counsel of these States so that they can get instructions and make their submissions in the matter.

Ms. Indira Jaising, learned ASG seeks time to secure instructions from the Government of India about its stand on the issue involved in this case.

It is stated that appeals/SLPs relating to the challenges made to similar State enactments are pending before this Court. Learned counsel for the Union of India to give a list of those cases so that they can all be tagged together and heard.

Adjourned by six weeks.

( Ravi P. Verma ) ( M.S. Negi ) AR-cum-PS Court Master