Suhas Chakma vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.52 COURT NO.3 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). 1082/2020

SUHAS CHAKMA Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(Shri Vijay Hansaria, Senior Advocate (Amicus Curiae) Shri K. Parameshwar, Advocate (Amicus Curiae), IA No. 105557/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION AND IA No. 95785/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

Date : 15-07-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B.R. GAVAI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN

For Petitioner(s)

Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr. Advocate (A.C.)

Mr. K. Parameshwar, A.C.

• Ms. Kanti, Adv.
• Ms. Raji Gururaj, Adv.
• Mr. Shreenivas Patil, Adv.
• Ms. Chitransha Singh Sikarwar, Adv.

Mr. Satish Pandey, AOR

• Ms. Jay Jaimini Pandey, Adv.
• Mr. Mahendra Pratap Singh, Adv.
• Mr. Akshay Kochar, Adv.

For Respondent(s)

Signature Not Verified
Digitally signed by
Deepak Singl
Date: 2024-07.18
10:51:05 <sup>1ST</sup>
Reason:

• Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General
• Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.
• Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv.
• Mr. Rajan Kr.chourasia, Adv.
• Ms. Priyanka Terdal, Adv.
• Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR
• Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR

Mr. Keshav Singh, Adv.

Mr. Abhishek Pandey, Adv. Standing Counsel for Chhattisgarh Mr. Prashant Kumar Umrao, AOR

Mr. Kartikeya Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Inderdeep Kaur Raina, Adv. Mr. Akshay Girish Ringe, AOR

• Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Preet S. Phanse, Adv.
• Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv.
• Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR
• Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
• Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.
• Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.
• Mr. R.rajaselvan, Adv.
• Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv.
• Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR
• Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharm Aag, Adv.
• Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, AOR
• Ms. Saubhagya, Adv.
• Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv.
• Mrs. Madhur Panjwani, Adv. Mr. Ankit Shah, Adv. Mr. Manan Verma, AOR
• Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Simranjeet Singh Rekhi, Adv.

Mr. Tadimalla Bhaskar Gowtham, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Ketan Paul, Adv. Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Ms. Shivika Mehra, Adv.

Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, AOR Ms. Yashmita Pandey, Adv.

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

1. Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, learned counsel appearing for the NALSA, has placed on record a note during the course of the hearing of the matter today.

2. In paragraph 22 of the said Note, it has been stated that from the responses received by the State Legal Services Authorities (SLSAs) of 18 States/Union Territories, it was observed that pursuant to the order passed by this Court, the Jail Visiting Lawyers (JVLs) have interacted with the convicts and approximately 870 convicts now wish to file appeal.

3. Ms. Nandakumar, further states that the NALSA would advice the concerned SLSAs to take immediate steps for filing appeal, in the case of the aforesaid 870 convicts.

4. The statement is taken on record.

5. Mr. K. Parameshwar, learned Amicus Curiae submits that some of the States/Union Territories are yet to file their respective response in pursuance to the directions issued by this Court on 17th May, 2024.

6. We, therefore, direct the Registrar (Judicial) to forward a copy of the order dated 17th May, 2024 alongwith the present order asking the Chief Secretaries of States of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and the Administrator's of Andaman & Nicobar, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep, Puducherry and Ladakh to file their responses in pursuance to the order dated 17th May, 2024 passed by this Court.

7. The responses by the concerned States/Union Territories shall be filed within a period of three weeks from today. 8. List this matter after four weeks.

(DEEPAK SINGH) (ANJU KAPOOR) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)

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