We The Women Of India vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.51 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). 1156/2021

WE THE WOMEN OF INDIA Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(IA No. 62792/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 136804/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 136805/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 62789/2022 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

WITH

W.P.(C) No. 427/2022 (PIL-W) (IA No. 136232/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 120913/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 83391/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Date : 01-08-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

Date: 2023.08.03 17:11:11 IST Reason:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR

For Petitioner(s)	Ms. Shobha Gupta, AOR
	Ms. Ankita Gupta, Adv.
	Ms. Tarjana Rai, Adv.

• Mr. H.S. Phoolka, Sr. Adv.
• Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR
• Ms. Rachana Tyagi, Adv.
• Ms. Prabhsahay Kaur, Adv.
• Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv.
• Ms. Shashi, Adv.
• Ms. Surpreet Kaur, Adv.
• Ms. Shaivya Saluja, Adv.

For Respondent(s)	Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.(N/P)
	Mr. Praveena Gautam, Adv.
	Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv.

• Mr. Aman Sharma, Adv.
• Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv.
• Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.

Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Dr. Arun Kumar Yadav, Adv. Ms. Deepabali Dutta, Adv. Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Ms. Garima Prasad Aag, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rohit K. Singh, AOR Mr. Pritam Bishwas, Adv. Mr. Aman Gupta, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, AOR Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv. Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Sahil Bhalaik, AOR Mr. Tushar Giri, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Anil Khanna, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv. Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mr. Akshay C. Shrivastava, Adv. Mrs. Bihu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Pratishtha Vi, Adv. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Rahul Khurana, Adv. Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR Mr. V.n Ragupati, Adv. Ms. Rajeshwar Shankar, Adv. Mr. Niroop Sukriti, Adv. Mr. Jay Nirupama, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR

Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv. Mr. Nihar Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Tejasvi Gupta, Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. Mayank Dahiya, Adv. Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Arpit Prakash, Adv. Ms. Subhamgi Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Ms. Vani Vandana Chheti, Adv. Ms. Nishi Sangtani, Adv. Ms. Sugandh Rathore, Adv. Mr. Naman Jain, Adv. Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, A.A.G. Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Ms. Devyani Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. C Kranthi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Naman Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Singh, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry , AOR Mr. Sriharsha Peechara, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Duvvuri Subrahmanya Bhanu, Adv.

Ms. Pallavi, Adv.

Ms. Kriti Sinha, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Abbas, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Ms. Vani Vandana Chheti, Adv. Ms. Nishi Sangtani, Adv. Ms. Sugandh Rathore, Adv. Mr. Naman Jain, Adv. Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Arpit Prakash, Adv. Ms. Subhamgi Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. Mayank Dahiya, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mr. Akshay C. Shrivastava, Adv. Mrs. Bihu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Pratishtha Vi, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv. Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Praveena Gautam, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Aman Sharma, Adv. Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.

Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. S.. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Rahul Khurana, Adv. Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv. Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Ms. Rekha Dayal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Ms. Niharika Dwivedi, Adv. Ms. Shweta Sand, Adv. Ms. Yamini Sharma, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Saransh Bhardwaj, Adv.

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

W.P.(C) No. 427/2022

We have heard learned counsel for the parties.

As far as services of support persons are concerned having regard to the requirement of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (the 'Act'), particularly Rules 4 and 5 (of the Rules framed in 2020), the Court is of the opinion that the support persons, namely, Mr. Vineet Kumar and Mrs. Nidhi Singh, who were hitherto providing assistance to the child/victim and the parents, be continued. Appropriate orders may be issued by the CWC in this regard. It is clarified that the support persons would henceforth provide monthly reports to CWC in accordance with the Rules, and confidential reports only to the special court as and when required to do so in an appropriate manner preferably in a sealed cover. Needless to the say, the remuneration to be paid to the said support persons shall be borne by the State for the duration of trial in accordance with rules.

As far as child/victim education is concerned, it is hereby directed that in accordance with the parent's wish, child/victim may be admitted to a government residential school in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh at the earliest preferably within two weeks. The State has agreed to take all appropriate consequential steps.

List on 18.08.2023 for further orders.

(BABITA PANDEY) (BEENA JOLLY)

COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH

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