Menoka Malik vs. The State Of West Bengal The State Of West Bengal Home Department Secretary

ÎITEM NO.4 SECTION II

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

BEFORE THE REGISTRAR B.SUDHEENDRA KUMAR

CRL.M.P NO. 1388/2006 IN Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl) No.5276/ 2004

MENOKA MALIK & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS. Respondent(s)

(For substituted service)

Date: 24/04/2006 This Petition was called on for hearing today.

For Petitioner(s) Ms. Sumita Hazarika,Adv.

For Respondent(s)

Ms Neelam Sharma, Adv. Mr. Tara Chandra Sharma,Adv. Mr. Brij Bhusan ,Adv

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

This is an application praying for permitting the petitione r to serve notice on the

unserved respondent Nos. 19, 22, 32, 33, 50 and 53 by publication in ' Ananda Bazar Patrika' a nd

the 'Statesman' dailies which are stated to have wide circulation in the place of residence of the

respondents concerned.

Heard. I have also perused the application. The Hon'ble Court as per order dated

3.1.2006 granted six weeks time to the petitioner for the substituted se rvice on unserved

respondent. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, I am satisfied that t he present

petition has been filed on the sole reason that notice could not be served on the above

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respondents in the normal mode. In the said circumstances, I am inclined to allow this applica tion

with a further direction that the notice be effected by affixation in the last known address of the

respondents above mentioned as well. The process be given dasti to the petitioner who shall fi le

affidavit in proof of publication along with newspapers within four weeks. The process for aff ixation

Regist

shall be sent to the District Judge concerned. List after four weeks.

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(B.SUDHEENDRA KUM

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