Asit Baran Mondal vs. Dr. Rita Sinha Mbbs Ms (Obst. Gynae)

ITEM NO.24

COURT NO.17

SECTION XVII-A

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION Diary No(s). 30408/2024

[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 05-07-2024 in C.A. No. No. 8402/2016 passed by the Supreme Court of Indial

ASIT BARAN MONDAL & ANR.

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

DR. RITA SINHA MBBS MS (OBST. GYNAE) & ORS. Respondent $(s)$

Date: 29-04-2025 This petition was called on for hearing today.

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA

For Petitioner(s) By Courts Motion, AOR

For Respondent(s) Mr. Sarvesh Singh Baghel, AOR

Mr. D. L. Chidananda, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR

Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR

Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv.

Ms. Misha Rohatqi, AOR

Mr. Nakul Mohta, Adv.

Mr. Amulya Upadhyay, Adv.

Mr. Ayush Kashyap, Adv.

Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR Mr. Prashant Alai, Adv.

Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Ms. Shivika Mehra, Adv. Mr. Annirudh Sharma-(ii), Adv. Mr. Abhijeet Pandove, Adv. Ms. Seema Bengani, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Sudarshan Lamba, AOR Mr. Aravindh S., AOR

Mr. Abbas B, Adv. Ms. Jyoti P, Adv.

Mr. Ankit Roy, AOR Ms. Nimisha Menon, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Kumar, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Santosh Krishnan, AOR Mr. Mrinal Elkar Mazumdar, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Tadimalla Bhaskar Gowtham, Adv. Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv. Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Parihar, Adv. Ms. Priyadarshni Priya, Adv. Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Pranjal Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar Verma, Adv. Mr. Kashif Khan, Adv. Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Jain, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Varun Varma, Adv. Ms. Charan Jeet Sidhu, Adv. Mr. Zawed Raza, Adv. Mr. Dilip Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shree Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Mr. Prashant Singh, AOR Ms. Ankita Sharma, AOR Mr. Arjun D Singh, Adv. Ms. Supriya Juneja, AOR Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Adv. Ms. Neha Singh, Adv. Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Mr. Ajay Bansal, Adv. Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv. Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Fateh Singh, Adv. Ms. Aakanksha, Adv.

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Ms. Veena Bansal, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Adv. Mr. Aman Dev Sharma, Adv. Mr. G.M.Kawoosa, Adv. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Ms. Yugandhara Pawar Jha, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Ms. Lavanya Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, AAG Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Sharma, AOR Ms. Osheen Bhat, Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry , AOR Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, AOR Ms. P. Geetanjali, Adv. Mr. Abhiram Bannur, Adv. Mr. Ishwar Singh, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Piyush Hans, D.A.G. Mr. Manan Verma, AOR Mr. Sumit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shubham Arora, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Trivedi, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv.

Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Mr. Sarvesh Singh Bhagel, Adv. Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Yadav, Adv. Mr. Kartikeya Rastogi, Adv.

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

Learned Amicus Curiae and Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, learned Additional Solicitor General, submit that pursuant to the last order, they have held a meeting through video conferencing with Senior Officers of almost all the State Governments/Union Territories and learned Amicus Curiae has also submitted a preliminary report with his suggestions.

2. Learned ASG submits that the matter be adjourned for some more time, as the written responses sought from the State Governments/Union Territories, which was called for, have not yet been received from many of them and once received, she will coordinate with the learned Amicus Curiae and come up with a final draft proposal.

3. Learned counsel for the States/Union Territories agree to the above suggestion.

4. The matter be listed on 05.08.2025.

5. It is made clear that all the State Governments/Union Territories shall mandatorily submit their suggestions to the learned ASG within four weeks from today, failing which, the Court

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will take a strict view with regard to such States/Union Territories.

6. Taking note of the submissions of the learned Amicus Curiae and learned ASG, it is expected that a concrete proposal will be placed before this Court on the next date of hearing.

7. Learned Amicus Curiae has indicated that there may be some communication gap regarding the suggestions being received from the State Governments/Union Territories, whether it should relate to the older proposal or to send a fresh proposal. It is clarified that, in accordance with the note of the learned Amicus Curiae**, the State Governments/Union Territories shall submit a fresh and up-todate final proposal positively within four weeks, as indicated above.**

(VARSHA MENDIRATTA) (ANJALI PANWAR) COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)