The Environment And Consumer Protection Foundation Etc vs. Union Of India And Ors. Home Secretary
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Order Issued After Hearing
Purpose:
Fixed Date by Court
Before:
Hon'ble Madan B. Lokur, Hon'ble S. Abdul Nazeer, Hon'ble Deepak Gupta
Stage:
ORDERS (INCOMPLETE MATTERS / IAs / CRLMPs)
Remarks:
List On (Date) [06-12-2017]
Listed On:
10 Sept 2017
In:
Judge
Category:
UNKNOWN
Interlocutory Applications:
2/2012,3/2012,4/2016,
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Order Text
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). 659/2007
THE ENVIRONMENT AND CONSUMER PROTECTION FOUNDATION ETC. Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR [APPLICATION FOR DIRECTIONS] ON IA 2/2012 FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS] ON IA 3/2012 FOR INTERVENTION APPLICATION [APPLICATION FOR INTERVENTION] ON IA 4/2016)
WITH
W.P.(C) No. 168/2012 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No. 133/2012 (PIL-W)
Date : 09-10-2017 These matters were called on for hearing today.
- CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. ABDUL NAZEER HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA
- For Petitioner(s) Mr. Ravindra Bana, AOR
NALSA Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, Adv.
Mr. Choudhary Ali Zia Kabir, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR
For Respondent(s) Mr. Ranjit Kumar, SG Mr. A.K. Panda, Sr. Adv. Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv. Mr. Shalinder Saini, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv. Mr. R.R. Rajesh, Adv. Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR Mr. G.S. Makkar, Adv. Mr. Vibhu Shanker Mishra, Adv.
Sulabh International
| Dr. S.K. Verma, AOR | |
|---|---|
| Ms. Gargi Tuli, Adv. | |
| Mr. Arindam Mukherjee, Adv. |
| NCW | Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR<br>Ms. Joshita Pai, Adv. | |
|---|---|---|
| For States of<br>Bihar | Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR<br>Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv. | |
| Chhattisgarh | Mr. Aniruddh P. Mayee, AOR<br>Mr. A. Selvin Raja, Adv.<br>Mr. Chirag Jain, Adv. | |
| NCT of Delhi | Mr. D.S. Mahra, AOR | |
| H.P. | Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv. | |
| Kerala | Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR<br>Mrs. Anu K. Joy, Adv.<br>Mr. Abdul Kabeer, Adv. | |
| Karnataka | Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR<br>Mr. Parikshit P. Angadi, Adv.<br>Mr. Md. Apzal Ansari, Adv. | |
| Maharashtra | Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv.<br>Mr. Nishant R. Katneswarkar, Adv. | |
| Manipur | Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR | |
| Meghalaya | Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR | |
| Mizoram | Mr. Pragyan Pradip Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Shikhar Garg, Adv.<br>Mr. Ganesh Bapu TR, Adv.<br>Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran, AOR | |
| Nagaland | Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR<br>Mr. Edward Belho, Adv.<br>Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv.<br>Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv. | |
| Sikkim | Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv.<br>Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv.<br>Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv.<br>Ms. Simran Jeet, Adv.<br>for M/s Arputham Aruna & Co. | |
| Tamil Nadu | Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, Adv.<br>Ms. Sujata Bagadhi, Adv. |
Tripura Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Mr. Kumar Milind, Adv. Uttar Pradesh Mr. Manoj Mishra, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Sharma, Adv. West Bengal Ms. Nandini Sen, Adv. Mr. Chanchal Kr. Ganguli, Adv. Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR A&N Islands Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv. Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Mrs. G. Indira, AOR Puducherry Mr. V.G. Pragasam, AOR Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. Manu Sundaram, Adv. Chandigarh Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR
UPON perusing papers the Court made the following
O R D E R
The learned Solicitor General has told us that letters have been written to the State Governments but the response has been received only from three States. We make it clear that this matter has to be taken up very seriously by the State Governments failing which we may have to take some action including seeking an explanation from the concerned Secretary in the State Government dealing with women's welfare along with payment of heavy costs.
The Secretary in the Ministry of Women and Child Development should convey our sentiments to the State Governments.
The learned Solicitor General should also inform us whether the State Commission for Women is actually existing in all the State Governments and if not, then a communication to the State Governments be sent to ensure that these State Commissions for
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Women should be in place in accordance with the statute.
The learned Solicitor General says that he will file an affidavit on the Agreed Action Plan. Needful be done within six weeks from today.
Ms. Aparna Bhat, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the National Commission for Women says that the Committee has been doing its work as far as she is aware. It appears that perhaps no extension will be required for the Committee to complete its work.
List the matters on 06.12.2017.
Liberty is granted to NALSA to file its status report.
(MEENAKSHI KOHLI) (KAILASH CHANDER) COURT MASTER COURT MASTER