Lokniti Foundation Secretary vs. Union Of India Ministry Of Home Affairs Secretary

ITEM NO.1 Court 1 SECTION PIL

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

WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.310/1996

PRAKASH SINGH AND OTHERS Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. Respondent(s)

(Letter dated 21.1.2010 received from Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.T. Thomas and office report)

Date: 22/02/2010 These Petitions were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

• HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK VERMA HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE B.S. CHAUHAN
• Mr. Raju Ramachandran, Sr. Adv.
• For Petitioner(s) Mr. Prashant Bhushan,Adv.
• For Respondent(s) Mr. Anil Shrivastav, Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
• Mr. V. Krishnamurthy, Sr. Adv. Mr. T. Harish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Prasanth P., Adv. Mr. V.Vasudevan, Adv.
• M/s. K. Enatoli Sema, Edward Belho, Rituraj Biswas, Advs.
• Mr. R. Sathish, Adv.
• Ms. Vibha Datta Makhija, Adv.
• Mr. Rajesh Srivastava, Adv.
• Mr. S.R. Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Syed Mehdi Imam, Adv. Mr. Parvez Dabas, Adv. Mr. Tabrez Ahmad, Adv. For Mr. Anis Suhrawardy, Adv. 2
• State of Bihar & Tripura Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv. For Mr. Gopel Singh, Adv. Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Adv. Ms. Rachana Srivastava, Adv. Mr. P.V. Dinesh, Adv. Mrs. Aruna Mathura, Adv.

Mr. Vimal Dubey, Adv. Mr. Amarjeet Singh Girsa, Adv. For M/s. Arputham Aruna & Co., Advs. NCT of Delhi Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Adv. Mr. Shailendra Sharma, Adv. Mr. R.S. Nagar, Adv. For Ms. Anil Katiyar, Adv. UOI Mr. Mohan Jain, ASG Mr. D.K. Thakur, Adv. Ms. Rohini Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Vibhav Misra, Adv. Mr. Shailinder Saini, Adv. Mr. Jitender Saini, Adv. For Mr. S.N. Terdal, Adv. Mr. D.S. Mahra, Adv. (N.P.) Mr. Ashok K. Thakur, Adv. Mr. M.P. Jha, Adv. Mr. Ram Ekbal Roy, Adv. Mr. Harshvardhan Jha, Adv. Ms. A. Subhashini, Adv. Mr. T.L.V. Iyer, Sr. Adv. Mr. V.G. Pragasam, Adv. Mr. S.J. Aristotle, Adv. Mr. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. Riku Sarma, Adv. For M/s. Corporate Law Group, Adv. Mr. Ratnaker Dash, Sr. Adv. Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, Adv. Mr. G.V. Rao, Adv. Mr. Kapil Mishra, Adv. Mr. Khawairakpam Nobin Singh, Adv. 3 Mr. Tara Chandra Sharma, Adv. Ms. Neelam Sharma, Adv. Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Adv., Mr. Somanatha Padhan, Adv. Mr. P. Parmeshwaran, Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, Adv. M/s H.K. Puri, Priya Puri, V.M. Chauhan S.K. Puri, Advs. Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, Adv. Ms. Kavita Wadia, Adv. M/s. Sanjay R. Hegde, A. Rohen Singh, Ramesh S. Jadhav, Vikrant Yadav, Ramesh Mishra, Advs. Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. L.Raman Singh, Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, Adv. Ms. Sumita Hazarika, Adv. Mr. Jana Kalyan Das, Adv. Mr. R. Ayyam Perumal, Adv.

Mr. Ashok Mathur, Adv. Mr. Mohanprasad Meharia, Adv. Mr. K.K. Rai, Adv. M/s. S. Narain & Co., Advs. Mr. Gopal Prasad, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Parekh, Adv. Mr. Anish R. Shah, Adv. Ms. Mamta Saxena, Adv. Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Adv. Mr. A.N. Singh, Adv. Mr. Dharmendra Kr. Sinha, Adv. Mr. Manjit Singh, AAG For Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, Adv. Mr. T.V. George, Adv. Mr. D.K. Singh, Adv. Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, Adv. M/s. Ashoka Kumar Thakur,M.P. Jha, 4 Ram Ekbal Roy, Harshvardhan Jha, Advs. Mr. B.B. Singh, Adv. Mr. R.K. Adsure, Adv. Ms. Sushma Suri, Adv.(N.P.) Mr. Naresh Kr. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, Adv. Mr. Pragyan P. Sharma, Adv. Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran, Adv. Dr R.N. Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kharde, Adv. Ms. Asha G. Nair, Adv. UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

The Ministry of Home Affairs is directed to deposit Rs.5,00,000/- (Rupees Five Lakhs only) towards the expenses of the Commission within a period of two weeks.

List on 9.4.2010.