Lokniti Foundation Secretary vs. Union Of India Ministry Of Home Affairs Secretary
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ITEM NO.301 COURT NO.3 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(s)(Civil) No(s). 310/1996 PRAKASH SINGH & ORS Petitioner(s) VERSUS U O I & ORS Respondent(s) (With appln.(s) for C/delay in filing Affidavit and Directions and exemption from filing O.T. and extension of time and impleadment and office report) WITH CONMT.PET.(C) No. 92/2007 In W.P.(C) No. 310/1996 CONMT.PET.(C) No. 240/2007 In W.P.(C) No. 310/1996 (With appln.(s) for exemption from filing o.t.) W.P.(C) No. 417/2010 W.P.(C) No. 42/2011 (With appln.(s) for ex-parte stay and exemption from filing o.t. and Office Report) W.P.(C) No. 286/2013 W.P.(C) No. 335/2013 (With appln.(s) for deletion of respondents and impleadment) SLP(C) No. 7708/2013 (With appln.(s) for directions and Interim Relief and Office Report) Date : 29/08/2014 These matters were called on for hearing today. Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by CORAM : Shashi Sareen Date: 2014.12.02 09:38:58 ALMT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.S. THAKUR Reason: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI For Petitioner(s) Mr. Harish N. Salve,Sr.Adv. (A.C.) (WP(C) 286/2013) For M/s. Legal Options 2 (WP(C) 310/1996, Mr. Prashant Bhushan,Adv. Conmt.P.(C)92/2007) Mr. Rohit Kumar Singh,Adv. Mr. Prakash Singh (In-person) (Conmt.P.(C)240/07) Mr. Ambhoj Kumar Sinha,Adv.
| (W.P.(C) 417/10) | Dr. Ashok Dhamija,Adv.<br>Ms. Sonia Dhamija,Adv.<br>Dr. Kailash Chand,Adv. |
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| (W.P.(C) 42/11) | Mr. Manohar Lal Sharma,Adv.<br>(Petitioner-in-person) |
| (W.P.(C) 335/13) | Mr. Prakash Kumar Singh,Adv.(A.C.) |
| (SLP(C) 7708/13) | Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal,Adv. |
| For Respondent(s) | Mr.<br>Ranjit Kumar,S.G.<br>Mr.<br>Gopal Singh,Adv.<br>Mr.<br>Dhruv Tamta,Adv.<br>Ms.<br>Binu Tamta,Adv.<br>Mr.<br>B. V. Balaram Das,Adv.<br>Mr. Tushar Mehta,ASG<br>Ms. Hemantika Wahi,Adv. |
| Ms. Preeti Bhardwaj,Adv.<br>Mr.<br>P.S. Patwalia,ASG<br>Ms.<br>Anjani Aiyagari,Adv.<br>Mr.<br>S. Wasim A. Qadri,Adv.<br>Mr.<br>S.A. Hasib,Adv.<br>Mr.<br>Zaid Ali,Adv.<br>Mr.<br>D.S. Mahra,Adv.<br>Ms.<br>Sushma Suri,Adv. | |
| (St. of Tamil Nadu) | Mr.<br>L. Nageswara Rao,ASG<br>Mr.<br>Subramonium Prasad,AAG<br>Mr.<br>B. Balaji,Adv.<br>Mr.<br>R. Rakesh Sharma,Adv.<br>Mr.<br>S. Anand,Adv. |
| (St. of Uttar Pradesh) | Mr. Gaurav Bhatia,AAG<br>Mr. Rajeev K. Dubey,Adv.<br>Mr. Ravi Prakash Mehrotra,Adv. |
| (St. of Assam) | Mr. Navnit Kumar,Adv.<br>For Corporate Law Group |
| (St.of Arunachal Pradesh)Mr. Anil Shrivastav,Adv.<br>Mr. Rituraj Biswas,Adv.<br>3 | |
| (St. of Haryana) | Mr. Manjit Singh,AAG<br>Ms. Vivekta Singh,Adv.<br>Ms. Nupur Choudhary,Adv. |
| (St. of Jharkhand) | Mr. Gopal Prasad,Adv.<br>Mr. Jayesh G.,Adv. |
| (St. of Chhatisgarh) | Mr. C.D. Singh,Adv.<br>Mr. Apoorv Kurup,Adv.<br>Ms. Sakshi Kakkar,Adv. |
| (St. of Rajasthan) | Mr.<br>S.S. Shamshery,Adv.<br>Mr.<br>Amit Sharma,Adv.<br>Mr.<br>Sandeep Singh,Adv.<br>Mr.<br>Milind Kumar,Adv. |
| (St. of Manipur) | Mr. Sapam Biswajit M.,Adv.<br>Mr. Ashok Kr. Singh,Adv. |
| (St. of Punjab) | Mr. Ajay Bansal,AAG |
| Mr. Gaurav Yadav,Adv.<br>Mr. Kuldip Singh,Adv. | |
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| (St. of West Bengal) | Mr. Anip Sachthey,Adv.<br>Mr. Saakaar Sardana,Adv. |
| (St. of Goa) | Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar,Adv.<br>Mr. T. Mahipal,Adv. |
| (St. of Kerala) | Mr. M.T. George,Adv.<br>Ms. Kavita K.T.,Adv. |
| (St. of Nagaland) | Ms. K. Enatoli Sema,Adv.<br>Mr. Amit Kumar Singh,Adv. |
| (St. of Uttarakhand) | Ms. Rachana Srivastava,Adv.<br>Mr. Ashutosh Kr. Sharma,Adv. |
| (St. of Sikkim) | Ms. Aruna Mathur,Adv.<br>For Arputham Aruna & Co. |
| (St. of Maharashtra) | Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee,Adv.<br>Mr. Charudatta,Adv.<br>Mr. A. S.Raja,Adv. |
| (St. of Telangana) | Mr. P. Venkat Reddy,Adv.<br>For M/s. Venkat Palwai Associates<br>4 |
| (St. of Mizoram) | Mr. Pragyan Sharma,Adv.<br>Mr. Heshu Kayine,Adv.<br>Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran,Adv. |
| (State of Meghalaya) | Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee ,Adv. |
| (Govt. of Puducherry) | Mr. V. G. Pragasam,Adv.<br>Mr. S.J. Aristotle,Adv.<br>Mr. Praburama Subramanian,Adv. |
| (Andaman & Nicobar Admn.)Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran,Adv.<br>Ms. G. Indira,Adv. | |
| (U.T. of Chandigarh) | Mr. Chandra Prakash,Adv. |
| Mr. Gopal Singh,Adv.<br>Mr. Rituraj Biswas,Adv. | |
| Mr. Vivek Singh,Adv. | |
| Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha,Adv. | |
| Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao,Adv. | |
| Mr. Kamlendra Mishra,Adv. | |
| Mr. Khwairakpam Nobin Singh ,Adv. | |
| Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh,Adv. | |
| Mr. Anuvrat Sharma ,Adv. | |
| Mr. Aruneshwar Gupta ,Adv. | |
| Mr. Mohanprasad Meharia ,Adv. | |
| Mr. M. P. Jha ,Adv. |
Mr. P. Parmeswaran ,Adv. Mr. P. V. Dinesh ,Adv. Mr. Radha Shyam Jena ,Adv. Mr. Rajesh Srivastava ,Adv. Mr. Ravindra Keshavrao Adsure,Adv. Mrs. Anil Katiyar ,Adv. Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde ,Adv. 5 Mr. Tara Chandra Sharma ,Adv. Mr. T. Harish Kumar ,Adv. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy ,Adv. Ms. Anitha Shenoy ,Adv. Ms. Kaveeta Wadia ,Adv. Ms. Sumita Hazarika ,Adv. M/s. S. Narain & Co. ,Adv. Mr. B. Krishna Prasad ,Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Mr. Harish Salve, learned senior counsel has today given us a broad over view of the issues that fall for determination in these petitions. He has drawn our attention to the direction issued by this Court in Prakash Singh and Ors. Vs. Union of India and Ors. 2006 (8) SCC 1 and the purported compliance reported by the respondent-States of those directions. It was suggested by Mr. Salve that of all the issues that arise for examination the issues relating to separation of policing law and order from investigation could be picked up as the first issue for examination in the context of developments that have taken place since the pronouncement of the judgment aforementioned.
There was a broad consensus regarding that course of action. It was also suggested by Mr. Salve that constitutional validity of the Bihar Act could be first
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examined with liberty to learned counsel for the other
States to intervene and make their submissions. We see no reason to decline that suggestion.
Most of the respondent-States have filed their counter affidavits to the Writ Petition 286 of 2013. Some of the States who have not done so can do the needful within six weeks. Rejoinder affidavit, if any, may be filed by the petitioner within two weeks thereafter.
We reserve liberty to the petitioner to file an application for transfer of certain writ petitions said to be pending before the High Court of Patna challenging the Bihar Act. In case any such applications are filed, the same be listed before an appropriate Bench for orders.
Post for final hearing on 03.11.2014 at 2 P.M. The Registry shall furnish to Mr. Salve, Amicus Curiae copies of the counter affidavits already filed by the State Government. Learned counsel appearing for the remaining respondent-State who may file their counter affidavit shall serve copies of such counter affidavits on Mr. Salve. SLP(C) No. 7708 of 2013: De-linked from the Batch. To be listed separately
(SHASHI SAREEN) (VEENA KHERA) COURT MASTER COURT MASTER
before an appropriate Bench.