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

R(1 ITEM NO.1 COURT NO.9 SECTION PIL(W) 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). 317/2013 SARFRAJ MULLA & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (with appln. (s) for directions and exemption from filing O.T. and office report) Date : 26/02/2016 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. GOPALA GOWDA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN MISHRA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Mr. Divya Joyti Jaipuriar, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta,Adv. Mr. Shreeji Bhavsar, Adv. For Respondent(s) R-1, UOI Ms. V. Mohana, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sudhir Walia, Adv. Ms. Niharika Ahluwalia, Adv. Ms. Sushma Suri, Adv. Himachal Pradesh Mr. Suryanarayana Singh, Sr. AAG Ms. Pragati Neekhra, Adv. Haryana Mr. Anil Grover, AAG Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv. Mr. Ajay Choudhary,Adv. Manipur Mr. Sapam Biswajit Meitei, Adv. Ms. Lingthoingambi Thongam, Adv. Mr. Z.H. Issac Haiding, Adv. 2 Ms. B. Khushbansi, Adv. Mr. S.Vijayananda Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh,Adv. Mr. Balaji Srinivasan,Adv. R-2 Mr. B. Balaji,Adv. Mr. Muthuvel Palani, Adv. Andhra Pradesh Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv. Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. J&K Mr. G.M. Kawoosa, Adv. Mr. Sunil Fernandes, Adv. Telangana Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. Mr. Krishna Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. B. Krishna Prasad,Adv. Chhattisgarh Mr. Jogesh Kumar Gilda, AG Mr. C. D. Singh,AAG Mr. Udit A., Adv. Mr. Devendra Singh,Adv. Mr. G. N. Reddy,Adv. Tripura Mr. Gopal Singh,Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Ms. Varsha Poddar, Adv. Mr. M. T. George,Adv. Mizoram Mr. T.L.V. Ramachari, Adv. Mr. K.V.L. Raghavn, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shikhar Garg, Adv. Mr. Pragyan Sharma, Adv. Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran,Adv. Uttarakhand Mr. Rajiv Nanda,Adv. Md. Naseem Mughal, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar Vikkey, Adv. 3 U.P. Mr. Ravi Prakash Mehrotra,Adv. Ms. Soumya Kumar, Adv.

Nagaland Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv. Mr. Edward Belho, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Samir Ali Khan,Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen,Adv. Jharkhand Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh,Adv. Mohd. Waquas, Adv. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy,Adv. Sikkim Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Mr. Yusuf Khan, Adv. Mr. Shobhit Nanda, Adv. For M/s Arputham Aruna & Co. Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair,Adv. M/s Corporate Law Group,Adv. Ms. Hemantika Wahi,Adv. Ms. Jesal Wahi, Adv. Ms. Vinakshi Kadan, Adv. Ms. Nigar Khan, Adv. Goa Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv. Ms. Surekha Raman, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Kumar Jha, Adv. Ms. Niharika, Adv. Mr. Anuj Sarma, Adv. For M/s. K. J. John & Co. Odisha Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Sarvjit Pratap Singh, Adv. Ms. Sharmila Upadhyay,Adv. Rajasthan Mr. Rohit K. Singh, Adv. 4 R-16 Mr. Barun Kumar Sinha, Adv. Mr. Nishant Katneshwarkar, Adv. Arunachal Pradesh Mr. Anil Shrivastav, Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard Mr. Colin Gonsalves, learned senior counsel for the petitioners. He is directed to assist this Court with regard to the effect of the directions earlier issued by this Court and to comply with the directions consequent upon which, it is submitted by learned counsel appearing for the different States/Union Territories, some enactments were made by different States/Union Territories and further to assist us as to the legal effect of the aforesaid enactments, which are the subject matter of litigation before this Court in a public interest litigation, as submitted by learned counsel appearing for the different States/Union Territories. Learned senior counsel for the petitioners is also directed to file a detailed affidavit pointing out specifically with regard to the compliance of earlier directions of this 5 Court by the respective States/Union Territories and make specific averments as to the deficiencies, if any, in the compliance. States/Union Territories, which have not complied with the earlier directions are directed to file affidavit/better affidavit either through Principal Secretary to the Home Department or the Chief Secretary within two weeks. List the matter after two weeks. (VINOD KUMAR) COURT MASTER (MALA KUMARI SHARMA) COURT MASTER