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

ITEM NO.4 COURT NO.1 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 (Civil) No.310/1996

PRAKASH SINGH & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA Respondent(s)

(With appln.(s) for clarification/direction, exemption from filing O.T., intervention, modification of Court order and permission to appear and argue in person)

WITH CONMT.PET.(C) No.92/2007 In W.P.(C) No.310/1996 (PIL-W) CONMT.PET.(C) No.240/2007 In W.P.(C) No.310/1996 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No.417/2010 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No.42/2011 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No.317/2013 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No.286/2013 (PIL-W) W.P.(C) No.335/2013 (PIL-W) CONMT.PET.(C) No.235/2014 In W.P.(C) No.310/1996 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for permission to appear and argue in person and intervention) CONMT.PET.(C) No.177/2015 In W.P.(C) No.310/1996 (PIL-W) T.C.(C) No.75/2015 (XVI-A) T.C.(C) No.76/2015 (XVI-A) CONMT.PET.(C) No.1037/2018 in W.P.(C) No.310/1996 (PIL-W) (With appln.(s) for exemption from filing O.T.)

Date : 30-07-2018 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD

For Petitioner(s)	Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR
	Mr. Rohit Kumar Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Omanakutta N.K.K., Adv.
	Mr. T. Subhaker, Adv.
	Mr. Shakti Vardhan, Adv.
	Mr. Ambhoj Kumar Sinha, AOR

Petitioner-in-person Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR M/s. Legal Options Mr. Prakash Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Shekhar G. Devasa, Adv. Mr. G.R. Mohan, Adv. Mr. Manish Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Luv Kumar, Adv. M/s. Devasa & Co. For Respondent(s) Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG Mr. Maninder Singh, ASG Mrs. V. Mohana, Sr. Adv. Ms. Binu Tamta, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Adv. Ms. Pooja Rohtagi Tamta, Adv. Ms. Prerna Priyadarshini, Adv. Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Adv. Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Adv. Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Sharmila Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv. Ms. Surekha Raman, Adv. Ms. Kanika Kalaiyarasan, Adv. M/s. K J John And Co. Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. M/s. Arputham Aruna And Co. M/s. Corporate Law Group, AOR Mr. Shikhar Garg, Adv. Mr. Mudit Makhija, Adv. Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR Mr. G. N. Reddy, AOR Mr. Anil Grover, Adv. Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv.

Mr. Satish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Mr. Rohit K. Singh, AOR Mr. Vijendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. V. G. Pragasam, AOR Mr. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. S. Manuraj, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Parikshit P. Angadi, Adv. Mr. Afzal Ansari, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Nanda, AOR Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Ms. Neha Sangwan, Adv. Ms. Sanjana Nangia, Adv. Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Mr. Jishnu M.L., Adv. Mrs. Priyanka Prakash, Adv. Mrs. Beena Prakash, Adv. Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Ms. Jesal Wahi, Adv. Ms. Vishakha, Adv. Ms. Mamta Singh, Adv. Ms. Deepa M. Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR Mohd. Waquas, Adv. Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Choudhary, AOR Ms. Kamakshi S. Mehlwal, AOR Mr. Sanveer Mehlwal, Adv. Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv.

Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv.

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Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv. Mr. G.M. Kawoosa, Adv. Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR Ms. Bhavana Duhoon, Adv. Mr. Udayan Verma, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mr. D. S. Mahra, AOR Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Nayanthara Roy, Adv. Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Adv. Mr. S.C. Ghosh, Adv. Mr. S. Bhowmick, Adv. Ms. Rachana Srivastava, AOR Ms. Monika, Adv. Mr. Sarad Kr. Singhania, Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, AOR Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. T.N. Rama Rao, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. T. Verra Reddy, Adv. Mr. M. T. George, AOR Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR Mr. Merusagar Samantaray, AOR Mr. Salvedor Santosh Rebello, Adv. Ms. Lhingneivah, Adv. Ms. Snehapravu Tendulkar, Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR

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Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv. Mr. Anip Sachthey, AOR Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR Mr. Partha Sarathi, Adv. Mrs. Sujatha Bagathi, Adv. Ms. Kaveeta Wadia, AOR Mr. P. V. Dinesh, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR M/s. S. Narain & Co. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR Mr. T. V. George, AOR Mr. Gopal Prasad, AOR Mr. Rajesh Srivastava, AOR Ms. Sumita Hazarika, AOR Mr. P. Venkat Reddy, Adv. Mr. Prashant Tyagi, Adv. M/s. Venkat Palwai Law Associates Mr. Atul Jha, Adv. Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR Mr. Tara Chandra Sharma, AOR Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR Mr. Mohanprasad Meharia, AOR Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, AOR Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, AOR Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR

Mr. T. Harish Kumar, AOR Mr. R. Ayyam Perumal, AOR Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Mr. Abhishek, AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Mr. Sayooj Mohandas, Adv. Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv. Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Hiroo Gorsahani, Adv. Mr. Amityer, Adv. Ms. Kajal Dalal, Adv. M/s. PLR Chambers and Co. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv. Mr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. R.D. Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Leishangthem Roshmani Kh., Adv. Ms. Maibam Babina, Adv. Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv. Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, Adv. Mrs. Bihu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Garg, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Mishra, Sr. Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Adv. Mr. A. Subhashini, Adv. Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, Adv. Mr. S.N. Shukla, Intervenor-in-person

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

I.A. No.97142/2018 in W.P.(C) No.310/1996

This is an application at the instance of the State of Meghalaya for modifying the order dated 3rd July, 2018. We may immediately clarify that there is no need for modification at the instance of the State of Meghalaya because the situation is quite different.

It is submitted by Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, learned counsel appearing for the State of Meghalaya that the present incumbent holding the post of Director General of Police is attaining the age of superannuation on 31st July, 2018 and the State has already forwarded the names to the Union Public Service Commission on 12th July, 2018 and hence in such a situation the senior most I.P.S. officer of the State has to be given the charge of the post of Director General of Police. Mr. Prashant Bhushan, learned counsel appearing for the original petitioner has no objection to the same. Hence, the arrangement be made for the senior most I.P.S. officer to hold the post of Director General of Police of the State of Meghalaya as an interim measures. The Union Public Service Commission is directed to deal with the recommendation sent by the State of Meghalaya within a period of four weeks hence.

At this juncture, it is submitted by Mr. Bhushan, learned counsel for the original petitioner that clause (f) of the order passed on 3rd July, 2018, needs to be clarified. He has given certain instances which may occur in future. Liberty is granted to Mr. Bhushan to file an application for clarification, if occasion arises.

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The interlocutory application for modification of Court's order stands disposed of.

Let all other interlocutory applications and petitions be listed after two weeks. Learned counsel for the parties are required to file their submissions on proposition wise by the next date of hearing.

(Chetan Kumar) (H.S. Parasher) A.R.-cum-P.S. Assistant Registrar