Swaraj Abhiyan General Secretary Ajit Jha S/O Late Yogendra Jha vs. Union Of India Ministry Of Agriculture And Farmers Welare Secretary

ÈITEM NO.37 COURT NO.7 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). 857/2015 SWARAJ ABHIYAN Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. Respondent(s) (with appln. (s) for interim directions and office report) Date : 22/01/2016 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.K. AGRAWAL For Petitioner(s) Mr. Prashant Bhushan,Adv. Mr. Om Kuttan K.K., Adv. Mr. Syed Musaib, Adv. Ms. Neha Rathi, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Ranjit Kumar, SG UOI Mr. Ajay Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv. Mr. R.R. Rajesh, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma, Adv. Gujarat Ms. Hemantika Wahi,Adv. Mr. Vinakshi Kadan, Adv. Ms. Puja Singh, Adv. Bihar Mr. Gopal Singh,Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv. Chhattisgarh Mr. A.P. Mayee, Adv. Mr. A. Selvin Raja, Adv. U.P. Mr. Vinay Garg,Adv. Mr. Tanmaya Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Uday Singh, Adv. Maharashtra Mr. Mahaling Pandarge, AAG Mr. Nishant Katneshwarkar, Adv. AP Mr. Guntur Prabhakar,Adv. Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. 1 Haryana Mr. Anil Grover, AAG Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv. Dr. Monika Gusain,Adv. Telangana Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar,Adv. Mr. Krishna Kumar Singh, Adv. Odisha Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra,Adv. Karnataka Mr. V. N. Raghupathy,Adv. Mr. C. D. Singh,Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R On the last date of hearing (18.01.2016), learned Solicitor General had informed us that he will take instructions from the Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture. Today, he has reported that a meeting will be convened by the Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture with his counter-parts in the States mentioned in our last order dated 18.01.2016 on 25.01.2016 which will be followed by another meeting on 27.01.2016. In view of the urgency and importance of the matter, we adjourn this petition to 01.02.2016 on which date learned Solicitor General will inform us about the steps that have been taken and the steps that are proposed to be taken in these States. We hope that the States will take positive and necessary steps particularly in view of our last order dated 18.01.2016. Affidavits may be filed during the course of the day. (Meenakshi Kohli) (Jaswinder Kaur) Court Master Court Master 2