Supreme Court – NHRC Order 23-03-2007
23, Mar 2007
ITEM NO.201 COURT NO.4 SECTION PIL
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
WRIT PETITION (CRL.) NO.109 OF 2003.
NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. Respondent(s)
[With appln(s) for directions filed by A.C. stay, intervention, direction; a note dt.27.02.2004 submitted by A.C. and directions]
(For final disposal);
WITH
Crl.M.P.No.10719/2003 in W.P.(Crl.)No.109/2003
[For direction];
Crl.M.P.No.7078/2003 in W.P.(Crl.)No.109/2003
[For stay];
Crl.M.P.Nos.7827/2003, 8193/2003 & 8194/2003 in W.P.(Crl.)No.109/2003
[For intervention];
Crl.M.P.No.11668/2003 in W.P.(Crl.)No.109/2003
[For intervention];
Crl.M.P.No.11689/2003 in W.P.(Crl.)No.109/2003
[For directions];
Crl.M.P.No.4782/2003 in W.P.(Crl.)No.109/2003
[A note dt. 27.2.2004 submitted by Ld. A.C. with regard to entrusting the UOI with responsibility of providing appropriate protection to all the witnesses involved in the major trials in the state of Gujarat (including the bilkis case) in the manner which they consider appropriate including wherever necessary by resort to the central forces)
Crl.M.P.No.3741/2004 & 3742/2004 in W.P.(Crl.)No.109/2003
[For directions];
Crl.M.P.No.6864/2004 in W.P.(Crl.)No.109/2003
[For intervention];
Crl.M.P.No.9236/2005 in W.P.(Crl.)No.109/2003
[For intervention/directions];
CRLMP No. 6767/2006 in W.P.(Crl.) no. 109/2003
(For directions)
W.P.(Crl.)No.D17953/2003
[With Office Report];
T.P.(Crl.)No.194-202 & 326-329/2003
[With Appln.(s) for stay; exemption; impleading party; permission to submit additional document(s); permission to place addl. documents on record and office report];
S.L.P.(C)No.7951/2002
[With Appln.(s) for exemption from filing C/C of the impugned judgment and permission to place addl. documents on record];
SLP(Crl.) NO.4409 of 2003
[With Appln. for stay];
S.L.P.(Crl.)No.5309/2003
[With Appln.(s) for c/delay in filing SLP; exemption from filing C/C of the impugned judgment; exemption from filing O.T. and
W.P(CRL.) NO.216 of 2003;
T.P.(CRL) NO. 66-72 of 2004
[With Appln.(s) for permission to file T.P.; stay; directions; taking additional document on record and permission to submit additional document(s)];
T.P.(CRL) NO. 43 of 2004
[With Appln.(s) for stay; exemption from filing O.T.; and with Office Report];
W.P(CRL.) NO.118 of 2003
[With Appln.(s) for directions; interim relief; exemption from filing O.T. and with Office Report]
T.P.(Crl.)Nos.233-234/2004
[With Appln.(s) for stay and office report];
W.P(CRL.) NO. 37-52 of 2002
[With Appln.(s) for permission to submit additional document(s); exemption from filing O.T.; interim directions; permission to place addl. Documents on record and Office Report];
W.P.(Crl.)No.284/2003
[With Office Report];
CRLMP 4485/2006 in SLP(Crl.) No. 3770/2003
(For directions)
Crl.M.P.No.4485/2006 in S.L.P.(CRL.)No.3770/2003
[For directions];
Date: 23/03/2007 These Petitions were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON’BLE Dr. JUSTICE ARIJIT PASAYAT
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE P.K.BALASUBRAMANYAN
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE D.K. JAINMr. Harish N. Salve, Sr.
Adv.(A.C.)Mr. B.V. Desai, Adv. (A.C.)
For Petitioner(s) Mr. R.K.Dhavan, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Indu Malhotra, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Shankarnaratanan, Adv.
Ms. Shilpa Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Gopal, Adv.
Mr. G.E.Vahanvati, S.G.
Mr. Vikas Singh, ASG,
Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Adv.
Mr. Umed Singh Gulia-in-person
Mr. Huzefa Ahmadi, Adv.
Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, Adv.
Mr. Nakul Dewan, Adv.
Ms. Taruna Singh, Adv.
Mr. Vikash Singh, Adv.
Mr. Abhijeet Sinha,Adv.
Ms. Aparna Bhat, Adv.
Mr. P. Ramesh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Anand Grover, Adv.
Ms. Lalit Mohini, Adv.
Mr. Naveen R. Nath, Adv.
Ms. Shobha, Adv.
For Respondent(s) Mr. Arun Jaitley, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, Sr. adv.
Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Adv.
Ms. Pinky Behra, Adv.
Ms. Shivangi, Adv.
State of M.P. Mr. C.D. Singh, Adv.
Mr. Merusagar Samantaray, Adv.
Dr. Nafis A. Siddiqui, Adv.
UOI Ms. Sandhya Goswami, Adv.
Ms. Sushma Suri, Adv.
Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, Adv.
State of Tripura Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv.
Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
State of Bihar Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv.
Mr. Nishakant Pandey, Adv.
Tamil Nadu & Mr. V.G. Pragasam, Adv.
Pondicherry Mr. S. Vallinayagam, Adv.
Mr. S.Prabhu Ramasubramanian,Adv.
Himachal Pradesh Mr. J.S. Attri, Addl.Adv.Gen.
Mr. Vivek Singh, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Prasad, Adv.
Mr. Bimal Roy Jad, Adv.
State of Assam Mr. Riku Sarma, Adv. for
M/s. Corporate Law Group, Advs.
Mr. Ravindra Kr. Adsure, Adv.
Mr. Ravi Prakash Mehrotra, Adv.
Mr. T.V. George, Adv.
Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, Adv.
Mr. A. Mariarputham, Adv.
Mrs. Aruna Mathur, Adv. for
M/s. Arputham, Aruna & Co., Advs.
West Bengal Mr. Tara Chandra Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Neelam Sharma, Adv.
Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu, Adv.
All UTs Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Adv.
Mr. D.S. Mahra, Adv.
Mr. Ansar Ahmad Chaudhary, Adv.
State of Meghalaya Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv.
Mr. S.C.Ghosh,Adv.
Mr. Anil Shrivastav, Adv.
Mr. Atul Jha, Adv.
Mr. D.K. Sinha, Adv.
Ms. Lalit Mohini, Adv.Mr. Naveen R. Nath, Adv.
Ms. D.Bharathi Reddy, Adv.
Mr. P.VInay Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Sneha Bhaskaran, adv.
Mr. R.K.Rathore, Adv.
Mr. M.K.Verma, Adv.
Mr. A.K.Sinha, Adv.
Mr. Ramesh Chandra Mishra, Adv.
Dr. Meera Agarwal, Aadv.
Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Adv.
Mr. Jitin Sahni, Adv.
Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Adv.
Mr. A.N. Singh, Adv.
Mr. S.N. Bhat, Adv.
Mr. K.T.S. Tulsi, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Nikhil Goel, Adv.
Mrs. Naveen Goel, Adv.
Dr. Kailash Chand, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Jain, Adv.
Mr. Rashmikumar Manilal Vithlani,
Adv.Mr. P.H.APrekh,Adv. for
M/s. P.H. Parekh, Advs.
Mr. Huzefa Ahmadi, Adv.
Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, Adv.
Mr. Nakul Dewan, Adv.
Ms. Taruna Singh, Adv.
M/s. J.S. Wad & Co., Advs.
Mr. P. Parmeswaran, Adv.
Mr. Annam D.N. Rao, Adv.
State of U.P. Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Adv.
Mr. Ranji Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, Adv.
State of Kerala Mr. P.V. Dinesh, Adv.
Mrs. Sindhu T.P., Adv.
Arunachal Pradesh Mr. Anil Shrivastav, Adv.
Rajasthan Mr. Aruneshwar Gupta, Addl. Adv.
Gen.Mr. Naveen Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. Mukul Sood, Adv.
Mr. Shashwat Gupta, Adv.
Mizoram Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv.
Mr. R. Sathish, Adv.
Punjab Ms. Avneet Toor, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Jain, Adv.
Mr. A.K. Sinha, Adv.
Ms. A. Subhashini, Adv.
Manipur Mr. Kh. Nobin Singh, Adv.
Mr. S. Biswajit Meitei, Adv.
Mr. B.V. Niren, Adv.
Karnataka Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Adv.
Mr. Anil K. Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Vikrant Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Sashidhar, Adv.
UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following
ORDER
Mr. Harish N.Salve, Learned Amicus Curiae has given certain suggestions. Let response, if any, be filed by the parties by 5th April, 2007.
List these matters on 16th April, 2007.
If learned Amicus Curiae has any further suggestions on the basis of response, that can be done before that date.
(Shashi Sareen) (Vijay Aggarwal)
Court Master Court Master
