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Supreme Court – NHRC Order 07-05-2004

W.P(Crl.)No. 109 OF 2003

 

ITEM No.302           Court No. 5           SECTION PIL

 

 

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

 

Crl.M.P.No.4782/2004 in   W.P.(Crl.) No. 109/2003

 

 

NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION      Petitioner (s)

 

VERSUS

 

STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.              Respondent (s)

 

( Note dated 27.2.2004 filed by Ld. Amicus curiae to provide protection to the witnesses involved in major trials in the State of Gujarat)

 

Crl.M.P.No.5007/2004 in SLP (crl.) No.3770/2003 (for directions and office report)

 

SLP (crl.) 5309/2003 (with appln. for c/delay in filing SLP and exemption from filing C/C of the impugned judgment and exemption from filing O.T. and Office Report)

 

Date : 07/05/2004 These Petitions were called on for hearing today.

 

CORAM :

 

HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE RUMA PAL

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.B. SINHA

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.H. KAPADIA

 

 

For Petitioner (s)

Mr.Harish N.Salve,Sr.Adv. (A.C.) N/P)

 

Ms.Indira Jaisingh,Sr.Adv.,

Ms.Meenakshi Grover,Adv.,

Mr.B.V. Desai,Adv. (A.C.)

 

Mr.S. Muralidhar,Adv.

 

In SLPs &           Ms.Aparna Bhat,Adv.,

Crl.M.P.s.          Mr.P. Ramesh Kumar,Adv.,

Mr.Vipin Mathew Benjamin,Adv.,

Ms.Priya Kiran,Adv.

For Respondent (s)

 

for UOI             Mr.K.N. Raval, SG

Mr.A. Mariarputham,Adv.,

Mr.Prateek Jalan,Mrs. Sushma Suri,Advs.

 

For the State of    Mr.Mukul Rohtagi,ASG

Gujarat             Ms.Hemantika Wahi,Adv.

 

Mr.S. Muralidhar,Adv.

 

Mr.K.T.S.Tulsi,Sr.Adv.,

M/s.P.H. Parekh & Co.

 

for Intervenor:     Mr.C.D. Singh,Adv.,

Mr.Vijay Pratap Singh,Adv.

 

For Intervenor:     Dr.Nafis A.Siddiqui,Adv.

 

Mr.Imtiaz Ahmed,Adv.,

Mrs.Naghma Imtiaz,Adv.,

Mr.Kamran Malik,Adv.,

Mr.V.N. Raghupathy,Adv.

 

Mr.Nikhil Goel,Adv.,

Dr.Kailash Chand,Adv.

 

UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following

 

ORDER

 

Crl.M.P. 5007/2004 in SLP (crl) 3770/03 Without expressing any view on the competence or discharge of duties by the Gujarat State Police, we direct the Central Government to make available police protection from any of the Central Security Forces to supplement the police protection   to Mr.Raees Khan Azeezkhan Pathan.

 

It has also been stated by the learned Solicitor General that the inspection team has taken an overall inspection of the various alleged troubled spots referred to in paragraph 8 of the Note submitted by the learned A.C. On 27.2.2004. A report has been submitted by the Inspection Team and action will be taken thereon on 20.5.2004 and an affidavit will be filed to that effect.

 

Matters adjourned till after summer vacation.

( Vijay Kumar Sharma)                  ( Madhu Saxena)

AR cum PS to Hon.Judge                  Court Master