19, Feb 2008

ITEM NO.1 COURT NO.4 SECTION PIL

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

WRIT PETITION (CRL.) NO.109 OF 2003.

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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];
WITH
Crl.M.P.No.4782/2003 in W.P.(Crl.)No.109/2003
[ A note dt. 27.02.04 submitted by Ld. AC. 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];
WITH
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];
Crl.M.P.No.2784/2008 in SLP(Crl.)No.3770/2003
Crl.M.P.No.6767/2006 in W.P.(Crl.)No.109/2003
[For directions];
Crl.M.P.No.7824/2007 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 office report]
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 office report]
W.P(CRL.) NO.118 of 2003
[With Appln.(s) for directions; interim relief; exemption from filing O.T. and 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];
Crl.M.P.No.6767/2006 in Crl.M.P.Nos.3741-3742/2004 In W.P.(Crl.)No.109/2003[For
directions];
Crl.M.P.No.4485/2006 in S.L.P.(CRL.)No.3770/2003

[For directions];
T.P.(C)No.612/2006
[With Appln.(s) for ex-parte stay and office report];
T.P.(C)No.614/2006
[With Appln.(s) for ex-parte stay and office report]; and
T.P.(C)No.615/2006
[With Appln.(s) for ex-parte stay and office report];

Date: 19/02/2008 These Petitions were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :
HON’BLE Dr. JUSTICE ARIJIT PASAYAT
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE P. SATHASIVAM
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AFTAB ALAM

For Petitioner(s)

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

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

Mr. Sanjay Parekh, Adv.
Ms. Indu Malhotra, Adv.
Ms. Shilpa Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Gopal, Adv.

Mr. Umed Singh Gulia-in-person

Mr. Amit Singh Chauhan, Adv.
Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, Adv.
Mr. Huzefa Ahmadi, Adv.

Mr. Anil B. Divan, Sr. 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. Gopal Singh, Adv.

NHRC Ms. Anita Shenoy, Adv.

Mr. Harish N. Salve, Sr. Adv., A.C.
Mr. Bhargava V. Desai, Adv.,A.C.

Mr Shail Kr. Dwivedi, Addl.A.G.
Mr. Rajeev Dubey, Adv.
Ms. Vandana Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Runnan venkteshawara Rao, Adv.

Mr. Saurabh Kirpal, Adv.
Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Adv.
Ms. Shivangi, Adv.

Mr. C.D. Singh, Adv.
Mr. Merusagar Samantaray, Adv.

Dr. Nafis A. Siddiqui, Adv.

Mr. Vikas Singh, ASG.
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.

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 Ms. Minakshi Sarma, Adv.
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
St. of Sikkim for M/s. Arputham, Aruna & Co.,
Advs.

St. of T.N.& Mr. V.G. Pragasam, Adv.
UT of Mr. S.J. Aristotle, Adv.
Pondicherry Mr. Prabu Rama Subramanian, Adv.

St of Arunachal Mr. Anil Shrivastav, Adv.
Pradesh Mr. Ritu Raj, adv.

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. Jubain Ahmad Khan, Adv.
Mr. D.S. Mahra, Adv.

Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Ansar Ahmad Chaudhary, Adv.

State of Meghalaya Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv.

Mr. Anil Shrivastav, Adv.

Mr. Atul Jha, Adv.
Mr. D.K. Sinha, Adv.

Mr. Anand Grover, Adv.
Ms. Lalit Mohini, Adv.
Mr. Naveen R. Nath, Adv.

Applicants Mr. M.S. Ganesh, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Aparna Bhat, Adv.
Mr. P. Ramesh Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Madhulika Mohta, 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. Sameer Parekh, Adv.
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.

Mizoram Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv.
Mr. R. Sathish, Adv.

Punjab Ms. Avneet Toor, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Jain, Adv.
Mr. A.K. Sinha, Adv.

Goa 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

A mention was made that Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, learned senior counsel for the State of Gujarat has suffered an accident and has been advised rest.
Place this matter on the 25th March, 2008 before the appropriate Bench.

(Sheetal Dhingra) (P.S. Tyagi)
Court Master Court Master