Order by SC requiring ATR on NHRC reccomendations

ITEM NO.20              COURT NO.1               SECTION PIL

        SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

            RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO(s). 250 OF 2007

NANDINI SUNDAR & ORS.                             Petitioner(s)

              VERSUS

STATE OF CHATTISGARH                              Respondent(s)

(With appln(s) for directions,extension of time,impleadment and office report )

WITH W.P(CRL.) NO. 119 of 2007

(With appln.(s) for ad-interim directions and office report)

Date: 16/12/2008 These Petitions were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

   HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE

   HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE P. SATHASIVAM

For Petitioner(s)    Mr.Ashok Desai, Sr.Adv.

                           Ms.Maneka Guruswamy, Adv.

                           Ms.Pragya Baghel, Adv.

              For Mrs Manik Karanjawala,Adv.

                            Mr.Ashok Desai, Sr.Adv.

                            Ms.Pyoli, Adv.

                            Ms.Nitya Ramakrishnan, Adv.

                            For Ms.Sumita Hazarika, Adv.(NP)

For Respondent(s) Ms. Anitha Shenoy ,Adv

For R.No.1           Mr.K.K.Venugopal, Sr.Adv.

                           Mr.Ranjit Kumar, Sr.Adv.

                           Mr.Atul Jha,Adv.

                           Dr.Manish Singhvi, Adv.

                           Mr.Shyam Mohan, Adv.

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                         Mr.Vikash K.Pankaj, Adv.

                         Mr.Sandeep Bajaj, Adv.

             Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha ,Adv

For UOI                     Mr.Gopal Subramanium, ASG

                            Ms.Sunita Sharma, Adv.

                            Mr.Raghent Basant, Adv.

                            Ms.Sushma Suri, Adv.

                            For Mr.S.N.Terdal, Adv.

For Impleader                     Mr.Rajinder Sachar, Sr.Adv.

                                  Mr.A.Dasharatha, Adv.

                                  Mr.Naveen R.Nath, Adv.

       UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following

                 ORDER

             Heard both sides.

             Learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioners stated that in the Report submitted by the National Human Rights Commission it has been pointed out that in some cases where the killings had taken place, the State had not registered any criminal proceedings/FIR and learned senior counsel appearing for the State of Chhattisgarh refuted these allegations and stated that wherever the killings had been taken place FIRs had been duly registered and in case any such lapses on the part of the State it may do the needful.

Wherever killings had taken place or any such thing happened and if FIR had not been registered the same shall be registered and in case dead-body of any person is found a magisterial enquiry will also follow.   Learned counsel appearing for the State also stated that pursuant to the report of NHRC further action had been taken. The State shall file the Action Taken Report by the end of January, 2009.

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List on 3.2.2009.

G.V.Ramana)            (Veera Verma)

Court Master            Court Master