Judgment

Mrs. Sujata V. Manohar, J.-This is a somewhat unusual review petition filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association and supported by Gaurav Jain, the original petitioner, in respect of a decision of a Bench of two judges of this Court, Ramaswamy and Wadhwa, JJ. in Writ Petition (C) No. 824 of 1988, Gaurav Jain v. Union of India & Ors.1 By an order dated 5th of January, 1998 this review petition has been direct­ed to be heard by a Bench a three judges of this Court. Hence the petition has been placed before us.

2. The original writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution was filed as a public interest litigation by Gaurav Jain, an advocate of this Court. In the writ petition, the petitioner had asked for estab­lishment of separate educational institutions for the children of pros­titutes and for various other reliefs concerning children of prosti­tutes. The petition was heard and disposed of by a Bench of two judges-Ramaswamy and Wadhwa, JJ. In the judgment delivered by Ramas­wamy, J., apart from a discussion of the plight of prostitutes and their children, various directions have been given, including direc­tions for the constitution of a committee as set out in the judg