Dilip K. Basu vs State Of West Bengal

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2014 Supreme(SC) 1072

T.S.THAKUR, C.NAGAPPAN, ADARSH KUMAR GOEL
Dilip K. Basu – Appellant
Versus
State Of West Bengal – Respondent

Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioners:Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Adv. (A.C.) Pranab Kumar Mullick, Amit Bhandari, Soma Mullick and Suruchii Aggarwal, Advocates.
For the Respondents:- UOI Ms. Pinki Anand, ASG S.W.A. Quadri, Sushma Manchanda, Aditya Sharma, Sushma Suri, CBI P.K. Dey, T.A. Khan, Advocates. Signature Not Verified M. Khairati, Adv. Digitally signed by Mahabir Singh, B.V. Balaram Das, Adv. State of U.P. Ravi P. Mehrotra, Mr. Vibhu Tiwari, Adv., State of Jharkhand Mr. Jayesh Gaurav, Adv. Mr. Ratan Kr. Choudhary, Adv. State of Meghalaya Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. S.C. Ghosh, Adv. Mr. S. Bhowmick, Adv. Ms. Soumi Guha, Adv. State of Chattisgarh Mr. C.D. Singh, Adv. Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, Adv. State of Bihar Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv. State of Tripura Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. Mr. Ritu Raj Biswas, Adv. UT Chandigarh Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv. State of Haryana Mr. Manjit Singh, AAG Ms. Vivekta Singh, Adv. Ms. Nupur Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Rathee, Adv. Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, Adv. State of Jharkhand Mr. Gopal Prasad, Adv. State of Sikkim Mr. A. Mariarputham, AG Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Yusuf, Adv. M/s. Arputham Aruna & Co. State of Assam Ms. Vartika S. Walia, Adv. M/s. Corporate Law Group State of Mizoram Mr. Pragyan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Heshu Kayina, Adv. Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran, Adv. State of Orissa Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Ashmi Mohan, Adv. Govt. of Puducherry Mr. V.G. Pragasam, Adv. Mr. S.J. Aristotle, Adv. Mr. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. State of Rajasthan Mr. S.S. Shamshery, AAG Mr. Sandeep Singh, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Harshvardhan Singh Rathore, Adv. Mr. Varun Punia, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, Adv. State of Arunchal P Mr. Anil Srivastav, Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. State of H.P. Mr. Suryanarayana Singh, AAG Ms. Pragati Neekhra, Adv. State of Manipur Kh. Nobin Singh, Adv. Mr. Sapam Biswajit Meitei, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Adv. NCT of Delhi Mr. Radhakanta Tripathy, Adv. Mr. W.A. Quadri, Adv. Ms. Gunwant Dara, Adv. For Mr. D.S. Mahra, Adv. State of W.B. Mr. Anip Sachthey, Adv. Mr. Saakaar Sardana, Adv. State of Punjab Mr. V. Madhukar, AAG Ms. Anvita Cowshish, Adv. Mr. Kuldip Singh, Adv. State of Kerala Ms. Bina Madhavan, Adv. State of Telangana Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. State of Nagaland Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. St of Maharashtra Mr. Shankar Chillarge, Addl. Govt. Adv. Ms. Sonia S. Chillarge, Adv. Mr. A.P. Mayee, Adv. A&N Administration Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, Adv. Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv. Mr. Abhijit Sengupta , Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal , Adv. Mr. Anil K. Jha , Adv. Mr. Ansar Ahmad Chaudhary , Adv. Mr. Anuvrat Sharma Adv. Mr. Balaji Srinivasan , Adv. Mr. G. Prakash , Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao , Adv. Mr. Guntur Prabhakar , Adv. Mr. Javed Mahmud Rao , Adv. Mr. K. R. Sasiprabhu , Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar Saran, Adv. Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna , Adv. Mr. Naresh K. Sharma Adv. Mr. Pravir Choudhary, Adv. Mr. P. V. Dinesh , Adv. Mr. Ratan Kumar Choudhuri Adv. Mr. Ravi Prakash Mehrotra, Adv. Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Adv. Mrs. D. Bharathi Reddy, Adv. Mr. Sunil Fernandes, Adv. Mr. T. C. Sharma, Adv. Mr. T. Harish Kumar, Adv. Mr. T. V. Ratnam, Adv. Ms. Indra Sawhney, Adv. Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, Advocate.

ORDER :

Heard.

2. In this writ petition, filed initially in public interest by a former Judge of the High Court of Calcutta as early as in August, 1986, this Court has over the past nearly three decades delivered as many as eight different orders on various aspects touching protection of the human rights of the citizens in this country. These decisions have been reported in law journals from 1997 onwards till 2003, referred to in para `(I)' of Crl. M.P. No.15492 of 2014 filed by the learned amicus. In the said application the amicus curiae has prayed for certain further directions on the subject including directions for establishment of State Human Rights Commissions in States/Union Territories, where such commissions have not already been set up, and filling up of all the vacancies in other States/Union Territories where such commission have been set up but for one reason or the other the appointments have not been made. As many as six States/Union Territories have already responded to the application filed by the amicus including the State of Maharashtra. A large number of States including Union Territories have not however responded to the prayers made in this application so far.

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2014 Supreme(SC) 1072

T.S.THAKUR, C.NAGAPPAN, ADARSH KUMAR GOELDilip K. Basu – AppellantVersusState Of West Bengal – Respondent

T.S.THAKUR, C.NAGAPPAN, ADARSH KUMAR GOEL
Dilip K. Basu – Appellant
Versus
State Of West Bengal – Respondent