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2001 Supreme(SC) 1869

B.N.KIRPAL, K.G.BALAKRISHNAN, ARIJIT PASAYAT
T. N. Godavarman Thirumalpad – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent


Advocate Appeared:
Mr. Harish N Salve, SG (AC), Mr. Siddharth Choudhary, Mr. U U Lalit, Adv. (AC), Mr. Mahendra Vyas, Mr. P K Manohar, Advocates.
For the Ministry of Environment & Forests/UoI :Mr. A D N Rao, Mr. C.V. Subba Rao, Mr. Krishan Mahajan, Ms. Alka Agarwal, Mr. C. Radhakrishna, Mr. B.V. Balaram Das, Mr. P. Parmeswaran, Advocates.
For the Min. of Railways :Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, ASG., Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Ms. Anil Katiyar, Advocates.
For the UOI in WP 95/97 :Mr. N.N. Goswami, Sr. Adv., Ms. Smita Inna, Mr. B.V. Balaram Das, Advocates, IAs 669 and 659:Mr. U U Lalit, Advocate.
For the State of Meghalaya IA 295 :Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Mr. P.K. Manohar, Advocates, IA 664:Ms. Sudha Pal, Ms. Rani Chhabra, Advocates, IA 677:Mr. M.L. Lahoty, Mr. Paban K. Sharma, Mr. Himanshu Shekhar, Advocates, IA 424:Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Mr. S.K. Agnihotri, Advocates, IA 566: Mr. K.N. Rawal, ASG(NP), IA 636 :Mr. Kailash Vasdev, Sr. Adv., Mr. Rahul Singh, Ms. Vimla Sinha, Mr. Gopal Singh, Advocates, IA 670:Mr. A.D.N. Rao, Mr. B.V. Balaram Das, Advocates, IA 675-678: Mr. Vivek Tankha, Adv. Genl.
For the State of M.P. :Mr. Rohit K. Singh, Mr. S.K. Agnihotri, Advocates.
For the State of M.P. IA 652-653 :Mr. U.U. Lalit, Advocate, IA 680:Ms. Anil Katiyar, Advocate, IA 685, 686 and 236:Mr. Harish N. Salve, SG (A.C.), Mr. U.U. Lalit, Advocate, IA 502:Mr. Colin Gonsalvez, Ms. Tashi D. Bhutia, Ms. Aparna Bhat, Advocates, IA 634-635, 697-698:Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, ASG., Ms. Tasneem Ahmadi, Ms. Sangeeta Panicker, Mr. Mecolt Singh, Mr. Bharat Sangal, Advocates, IAs 700 and 701: Mr. S.K. Dholakia, Sr. Adv.
For the State of M.P. IA 679 (Bihar State Forest Devlpt. Corpn.) :Mr. M.P. Jha, Mr. Ram Ekbal Roy, Mr. Anil Kumar Chopra, Advocates.
For the State of Maharashtra :Mr. S.S. Shinde, Mr. S.V. Deshpande, Advocates, IAs 13,19,22,23,24 and 28 in WP 171/1996:Mr. Harish N. Salve, SG. (A.C.), Mr. Siddharth Choudhary, Advocates, IA 29 in WP 171:Mr. B.V. Balaram Das, Advocate, IA 605:Ms. Vibha Dutta Makhija, Mr. Uma Nath Singh, Advocates.
For the Cont. Petn. 193/01 :Mr. Harish N. Salve, SG.(AC), Mr. V. Balaji, Mr. P.N. Ramalingam, Advocates.
For the Jantia & Khasi Hills(in IA 497) :Mr. P.K. Goswami, Sr. Adv., Mr. B.B. Narzari, Mr. Rajiv Mehta, Advocates.
For the Meghalaya Land & Forest :M/s Vijay Hansaria & H.S. Thangkhieni, Advocates.
For the Owners Association for (in IA 497) :M/s Jain Hansaria & Co., Advocate.
For the Respondent: Mr. K K Venugopal, Sr. Adv.
For the Kudremukh Iron Ore Co. Ltd. (in IA 670) :Mr. Shiva Subramanian, Mr. S Sukumaran, Ms. Divya Nair, Mr. Ramesh Babu M R and Mr. M. Raghu, Advocates.
For the State of Manipur :Mr. Sapan Biswajit, Mr. K.H. Nobin Singh, Advocates.
For the State of Chhattisgarh :Mr. Ravindra Srivastava, Adv. Genl., Mr. Prakash Shrivastava, Advocate.
For the State of Goa :Ms. A. Subhashini, Advocate.
For the State of Karnataka :Mr. Satya Mitra, Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Advocates.
For the State of karnataka Petr. in WP 171/96 :Ms. Shabnam Lone, Mr. M.N. Shroff, Advocates.
For the State of Arunachal Pradesh :Mr. Anil Shrivastav, Advocate.
For the State of Sikkim :Mr. A Mariarputham, M/s. Arputham Aruna & Co., Advocates.
For the Contemnor No. 1 in Cont Petn. 193/01 :Mr. M.L. Verma, Sr. Adv., Mr. Joseph Pookkatt, Mr. Prasenjit Keswani, Mr. Prashant Kumar, Advocates.
For the State of Haryana :Mr. Neeraj Kumar Jain, Mr. J.P. Dhanda, Advocates.
For the RR in WP 171/96 :Mr. Amit Dhingra, Ms. Musharaf Chaudhary, Mr. P.H. Parekh, Mr. Vishwajit Singh, Advocates, SLP 1573:Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, ASG., Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, Mr. C. Radhakrishna, Mr. B.V. Balaram Das, Advocates, WP 603/00:Mr. Dinesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv., Ms. Anamila Agarwal, Ms. Chetan Siddharth, Mr. Ajay K. Agrawal, Advocates.
For the State of Andhra Pradesh :Mr. T.V. Ratnam, Advocate.
For the State of J & K :Ms. Shamama Anis, Mr. Anis Suhrawardy, Advocate.
For the Andaman Admn. :Mr. Altaf Ahmed, ASG., Mr. A.S. Rawat, Mr. D.S. Mahra, Advocates.
For the Chief Conservator of Forest, Andaman Admn : (Present in Court)
For the Contemnor-respondents Nos. 1 and 2 in Cont. Petn. 193/2001: Personally present in Court.
For the State of Gujarat : Ms. Hemantika Wahi, N.M.D.C. Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, ASG.

ORDER :

1. List this matter for hearing after the Final Report of the Special Investigation Team is filed.

2. Report filed by the Empowered Committee is taken on record and accepted.

3. List I.A. 589 along with the report on the next date of hearing.

I.A. No.295 (Interim application through Amicus Curiae for directions regarding the State of Assam PCCF order dated 12th February, 1998)

4. List after six weeks.

I.A. No. 664 (For directions)

5. Reply be filed within two weeks. Rejoinder be filed within two weeks thereafter. List after four weeks.

I.A. NO. 677 (for directions/impleadment)

6. Reply be filed within two weeks. Rejoinder be filed within two weeks thereafter. List after four weeks.

I.A. No. 395, 496 and 497 (For clarification / directions on behalf of State of Meghalaya)

7. Replies be filed within four weeks. List on a non-miscellaneous day thereafter.

I.A. No. 424 (Interim application on behalf of the applicant, Santosh Bharti)

8. States of Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, NCT of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh have not filed their affidavits as per the office report dated 21st November, 2001. The Chief Secretaries of these States are directed to ensure the f

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