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2002 Supreme(SC) 2307

B.N.KIRPAL, DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT
T. N. Godavarman Thirumalpad – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Amicus Curiae : Mr. Harish N Salve, SG (AC) Mr. U U Lalit, Adv. (AC) Mr. Siddharth Chaudhary, Adv.
For the Petitioner: Mr. Mahendra Vyas, Adv. Mr. P.K. Manohar, Advs.
For the Ministry of Environment & Forests/UOI : Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, ASG Mr. A.D.N. Rao, Adv. Ms. Varuna B Gugnani, Adv. Mr. C.V. Subba Rao, Adv. Ms. Renu George, Adv. Mr. R.N. Poddar, Adv. Ms. Alka Agarwal, Adv. Mr. S. Wasim A Qadri, Adv. Mr. P. Parmeswaran, Adv. Ms. Anil Katiyar, Adv. Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Adv.
For the Applicants in IA 295 & IA 670 : Mr. Mahendra Vyas, Adv. Mr. P.K. Manohar, Adv.
For the Applicants in IA 664 : Ms. Rani Chhabra, Adv.
For the Applicants in : IA 677 & Mr. M.L. Lahoty, Adv.
For the Applicants in : IA 236 Mr. Paban K. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Shekhar, Adv.
For the Applicants in IA 424, 695 and 706 : Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kapoor and Mr. Narendra Verma, Advs.
For the Applicants in IA 729 : Mr. Prakash Shrivastava, Adv.
For the Applicants in IA 669 & IA 659 : Mr. U.U. Lalit, Adv.
For the Applicants in IA 680 : Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, ASG Mr. S Wasim A Qadri, Adv. Ms. Anil Katiyar, Adv.
For the Applicants in CP 193/01 Mr. V. Balaji, Adv. Mr. P.N. Ramalingam, Adv. M/s. Arputham, Aruna & Co., Advs. (NP)
For the Applicants in IAs 395, 496 and 497 : (State of Meghalaya) Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv. (NP)
For the Applicants in IA 652-653 : Mr. U.U. Lalit, Adv.
For the Applicant in IA 636 Mr. Kailash Vasdev, Sr. Adv. (State of Tripura) Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. Mr. Rahul Singh, Adv.
For the Applicants in IA 703 : Mr. U.U. Lalit, Adv.
For the Applicants in IA 502 : Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Adv. Ms. Aparna Bhat and Ms. Sweta Kakkad, Advs.
For the Applicants in IA 707 : Mr. Altaf Ahmad, ASG Mr. D.S. Mahra, Adv.
For the Applicants in IA 711 : Mr. Parthapratim Chaudhuri, Adv. Mr. K.S. Rana, Adv.
For the Applicants in IAs 634-635,697-698 : Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, ASG Ms. Monica, Adv. Mr. R.K.M. Singh, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sangal, Adv.
For the Applicants in IA 700 and 701 Mr. S.K. Dholakia, Sr. Adv. Mr. S.V. Deshpande, Adv. Mr. S.S. Shinde, Adv.
For the Applicants in IA 687,688,712 Mr. A.B. Rohtagi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vikas Bansal, Adv. Mr. K.S. Bhati, Adv.
For the Applicants in IA 705 : Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, ASG Mr. Sanjay R Hegde, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, Adv. Ms. Priya Hegde, Adv.
For the M.P. Export Corpn. Ltd. Applicants in IA 589 : Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, ASG
For the M/s. Jain Hansaria & Co., Advs. : Mr. Sunil Kr. Jain and Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Advs. for
For the Applicants in IA 647, 648,651 : Mr. M.L. Verma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhay Prakash Sahay, Adv. Mr. P.R. Ramasesh, Adv.
For the Applicants in IA 723-724 : Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gopal Jain, Adv. Ms. Ruby Singh Ahuja, Adv.
For the Applicants in IAs 578 and 579 Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. T.N. Singh, Adv. Mr. V.K. Singh, Adv.
For the Respondent: Ms. Asha G. Nair, Adv., Mr. Shakil Ahmed Syed, Adv. Mr. Raju Ramachandran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Joseph Pookkatt, Mr. Prasenjit Keswani and Mr. Prashant Kumar, Advs. Mr. Gourab K Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Vishwajit Singh, Adv., Mr. Altaf Ahmad, ASG Administration Mr. D.S. Mahra, Adv., Mr. T.V. Ratnam, Adv. Mr. K Subba Rao, Adv., Mr. Ravindra Shrivastava, Adv. Genl. Mr. Prakash Shrivastava, Adv.
For the Kudremukh Iron Ore Co. Ltd. in IA 670 : Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shiva Subramanian, Mr. S Sukumaran, Mr. Ramesh Babu M R, Mr. M Raghu and Ms. Divya Nair, Advs. District Council Mr. P.K. Goswami, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajiv Mehta, Adv. Mr. H.S. Parihar, Adv. Mr. Kuldeep S Parihar, Adv.
For the State of Goa : Ms. A Subhashini, Adv.
For the State of Karnataka : Mr. Sanjay R Hegde, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra and Ms. Priya Hegde, Advs.
For the State of M.P. : Mr. Vivek Tankha, Adv. General, M.P. Mr. S K Agnihotri, Mr. Sakesh Kumar and Mr. Anil K Pandey, Advs.
For the State of Manipur : Mr. K.H. Nobin Singh, Adv. Mr. S Biswajit Meitei, Adv.
For the State of Maharashtra : Mr. S.K. Dholakia, Sr. Adv. Mr. S.S. Shinde and Mr. S.V. Deshpande, Advs.
For the State of Orissa : Mr. Raj Kumar Mehta, Adv.
For the State of Punjab : Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Adv.
For the State of Uttaranchal : Mr. L.P. Naithani, Adv. Genl. Mr. Ajay K Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Chandra, Adv.
For the State of U.P. : Mr. Ajay K Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Alka Agrawal, Ms. Anamika Agrawal, Mr. C Siddharth, Mr. Arohi Bhalla, Mr. Rajeev Sharma and Y.P. Singh, Advs.
For the State of Sikkim : Mr. A Mariarputham, Adv.
For the M/s. Arputham Aruna & Co., Advs. : Ms. Aruna Mathur and Mr. Anurag D Mathur, Advs.
For the State of West Bengal : Mr. Avijit Bhattacharjee, Adv. Mr. Atanu Saikia, Adv. Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

B.N. Kirpal, J.

Report dated 16.2.2002 reg. Senior forest officer killed in Bihar

1. The learned Amicus Curiae has brought to our notice a report to the effect that Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh, Divisional Forest Officer of Rohtas had been abducted and shot. As per the report, the suspicion is sought to be cast on Maoist Communist Centre. The report indicates that Shri Singh was taking action against the illegal mining of stones and boulders. If this is so, we are not sure whether the perpetrators of the dastardly crime are only Maoist Communist Centre or someone else and, perhaps, those who may be indulging in the illegal activities which Shri Singh was trying to stop.

2. We direct the Chief Secretary, State of Bihar to personally see to the investigation of the case and file his own affidavit within eight weeks. Copy of this order be sent by the Registry to the Chief Secretary forthwith for compliance. We direct the Director General of Police to give full assistance and cooperation in the conduct of the inquiry.

I.A. No. 566

3. On 23rd November, 2001, orders were passed requiring the Ministry of Environment & Forest to frame a scheme and place it before the Court within eight we

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