1. State to appeal against acquittal in Best Bakery Case — Filing and response schedule. (Para 1 )
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2004 Supreme(SC) 1802
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
V.N. KHARE, CJI., S.B. SINHA, S.H. KAPADIA, JJ.
National Human Rights Commission - Petitioners
Versus
State of Gujarat - Respondents
Writ Petition(Crl.) No. 109 of 2003, With T.P.(Crl.) Nos.194-202 of 2003, & 326-329 of 2003, W.P(Crl.)No.D17953 of 2003, SLP(Crl.)No.3770 of 2003, SLP(C) No. 7951 of 2002, SLP(C) No. 7951 of 2002, WP(Crl.) Nos. 11-15 of 2003.
Decided on : 30-01-2004
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant :WP 109 & TP 194-202 & Mr. P P Rao, Sr. 326-329/03 Mr. T R Andhyarujina, Sr. Mr. S. Muralidhar, Mr. Somiran Sharma, Mr. Rajat Khosla, Mr. Amit Sharma, WPD17953 In person.(NP) in SLP 3770 Mr. Mihir Desai, Ms. Aparna Bhat, Mr. P Ramesh Kumar, Ms. Priya Kiran, in SLP 7951 M/s. J S Wad & Co., s.(NP), WP(Crl.) 11-15 Mr. Mihir Desai, Ms. Aparna Bhat, Mr. P Ramesh Kumar, Ms. Priya Kiran, WP 310/96 Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Er. Anil Kumar Mittal, in SLP(Crl.) 4409 & Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. WP(Crl.) 216 Mr. Huzefa Ahmadi, Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, Mr. Nakul Dewan, Mr. Abhimeet Sinha, Ms. Minakshi Nag, Mr. Gourav Kejriwal, in WP(Crl.) 284 Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Mr. Naveen R Nath, SLP(Crl.) 5309/03 Mr. Mihir Desai, Ms. Aparna Bhat, Mr. P Ramesh Kumar, Ms. Priya Kiran, TP(Crl.)D1215/04 Mr. Kapil Sibal,Sr. Mr. Mihir Desai, Ms. Aparna Bhat, Mr. P Ramesh Kumar, Ms. Priya Kiran, in WP(Crl.)221/02 Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Mr. Rishi Agarwal, Mr. E C Agrawala, & WP(Crl.)37-52/02 Mr. Mihir Desai, Ms. Aparna Bhat, Mr. P Ramesh Kumar, Ms. Priya Kiran, WP(C) 530/02 Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr.Dr. Rajeev Dhavan, Sr. Mr. Chandra Prakash, Mr. Ravi Pakash, Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, Advocates.
For the Respondents:Union of India Mr. Kirit N Raval, Solicitor General Mr.Raju Ramachandran, ASG Mr. A Mariarputham, Mr. Prateek Jalan, Ms. Sushma Suri, Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Mr. Amit Mahajan, State of Gujarat Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, ASG Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Ms. Archna Palkar, in TP(Crl.)194-202& 326-329 Mr. K T S Tulsi, Sr. Mr. Lalit Chauhan, Mr. Sumit Goel, Mr. P H Parekh, Ms. Nitya Ramakrishnan, Ms. Anita Shenoy, Mr. Shiladitya, Dr. Kailash Chand, Mr. Sushil Kumar, Sr. Mr. Adolf Mathew, Mr. Vinay Arora, Mr. Sanjay Jain, Mr. Vinod Gajjar, Mr. Nikhil Goel, Dr. K C Gupta, Mr. S N Bhat, Mr. Rashmikumar Nanilal Vithlani, R.Nos.2-22 in Mr. K T S Tulasi, Sr. SLP 3770 Mr. Lalit Chauhan, Mr. Sameer Parekh, for M/s. P H Parekh & Co., in WP(Crl.)11-15 Mr. Ravindra K Adsure, Mr. V N Raghupathy, in WP 310 Mr. P Parmeswaran, State of Assam Ms. Asha G Nair, Mr. Niraj Kumar, for Corporate Law Group, s. State of Andhra Mr. T V Ratnam, Pradesh Mr. K Subba Rao, Ms. OSG Prasuna, State of Goa Ms. A Subhashini, State of Haryana Mr. Sanjay Singh, Mr. Neeraj Kumar Jain, Ms. Kavita Wadia, Advocates.
For the State of H.P.:Mr. J S Attri, Advocates.
For the State of J & K :Mr. Altaf H Nayak, Genl. Mr. Anis Suhrawardy, Advocates.
For the State of Karnataka :Mr. Sanjay R Hegde, State of Manipur Mr. KH Nobin Singh, Mr. M Gireesh Kumar, Advocates.
For the State of Meghalaya :Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Advocate.
For the State of Maharashtra :Mr. Mukesh K Giri, Advocate.
For the State of M.P.:Mr. Sakesh Singh, Mr. Satish K Agnihotri, Advocate.
For the State of Nagaland : Mr. U Hazarika, Ms. Madhvi Sharma, Ms. Sumita Hazarika,
For the State of Orissa : Mr.Jana Kalyan Das,
For the State of Punjab : Mr. Sarup Singh, Sr. Genl. Mr. R S Suri,
For the State of Rajasthan : Ms. Sandhya Goswami,
For the State of Sikkim : Mr. A Mariarputham, Ms. Aruna Mathur, For M/s. Arputham, Aruna & Co,
For the State of TN :Mr. Subramonium Prasad, Mr. H K Puri, Mr. Ujjwal Banerjee, Mr. S K Puri, Mr. Shiv Gupta, Mr. K R Nagaraja, Mr. Sandeep Narain, Mr. Shri Narain, Ms. Anjali Jha, for S Narain & Co., s. (in IA 3/99) Mr. S Ravindra Bhat, Ms. Revathy Raghavan, in SLP(Crl.) 4409& WP(Crl.) 216 Mr. K K Sud, ASG Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Advocates.
For the State of Gujarat :in WP(Crl.)284/03 Mr. A D N Rao, in SLP(Crl.)5309/03 Dr. Kailash Chand, in WP 221/02 Mr P H Parekh, Ms. Neeru Vaid, Mr. C D Singh, Mr. Vijay Pratap Singh, Mr. Rajan Narain, Mr. Nikhil Goel, Ms. Sheela Goel, Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed, Ms. Naghma Imtiaz, Mr. V N Raghupathy, Dr. Nafis A Siddiqui, in WP 530/02 Mr. R Venkataramani, Sr. Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Advocates.
For the Petitioner:WP 109. Mr. C D Singh, Mr. Vijay Pratap Singh, Dr. Nafis A Siddiqui, Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed, Ms. Naghma Imtiaz, Mr. V N Raghupathy, TP 194-202 & 326-329 Mr. Mihir Desai, Ms. Aparna Bhat, Mr. P Ramesh Kumar, Ms. Priya Kiran, Advocates.
For the Appellant :WP 109 & TP 194-202 & Mr. P P Rao, Sr. 326-329/03 Mr. T R Andhyarujina, Sr. Mr. S. Muralidhar, Mr. Somiran Sharma, Mr. Rajat Khosla, Mr. Amit Sharma, WPD17953 In person.(NP) in SLP 3770 Mr. Mihir Desai, Ms. Aparna Bhat, Mr. P Ramesh Kumar, Ms. Priya Kiran, in SLP 7951 M/s. J S Wad & Co., s.(NP), WP(Crl.) 11-15 Mr. Mihir Desai, Ms. Aparna Bhat, Mr. P Ramesh Kumar, Ms. Priya Kiran, WP 310/96 Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Er. Anil Kumar Mittal, in SLP(Crl.) 4409 & Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. WP(Crl.) 216 Mr. Huzefa Ahmadi, Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, Mr. Nakul Dewan, Mr. Abhimeet Sinha, Ms. Minakshi Nag, Mr. Gourav Kejriwal, in WP(Crl.) 284 Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Mr. Naveen R Nath, SLP(Crl.) 5309/03 Mr. Mihir Desai, Ms. Aparna Bhat, Mr. P Ramesh Kumar, Ms. Priya Kiran, TP(Crl.)D1215/04 Mr. Kapil Sibal,Sr. Mr. Mihir Desai, Ms. Aparna Bhat, Mr. P Ramesh Kumar, Ms. Priya Kiran, in WP(Crl.)221/02 Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Mr. Rishi Agarwal, Mr. E C Agrawala, & WP(Crl.)37-52/02 Mr. Mihir Desai, Ms. Aparna Bhat, Mr. P Ramesh Kumar, Ms. Priya Kiran, WP(C) 530/02 Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr.Dr. Rajeev Dhavan, Sr. Mr. Chandra Prakash, Mr. Ravi Pakash, Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, Advocates.
For the Respondents:Union of India Mr. Kirit N Raval, Solicitor General Mr.Raju Ramachandran, ASG Mr. A Mariarputham, Mr. Prateek Jalan, Ms. Sushma Suri, Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Mr. Amit Mahajan, State of Gujarat Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, ASG Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Ms. Archna Palkar, in TP(Crl.)194-202& 326-329 Mr. K T S Tulsi, Sr. Mr. Lalit Chauhan, Mr. Sumit Goel, Mr. P H Parekh, Ms. Nitya Ramakrishnan, Ms. Anita Shenoy, Mr. Shiladitya, Dr. Kailash Chand, Mr. Sushil Kumar, Sr. Mr. Adolf Mathew, Mr. Vinay Arora, Mr. Sanjay Jain, Mr. Vinod Gajjar, Mr. Nikhil Goel, Dr. K C Gupta, Mr. S N Bhat, Mr. Rashmikumar Nanilal Vithlani, R.Nos.2-22 in Mr. K T S Tulasi, Sr. SLP 3770 Mr. Lalit Chauhan, Mr. Sameer Parekh, for M/s. P H Parekh & Co., in WP(Crl.)11-15 Mr. Ravindra K Adsure, Mr. V N Raghupathy, in WP 310 Mr. P Parmeswaran, State of Assam Ms. Asha G Nair, Mr. Niraj Kumar, for Corporate Law Group, s. State of Andhra Mr. T V Ratnam, Pradesh Mr. K Subba Rao, Ms. OSG Prasuna, State of Goa Ms. A Subhashini, State of Haryana Mr. Sanjay Singh, Mr. Neeraj Kumar Jain, Ms. Kavita Wadia, Advocates.
For the State of H.P.:Mr. J S Attri, Advocates.
For the State of J & K :Mr. Altaf H Nayak, Genl. Mr. Anis Suhrawardy, Advocates.
For the State of Karnataka :Mr. Sanjay R Hegde, State of Manipur Mr. KH Nobin Singh, Mr. M Gireesh Kumar, Advocates.
For the State of Meghalaya :Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Advocate.
For the State of Maharashtra :Mr. Mukesh K Giri, Advocate.
For the State of M.P.:Mr. Sakesh Singh, Mr. Satish K Agnihotri, Advocate.
For the State of Nagaland : Mr. U Hazarika, Ms. Madhvi Sharma, Ms. Sumita Hazarika,
For the State of Orissa : Mr.Jana Kalyan Das,
For the State of Punjab : Mr. Sarup Singh, Sr. Genl. Mr. R S Suri,
For the State of Rajasthan : Ms. Sandhya Goswami,
For the State of Sikkim : Mr. A Mariarputham, Ms. Aruna Mathur, For M/s. Arputham, Aruna & Co,
For the State of TN :Mr. Subramonium Prasad, Mr. H K Puri, Mr. Ujjwal Banerjee, Mr. S K Puri, Mr. Shiv Gupta, Mr. K R Nagaraja, Mr. Sandeep Narain, Mr. Shri Narain, Ms. Anjali Jha, for S Narain & Co., s. (in IA 3/99) Mr. S Ravindra Bhat, Ms. Revathy Raghavan, in SLP(Crl.) 4409& WP(Crl.) 216 Mr. K K Sud, ASG Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Advocates.
For the State of Gujarat :in WP(Crl.)284/03 Mr. A D N Rao, in SLP(Crl.)5309/03 Dr. Kailash Chand, in WP 221/02 Mr P H Parekh, Ms. Neeru Vaid, Mr. C D Singh, Mr. Vijay Pratap Singh, Mr. Rajan Narain, Mr. Nikhil Goel, Ms. Sheela Goel, Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed, Ms. Naghma Imtiaz, Mr. V N Raghupathy, Dr. Nafis A Siddiqui, in WP 530/02 Mr. R Venkataramani, Sr. Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Advocates.
For the Petitioner:WP 109. Mr. C D Singh, Mr. Vijay Pratap Singh, Dr. Nafis A Siddiqui, Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed, Ms. Naghma Imtiaz, Mr. V N Raghupathy, TP 194-202 & 326-329 Mr. Mihir Desai, Ms. Aparna Bhat, Mr. P Ramesh Kumar, Ms. Priya Kiran, Advocates.
The court issued a procedural order directing the State to file an appeal against an acquittal and established deadlines for the Amicus Curiae and the State to exchange information and file responses.
Headnote:(A) Criminal Procedure - Appeal against acquittal - State's intention to file an appeal within two weeks - Amicus Curiae to furnish particulars for State's response. (Paras 1-2)
Facts of the case:
Several criminal writ petitions and special leave petitions are pending before the court. The State has indicated its intention to challenge an acquittal in a related criminal case.
Findings of Court:
The court noted the State's commitment to file an appeal against the acquittal within two weeks and granted the Amicus Curiae time to furnish required information to the State for a subsequent response.
Issues: Determination of the timeline for filing an appeal against acquittal and the exchange of information between the Amicus Curiae and the State.
Ratio Decidendi: Not applicable as the order is purely procedural regarding the scheduling of filings and hearings.
Result: Matters listed for subsequent dates.
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ORDER :
UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following:-
1. Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, learned Additional Solicitor General appearing for the State of Gujarat states that the State would be filing an appeal before this Court against the acquittal in Best Bakery Case within two weeks.
2. The learned Amicus Curiae prays for and is allowed time till 4th February, 2004 to furnish the particulars of desired information to the learned Additional Solicitor General appearing for the State of Gujarat who shall file State's response thereto within three weeks thereafter.
3. List all these matters on 27th February, 2004 except TP(Crl.) No. D1215/2004 which shall be listed on 16th February, 2004. Liberty is granted to file additional documents in TP(Crl.) No. D1215/2004.
4. In the meantime, the learned Amicus Curiae may look into WP(Crl.) No. 284/2003 and the State of Gujarat may file its response in this matter.
