National Human Rights Commission vs State of Gujarat

Judicial Analysis Court Copy Headnote Facts Arguments Court observation

2009 Supreme(SC) 2056

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Arijit Pasayat, P. Sathasivam, Aftab Alam, JJ.
National Human Rights Commission - Petitioner
Versus
State of Gujarat & Ors. – Respondents
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Decided On : 02-03-2009

Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Harish N. Salve, Sr. Adv.(A.C.), Mr. B.V. Desai, Adv. (A.C.), Mr. Rahul Gupta, Adv., Ms. Reema Sharma, Adv., Mr. Sanjay Parekh, Adv., Mr. Umed Singh Gulia-in-person, Ms. Aparna Bhat, Adv., Mr. P. Ramesh Kumar, Adv., Mr. Naveen R. Nath, Adv. and Ms. Shobha, Adv.
For the Respondent:K.N. Madhusoodhan, R. Satish, Anil Shrivastav, Ritu Raj, Shobha Dixit, Sr. Adv., Vandana Mishra, G.V. Rao, A. Mariarputham, Aruna Mathur for M/s. Arputham, Aruna & Co., Advs., Sanjay Parikh, Anita Shenoy, Bina Madhavan, Adv. for M/s. Lawyer's Knit & CO., Advs., Manish Kumar, Ansar Ahmad Chaudhary, V.G. Pragasam, S.J. Aristotle, Prabu Rama Subramanian, Arun Jaitley, Sr. Adv., Mukul Rohtagi, Sr. Adv., H.Wahi, Saurav Kirpal, Pinky, Somnath Padhan, Manjit Singh, T.V. George, KH. Nobin Singh, S. Wasim A. Qadri, D.S.Mahra, Vanita, Atul Jha, D.K. Sinha, Gopal Singh, Shweta Singh, Naveen R. Nath, Dr. Kailash Chand, C.D. Singh, Riku Sarma, Advs. for M/s. Corporate Law Group, Tara Chandra Sharma, Neelam Sharma, K.R. Sasiprabhu, J.S. Attri, Bimal Roy Jad, Ravi Prakash Mehrotra, Radha Shyam Jena, K.R. Sasiprabhu, P.V.Dinesh, Gopal Prasad, R.K. Adsure, Ranjan Mukherjee, Sanjay R. Hegde, P. Parmeswaran, ADN. Rao, Gopal Singh, Manish Kumar, Chandan Kumar, A. Subhashini, Thananjayan, V.G. Pragsam, Sanjay Jain, Ejaz Maqbool, Meera Agarwal, Indu Mathew, V.N. Raghupathy, Dr. Nafis A.Siddiqui, Sameer Parekh, Advs. for M/s. P.H. Parekh & Co. and S.N. Bhat, Advocates.

Headnote:
Constitution of India, Article 32 - Gujarat riot cases - Special Investigation Team constituted by Supreme Court filed its report - Copies of report directed to be supplied to State of Gujarat and Amicus Curiae- Suggestions/views in respect of the report to be filed within four weeks- The SIT to continue to be functional until further orders- SIT to be free to do further enquiry if necessary. [Para 1]

ORDER :

1. The Registry shall supply copies of the report received from the Special Investigation Team to learned counsel for the State of Gujarat and Mr. Harish N. Salve, Learned Amicus Curiae. Suggestions/views in respect of the report shall be filed within four weeks. The SIT with its present constitution shall continue to be functional until further orders. If any further investigation or inquiry in respect of any case is necessary, SIT is free to do so. A confidential report has been received from SIT which shall be kept in a sealed cover.

2. List these matters on 13th April, 2009.

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