Laxmi vs Union of India - 2014 Supreme(SC) 1331

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2014 Supreme(SC) 1331

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
R.M. Lodha, M.Y. Eqbal, JJ.
Laxmi - Petitioner
Versus
Union of India & Ors. - Respondents
Writ Petition (Crl.) No(s). 129 of 2006
Decided On : 22-04-2014

Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Aparna Bhat, T. Kishore, Parul Kumari and Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Advocates.
For the Respondent:Mohan Parasaran, SG, Gaurav Dhingra, D.L. Chidanand, W.S.A. Qadri, Sunita Sharma, S. Saini, Varuna Bhandari, Amrendra Bal, Gaurav Sharma, for B.K. Prasad, Advocates, W.S.A. Qadri, Sunita Sharma, Varuna Bhandari, S. Saini, D.S. Mahra, Madhya Pradesh, C.D. Singh, Sakshi Kakkar, Jharkhand, Gopal Prasad, Jayesh Gaurav, Meghalaya, Ranjan Mukherjee, T.M. Singh, Haryana, Manjit Singh, Vivekta Singh, Tarjit Singh Chikkara, Nupur Choudhary, Kamal Mohan Gupta, Arunachal Pradesh, Anil Shrivastav, Rituraj Biswas, Mizoram, K.N. Madhusoodhanan, M.T. George, Punjab, Jayant K. Sud, Jasleen Chahal, Rajasthan, S.S. Shamshery, Amit Sharma, Irshad Ahmad, Manipur, S. Bioswajit Meitei, Khwairakpam Nobin Singh, Gujarat, Preeti Bhardwaj, Hemantika Wahi, Antony, Jammu & Kashmir, Ashok Mathur, Maharashtra, Shankar Chillarge, A.P. Mayee, Bihar, Gopal Singh, Manish Kumar, Chandan Kumar, Tripura, Gopal Singh, Ritu Raj Biswas, Uttar Pradesh, Ravi Prakash Mehrotra, Rajeev Dubey, Puducherry, V.G. Pragasam, S. Aristotle, Praburamasubramanian, Sikkim, Aruna Mathur, Yusuf Khan, Ashok Pallai, for M/s. Arputham, Aruna and Co., Tamil Nadu, Vanita Chandrakant Giri, M. Yogesh Kanna, A. Santha Kumaran, Assam Ms. Vartika Sahay Walia, for M/s. Corporate Law Group, Karnataka, V.N. Raghupathy, Uttarakhand, Rahul Verma, Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, Himachal Pradesh, Suryanarayana Singh, Pragati Neekhra, Ajay Marwah, Arun K. Sinha, Goa, Pratap Vengupal, Meenakshi Chauhan, for M/s. K.J. John & Co., Andaman & Nicobar, Balsubramaniam, K.V. Jagdisavaran, G. Indira, Nagaland, K. Enatoli Soma, Amit Kumar Singh, Chhattisgarh, C.D. Singh, Sakshi Kakkar, West Bengal, Anip Sachthey, Mohit Paul, U.T. of Chandigarh, Sangram S. Saron, Shree Pal Singh, Andhra Pradesh, D. Mahesh Babu, Kerala, M.T. George, Odisha, Sibo Sankar Mishra, Himachal Pradesh, Suryanarayan Singh, Pragati Neekhra, Andman & Nicobar, Balasubramaniam, K.V. Jagdishvaran, G. Indira, NCW, Ajay Sharma, Rajeev Sharma, Neelam Sharma, Dinesh Kumar Aggarwal, P. Parmeswaran, Naresh Bakshi and Avijit Bhattacharji, Advocates.

Headnote:
Compliance - States' Affidavits - Court directs compliance with previous order
Fact of the Case:

The court received affidavits from several states and union territories regarding compliance with a previous order. Some states fully complied, some partially complied, and some did not comply at all.
Finding of the Court:

The court directed states to ensure compliance with the previous order and file affidavits of compliance within specified timelines, warning of potential contempt proceedings for defaulting states.
Issues: Compliance with previous court order
Ratio Decidendi: States directed to ensure compliance and file affidavits within specified timelines
Final Decision: Matter listed for further hearing on a specified date

ORDER :

In pursuance of the order dated 3.12.2013, nine States and two Union Territories have filed their affidavits. It transpires therefrom that States of Tripura, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha and Sikkim have fully complied with the directions in the order dated 3.12.2013. The two Union Territories namely; Andman & Nicobar and Chandigarh have also complied with the directions.

2. We are informed that though States of Haryana, Jharkhand, Goa, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir have not filed their affidavits of compliance but these States have also complied with the order dated 3.12.2013. Advocates-on-record of these States shall ensure that the affidavit of compliance by the respective State is filed within eight weeks from today.

3. As regards States of Andhra Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Maharashtra, Chattisgarh, Rajasthan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, it appears that these States have either not complied with or partially complied with the order dated 3.12.2013. The Chief Secretaries of these States are directed to ensure that compliance of the order dated 3.12.2013 is positively made within ten weeks from today and affidavit of compliance is filed in this Court on or before 15.7.2014 failing which the Court may have to initiate contempt proceedings against the defaulting States.

4. List the matter on 5.8.2014.

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2014 Supreme(SC) 1331

SUPREME COURT OF INDIAR.M. Lodha, M.Y. Eqbal, JJ.Laxmi - PetitionerVersusUnion of India & Ors. - RespondentsWrit Petition (Crl.) No(s). 129 of 2006Decided On : 22-04-2014

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
R.M. Lodha, M.Y. Eqbal, JJ.
Laxmi - Petitioner
Versus
Union of India & Ors. - Respondents
Writ Petition (Crl.) No(s). 129 of 2006
Decided On : 22-04-2014