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2021 Supreme(SC) 279

L.NAGESWARA RAO, ANIRUDDHA BOSE
IN RE CONTAGION OF COVID 19 VIRUS IN CHILDREN PROTECTION HOMES – Appellant
Versus
. – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
FOR the NCPCR : Mr. Tushar Mehta, S.G. Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Mohan, Adv Ms. Neha Rai,Adv.
Union of India Mr. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, Adv Mr. B.V. Balram Das, AOR Mr. S.S. Rebello, Adv. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makker,Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur, AOR Ms. Anitha Shenoy,Sr.Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Mr. Abhishek Jebaraj,Adv. Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas,Adv. Ms. Anmol Gupta,Adv. Mr. Chandratanay Chaube, Adv.
State of Chhattisgarh Mr. S. C. Verma, Adv. (Adv. Genl.) Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh, AAG Mr. Sumeer Sodhi AOR Mr. Arjun Nanda,Adv. Ms. Shreya Nair, Adv Mr. Nishant Patil, AOR Mr. Vidit Monga, Adv. Ms. Shubhika Saluja, Adv.
State of W.B. Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, Adv. Mr. Vishaal Prasad, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Parikshith,Adv. Mr. Abhishek Manchanda,Adv. Mr. Sayandeep Pahari, Adv. PLR Chambers & Co.
State of Mizoram Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv. Mr. Divyansh Tiwari,Adv. Ms. Ana Upadhyay,Adv. Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR
State of Haryana Ms. Bansuri Swaraj, Adv. Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR Mr. Shekhar Raj Sharma,Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Mr. Sanjeev Prakash Upadhyaya Adv
U.T. of J&K Ms. Shashi Juneja, Adv. Ms. Pinky Behera, Adv. Mr. G. M. Kawoosa, Adv. Ms. Taruna Ardhendhumauli Prasad, Adv. Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv.
State of Karnataka Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR
State of Assam Mr. Nalin Kohli, AAG Ms. Diksha Rai, Adv. Ms. Palak Mahajan, Adv.
State of Assam Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR
State of A.P. Mr. Mahfooz A. Nazki, Adv. Mr. Polanki Gowtham,Adv. Mr. Shaik Mohamad Haneef,Adv. Mr. T. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy,Adv. Mr. Amitabh Sinha, Adv. Mr. Shrey Sharma,Adv
U.T. of Andaman & Nicobar Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, Adv.
State of Bihar Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR. Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR
State of H.P. Mr. Himanshu Tyagi, AOR
State of Arunachal Pradesh Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Pai Amit, AOR
State of Manipur Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sharan Thakur,Adv. Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR Mr. Siddhartha Thakur,Adv.
U.T. of Puducherry Mr. V.G. Pragasam, AOR Mr. S. Prabhu Ramasubramanian, Adv.
State of Goa Mr. Ravindra A. Lokhande, Adv. Dr. Vidyottma Jha, Adv. Ms. Ambika Atrey, Adv. Dr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR
State of Goa Mr. Arun R. Pedneker, Adv. Ms. Mukti Chowdhary, AOR
State of Kerala Mr. Jishnu M.L., Adv. Ms. Priyanka Prakash, Adv. Ms. Beena Prakash, Adv. Mr. G. Prakash, AOR
State of Odisha Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra AOR Mr. Umakant Misra Adv Mr. Rajiv Sinha Adv Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh Adv Mr. Niranjan Sahu, Adv
State of Odisha Dr. Anindita Pujari, AOR Mr. Deval Singh, Adv. Mr. Om Narayan, Adv.
State of Tripura Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. Mr. Kabir Shankar Bose,Adv. Mr. Rahul Raj Mishra,Adv.
State of Gujarat Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Adv. Ms. Vishakha,Adv. Mr. A. P. Mayee, Adv.
State of Meghalaya Mr. Amit Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Ms. Rekha Bakshi, Adv. Mr. P. S. Negi, Adv. Ms. Tarini K. Nayak, Adv. Mr. Shaurya Sahay, Adv. Mr. K.V. Kharlyngdoh, Adv.
State of Punjab Ms. Jaspreet Gogia, AOR Ms. Mandakini Singh, Adv. Mr. Karanvir Gogia,Adv. Ms. Shivangi Singhal,Adv. Ms. Ashima Mandla, Adv
State of Rajasthan Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, Adv.
State of U.P. Ms. Garima Prashad, Adv Mr. Rohit K. Singh, Adv.
State of Telangana Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Ms. Sweena Nair, Adv.
State of T.N. Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AAG Mr. M.Yogesh Kanna, AOR Mr. Raja Rajeswaran. S,Adv. Mr. Aditya Chada,Adv. Ms. Uma Prasuna Bachu, Adv.
State of Nagaland Mr. K N Balgopal Sr. Adv-AG Of Nagaland, Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv Mr. Apratim Animesh Thakur, Adv. Ms. Prachi Hasija, Adv. Mr. Nitya Nambair, Adv, Mr. Vitso Rio, Adv.
NCT Delhi Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Ms. Abhilasha Bharti, Adv Mr. Sushant Dogra, Adv.
State of Mah. Mr. Sachin Patil AOR. Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv. Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, Adv Mr. Geo Joseph,Adv.
State of Jharkhand Ms. Pragya Baghel, Adv Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR
State of Uttarakhand Ms. Rachana Srivastava, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Sharma,Adv.
State of Sikkim Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR
State of M.P. Mr. Pulkit Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Pashupati Nath Razdan, Adv. Mr. Palav Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sudhanshu Kaushesh, Adv. Mr. K.P. Jayaram, Adv. Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv. Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi, Adv.
State of Guwahati Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR
U.T. of Chandigarh Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. R. K. Gupta, Adv. Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR M/S. Knc, AOR Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR By Courts Motion, AOR Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR Ms. Mukti Chowdhary, AOR Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Ms. Taruna Ardhendumauli Prasad, AOR Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Mr. Pai Amit, AOR Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Ms. Pinky Behera, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Ms. Anindita Pujari, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Ms. Jaspreet Gogia, AOR Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR M/S. Plr Chambers And Co., AOR Mr. Himanshu Tyagi, AOR Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Mr. V. G. Pragasam, AOR Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Ms. Rachana Srivastava, AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Ms. Garima Prashad, AOR Mr. S.. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Mahesh Thakur, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Ms. G. Indira, AOR M/S. Knc, AOR

ORDER

1. On 28.05.2021, we directed all the district authorities to upload the information of children who have become orphans after March, 2020 on the portal of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights ’Bal Swaraj’ before the evening of 29.05.2021. The district authorities were directed to take immediate steps to attend to the basic needs of the children who have become orphans after 1.04.2020. The NCPCR which is a statutory body constituted under Section 3 of the Commission for protection of Child Rights Act, 2005 has filed an affidavit in which the available data of children who have lost either of the parents or lost both the parents including those children who have been abandoned has been provided. As per Table (A) which is annexed to the affidavit, there are 9346 such children who have either been abandoned, lost both parents or lost one parent.

2. Ms.Swarupama Chaturvedi, learned counsel appearing for the NCPCR submits that the District authorities have not been able to provide the complete information relating to the children who have been affected by the loss of either of the parents or one parent during the pandemic. The time given to the District authorities to


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