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2018 Supreme(SC) 2088

DIPAK MISRA, A. M. KHANWILKAR, D. Y. CHANDRACHUD
Pankaj Sinha – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Raju Ramachandran, Sr. Adv., Ms. Pallavi Mohan, Adv., Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, AOR, Ms. Dhvani Mehta, Adv., Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv., Mr. Kabi Ali Ziya Choudhry, Adv., Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR
For the Respondent: Mr.K.K.Venugopal, AG, Mr. Maninder Singh, ASG, Ms. Pinky Anand, ASG, Mr. K. Radhakrishnan, Sr. Adv., Ms. V. Mohana, Sr. Adv., Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Adv., Mr. Shailendra Saini, Adv., Ms. Saudamini Sharma, Adv., Mr. Sayooj Mohandas, Adv., Mr. A.K. Sharma, Adv., Mr. R.B. Yadav, Adv., Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Adv., Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, Adv., Ms. Aarti Sharma, Adv., Mr.Akshay Amritanshu, Adv., Mr. Ravindra Kumar Verma, Adv., Mr. G.S. Makker, Adv., Ms. Deepa Kulkarni, Adv., Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR, Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv., Mr. S.C. Ghosh, Adv., Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR, Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv., Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv., Mr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv., Mr. Krishnam Mishra, Adv., Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR, Mr. Sayooj Mohandas, Adv., Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR, Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv., Ms. Prachi Mishra, Adv., Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR, Ms. Pragya Garg, Adv., Mr. Nikhil Goel, Adv., Mr. Naveen Goel, Adv., Mr. Ashutosh Ghode, Adv., Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv., Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Adv., Mr. Prashant Mathur, Adv., Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR, Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv., Mr. G.M. Kawoosa, Adv., Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv., Ms.Fauzia Shakil, Adv., Mr.Ujjwal Singh, Adv., Mr.Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv., Mr. Merusagar Samantray, Adv., Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv., Mr. Ankur Prakash, AOR, Dr. Monika Gusain, Adv., Mr. Dipak K. Nag, Adv., Mr. Parmanand Gaur, AOR, Mr. Ekansh Bansal, Adv., Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv., Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv., Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv., Ms. Simran Jeet, Adv., For M/s. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR, Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR, Ms. Vishakha, Adv., Ms. Mamta Singh, Adv., Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR, Mr. Edward Belho, Adv., Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv., Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv., Mr. Surya P. Misra, AG, Odisha Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR, Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR, Mr. A. Selvin Raja, Adv., Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR, Mrs. Bihu Sharma, Adv., Ms. Purnima Krishna, Adv., Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR, Mr. Siddharth Garg, Adv., Mr. K.V. Vijayakumar, AOR, Ms. Maitreyee Mishra, Adv., Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv., Mr. Mohd. Waquas, Adv., Mr.Tapesh K.Singh, Adv., Mr. Yashvardhan, Adv., Mr. Apoorv Shukla, Adv., Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR, Mr. G. Prakash, AOR, Mr. Jishnu M.L., Adv., Mrs. Priyanka Prakash, Adv., Mrs. Beena Prakash, Adv., Mr. Karan Bharihoke, AOR, Mr. Aman Panwar, Adv., Ms. Navkiran Bolay, Adv., Mr. S.S. Shamshery, AAG, Rajasthan Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv., Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv., Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv., Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv., Mr. Leishangthem Roshmani Kh., Adv., Ms. Maibam Babina, Adv., Ms. Rachana Srivastava, AOR, Ms. Monika, Adv., Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv., Ms. Surekha Raman, Adv., Ms. Niharika, Adv., Ms. Kanika Kalaiyarasan, Adv., Mr. Kuldeep S. Parihar, Adv., Mr. H.S. Parihar, AOR, Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, AOR, Ms. Shashi Pathak, Adv., Mr. Arvind Kumar Tripathi, Adv., Mr. Akhilendra Singh, Adv., Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR, Ms. Akanksha Choudhary, Adv., Ms. Bhavana Duhoon, Adv., Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR, Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR, Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv., Mr. Shreyas Jain, Adv., Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR, Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv., Ms. Ritika Sethi, Adv., Mr. Kshatrashal Raj, Adv., Ms. Tanya Chaudhry, Adv., Ms. Pratyusha Priyadarshini, Adv., For M/s. Parekh & Co., AOR, Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR, Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR, Mr. B. Balaji, AOR, Mr.Shikhar Garg, Adv., Mr.Mudit Makhija, Adv., Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran, AOR, Mr.Pratap Venugopal, Adv., Ms.Surekha Raman, Adv., Ms.Niharika, Adv., Ms.Kanika Kalaiyarasan, Adv., For M/s. K J John And Co, AOR, Mr. Dinesh Kumar Garg, AOR, Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR, Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR, Mr. Vishwa Pal Singh, AOR, Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR, Mr. B.V. Balaram Das, AOR, Mr. Rohit K. Singh, AOR, Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR, Mr.Suhaan Mukerji, Adv., Ms.Astha Sharma, Adv., Mr.Harsh Hiroo Gorsahani, Adv., Mr.Amit Verma, Adv., Mr.Vishal Prasad, Adv., For PLR Chambers & Co., Adv.,

ORDER :

W.P. (C) No. 767/2014

1. Heard Mr. Colin Gonsalves, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner and Mr. Maninder Singh and Ms. Pinky Anand, learned Additional Solicitor Generals of India.

2. Hearing concluded.

3. Orders reserved.

4. Learned counsel for the parties shall file their written notes of submissions by 12.7.2018.

W.P.(C) No.1151/2017

5. The present writ petition, preferred under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, seeks that a number of legislations, enumerated in Annexure P-1, be declared as unconstitutional being violative of Articles 14, 19(1)(d), 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution of India. It is submitted by Mr.Raju Ramachandran, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner that all the statutes that have been sought to be declared as unconstitutional relate to the stigma attached to leprosy patients. He has drawn our attention to the 256th Report of the Law Commission. The said Report has been submitted on the basis of the initiative taken by the Union of India, titled “Legal Enactments Simplification and Streamlining”. The Law Commission referred to the provisions of the Lepers Act and adverted to the Second Interim Report No.249 where it is m

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