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