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2022 Supreme(SC) 1422

L. NAGESWARA RAO, B. R. GAVAI
In Re : Children In Street Situations – Appellant
Versus
. – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
By Courts Motion, Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, Advocate, (A.C.), for the parties, Mr. K.M. Nataraj, ASG, Ms. Swarupama chaturvedi, Advocate, Ms. Indira Bhakar, Advocate, Ms. Saumya Kapoor, Advocate, Ms. Himanshi Goel, Advocate, for the NCPCR, Mr. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG, Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Advocate, Mr. G.S. Makker, Advocate, Mr. S.K.Singhania, Advocate, Mr. Varun Chugh, Advocate, Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Advocate, Mr. G.S., Advocate, Mr. Amrish Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Raj Bahadur, Advocate, for the Union of India, Mr. S.C. Verma, Sr. AG, Mr. Sumeer Sodhi Advocate, Mr. Arjun Nanda, Advocate, Mr. Gaurav Arora, Advocate, for the Chhattisgarh, Mr. Apoorv Kurup, Advocate, Ms. Nidhi Mittal, Advocate, for the H.C.of Chhattisgarh, Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Advocate, Mr. Vishaal Prasad, Advocate, Mr. Nikhil Parikshith, Advocate, Mr. Abhishek Manchanda, Advocate, Mr. Sayandeep Pahari, Advocate, PLR Chambers & Co., State of W.B., Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Advocate, Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Advocate, Ms. Manya Hasija, Advocate, Mr. Akash Singh, Advocate, Ms. Preeti Singh, Advocate, Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, Advocate, for the State of Mizoram, Ms. Bansuri Swaraj, AAG, Dr. Monika Gusain, Advocate, for the State of Haryana, Mr. G.M. Kawoosa, Advocate, Ms. Taruna Ardhendhumauli Prasad, Advocate, for the U.T. of J&K, Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, Advocate, for the State of Karnataka, Ms. Diksha Rai, Advocate, Ms. Ragini Pandey, Advocate, Mr. Ankit Agarwal, Advocate, Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Anand Kr. Dubey, Advocate, Mr. Nishant Verma, Advocate, Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Simanta Kumar, Advocate, Ms. Rajlakshmi Singh, Advocate, Mr. Sunil Saraogi, Advocate, Mr. Narendra Kumar, Advocate, for the State of Assam, Mr. Mahfooz A. Nazki, Advocate, Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Advocate, Mr. Shaik Mohamad Haneef, Advocate, Mr. T. Vijaya Bharkar Reddy, Advocate, Mr. K.V. Girish Chowdary, Advocate, Ms. Rajeshwari Mukherjee, Advocate, for the State of A.P., Ms. G. Indira, Advocate, for the U.T. of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Mr. Manish Kumar, Advocate, for the State of Bihar, Mr. Himanshu Tyagi, Adocate, for the State of H.P., Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, Advocate, Ms. Eliza Bar, Advocate, Mr. Pai Amit, Advocate, for the State of Arunachal; Pradesh, Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Karun Sharma, Advocate, Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Advocate, Mr. Krishna Shree Devee, Advocate, Mr. Saurabh Choudhary, Advocate, Mr. Mahesh Thakur, Advocate, Mr. V.G. Pragasam, Advocate, for the State of Manipur, Mr. Aravindh S., Advocate, Ms. C. Rubavathi, Advocate, Ms. Mukti Chowdhary, Advocate, Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Advocate, for the UT of Puducherry, Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Advocate, Ms. Anu K. Joy, Advocate, Mr. Alim Anvar, Advocate, Mr. G. Prakash, Advocate, for the State of Kerala, Dr. Anindita Pujari, Advocate, for the State of Odisha, Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Advocate, Mr. Ishaan Borthakur, Advocate, for the State of Tripura, Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Advocate, for the State of Gujarat, Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, Advocate, Mr. Upendra Mishra, Advocate, Mr. T.K. Nayak, Advocate, Mr. K.V. Kharlyngdoh, Advocate, Mr. Daniel Lyngdoh, Advocate, for the State of Meghalaya, Mr. Anmol Rattan Sidhu, AG, Mr. R.K. Rathore, Advocate, Ms. Jaspreet Gogia, Advocate, for the State of Punjab, Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Arpit Parkash, Advocate, Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, Advocate, for the State of Rajasthan, Ms. Garima Prashad, Sr. Advocate, /AAG, Mr. Rohit K. Singh, Advocate, Mr. Pritam Biswas, Advocate, Mr. Akshay Chowdhary, Advocate, Mr. Parth Yadav, Advocate, for the State of U.P., Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Advocate, Ms. Sweena Nair, Advocate, Mr. P. Mohith Rao, Advocate, for the State of Telangana, Mr. V. Krishnamurthy, Sr. Advocate, /AAG, Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., Advocate, Ms. Nupur sharma, Advocate, Mr. Shobhit Dwivedi, Advocate, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Mahara, Advocate, Ms. Jessica Bhardwaj, Advocate, Mr. M.Yogesh Kanna, Advocate, for the State of T.N., Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, Advocate, Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Advocate, Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Advocate, for the State of Nagaland, Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, Advocate, Mr. Amandeep Mehta, Advocate, for the NCT Delhi, Mr. Sachin Patil Advocate, Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Advocate, Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, Advocate, Mr. Geo Joseph, Advocate, Ms. Shwetal Shepal, Advocate, for the State of Mah., Ms. Pragya Baghel, Advocate, Ms. Pallavi Langar, Advocate, for the State of Jharkhand, Mr. Saurabh Trivedi, Advocate, Mr. Tanmay Agarwal, Advocate, Ms. Rachana Srivastava, Advocate, for the State of Uttarakhand, Mr. Saurabh Mishra, AAG, Mr. Pashupati Nath Razdan, Advocate, Mr. Rajesh Singh, Advocate, Ms. Sneh Bairwa, Advocate, Mr. Rajesh K. Singh, Advocate, Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, Advocate, for the State of M.P., Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, Advocate, for the Guwahati, P&H H.C., Mr. Ankit Goel, Advocate, Ms. Shobha Gupta, Advocate, Mr. Nishant Bahuguna, Advocate, for the U.T. of Chandigarh, Mr. Romy Chacko, Advocate, Ms. Astha Sharma, Advocate, Ms. Uttara Babbar, Advocate, M/S. Knc, Advocate, Mr. Ajay Pal, Advocate, Mr. Gopal Singh, Advocate, M/s. Manoj Swarup and Co., Advocate, Mr. B. V. Balaram Das, Advocate, Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Advocate, Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, Advocate, Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, Advocate, Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, Advocate, Mr. Nishanth Patil, Advocate, Mr. Harish Pandey, Advocate, Ms. Sanskriti Pathak, Advocate, for the I.A.106490/2021 R 3-4, Mr. Salman Khurshid, sr. Advocate, Ms. Mohini Priya, Advocate, Mr. Ashish Kumar, Advocate, Ms Asifa Rashid Mir, Advocate, Ms. Sakshi Kotiyal, Advocate, Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, Advocate, Ms. Mrinal Elker Mazumdar, Advocate, Ms. Indira Bhakar Advocate, Mr. Shiyas KR., Advocate, Ms. Amiy Shukla, Advocate, Mr. R.M. Patnaik, Advocate, Ms. Meenakshi S. Kamble, Advocate, Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Advocate, Mr. Subhash S. Kadam, Advocate, Mr. Naresh Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Kunal Chatterji, Advocate, Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Advocate, Mr. Rohit Bansal, Advocate, Ms. Shristi Agnihotri, Advocate, For the Appellant.

ORDER

1. In view of the deficient and haphazard measures taken by different State Governments/Union Territories for rescuing Children in Street Situations (CiSS) and rehabilitating them, a direction was given to the State Governments/Union Territories, by an order dated 17.01.2022, to formulate a policy for the rehabilitation of CiSS, with the guidance of the NCPCR. On 21.02.2022, State Governments/Union Territories were directed to implement suggestions made by the NCPCR for formulating policy for rescuing and rehabilitating CiSS, subject to certain modifications that may be made. In case, the State Governments/Union Territories needed a deviation from the suggestions made by the NCPCR, they were permitted to approach the NCPCR.

2. We are informed that the State of Chhattisgarh had sought some modifications in the guidelines issued by the NCPCR. The NCPCR has already examined the modifications made by the State of Chhattisgarh. We are also informed that the States of Tamil Nadu and Delhi have formulated their schemes for rescuing and rehabilitating CiSS. The State Governments of Tamil Nadu and Delhi are directed to communicate a copy of their final schemes to the NCPCR. The State Go

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