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2022 Supreme(SC) 1985

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


Advocates Appeared:
For the Parties : Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR (A.C.), Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Sr. Adv., Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR, Mr. Abishek Jebaraj, Adv, Ms. Kriti Awasthi, Adv., Ms. Nimisha Menon, Adv, Ms. Priyanka Mali, Adv., Saziya Mukadam, Adv., Mr. Sambhav Gupta, Adv, Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv., Ms. Aarti Krupa Kumar, Adv., A. Reyna Shruti, Adv
For the NCPCR : Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR, Ms. Soumya Kapoor, Adv., Mr. K.M. Nataraj, Ld. ASG, Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, Adv, Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, Adv., Mr. Digvijay Dam, Adv., Mr. Manish, Adv., Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv., Mr. S.S. Rebello, Adv., Mr. M.k. Maroria, AOR
For the Union of India : Mr. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG, Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, Adv, Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, Adv., Mr. S.S. Rebello, Adv., Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv., Mr. B.V. Balram Das, AOR, Mr. G.S. Makker,AOR
For the State of Chhattisgarh : Mr. S.C. Verma, Sr. Adv./Adv. General, Mr. Sumeer Sodhi AOR, Mr. Arjun Nanda, Adv., Mr. Gaurav, Adv.
For the State of W.B. : Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv., Mr. Vishaal Prasad, Adv., Mr. Nikhil Parikshith, Adv., Mr. Abhishek Manchanda, Adv., Mr. Sayandeep Pahari, Adv.,
For the State of Telengana : Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR, Ms. Sweena Nair, Adv, Mr. P. Mohith Rao, Adv.
For the State of Mizoram : Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv, Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv, Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv, Ms. Pragya Barsaiyan, Adv, Mr. Akash Singh, Adv, Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR
For the State of Haryana : Ms. Bansuri Swaraj, AAG, Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR
For the State of Goa : Mr. Ravindra A. Lokhande, Adv., Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv, Ms. Ambika Atrey, Adv., Dr. Vidyottma Jha, Adv.
For the State of Goa : Mr. Arun R. Pedneker, Adv., Ms. Mukti Chowdhary, AOR
For the State of A.P. : Mr. Mahfooz A. Nazki, AOR, Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv.,
Mr. Shaik Mohamad Haneef, Adv., Mr. T. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv., Mr. K.V. Girish Chowdary, Adv., Ms. Rajeswari Mukherjee, Adv
For the State of Bihar : Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR
For the State of H.P. : Mr. Himanshu Tyagi, AOR
For the State of Manipur : Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR, Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv., Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
For the UT of Puducherry : Mr. Aravindh S., AOR, Ms. C. Rubavathi Adv, Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Adv, Ms. Anu K Joy, Adv, Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv
For the State of Tripura : Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR, Mr. Kabir Shankar Bose, Adv., Mr. Ishaan Borthakur, Adv.
For the State of Gujarat : Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR
For the State of Meghalaya : Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR, Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv., Mr. Kynpham V. Kharlyngdoh, Adv., Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv.
For the State of Punjab : Ms. Jaspreet Gogia, AOR, Ms. Mandakini Singh, Adv, Mr. Karanvir Gogia,Adv, Ms. Shivangi Singhal, Adv., Mr. Varnika Gupta, Adv, Ms. Ashima Mandla, Adv
For the State of T.N. : Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., AOR, Ms. Preeti Singh, Adv., Ms. Nupur Sharma, Adv., Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Mahara, Adv.
For the State of Nagaland : Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR, Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv, Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv.
For the NCT Delhi : Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR
For the State of Mah. : Mr. Sachin Patil AOR, Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv., Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, Adv, Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv., Ms. Shwetal Shepal, Adv.
For the UT OF A & N Islands : Mr.Samir Ali Khan, AOR
For the State of Jharkhand : Ms. Pragya Baghel, Adv, Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR, Ms Shelley Singh, Adv
For the State of Sikkim : Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, Adv., Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv., Mr. Nishant Verma, Adv., Mr. Rajiv Kumar Sinha, Adv., Mr. Simanta Kumar, Adv., Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR
For the State of M.P. : Ms. Ankita Chaudhary, DAG, Mr. Pashupati Nath Razdan, AOR, Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi, Adv, Mr. Prakhar Srivastav, Adv., Ms. Sneh Bairwa, Adv.
For the H.C. of M.P. : Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR, Ms Sagun Srivastava Adv
For the U.T. of Chandigarh : Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR,
For the INT : Ms. Shobha Gupta, AOR, Mr. Rajendra Kumar Panigrahi, Adv, Jessy kurien, Adv, Mr. Nishant Bahuguna, Adv
For the Impleadment : Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR, Mr. Susheel Joseph Cyriac, Adv, Ms. Uditha Chakravarthy, Adv
For the Haryana : Mr. Shekhar Raj Sharma, Dy. AG, Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR, Mr. Paras Dutta, Adv., Mr. Bhanwar Jadon, Adv., Ms. Babita Mishra, Adv., Mr. Amit Gupta, Adv., Mr. Sanjeev Prakash Upadhayay, Adv., Ms. Adira A Nair, Adv, Mr. Ajay Bansal, AAG, Mr.Gaurav Yadava Adv, Ms. Veena Bansal, Adv., Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen AOR,
Mr. Nikhil Goel, AOR, Ms. Naveen Goel, Adv., Mr. Vinay Mathew, Adv., Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR, Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv., Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv, Mr. Malak Manish Bhatt, AOR
For the State of Assam : Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR, Mr. Ankit Agarwal, Adv., Ms. Ragini Pandey, Adv.
For the St. of Arunachal Pradesj : Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR, Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv, Mr. Nishanth Patil, AOR, Mr. G. Prakash, AOR, Preeti Singh, AOR, Mr. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR
For the St. of Rajasthan : Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr Adv, Mr. Arpit Parkash, Adv, Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR, Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR, Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR, Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR

Table of Content
1. writ petition for child witness evidence during covid-19 (Para 1)
2. pilot project for video conferencing in child witness trials (Para 2 , 3 , 4)
3. (Para 5 , 6)
4. importance of child witness protection and rehabilitation (Para 7)
5. procedure for evidence recording via video conferencing (Para 8 , 9)
6. implementation and operational guidelines for rpcs (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14)

ORDER :

1. This Writ Petition has been filed for the following reliefs:

2. Mr. Gaurav Agarwal, learned Amicus Curiae, proposed a pilot project, after having detailed discussions with the counsel appearing for the Petitioners. For the purpose of the pilot project, the learned Amicus Curiae selected four cases. Out of these, trial had commenced in two cases with respect to which, it was requested that directions be given for examination of witnesses by video conferencing. SC No. 151 of 2019 (State v. Rahmatulla) arises out of FIR No. 612 of 2018 dated 05.12.2018, registered under Sections 75 /79 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (“JJ Act”), Sections 3 /3A/14 of the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (“CLA”), Sections 16 /17/1

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