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2021 Supreme(SC) 1235

L. NAGESWARA RAO, B. R. GAVAI
In Re Contagion of Covid 19 Virus In Children Protection Homes – Appellant
Versus
. – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the parties : By Courts Motion Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR (A.C.) Ms. Anitha Shenoy,Adv. Ms. Shristi Agnihotri,Adv.
FOR NCPCR : Mr. K. M. Nataraj, Ld. ASG Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR Ms. Aparna Trivedi, Adv. Ms. Soumya Kapoor, Adv.
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
M/o Lakshdweep and Daman & Diu & Dagar Nagar Haveli : Mr. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG Mr. S.S. Rebello, Adv. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, Adv. Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Prashant Singh B, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Raj Bahadur, AOR
State of Chhattisgarh : Mr. S.C. Verma, AG Mr. Sumeer Sodhi AOR Mr. Arjun Nanda,Adv.
H.C.of Chhattisgarh : Mr. Apoorv Kurup, AOR Ms. Nidhi Mittal, Adv.
State of W.B. : Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, 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 Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv Ms. Manya Hasija,Adv Ms. Pragya Barsaiyan, Adv Mr. Akash Singh, Adv Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR
State of Haryana : Ms. Bansuri Swaraj, AAG Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR
U.T. of J&K : Mr. G.M.Kawoosa,Adv. Ms. Taruna Ardhendhumauli Prasad, Adv. Ms. Pinky Behera, AOR
State of Karnataka : Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Md Apzal Ansari, Adv.
State of Assam : Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR Mr. Ankit Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Ragini Pandey, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Nishant Verma, Adv Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR
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. Amitabh Sinha, Adv. Mr. K.V. Girish Chowdary, Adv.
U.T. of Andaman & Nicobar Islands : Mr. K.K. Mondal, Adv. Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. Habilila Nana,Adv.
State of Bihar : 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.
HC of Manipur : Mr. Sharan Thakur,Adv. Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR Mr. Siddhartha Thakur,Adv. Mr. V.G. Pragasam, AOR
UT of Puducherry : Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. A.Lakshminarayanan Adv
State of Goa : Mr. Arun R. Pedneker, Adv. Ms. Mukti Chowdhary, AOR Dr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR
State of Kerala : Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Ms. Priyanka Prakash, Adv. Ms. Beena Prakash, Adv.
State of Odisha : Dr. Anindita Pujari, AOR Mr. Om Narayan Pandey, Adv.
State of Tripura : Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Ishaan Borthakur, Adv.
State of Gujarat : Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Adv.
State of Meghalaya : Mr. Amit Kumar, AG Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. K.V. Kharlyngdoh, Adv. Mr. Upendra Mishra, 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, AOR 5
State of U.P. : Ms. Garima Prashad, Sr. Adv./AAG Mr. Rohit K. Singh, AOR. Mr. Pritam Biswas, Adv. Mr. Akshay Chowdhary, Adv. Mr. Parth Yadav, Adv.
State of Telangana : Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Ms. Sweena Nair, Adv.
State of T.N. : Dr. Joseph Aristotle S.,AOR Ms. Preeti Singh, Adv. Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv. Mr. M.Yogesh Kanna, AOR
State of Nagaland : Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv.
NCT Delhi : Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR
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. Vikas Negi, Adv.
State of Sikkim : Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Nishant Verma, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Sinha, Adv. Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR
State of M.P. : Mr. Pulkit Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Pashupati Nath Razdan, AOR. Mr. Ashutosh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Sneh Bairwa, Adv. Mr. Palav Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Sushil Tomar, Adv.
Guwahati, P&H H.C. : Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR
U.T. of Chandigarh : Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Ms. Shobha Gupta, AOR Mr. Nishant Bahuguna, Adv
I.A.106490/2021 R 3-4 : Mr. Romy Chacko, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR M/S. Knc, AOR Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR
Society for Socio Legislative Reforms : Mr. Abhishek Swarup, Adv. Mr. Manoj Swarup, AOR Dr. K.S. Bhati, Adv. Ms. Charu Singhal, Adv. Ms. Lalita Kohli, AOR M/S. Manoj Swarup And Co., AOR Mr. B. V. Balaram Das, AOR Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR Mr. Shekhar Raj Sharma, Dy. AG Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Mr. Bhanwar Jadon, Adv. Ms. Babita Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR
2.1 : Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Mr. Abishek Jebaraj, Adv Ms. Nupur Raut, Adv. Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv
2.1 Respondent(s): Mr. Nishanth Patil, AOR Ms. Shubhika Saluja, Adv.

Table of Content
1. directions for inquiries and education of orphans (Para 1)
2. draft sop for child witness evidence recording (Para 2)
3. rehabilitation measures for street children (Para 3)
4. definition and obligations under the jj act (Para 4 , 5)
5. ncpcr's recommendations on data collection for ciss (Para 6 , 7)
6. status reports required from state governments (Para 8 , 9)
7. next court date scheduled (Para 10)

ORDER :

2. In respect of the recording of evidence of child witnesses through video conferencing, the learned Amicus Curiae in consultation with Ms. Anitha Shenoy and Ms. Shristi Agnihotri, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, has submitted a draft Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). The draft SOP shall be sent to the State Governments and all the High Courts for their comments. Response may be filed within a period of two weeks from today. The finalization of the SOP shall be taken on 15.11.2021.

4. Section 2 (14) of the Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act) defines “child in need of care and protection”. Clause (ii) thereof includes a child who is found working in contravention of labour laws for the time being in force or is found be

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