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2025 Supreme(Online)(SC) 11454

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
B.V. NAGARATHNA, R. MAHADEVAN, JJ
National Commission For Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) – Appellant
Versus
Gulaam Deen – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For Petitioner(s): Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, Sr. Adv.(Amicus Curiae) Ms. Zehra Khan, Adv. Ms. Mansi Sood, Adv. Mr. Areeb Amanullah, Adv. Ms. Delphina Shinglai, Adv. :Mr. H. S. Phoolka, Sr. Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Bhuwan Ribhu, Adv. Ms. Rachna Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Shashi, Adv. Ms. Surabhi Katyal, Adv. Ms. Taruna Panwar, Adv. Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. K.Parameshwaran, Adv. Mr. Adit Khorana, Adv. Mr. Udai Khanna, Adv. Mr. Jagdish Chandra, Adv. Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR Mr. Yashraj Singh Bundela, AOR
For Respondent(s):Mr. Arjun Harkauli, AOR Mr. Ramchandra Madan, Adv. Mr. Abeer Shandilya, Adv. Mr. Prateek Garg, Adv. Mr. Prateek Grag, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Vashist, Adv. Mr. Manoj Kumar, Adv. Mr. C Raghavendren, Adv. Mr. Devansh Tyagi, Adv. Mrs. C Rubavathi, Adv. Mr. M. A. Chinnasamy, AOR Mr. Kamal Pundir, Adv. Mr. Chander Bhan, Adv. Mr. Padhmanabha Raja Kr, Adv. Mr. Abhaid Parikh , AOR Mr. Rishbh Dubey, Adv. Ms. Shivani Gupta, Adv. Mr. Neeraj, A.A.G. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv. Mr. Rudra Paliwal, Adv. Mr. Vedansh Anand, Adv. Ms. Damini Garg, Adv. Ms. Ojasvi, Adv. Mr. Akash Gupta, Adv. Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Aman Dev Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gaj Singh, Adv. Ms. Nupur Kumar, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Udai Khanna, Adv. Mr. K Parmeshwar, Adv. Mr. G Sivabalamurgan, Adv. Mr. Jagdish Chandra Solanki, Adv. Mr. Selvaraj Mahendran, Adv. Mr. K B Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. S N Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Raja Ram Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Maria, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, Sr. Adv. Mr. C. George Thomas, AOR Mr. Gurkaranbir Singh, Adv. Ms. Fauzia Shakil, AOR Ms. Tasmiya Taleha, Adv. Mr. Rajat Bhardwaj, AAG Ms. Baani Khanna, AOR Ms. Ankita M. Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Robin Singh, Adv. Mr. Rohit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Kapil Balwani, Adv.

ORDER

SLP (Crl.) Nos. 10036/2022 and 2206/2023

The petitioners herein are National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and National Commission for Women (NCW) respectively.

2. The writ petition before the High Court, being CRWP No.5744/2022, was filed by Gulaam Deen and another under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of Mandamus directing respondent nos.2 to 4 therein to protect their life and liberty owing to their apprehensions regarding their life and liberty at the instance of private respondent nos.5 and 7 therein. The High Court has granted the prayer(s) of the petitioner(s) therein.

3. We fail to see as to how the petitioners herein can be aggrieved by such an order. If the High Court in exercise of its jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeks to extend protection to two individuals, it is strange that the petitioners are challenging such an order. The petitioners herein in fact have no locus standi to challenge the same.

4. It is strange that if the High Court has extended relief to minor children, the NCPCR, which is meant for protection of children assails such an order of the High Court. Hence, the special

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