(Ranjan Gogoi, C.J. and Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ.)
Manish Kumar ____________________________________ Petitioner;
v.
Union of India and Others _________________________ Respondent(s).
Writ Petition (C) No. 183 of 2013, decided on March 11, 2019
The Order of the court was delivered by
Order
1. The prayers made in the writ petition as amended in terms of the Interlocutory Application No. 2 of 2013 read as follows:
“A. Direction to all the States & Union Territories to constitute Police Commission to deal with allegation of police action, redressal of grievances of police and to make recommendations for the welfare of police force.
B. Directions to the States to formulate and implement the guidelines for prevention and control of violent mass agitations and destruction of life & property, in terms of the guidelines suggested by this Hon’ble Court in the decision reported as 2009 (5) SCC 212.
C. Directions to the States and Union Territories to fill up the vacant posts in the Police and State Armed forces so that the police forces does not remain overburdened.
D. Directions to all the States and Union Territories to provide for periodic training and upgradation of police force and to fix the working hours for the police personnel.
E. Direction to the Union of India to prescribe guidelines for the Media Reporting of the violent mass agitation and police action for prevention and control thereof.
F. Order or Direction restraining the States from drawing a presumption against the action of police acting under the constitutional and statutory obligations.”
2. From the material on record and the Orders passed by this Court from time to time it appears that one of the central issues canvassed till date is the filling up of the large number of vacancies in the different posts in the police forces in the States. In this regard detailed affidavits have been filed by a large number of States. In view of the factual matrix at some point of time it was in the contemplation of the Court that the matter be sent to High Court(s) for effective monitoring instead of this Court continuing with the present writ petition. Issue and problems are State specific and can be appropriately dealt with by the respective High Courts.
3. Having considered the matter, we are of the view that the records pertaining to each of the States including affidavits etc. be sent by the Supreme Court Registry to the Registry of the concerned High Courts with a request to Hon’ble the Chief Justice of the High Court to entertain the matter on the Judicial Side as suo motu Public Interest Litigation and monitor the prayers made from time to time.
4. With the aforesaid directions and observations, this Writ Petition shall stand disposed of.
Writ Petition(s) (Civil) No(s). 183/2013
Manish Kumar _____________________________________ Petitioner
v.
Union of India & Ors ____________________________ Respondent(s)
Date : 11-03-2019 This petition was called on for hearing today.
(Before Ranjan Gogoi, C.J. and Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ.)
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Manish Kumar, In-person
For Respondent(s) Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR
State of Meghalaya Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR
Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv.
Mr. K.V. Kharlyngdoh, Adv.
Mr. Rajiv Nanda, AOR
Mr. M.S. Doabia, Adv.
Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR
State of Punjab Mr. Karan Bharihoke, AOR
Mr. B.D. Das, Adv.
Mr. Kaushal Narayan Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Siddhant Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Navkiran Bolay, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR
Mr. Ravi Prakash Mehrotra, AOR
Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR
State of A.P. Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR
Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Mathur, Adv.
State of T.N. Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR
Mr. Raja Rajeshwaran S., Adv.
Mr. Parthasarthi S., Adv.
Mr. Krishnayan Sen, AOR
Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR
Andaman & Nicobar Admn. Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.
Ms. G. Indira, AOR
Ms. Rangoli Seth, Adv.
Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran, AOR
State of Haryana Mr. Anil Grover, AAG
Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv.
Mr. Satish Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR
Govt. of Puducherry Mr. V. G. Pragasam, AOR
Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv.
Mr. S. Manuraj, Adv.
State of Nagaland Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
State of Jharkhand Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR
Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv.
Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR
Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR
State of Karnataka Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR
Mr. Parikshit P. Angadi, Adv.
Mr. Manender Pal Gupta, Adv.
Md. A. Ansari, Adv.
State of J & K Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR
Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv.
Mr. Gautam Parbhakar, Adv.
Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv.
State of Gujarat Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR
Ms. Jesal Wahi, Adv.
Ms. Puja Singh, Adv.
Ms. Vishakha, Adv.
Ms. Ruchira Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Supriya Juneja, AOR
Ms. Varsha Poddar, Adv.
Mr. P. Venkat Reddy, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Tyagi, Adv.
M/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR
State of H.P. Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, (AAG)/AOR
Mrs. Bihu Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Purnima Krishna, Adv.
State of Orissa Dr. Anindita Pujari, AOR
Ms. Aarti Krupa Kumar, Adv.
State of W.B. Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv.
Ms. Astha Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Amit Verma, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Manchanda, Adv.
Ms. Dimple Nagpal, Adv.
M/S. PLR Chambers And Co., AOR
Jharkhand SSC Mr. Sunil Kumar, Sr. Adv.
Rohini Prasad, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Sarla Chandra, AOR
State of UP Mr. Aviral Saxena, Adv.
Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR
UOI Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG
Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv.
Mr. A.P. Mayee, Adv.
Mr. Bhakti Vardhan Singh, Adv.
Mr. Anirudh B., Adv.
Mr. A.K. Sharma, AOR (Law & Justice)
Mr. B.V. Balaram Das, AOR (Delhi Admn.)
Ms. Anil Katiyar, AOR (UTs)
Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv. (UTs)
Mr. M.K. Maroria, AOR
Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR
Ms. Sunita Shrivastava, Adv.
Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Meetali Gupta, Adv.
Mr. A.K. Shrivastava, Adv.
State of Chhattisgarh Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR
Mr. Aman Nandrajog, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Tiwari, Adv.
Mr. Surya Kant Mishra, Adv.
State of Sikkim Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv.
Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv.
Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv.
Ms. Geetanjali, Adv.
M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR
State of Mizoram Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv.
Ms. Bansuri Swaraj, Adv.
Ms. Shreya Bhatnagar, Adv.
Mr. Raghunatha Sethupathy, Adv.
Mr. Gagan Narang, Adv.
Ms. Arshiya Ghose, Adv.
Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR
State of Maharashtra Ms. Deepa M. Kulkarni, Adv.
Mr. Nishant R. katneshwarkar, AOR
State of Goa & UOI Mr. A.N.S. Nadkarni, ASG
Ms. Ruchira Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Salvadore Rebello, Adv.
Ms. Aankhi Ghosh, Adv.
Mr. Shishir Deshpande, AOR
State of Manipur Mr. Leishangthem Roshmani KH, AOR
Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.
Ms. Maibam Babina, Adv.
State of H.P. Mr. Vikas Mahajan, AAG
Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR
State of Rajasthan Dr. Manish Singhvi, AAG
Mr. Satyendra Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Sailya Nanda Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR
State of Assam/Tripura Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.
Mr. Kabir Shankar Bose, Adv.
Mr. Rijuk Sarkar, Adv.
State of Kerala Mr. G. Prakash, Adv.
Mr. Jishnu M.L., Adv.
Mrs. Priyanka Prakash, Adv.
Mrs. Beena Prakash, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
ORDER
5. The writ petition is disposed of in terms of the signed order.
6. Pending applications, if any, shall also stand disposed of.
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