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Sampurna Behrua v. Union of India and Others

The office report is that all the High Courts have registered a suo motu writ petition in terms of our judgment dated 09-2-20181.

(Madan B. Lokur, Kurian Joseph and Deepak Gupta, JJ.)

Sampurna Behrua __________________________________ Petitioner;

v.

Union of India and Others ________________________ Respondent(s).

Writ Petition(s) (Civil) No(s). 473/2005, decided on March 13, 2018

The Order of the court was delivered by

Order

1. The office report is that all the High Courts have registered a suo motu writ petition in terms of our judgment dated 09-2-20181.

2. However, no satisfactory response has been received from the High Courts of Madhya Pradesh, Tripur, Delhi, Bombay and Gujarat.

3. We request the Secretary General to be in touch on telephone with the Registrar General of these High Courts to ascertain whether or not a suo motu writ petition has been registered by these High Courts covering the issues mentioned in the decision of this Court.

4. List the matter on 16th March, 2018.

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1 Sampurna Behura v. Union of India, (2018) 4 SCC 433 : (2018) 2 SCC (Cri) 521