W.P(C)No. 657 OF 1995 ITEM No.27 Court No. 1 SECTION PIL A/N MATTER S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(Civil) No.657/1995 RESEARCH FOUNDN. FOR SCIENCE Petitioner (s) VERSUS U O I & ANR. Respondent (s) ( With Appln(s). for directions, impleading party and exemption from filing O.T. ) (For further orders) With SLP(C)No.16175/1997(For prel. hearing) (DR. SURENDRA DHELIA VS. U.O.I. & ORS.] (With appln. for ex-parte stay and impleading party and intervention) C.A.No.7660/1997 [UOI & ORS. VS. GOYAL IMPEX & INDS. LTD. & ORS.] (With office report) Date : 01/11/2002 These Petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HOB'BLE MR. JUSTICE G.B. PATTANAIK HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE Y.K. SABHARWAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARIJIT PASAYAT in WP 657/1995 For Petitioner (s) Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Adv. Mr. R Chandrachud, Ms. Vandana Sudan, Mr. A N Singh and Mr. A K Misra, Advs. For Respondent (s) U O I Mr. Harish N Salve, SG Mr. K N Raval, ASG Mr. A D N Rao, Adv. Mr. A Subba Rao, Adv. Mr. B V Balaram Das, Adv. State of Assam Ms. Krishna Sarma, Adv. Ms. Asha G Nair, Adv. Mr. V K Sidarthan, Adv. for Corporate Law Group, Advs. State of Andhra Mr. T.V. Ratnam, Adv. Pradesh Mr. K. Subba Rao, Adv. State of Arunachal Mr. Anil Shrivastav, Adv. Pradesh & AP PCB ...2/- .PA :2: State of Bihar M/s Kumar Rajesh Singh & B B Singh, Advs. State of Chhattisgarh Mr. Prakash Shrivastava, Adv. UT of Chandigarh Mr. K.B. Rohtagi, Adv. Ms. Aparna Rohtagi Jain, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Kasana, Adv. State of Gujarat Ms. Hemantika Wahi & Ms. Anu Dubey, Advs. State of Himachal Pradesh Mr. Naresh K Sharma, Adv. State of J&K Mr. Anis Suhrawardy, Adv. State of Jharkhand Mr. Rajesh Pathak & Mr. Ashok Mathur, Advs. State of Karnataka Mr. Sanjay R Hegde, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, Adv. State of Madhya Pradesh Mr. Satish K. Agnihotri, Adv. State of Maharashtra Mr. S S Shinde & Mr. V.N.Raghupathy, Advs. State of Manipur Mr K H Nobin Singh, Adv. Mr. L Ananda Singh, Adv. State of Mizoram Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Adv. and GPCB Ms. Anu Dubey, Adv. State of Meghalaya Mr. Ranjan K. Mukherjee, Adv. State of Nagaland Mr. S K Shandilya, Adv. Ms. V D Khanna, Adv. State of Orissa Mr. Radhey Shyam Jena, Adv. Govt. of Pondicherry Mr. V G Pragasam, Adv. State of Rajasthan Mr. Ranji Thomas, Adv. Ms. Bharti Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Sushil Tekriwal, Adv. State of Sikkim Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. A Mariarputham, Adv. Mr. Anurag D. Mathur, Adv. for M/s. Arputham, Aruna & Co.,Advs. State of Tripura Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. Mr. Rahul Singh, Adv. State of Tamil Nadu Ms. Revathy Raghavan, Adv. State of Uttranchal Ms. Rachana Srivastava, Adv. State of U.P. Mr. Ajay K. Agrawal, Adv. Mr. K L Janjani, Adv. Mr. C Siddharth, Adv. ....3/- .PA :3: State of West Bengal Mr. Dilip Sinha, Adv. Mr. J.R. Das, Adv. for Sinha & Das, Advs. CPCB & J&K PCB Mr. Vijay Panjwani, Adv. WB PCB, TNPCB & Pondichery PCB Mr. V.G. Pragasam, Adv. MPCB Mr. R.C. Verma, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv. Karnataka PCB Mr. E.C. Agrawala, Adv. Mr. Rishi Agrawal, Adv. Bombay Port Trust Mr. Buddy A. Ranganadhan, Adv. for M/s JBD & Co., Advs. Orissa PCB Mr. J.R. Das, Adv. Mr. G. Biswal, Adv. Mr. S. Mishra, Adv. MP PCB Mr. Satish K. Agnihotri, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Jain, Adv. Mr. R.K. Joshi, Adv. Mr. A.P. Dhamija, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. L.P. Singh, Adv. Ms. Anjali Doshi, Adv. NCTof Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar , Daman & Diu, Dadra, Nagar Haveli & Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv. Lakshadweep Mr. D.S. Mahra, Adv. Mr. K.M. Shukla, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar Jha, Adv. Ms. Manik Karanjawala, Adv. Mr. Shakil Ahmed Syed, Adv. UP PCB Mr. Pradeep Misra, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar Tandale, Adv. Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, Adv. AP PCB Mrs Urmila Sirur, Adv. in SLP (C) 16175/97 For Petitioner (s) Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, Adv. For Respondent (s) Mr. Jayant Bhushan, Adv. in CA 7660/97 For Appellant(s) Mr. B.K. Prasad, Adv. ...4/- .PA :4: For Respondent (s) Mr. Vijay Kumar, Adv. Mr. B.K. Sharma, Adv. Mr. K.K. Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pramod Dayal, Adv. Mr. B.V. Balaram Das, Adv. Mr. S.K. Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Adv. UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R ..............L......I....T.....T.....T.....T.....T.....T.....T......J.R Mr. Parikh may place on record the points on which directions are sought from this Court. Needful be done within 15 days. Thereafter, the Union of India will file a status report not only with respect to the points so raised but also with regard to the implementation of the High Powered Committee. List after four weeks before a Bench of which Hon'ble Mr. Justice Y.K. Sabharwa is a Member. (D.P. WALIA) (S.L. GOYAL) Court Master Asstt. Registrar