ITEM NO.47 COURT NO.5 SECTION PIL 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. for impleadment and intervention and directions and exemption from filing O.T. and clarification/directions and office report) (With I.A. No.24 - application for impleadment/directions) WITH SLP(C) NO. 16175 of 1997 (With appln. for ex-parte stay and impleading party) Civil Appeal NO. 7660 of 1997 (With office report) SUO MOTO CONMT.PET.(C) NO. 155 of 2005 in W.P.(C) No. 657/1995 (With office report) Date: 13/02/2006 These Petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARIJIT PASAYAT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.H. KAPADIA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Adv. Mr. A.N.Singh, Adv. Mr. A.K. Mishra, Adv. Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, Adv. Mr. P. Parmeswaran, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Anil Kumar Jha,Adv. Mr. Aruneshwar Gupta ,Adv Mr. Naveen Kumar Singh, Adv. Contd....2/- -2- Mr. Gopal Subramanium, A.S.G. Mr. Satyakam,Adv. Ms. Deeksha Mishra,Adv. Mr. A.Subba Rao, Adv. Mr. P. Parmeswaran, Adv. Mrs Anil Katiyar ,Adv Mr. B.Krishna Prasad, Adv. Mr. Vijay Panjwani, Adv. Mr. Ashok Mathur ,Adv Mr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. K.Venkatraman, Adv. Mr. Naveen Gupta, Adv. Ms. A.Subhashini, Adv. Mr. A.Mariarputham, Adv. Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. for M/s. Arputham Aruna & Co. Mr. Manjeet Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Siwach, Adv. Mr. T.V.George, Adv. Mr. R.Mohan, ASG Mr. V.G.Pragasam, Adv. Mr. J.S.Attri, AAG Ms. Shivani Thakur, Adv. Mr. R.Ayyam Perumal, Adv. Mr. S.Vallinayagam, Adv. Mr. Gopal Jain, Adv. Ms. Nina Gupta, Adv. Ms. Meha Kiran, Adv. Ms. Akanksha, Adv. Ms. Bina Gupta ,Adv. Ms. Binu Tamta ,Adv. Mr. D.N. Mishra ,Adv. Contd....3/- -3- Mr. D.N. Goburdhan ,Adv Ms. Pinky Anand, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Sahai, Adv. Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, Sr. Adv. Mr. E.C.Agrawala, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rishi Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Manu Krishnan, Adv. Mr. P.K. Ashar, Adv. Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Ejaz Maqbool ,Adv Mr. Gopal Singh ,Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Ms. Hemantika Wahi ,Adv Ms. Pinki Behra, Adv. Mr. Janaranjan Das ,Adv Mr. Swetaketu Mishra, Adv. Ms. Rshyama Singh, Adv. Mr. K.B. Rohtagi ,Adv. Ms. Aparna Rohatgi Jain, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Kasana, Adv. Mrs. Manik Karanjawala ,Adv Mr. Buddy A.Ranganadhan, Adv. for M/S J.B. Dadachanji & Co. Mr. Pramod Swarup ,Adv. Mr. Ameet Singh, Adv. Ms. Pareena Swarup, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Misra ,Adv. Ms. Sushma Suri ,Adv. Mrs. Urmila Sirur ,Adv. Ms. Sushila Ram, Adv. Ms. Reena Sinha, Adv. for M/S Sinha & Das Contd....4/- -4- Mr. Shakil Ahmed Syed ,Adv. Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vinod Shukla, Adv. Ms. S. Janani ,Adv. Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv. Mr. Manish Shanker, Adv. Mr. Yash Pal Dhingra ,Adv. Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma ,Adv. Mr. Khwairakpam Nobin Singh ,Adv Mr. Radha Shyam Jena ,Adv. Mr. Anil Shrivastav ,Adv. Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde ,Adv Mr. Anil K.Mishra, Adv. Mr. A.Rohen Singh, Adv. Mr. Chandrakanta Nayak, Adv. Mr. Atishi Dipankar ,Adv. Mrs. Jayashree Wad, Adv. Mr. Ashish Wad, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kumar, Adv. Mr. Arvind Gupta, Adv. for M/S. J.S. Wad & Co. Mr. Nikhil Nayyar ,Adv. Ms. Krishna Sarma, Adv. Mr. V.K.Sidatharan, Adv. Mr. Riku Sarma, Adv. for M/S Corporate Law Group Mr. Siddhartha Dave, Adv. Ms. Vibha Datta Makhija ,Adv. Contd.....5/- -5- Ms. Savitri Pandey, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra ,Adv Mr. Manoj Saxena, Adv. Mr. Mohanprasad Meharia ,Adv Mr. Amit Meharia, Adv. Mr. Ajay Sharma ,Adv. Mr. Upamanyu Hazarika, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, Adv. Ms. Sumita Hazarika ,Adv Mr. S.Murlidhar, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Agrawal ,Adv. Mr. K.K. Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pramod Dayal, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Jain, Adv. Mr. B.V.Balaram Das, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Adv. Mr. A.N.Singh, Adv. Mr. Anis Suhrawardy, Adv. Mr. Ajay Siwach, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Dahiya, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Adv. Mr. T.V. George, Adv. Mr. Amit Goel, Adv. Mr. S.P. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. Mr. Shishir Singh, Adv. Mr. K.P. Singh, Adv. Contd....6/- -6- Mr. Vivek Gupta, Adv. Mr. S.P. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. Mr. Shishir Singh, Adv. Mr. K.P. Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.S. Shinde, Adv. Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, Adv. Mr. Anil Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Srivastava, Adv. Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv. Mr. R. Sathish, Adv. Mr. Soli J. Sorabjee, Sr.Adv. Mrs. Purnima Bhat Kak, Adv. Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr.Adv. Mr. Nikhil Goel, Adv. Mrs. Sheela Goel, Adv. Mr. Raj Panjwani,Adv. UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard learned counsel appearing for the parties. Let Mr. Gopal Subramanium, learned Additional Solicitor General indicate the names of four/five officers who have headed the Mazgaon Dockyard, Mumbai/ Kochi Dockyard, Cochin/Vishakapatnam Dockyard, Vizag. If the Ministry of defence feels that the Defence Research & Development Organization (D.R.D.O.) would be better equipped to provide the information, then, the Contd.....7/- -7- name of retired officers of that organization may also be indicated in the list. Stress shall be on their expertise in the field of construction/demolition of the warships. The list shall be filed before the next date which we fix to 17.02.2006. Notwithstanding our direction that the concerned warship shall not be permitted to enter the Exclusive Economic Zone, the importers of the ship may file the bill of entry with the Customs authorities. It shall be examined to find out whether hazardous substances are present and whether it would be desirable to permit the ship to come to the Exclusive Economic Zone. This exercise of the Customs authorities shall be without prejudice to the claims of the owners of the ship or the importers. In case the Customs authorities feel the need to do so, they shall obtain the views of the Central Pollution Control Board. We are shocked to find that notwithstanding the pendency of the matter before this Court, public demonstrations are being held and articles are being written on issues which form the subject matter of dispute. If any person is found to be doing so, he Contd.....8/- -8- shall be prima-facie held to have committed contempt of this Court and appropriate action shall be taken against him. Copies of the Report shall be given to learned counsel appearing for the parties by the Registry. Shri Raj Panjwani, learned counsel is permitted to appear on behalf of the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee. (Neena Verma) (Vijay Aggarwal) Court Master Court Master