Paragraph numbers below are the court’s original numbering, recovered from the source text.
1. The office shall prepare requisite number of sets of the record of this case. The record shall be in two parts. Part-I shall contain the letter written by Ms. Sheela Barse (along with the enclosures thereto), the orders passed by this Court from time to time arranged in proper sequence and the reports of the Commissioners appointed by this Court, again in their proper sequence.
2. The office shall separate the affidavits, counter-affidavits, rejoinders and further affidavits, if any, along with their annexures with respect to each State separately. If there are any affidavits, reports or other documents filed by the Union of India, the same may be included in each of such sets. This Shall be treated as Part-II of the record. Obviously, it G will be separate for each State concerned herein.
3. The cost of preparing both Parts-I and II shall be borne by the Union of India. After the record is prepared as directed above, the cost thereof shall be intimated to the learned counsel for the Union of India in this case who shall communicate the same to the concerned authority. The payment shall be made into the office of this Court within three months SHEELA BARSE v. U.0.1. therefrom.
4. The office shall communicate a copy of Part-I to each of the High Courts. Along with Part-I, Part-II relating to that particular State shall also be enclosed.
5. The High Courts are requested to register the record so received B by them as a Public Interest Litigation. The Hon'ble Chief Justice of each of the High Courts is requested to designate a Judge of that Court to deal with the matter. The High Court shall made all such necessary and ap- propriate orders as may be warranted, from time to time, for a proper implementation of the orders of this Court. The High Court shall also be free to pass such other and further orders as may be found necessary or C appropriate to protect and improve the conditions obtaining in places where women and children – not accused or convicted of any crime – are detained.
6. The High Court Legal Aid Committee of each of the High Courts shall be treated as the petitioner in the matter in that High Court. Copies D of Part-I ( and Part-II, wherever applicable) shall be communicated to the respective Legal Aid Board in the High Court. The High Court Legal Aid and Advice Board will assist the High Court in the matter of monitoring compliance with the orders and direc- tions made by this Court. It will be entitled to apply for such further orders and directions from the High Court as may be found necessary in the matters.
7. It is made clear that the High Courts to whom the proceedings are being made over shall be fully free and competent to pass such further and F make such further directions as they think appropriate in the light of the facts and circumstances obtaining in that particular State consistent with and to further the objectives underlying the orders of this Court.
8. So far as the State of Assam is concerned, the High Court shall ensure that the State of Assam complies with the several suggestions made G in the report of the Commissioner, Sri Gopal Subramaniam, and the order made by this Court on October 3, 1994 on the basis of the said report. With the above directions, the matter is closed. T.N.A. Disposed of.