Fwd: Letter to Registrar dt 12 December 2017 filed with Request for urgent early listing of Writ Petition Civil 1200/2017 before the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the first/second week of Jan 2018 - Case of General Electric Company whistleblower Seema Sapra

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From: Seema Sapra <seema.sapra@googlemail.com>
Date: Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 3:05 PM
Subject: Letter to Registrar dt 12 December 2017 filed with Request for urgent early listing of Writ Petition Civil 1200/2017 before the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the first/second week of Jan 2018 - Case of General Electric Company whistleblower Seema Sapra
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Cc: Seema Sapra <seema.sapra@gmail.com>, Seema Sapra <seemasapra@hotmail.com>, Sapra Consultants <sapraconsultants@gmail.com>

Dear Mr Ravindra Maithani and Mr Ram Kumar Choubey, 

I have filed the letter dated 12 December 2017  reproduced below (also attached) with annexures today in the Supreme Court Registry (diary no. 136094/2017)

I request you to please ensure that my request for listing of this matter before Court in the first/ second week of January is acceded to. 

Seema Sapra 

Advocate and Petitioner in person 

12 December 2012

 

The Registrar

Supreme Court of India

Tilak Marg

New Delhi

 

Subject: Request for urgent early listing of Writ Petition Civil No. 1200/2017 before the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the first/ second week of January 2018

 

Dear Sir,

1.     The captioned matter was registered as Writ Petition Civil 1200/2017 on 9 December 2017 by the Supreme Court Registry.

 

2.     As is evident from a reading of the writ petition, this is an urgent right to life Article 21 Petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India involving a woman lawyer/ whistleblower and complainant of sexual harassment, and seeks relief to stop the commission of ongoing grave crimes against the Petitioner.

 

3.     As the petitioner is an advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi (enrollment number D/ 1159/1995), she is exempt from the requirement of an interaction/interview prior to being granted permission to appear and argue in person.

 

4.     The Petitioner's Bar Council card has expired and is also misplaced. Attached as proof of enrollment is a true copy of the print-out of the screenshot of the petitioner's active enrollment status as available on the website of the Bar Council of Delhi as on 11 December 2017. See screenshot attached as Annexure Letter-1.

 

5.     Secondly the petition is very urgent and needs an early hearing.

 

6.     For unclear reasons, the Supreme Court website case status of this matter is showing a computer generated likely listing before a Registrar on 12 February 2018. See screenshot attached as Annexure Letter-2.

 

·        The Supreme Court's own circular dated 5 December 2017 states that fresh matters registered on 9 December 2017 will be listed for hearing before court in the first two weeks of January 2018.  See circular dated 5 December 2017 attached hereto as Annexure Letter-3. This circular also applies to matters filed by petitioners in person as the first sentence of this circular includes Party-in-Person.

 

7.     You are requested to dispense with the requirement for an interaction or interview as I am an enrolled advocate and have filed this matter as petitioner in person. An attested affidavit dated 12 December 2017 affirming that I am an enrolled advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi with enrollment number D/1159/1995 is annexed hereto as Annexure Letter-4.

 

8.     My advocate enrolment status is also confirmed by the Delhi High Court judgment dated 17 December 2015 passed in Contempt Case Criminal 2 of 2014 from which an appeal is pending before the Supreme Court of India under diary number 10342/2016 and which is due to be next listed in February 2018.

 

9.     Being an enrolled advocate, as per the Supreme Court Registry practice and procedure, I am not required to undergo an interview/ interaction with the Registrar for my application seeking permission to appear and argue in person in this matter.

 

10. The Hon'ble Supreme Court has permitted me to appear and argue in person in my Criminal Appeal filed under diary number 10342/2016 by order dated 9 October 2016.  No prior interview took place in that matter.

 

11. I therefore request that Writ Petition Civil No. 1200/2017 be listed before the Hon'ble Supreme Court for hearing in the first or second week of January 2018.

 

12. You are also requested to dispense with the prescribed length of notice period (if any) for a petitioner in person and are requested to list this matter before Court in the first two weeks of January 2018.

 

13. There is grave urgency in the matter.

 

14. Any notices or communications in this case may be sent to me by email on my email address at seema.sapra@gmail.com as I am presently homeless.

 

 

Seema Sapra

Petitioner in Person

Advocate enrolled with Bar Council of Delhi

Enrollment number D/1159/1995

seema.sapra@gmail.com

9582716748

Presently homeless in New Delhi 

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

EXTRAORDINARY ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

WRIT PETITION CIVIL NO 1200 OF 2017

(UNDER ARTICLE 32 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA)

IN THE MATTER OF 

Seema Sapra                 …    Petitioner

Versus

Union of India & Ors.                                         …    Respondents

AFFIDAVIT OF THE PETITIONER AFFIRMING HER ACTIVE STATUS AS AN ADVOCATE ENROLLED WITH THE BAR COUNCIL OF DELHI WITH ENROLLMENT NO. D/1159/1995

I, Seema Sapra, aged 46 years, D/o Late A. R. Sapra, presently homeless in New Delhi, do hereby solemnly state and affirm as under:

1. That I am the Petitioner and am familiar with the facts and circumstances of the case and am competent and authorized to swear this Affidavit.

2. That I am an advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi under the provisions of the Advocates Act, 1961. My Bar Council Enrolment No. is 

D /1159/1995. That my Bar Council of Delhi enrolment is still valid and active. 

3. That my Bar Council identity card has expired and was subsequently misplaced. 

4. That my advocate enrolment status can be verified from the website of the Bar Council of Delhi. That a true copy of the print-out of a screenshot dated 11 December 2017 of my advocate enrolment status as shown on the website of the Bar Council of Delhi is annexed hereto as Annexure Affdavit-1. 

5. That my advocate enrolment status is also confirmed by the Delhi High Court judgment dated 17 December 2015 passed in Contempt Case Criminal 2 of 2014 from which an appeal is pending before the Supreme Court of India under diary number 10342/2016 and which is due to be next listed in February 2018. 

6. That being an enrolled advocate, as per the Supreme Court Registry practice and procedure, I am not required to undergo an interview/ interaction with the Registrar for my application seeking permission to appear and argue in person in this matter. 

7. I state that the Hon'ble Supreme Court has permitted me to appear and argue in person in my Criminal Appeal filed under diary number 10342/2016 by order dated 9 October 2016. I state that no interview took place in that matter. 

8. I state that therefore Writ Petition Civil No. 1280/2012 is to be listed before the Hon'ble Supreme Court for hearing. 

DEPONENT

VERIFICATION:

I, the above-named Deponent, do hereby verify that the contents of the above Affidavit are true and correct to my knowledge, no part of it is false and nothing material has been concealed there from.

Verified at New Delhi on this 12h day of December 2017.

DEPONENT

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 5:09 PM, Seema Sapra <seema.sapra@googlemail.com> wrote:

Dear Mr Ravindra Maithani and Mr Ram Kumar Choubey, 

The attached writ petition was registered as Writ Petition Civil 1200/2017 on 9 December 2017. 

As is evident from a reading of the petition, this is an urgent Article 21 Petition under Article 32 involving a woman lawyer/ whistleblower and complainant of sexual harassment, and seeks relief to stop the commission of ongoing grave crimes against the Petitioner. 

As the petitioner is an advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi (enrollment number D/ 1159/1995), she is exempt from the requirement of an interaction/interview prior to being granted permission to appear and argue in person. 

The Petitioner's Bar Council card is expired and also misplaced. Attached as proof of enrollment is a screenshot of the petitioner's active enrollment status as available on the website of the Bar Council of Delhi as on 11 December 2017. See screenshot attached. 

Second the petition is very urgent and needs an early hearing. 

For unclear reasons, the case status of this matter is showing a computer generated likely listing before a Registrar on 12 February 2018. See screenshot.

The Supreme Court's own circular dated 5 December 2017 states that fresh matters registered on 9 December 2017 will be listed for hearing before court in the first two weeks of January 2018. 

You are requested to dispense with the requirement for an interaction or interview as I am

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an advocate and have filed this matter as petitioner in person. 

You are also requested to dispense with the prescribed notice period for a petitioner in person and to list this matter before Court in the first two weeks of January 2018. 

There is grave urgency in the matter. 

Seema Sapra 
General Electric Company whistleblower