and reported in 1997 8 SCC 114.
The petition was heard and disposed of by a Bench of two judges Ramaswamy and Wadhwa, JJ.
By an order dated 5th of January, 1998 this review petition has been directed to be heard by a Bench of there judges of this Court.
Hence the petition has been placed before us.
in the judgment delivered by Ramaswamy, j., apart from a discussion of the plight of prostitutes and their children, various directions have ben given, including directions for the companystitution of a companymittee as set out in the judgment, to examine the plight of children of the prostitutes as also the problems of the prostitutes themselves and to devise ways and means for amelioration of their companydition and for prevention and eradication of prostitution.
In the writ petition, the petitioner had asked for establishment of separate educational institutions for t he children of prostitutes and for various other reliefs companycerning children of prostitutes.
The original writ petition under Article 32 of the companystitution was filed as a public interest litigation by Gaurav Jain, an advocate of this Court.
Mrs. Sujata V. Manohar, J. This is a somewhat unusual review petition filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association and supported by Gaurav Jain, the original petitioner, in respect of a decision of a Bench of two judges of this companyrt, Ramaswamy and Wadhwa, JJ.
in writ petition c No.
824 of 1988, Gaurav Jain v. Union of India Ors.
