A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice K.M. Joseph also asked PIL petitioner Arun Kumar Goenka to serve a copy of his petition on the central agency dealing with government cases. Dr Agrawal is Professor of ENT at the Maulana Azad Medical College. Goenka has sought directions to the Centre to take steps for protecting the fundamental right to life of 14525 patients who have undergone DePuy ASR hip implant surgeries since 2005. The court said that the government counsel shall inform the court whether the report of the committee headed by Dr Arun