New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The Supreme Court has directed all states and Union territories (UTs) to immediately register FIRs whenever a person goes missing, irrespective of age or gender, expressing "shock" that some states were under the impression that its earlier direction applied only to missing children. "We are shocked to learn that some of the States are under the impression that the expression 'person' refers only to children and does not include adults. We find this to be a deliberate and mala fide bogey raised by such states," the bench of justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R Mahadevan said in its August 5 order, released on Monday. Making it clear that there was no ambiguity in its earlier direction, it said: "The language of our earlier order is clear and unambiguous. The expression 'person' means every person, irrespective of age or gender."P4...