Do Not Use Supreme Court To Incite Violence In Manipur, CJI’s Strong Comment On PILs
Do not use Supreme Court to incite violence in Manipur, CJI’s strong comment on PILs.
The state government has reached the Supreme Court against the High Court’s order to restore the internet in Manipur.
The state government has said that the situation is changing time and again. Now it may be difficult to implement this order.
It is noteworthy that on July 7, the Manipur High Court directed the state government to lift the internet ban in the state.
Today, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appeared in the Supreme Court on behalf of the State Government and mentioned a petition challenging the High Court order.
The hearing will be held on July 11.
The Supreme Court says that last time it was brought to the notice of the court that a large number of weapons were taken from police stations.
Supreme Court says it will hear Manipur violence case tomorrow, July 11.
Besides, the Manipur government’s plea against the High Court order allowing the restoration of the internet in the state will also be heard tomorrow.
Do not use this platform to increase the tension.
The Supreme Court on Monday, while hearing cases related to the Manipur violence, said that the forum of the apex court should not be used to further escalate the tension in Manipur.
Commenting on the Manipur violence PILs, the Supreme Court said, ‘We can only monitor the steps being taken by the state and pass some orders if additional measures can be taken.
But, we cannot take the law and order machinery into our hands. Ensuring security is the job of the Central, Manipur government.
The Manipur government submitted the latest status report on the situation while the hearing on it will resume on Tuesday.
Internet off for two months.
It is noteworthy that incidents of violence are coming to the fore in Manipur for the last two months. Because of this, the internet has also been banned in the state for two months.
The petitions against the internet ban were heard by the Manipur High Court which ordered that the Home Department may provide internet service on a case-to-case basis.
Internet shutdown till 10th July.
Recently, the state government extended the internet ban till July 10. Internet services were banned in the northeastern state for the first time on May 3 after clashes broke out between ethnic communities.
After this, its deadline kept increasing from time to time.
Violent clashes took place in the state on May 3.
‘Tribal solidarity marches’ were organized in the hill districts on 3 May to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
It was only after this that violence broke out in the state for the first time.
So far more than 100 people have died in this violence and many people have been injured. Apart from this, thousands of people have taken shelter in relief camps.
The Meiteis constitute about 53 percent of Manipur’s population and live mostly in the Imphal Valley
