SC Asks Manipur to Submit Fresh Status Report on Violence
Amid allegations of escalation of ethnic violence in Manipur, the Supreme Court directed the state government to file a detailed updated status report on relief, rehabilitation, recovery of arms and law and order situation.
The state government, meanwhile, told a three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud that the situation was improving slowly. On behalf of the tribal groups, senior counsel Colin Gonsalves said that he had filed a status report giving details of killings. Despite two assurances of the government, killings had gone up, he alleged.
The Manipur Tribal Forum wanted the top court to direct the Army to take full control of the law and order situation in Churachandpur, Chandel, Kangpokpi, Imphal East, and Imphal West districts of the state. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta requested Gonsalves not to give the violence a communal angle. On behalf of the government, Mehta said the situation was improving slowly and curfew had now been reduced to only five hours. Apart from the police and Manipur Rifles, 114 companies of CAPFs and 114 columns of the Army had been deployed, Mehta told the Bench.
Supreme Court Reopens after Summer Holidays with a Futuristic Look
After the summer break, the Supreme Court reopened with a paperless and technology-enabled set up including free WiFi facilities for advocates, litigants, and others.
Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud announced that the top court has made the facility of free Wi-Fi available in Courts 1-5 and soon it will be enabled in bar rooms as well.
He said that there will no books and papers but it does not mean that they will not rely on books and papers at all.
Jul 03, 2023
Tushar Mehta Re-appointed as Solicitor General for India, six ASGs for Supreme Court Re-appointed
Senior advocate Tushar Mehta was re-appointed as the Solicitor General of India for a term of three years.
Mehta was appointed as Solicitor General on October 10, 2018 and since then he had been granted extension twice.
According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training, besides Mehta, six Additional Solicitors General for the Supreme Court were also re-appointed for a period of three years.
Six ASGs who were re-appointed for the top court are Vikramjit Banerjee, K. M. Nataraj, Balbir Singh, S. V. Raju, N. Venkataraman and Aishwarya Bhati.