Agartala (Tripura) [India], February 27 (ANI): In a significant judgment, the High Court of Tripura on Sunday directed the state government to constitute a panel of higher officials who will be responsible for the protection and preservation of the wetlands across the state where migratory birds roost during the winter season.
New Delhi Feb 27 PTI The Congress on Sunday demanded an independent probe by a high court judge into incidents of violence in Tripura and said the chief minister should resign as he has failed to put a check on themThe opposition party alleged that all such incidents of violence are being organised under the patronage of Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party BJP in the northeastern stateCongress leader Alka Lamba told reporters here that violence is being perpetrated against the workers of her party in Tripura and the BJP government in the state is seeking to suppress the voice of people by imposing prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure CrPCYou cannot suppress the voices emerging against the ruling BJP in Tripura by imposing prohibitory orders This is the failure of the state government and we demand that a sitting judge of the high court should probe all incidents of violence she saidAll incidents of violence in Tripura are being perpetrated by the BJP workers against the Congress and if the chief minister is unable to stop such violent incidents he has no right to occupy the position and should immediately resign Lamba saidShe alleged that the BJP is unable to take control of the law-and-order situation in Tripura and is trying to suppress voices of dissent by force adding that this will not be tolerated in a democracyLamba cited several incidents of violence in the recent past where Congress workers and meetings were attacked by BJP goons She said even women workers of the opposition party were not sparedThe Congress leader said the people of Tripura are coming out in the open against the BJP and this will reflect in the 2023 state Assembly pollsThe Supreme Court had on Friday allowed a petitioner seeking an independent and impartial probe by a special investigation team SIT into alleged incidents of violence that took place in Tripura last year to move the state high court which is seized of a similar matterA bench of justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant also directed the state police not to take any coercive action against petitioner Ehtesham Hashmi in case he chooses to appear before the Tripura High Court physically PTI SKC RC
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday declined to order an investigation by a special investigation team (SIT) into the communal violence incidents in Tripura last year, as the High Court was already seized of a similar matter.
New Delhi Feb 25 PTI The Supreme Court on Friday allowed a petitioner seeking an independent and impartial probe by an SIT into the alleged incidents of violence which took place in Tripura last year to move the state High Court which is seized of a similar matter A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant also directed the state police to not take any coercive action against petitioner Ethesham Hashmi in case he chooses to appear before the Tripura High Court physicallyWe permit the petitioner to assist the High Court so that a comprehensive view can be taken from all aspects including those which are raised in proceedings under Article 32 of the Constitution In view of the apprehensions which have been expressed on behalf of the petitioner and without this court expressing any opinion on the merits of the apprehension we permit the petitioner to make a request to Chief Justice of the High Court to be allowed to make a submission through counsel on the video conferencing platform the bench said Advocate Prashant Bhushan appearing for Hashmi said that in case the petitioner chooses to go there he should not be subjected to any coercive action by the police Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for the Tripura government said that the petitioner should not make any provocative and inflammatory posts on social media He will not post any inflammatory post The court may consider mentioning in the order that our contentions are also left open in the matter It cannot be objected to if the High Court is examining the issue We would also raise issues about the intention behind this petitioner The High Court has taken up the matter suo motu we will assist it Mehta saidBhushan added that the petitioner has posted about the report which he has given publicly about the violence which took place there and damage that was caused to the mosque and other placesThe bench then added in its order We clarify that in the event the petitioner seeks to appear physically before the High Court no coercive steps shall be taken by the Tripura police Nor shall any precipitate action be taken which would impede his access to justice All the rights and contentions of the parties are left open on the merits of the proceedings The proceedings should take place expeditiously Mehta submitted they have absolutely no difficulty about the High Court going into merits but the government may also be permitted to raise contentions about the credentials of the petitionerThe bench noted that a division bench of the High Court of Tripura headed by the Chief Justice has entertained the Public Interest Litigation in suo motu under Article 226 of the Constitution and has passed certain orders on the issue The High Court is evidently seized of the suo motu proceedings Having regard to the above position it would be appropriate if the issue which are sought to be highlighted by the petitioner in these proceedings under Article 32 of the Constitution are permitted to be raised before the High Court by the petitioner by filing a suitable application for intervention it said At the outset Bhushan submitted that the issue relates to Tripura violence which took place last year in which mosques were burnt and damage was caused to public propertyHe said that the plea seeks independent and impartial investigation by an SIT constituted for the purpose and direction is being sought for following guidelines concerning hate speechBhushan added that the state government was earlier denying that no violence took place and later started targeting those persons who exposed the violent incidentsHe added that the state government has filed a status report in the High Court in which it has accepted that some of the incidents have indeed taken place which it was earlier denying The bench said that when the High Court is seized of the matter then it would not be appropriate for this court to go into the issue as it would like expressing no confidence in the High CourtMehta said that it would have been better if the petitioner had the same alacrity to highlight the violence happening in other states also Bhushan said that the High Court is seized of the matter which relates to compensation and other issues but not the issues which are raised in the present PILThe bench permitted the petitioner to file an intervention application before the High Court and raise the issues which are sought to be raised in the top courtOn January 24 the top court was told by Bhushan that it was totally unbecoming of the Tripura government to indulge in whataboutery on the issue of alleged communal violence in the State In its reply affidavit the Tripura government has told the top court that public-spirited citizens seeking an independent probe into the recent communal riots in the state have come with unclean hands and that under the garb of public interest the forum of this court is being used for oblique purpose The north-eastern state had last year witnessed incidents of arson looting and violence after reports emerged from Bangladesh that Hindu minorities there had been attacked during Durga Puja on allegations of blasphemy The plea by Hashmi has alleged that police authorities were hand in glove with the perpetrators and not a single arrest was made concerning the rioters responsible for vandalism and arson PTI MNL MNL RKS RKS
Agartala (Tripura) [India], November 25 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) state secretary Jitendra Chaudhury on Wednesday, a day before Tripura civic polls, wrote to the Director-General of Police and requested him to take the appropriate actions against the alleged terror tactics adopted by the miscreants/outsiders inside the poll-bound Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and Agartala Municipal Corporation areas at the behest of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The Tripura Police on Wednesday said it has registered five cases against 71 people for alleged provocative and fake posts on social media aiming at disturbing peace and communal harmony in the state. Strict action will be taken against those who are “spreading rumours of communal violence and trying to create hatred in the society”, […]
Agartala: Former West Bengal minister Rajib Banerjee and Tripura BJP MLA Ashis Das joined the Trinamool Congress in Tripura today, at a rally being held by Abhishek Banerjee. The court allowed the rally after it was blocked thrice earlier by the state.
Sources indicated that the choice of Agartala for Rajib Banerjee’s return to is a deliberate move to signal to the BJP that no bastion of the party is safe from Trinamool assault — Goa or Tripura.
Agartala: Former West Bengal minister Rajib Banerjee and Tripura BJP MLA Ashis Das joined the Trinamool Congress in Tripura today, at a rally being held by Abhishek Banerjee. The court allowed the rally after it was blocked thrice earlier by the state.
Sources indicated that the choice of Agartala for Rajib Banerjee’s return to is a deliberate move to signal to the BJP that no bastion of the party is safe from Trinamool assault — Goa or Tripura.
Agartala: Former West Bengal minister Rajib Banerjee and Tripura BJP MLA Ashis Das joined the Trinamool Congress in Tripura today, at a rally being held by Abhishek Banerjee. The court allowed the rally after it was blocked thrice earlier by the state.
Sources indicated that the choice of Agartala for Rajib Banerjee’s return to is a deliberate move to signal to the BJP that no bastion of the party is safe from Trinamool assault — Goa or Tripura.
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