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The Supreme Court has directed the Manipur government to submit a detailed sealed cover report on the number of properties that were fully or partially burnt, looted, or encroached upon during the ongoing ethnic violence in the state.
According to PTI, The bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar emphasised the need for the state to address the grievances of the displaced persons and take steps to restore their properties.
It, therefore, asked the Manipur government, represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, to provide specific details such as “buildings burnt or partially burnt, buildings looted, buildings trespassed or encroached upon”.
The report should also provide information about the owners and current occupants of these properties, along with the details of any legal actions taken against trespassers, the CJI said.
“We also direct the state government to provide the following details: 1. Buildings burnt and partially burnt, 2. buildings which are looted; and (3) the buildings trespassed and encroached upon,” the SC order stated.
The bench further directed, “In all these, give details of the name and address of the owner as well as the person, if any, in occupation of the property. The report shall also indicate the steps taken by the state government to ensure that the persons who have trespassed are proceeded against as per the law. The said list be given in a sealed cover.”
“You have to take a decision on how you want to deal with it or in terms of criminal action as well as to ask them (encroachers of the properties) to pay ‘mesne profits’ for the use of the occupation…,” noted the apex court.
The situation in Manipur has left the Centre clueless, criticising the Modi government , the VP PCC Manipur , Dr. Lamtinthang Haokip tweeted on X
INDIA bloc, Manipur along with many like-minded people held a sit-in demonstration today at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi against the inaction & stepmotherly treatment of the 19+ month strife-torn Manipur by the @narendramodi led @BJP4India Govt. @rashtrapatibhvn @INCIndia… pic.twitter.com/hyUN1WQGc3
— Dr. Lamtinthang Haokip (@DrLamtinthangHk) December 9, 2024
