All India Lawyers Union vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.7 COURT NO.1 SECTION XIV

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No. 19206/2023

[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 27-03-2023 in WP(C) No. 229/2023 passed by the High Court of Manipur at Imphal]

DINGANGLUNG GANGMEI Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

MUTUM CHURAMANI MEETEI & ORS. Respondent(s)

WITH

W.P.(C) No. 572/2023 (PIL-W) (IA No. 154986/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION)

Date : 09-12-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR

For Petitioner(s)	Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv.(N/P)<br>Mr. Kamae K., Adv.<br>Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR
	Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv.<br>Mr. Lzafeer Ahmad B. F., AOR<br>Mr. Sidharth Kaushik, Adv.
For Respondent(s)	Mr. R Venkataramani,<br>Attorney General for India(N/P)<br>Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General<br>Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.<br>Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.<br>Mr. Pratyush Shrivastava, Adv.<br>Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv.
	Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.<br>Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv.<br>Ms. Ameya Vikrama Thanvi, Adv.<br>Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR

Mr. Ahanthem Henry, Adv. Mr. Ahanthem Rohen Singh, Adv. Mr. Mohan Singh, Adv. Mr. Aniket Rajput, Adv. Ms. Khoisnam Nirmala Devi, Adv. Mr. Kumar Mihir, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Ms. Aishwarya Bhatti, ASG Mr. Lenin Singh Hijam, Adv. Gen, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Mayank Sapra, Adv. Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. R Venkataramani, Attorney General for India((N/P) Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Pratyush Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR Dr. Sunil Kumar Agarwal, AOR Mr. Balraj Singh Malik, Adv. Mr. Kesavulu Jayakaran, Adv. Mrs. Amita Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Dharmendra Singh Sengar, Adv. Mr. Amarjeet Sahani, Adv. Mr. Anuj Kumar Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Sachin Kumar Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Shweta Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Parvinder, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Bishnoi, Adv. Mr. Madan Lal Daga, Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Ms. Sumita Hazarika, AOR Ms. Mansi Mehta, Adv. Mr. Lalgoulen Kipgen, Adv.

Mr. R Venkataramani, Attorney General for India(N/P) Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Pratyush Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mrs. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Vibha Datta Makhija, Sr. Adv. Ms. Baani Khanna, AOR Mr. Ranjeet Singh, AOR Mr. Kailash Pandey, Adv. Mr. Siddhesh Shirish Kotwal, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel, the Court made the following O R D E R

Re-list along with other connected matters for final hearing/ disposal on a non-miscellaneous day in the week commencing 20.01.2025. The matter will be listed at 2.00 p.m. on the next date of hearing.

In the meanwhile, report(s) of the Committee headed by Ms. Justice Gita Mittal along with important points will be furnished to the office of the learned Solicitor General of India, to enable the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India and the State Government to interact and take remedial steps and actions.

We also direct the State Government to file a status report containing the following details: -

• 1. Details of the buildings/properties which have been burnt or partially burnt.
• 2. Details of the buildings/properties which have been

looted/burgled.

3. Details of the buildings/properties which were trespassed and encroached upon.

The details will also include the names and addresses of the owner(s) as well as the persons, if any, in illegal occupation of the buildings/property.

The status report shall indicate the steps taken by the State Government to ensure that the persons, who have trespassed into the buildings/properties, are proceeded against in accordance with law, including recovery of the unauthorized use and occupation charges.

The status report may include other relevant details.

The status report will be filed in a sealed cover before this Court.

We permit the Committee, headed by Ms. Justice Gita Mittal, to furnish a copy of the report(s) to the learned counsel for the parties, if required, after appropriate/required redaction.

The State Government will respond to the question(s) relating to the release of funds mentioned in the points raised by the Committee headed by Ms. Justice Gita Mittal.

Report Nos. 28, 33 and 34 of the Committee headed by Ms. Justice Gita Mittal, will be taken up for consideration on the next date of hearing.

(BABITA PANDEY) (R.S. NARAYANAN) COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR