The apex court have refused to entertain clutch of petitions seeking enquiry into the violence during the farmers' tractor parade on January 26. The Supreme Court allowed the petitioners to withdraw their pleas.
SA Bobde, the Chief Justice of India, orally observed that the government is already looking into the matter. He said, "We are sure that the government is enquiring into it and taking appropriate action. We read a statement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Press that Law will take its own course. So the government is already investigating it."
Supreme Court refuses to entertain clutch of petitions demanding investigations into the tractor rally violence in the national capital on Republic Day.
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The Supreme court allows petitioners to file representation before the government. pic.twitter.com/LgEi8M7y2k
When the counsel said that both sides will not be heard, the CJI stated, "You just assume it will be one sided? Of course both sides will be heard, that is how an investigation works."
Another Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought protection of common men and police officers during protests was not heard by the court and the court said same order issued in other cases- allowing the sending of representatives will apply in this PIL as well.
While other petitioners sought inquiry by NIA, CBI or judicial inquiry in the sequence of events that took place during the tractor parade on Republic day.
One of the pleas filed by Vishal Tiwari sought setting up of a three member inquiry commission under former judge of Supreme Court and comprising of two retired HC judges.
Similarly, Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma also filed a plea seeking a direction to concerned authority and media not to declare farmers 'terrorists' without any substantial evidence.
The Supreme Court refused to entertain the pleas while the implementation of laws have already been put on hold by the court since January 12.
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