UP riots: Supreme Court to hear plea on Muzaffarnagar violence today
The Supreme Court on Thursday is expected to hear a plea seeking a
CBI probe into the communal clash in Muzzafarnagar in Uttar Pradesh that
has claimed at least 38 lives.
According to
reports, the petitioners has sought a probe into the "whole incident of
mass genocide" besides seeking a "proper and adequate rehabilitation"
for nearly 20,000 victims.
The petition was filed by Mohd. Haroon and eight others who said they were directly affected by the violence.
Seeking
ex-gratia payment of Rs.25 lakh each to the kin of those killed and
Rs.5 lakh each to the injured, the petitioners sought registration of
first information report (FIR) against those directly involved in
holding the Sep 7 mahapanchayat and for delivering inflammatory
speeches.
An apex court bench of Justice G.S.
Singhvi and Justice V. Gopala Gowda said it would hear the matter on
Thursday as senior counsel Gopal Subramaniam, appearing for the
petitioners, noted that human life could not be lost on account of
official negligence.
"We only think they are
human beings," Justice Singhvi observed as Subramaniam said the plea was
a cry of anguish and the victims could not be distinguished on the
basis of caste, creed or community.
The petitioners said there was "inadequate action and response" from the
Uttar Pradesh government to the violence, adding that the court's
intervention was necessary to uphold the sanctity of the rule of law.
AKANKSHA SHANU
PGDM 1st sem.
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