SC declines plea on Mathura violence
NEW DELHI: June 8, 2016, DHNS
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the June 2 Mathura violence which claimed 29 lives, including that of Superintendent of Police, in an anti-encroachment drive.
A vacation bench of Justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy told advocate-petitioner and Delhi BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay that he may approach the Allahabad High Court which was hearing a PIL relating to illegal occupation of Jawahar Bagh.
The court also told senior advocate Geera Luthra, representing the petitioner, that he had not made any representation with any authorities on the issue. Besides, he has not been able to show “inaction or inefficiency” by the Uttar Pradesh government.
“The direction for CBI inquiry is not routine. Primarily, the issue is to be decided by the state government...we do not intend to pass any order,” the bench said.
In view of the court’s observation, the petitioner preferred to withdraw his petition with the liberty to approach the high court.
In his petition, Upadhyay claimed the Union government was ready for a CBI inquiry into the incident but Samajwadi Party-led Uttar Pradesh government was developing cold feet over it. He said that the court may also take suo motu cognizance of the matter and direct the CBI enquiry. He also sought a direction to the state and Centre for framing of a uniform policy for compensation for families of the deceased in such cases.
As many as 29 people, including Mathura SP Mukul Dwivedi and SO Santosh Kumar Yadav were killed in the clash between the police and encroachers that broke out in the city on June 2 when police tried to evict illegal occupants, believed to be of Azad Bharat Vidhik Vaicharik Kranti Satyagrahi, from Jawahar Bagh on Allahabad High Court orders.
DH News Service
A vacation bench of Justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy told advocate-petitioner and Delhi BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay that he may approach the Allahabad High Court which was hearing a PIL relating to illegal occupation of Jawahar Bagh.
The court also told senior advocate Geera Luthra, representing the petitioner, that he had not made any representation with any authorities on the issue. Besides, he has not been able to show “inaction or inefficiency” by the Uttar Pradesh government.
“The direction for CBI inquiry is not routine. Primarily, the issue is to be decided by the state government...we do not intend to pass any order,” the bench said.
In view of the court’s observation, the petitioner preferred to withdraw his petition with the liberty to approach the high court.
In his petition, Upadhyay claimed the Union government was ready for a CBI inquiry into the incident but Samajwadi Party-led Uttar Pradesh government was developing cold feet over it. He said that the court may also take suo motu cognizance of the matter and direct the CBI enquiry. He also sought a direction to the state and Centre for framing of a uniform policy for compensation for families of the deceased in such cases.
As many as 29 people, including Mathura SP Mukul Dwivedi and SO Santosh Kumar Yadav were killed in the clash between the police and encroachers that broke out in the city on June 2 when police tried to evict illegal occupants, believed to be of Azad Bharat Vidhik Vaicharik Kranti Satyagrahi, from Jawahar Bagh on Allahabad High Court orders.
DH News Service
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