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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Court wants States, parties to be made accountable for violent stirs-J Venkatesan

Court wants States, parties to be made accountable for violent stirs-J Venkatesan

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published Published on Jul 18, 2012   modified Modified on Jul 18, 2012

-The Hindu

The Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested that State governments and political parties be made accountable for the damage caused to public property during violent agitations.

“The State governments can be asked to first pay for the damage caused to property and then recover it from the sponsors of such agitations, while the political parties initiating or sponsoring such violent stirs could be de-recognised,” observed a Bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and S.J. Mukhopadhaya during the course of hearing of PIL petitions relating to agitations in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Manipur.

On behalf of the Railways, it was submitted that its property worth Rs. 33.95 crore was damaged during the agitation by Jats in Haryana in January 2011 in connection with the developments over the anti-Dalit violence at Mirchpur in April 2010.

Referring to this loss, the Bench asked Solicitor-General Rohinton Nariman whether “the State government [can be asked] to pay Rs. 33 crore to the Railways and then recover the money from the sponsors of the agitation.”

The Bench also asked the SG to give his opinion as to whether the judiciary could make a recommendation to the Election Commission to derecognise political parties which persisted with resorting to violent agitations.

It said: “Making the sponsors pay for the damage would be a great deterrent. Further, the government should set an example. Courts can’t do it.”

In its suggestion, the Centre maintained that it was the duty of the State governments to maintain law and order and ensure smooth movement of traffic on national highways. It, however, favoured deployment of paramilitary forces to clear a blockade of national highways during an agitation if the State government concerned was unable to clear the blockade within 12 hours.

Central intelligence agencies would pass on to the concerned State government information gathered on any likely stirs that would affect road, rail or air traffic.

The Hindu, 18 July, 2012, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article3651619.ece


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