In a plea looking for elimination of blockade over Nationwide Freeway 2 in Manipur, the Supreme Courtroom at present known as on two organizations representing the Kuki and Meitei teams to furnish proposals for clearing of blockades throughout all highways within the state.
Calling on the events to “consider peace now” and never take the case as “adversarial litigation”, the Courtroom additional impleaded the Nationwide Highways Authority of India, which maintains the nationwide
A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana was coping with a PIL filed by the Kuki Girls Group for Human Rights looking for elimination of blockade on NH2 and restoration of provide of important companies within the affected Manipur district.
Issuing discover, it known as on the Meitei Group to furnish a listing of highways apart from NH2 that are mendacity blocked.
In course of the listening to, Senior Advocate Anand Grover, for the petitioner, argued that the scenario is dire and the State can not simply sit again. He claimed that the blockade has affected meals provides, kids’s education, and provide of different commodities.
Listening to him, CJI Kant acknowledged that the difficulty may be very real, however expressed a terror that if the Courtroom points sweeping instructions and the state interferes in compliance thereof, the outcome could also be violence towards harmless individuals.
When a counsel appeared on behalf of the Worldwide Meitei Group, and claimed that the petition was “mischievous”, the CJI requested either side to contemplate that no one is benefitting from the blockade.
“Why do not each teams understand one thing? That blockade of freeway doesn’t serve both group. With intervention of some company, why do not you permit nationwide freeway to operate?“, he mentioned.
“Highways are the lifeline of widespread particular person”, CJI Kant added.
The Meitei Group counsel emphasised that the petitioner itself was blocking highways, nonetheless, Grover claimed that the Kuki militants had lifted the blockade. Finally, CJI Kant requested the counsels to not deal with the litigation as adversarial.
Justice Bagchi on his half noticed that the difficulty of elimination of blockade needs to be handled throughout the state, not in a piecemeal vogue. The decide additionally famous that the Naga teams weren’t represented earlier than the court docket.
Case : KUKI WOMEN ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, A WING OF KUKI ORGANIZATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS TRUST (KOHUR) AND ANR. Versus THE STATE OF MANIPUR AND ANR. W.P.(C) No. 961/2026
