IMPHAL, Oct 24 NNN: After the Supreme Court of India issued a notice to the Central government as well as the state government of Manipur on October 19 last to withdraw the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Manipur following the writ petition filed, the man behind the crusade, Dr. Th. Suresh Singh is confident that the Manipur government will give a positive response to the notice of the court.
Dr. Th. Suresh Singh, former Director of Health Service, Government of Manipur had filed the writ petition which prompted the apex court of the country to issue the notice to withdraw the draconian act from the state.
During a press meet held at Manipur Press Club here today, Dr. Suresh informed media persons that he had filed the writ petition 445 of 2012 on September 19 last for the withdrawal of the AFSPA from the state of Manipur and also to cancel the order of the state government which announced the State excluding the Imphal Municipal areas as ‘disturbed area’.
Dr Suresh said a Division Bench of Supreme Court comprising Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai had issued the notice to the Union of India as well as State of Manipur during the court’s hearing on October 19 of this month and added that according to the court’s hearing the reply to the judgement is returnable by November 5 next.
“I am highly confident that the state government will give a positive and favourable response to the Supreme Court’s notice by feeling the pulse of the people and also in the interest of the people of the state”, he exuded while informing that his writ petition was advocated by Jaydev Gupta, a senior lawyer of Supreme Court and Sapam Bishwarjit, a lawyer of the apex court and the Delhi High Court
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