Violence in Manipur. The Supreme Court will hear the case again on June 23. (file)
Guwahati.
Following petitions filed by several individuals, the Manipur High Court today in an interim order directed the state authorities to provide limited internet services to the public in certain designated areas under their control. The Supreme Court will consider the case again on June 23.
The Supreme Court has taken into account the difficulties faced by the public, especially with regard to the continuous admission process of students, and to enable the public to perform their urgent and essential services.
“Considering the difficulties faced by the public, especially related to the continuous admission process of students in the state, and to enable the public to perform their urgent and essential services, the state authorities are directed to provide limited internet service. to the public in certain designated places under the control of state bodies,” the order said.
Manipur has been under an internet ban since May 4, a day after ethnic clashes broke out between Kukis and Meites in the northeastern state, following a high court order to grant Scheduled Tribe status to the Meites.
The court directed service providers Vodafone, Idea, Jio, BSNL and Airtel to file a brief affidavit explaining whether there is scope for providing limited internet services to the public by blocking the social media site and defending the state government’s concern that: to preserve. law and order in the state.
The order was passed by Justices Ahantem Bimol Singh and A Guneshwar Sharma while hearing a batch of PILs seeking restoration of internet services in the state on Friday.
However, it became known on Tuesday, lawyers said.
The court fixed June 23 as the next date for hearing these cases, and during that time the parties involved were given liberty to exchange their affidavits as they saw fit.
More than 100 people have been killed in violence between Manipur’s Meite and Kuki communities that erupted over a month ago.
Clashes in Manipur first erupted on May 3 after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organized in the hill districts to protest the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
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