A cost of Rs. 1 lakh has been imposed by the Supreme Court on the states which failed to provide the affidavits containing details of the measures taken by them to ensure & safeguard judges security, the amount imposed on states need to be deposited in the Supreme court Bar association advocates welfare fund.
10 days of time has been given to the states for providing the affidavits along with the cost directed by the bench comprising CJI N.V. Ramana & Justice Surya Kant & Aniruddha Bose, also the states are warned to present the concerned chief secretaries in case they still fail to submit the required details.
Prior to this following three petitions were being heard by the bench-
1) Karunakar Malik vs. union of India- the writ petition was filed in 2019 demanding security force and special security measures for judges, litigants, advocates, or any person involving in the judicial system of India.
2) A Suo moto case for re-safeguarding courts & protection of judges, the case was about an additional district judge in Jharkhand namely Uttam Anand who was killed in an accident in Dhanbad on 28 July.
3) Vishal Tiwari vs. union of India- where ‘x’ category security was demanded for judicial officers, advocates, and legal fraternity.
A counter affidavit is noticed by the solicitor general filed by the union of India, where it was stated by the state of Manipur, Jharkhand & Gujarat that they have already filed their affidavits.
The court said, “counsel for Kerala asked for 10 days of time and has been granted the same for filing counter-affidavits, where the state must pay 1 lakh Rs to the supreme court bar association advocates welfare fund and the remaining states have also been asked to do the same”.
Senior counsel for Bar council of India has been allowed to provide for suggestions on the matter within one week.
It is to be noted that the court earlier directed to add the Suo moto case in the petitions demanding security of judicial officers in which the states & union of India has been issued a notice.
The court further added that in the case where the petition was filed seeking protection of judges lacks counter-affidavit from the Centre and mentioning Jharkhand’s judge Uttam Anand’s case the court has asked all the states to provide for a status report in the same matter.
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