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#BREAKING: #MadrasHighCourt issues notice to NHRC in plea moved for disclosure of NHRC’s investigation report into 2018 #Sterlite police firing on protestors in #Thoothukudi

@India_NHRC asked to forward a copy of the report to Court in sealed cover if it feels matter is delicate

The NHRC had closed its suo motu case in the matter in Oct 2018, observing that State is giving sufficient compensation and taken other steps to restore normalcy in the district. However, petitioner highlighted that the NHRC has not disclosed its investigation report.

#Sterlite

“Can we kill people and throw money at them and say our job is done? Is that the society that we want to build? …Just throwing money at some people and everything is hushed up?” #MadrasHighCourt CJ Sanjib Banerjee observed during the hearing today.

#Sterlite #Thoothukudi

"It is somewhat alarming that the State through its police fires at unarmed protestors and no one is booked some three years after the incident", #MadrasHighCourt observed in its interim order.

#Sterlite #Thoothukudi

It may not augur well for a civil society governed by the Constitutional principles that we have to merely throw money at the families of the victims and give closure to an incident of possible brutality and excessive police action: #MadrasHighCourt interim order.

#Sterlite

No conclusion need be drawn yet before the facts come to light. But it is necessary that the facts come to light and be made public: #MadrasHighCourt interim order.

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Matter posted on Aug 9.

NHRC to forward copy of its investigation report, file counter in 4 weeks

Interim report by State-appointed Commission of Inquiry headed by Justice Aruna Jagadeesan on May 14, 2021 also to be submitted by State.

#Sterlite #MadrasHighCourt #Thoothukudi