SC To Hear Centre's Plea Against Tripura HC Order On Security Cover To Ambanis

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and J B Pardiwala agreed to the Centre’s request to list the appeal against the June 21 interim order of the Tripura High Court urgently.
SC To Hear Centre's Plea Against Tripura HC Order  On Security Cover To Ambanis

New Delhi: The Supreme court agreed to hear on 28 June a plea filed by the Central Government against the Tripura High Court directive summoning Union Home Ministry officers in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the security cover provided to Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and his family.

A bench comprising of Justices Surya Kant and J B Pardiwala agreed to the request made by the centre to list the appeal against the June 21 interim order of the Tripura High Court urgently.

It came after Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta informed the Bench that the High Court had directed that officer from the Home Ministry be present with the documents related to the threat perception and that no further adjournment will be given.

"One PIL is filed before the Tripura HC. The prayer is that you decide that the threat perception based security given to one industrial family in Bombay is wrong and withdraw the security," Mehta submitted and challenged that the Tripura High Court has no territorial jurisdiction over the matter and "one family being given security can never be public interest".

"We pointed out to the Tripura HC that a similar petition was filed before the Bombay HC and was rejected. But the HC has directed that a Home Ministry officer be deputed tomorrow with a record of threat perception etc," he added.

Justice Surya Kant has asked if the security was provided by the Tripura police or by the central government.

The Solicitor General pointed out that the Maharashtra government provided the security cover based upon Central Government's perception.

"It is Central security. The Tripura government has nothing to do. It's completely territorially barred. And in any case, the individual security of one family — the Ambanis — can't be a subject matter of PIL. Court wants to see the threat perception."

The bench sought to know if the HC order was a final one or whether the proceedings are still pending.

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