New
Delhi:
The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a petition seeking imposition of President's
rule in Uttar Pradesh citing alleged breakdown of Constitutional machinery and
rising crime in the state.
The
top court warned the petitioner-advocate of imposing cost on him and questioned
him about the research of crime records of other states.
A
bench of Chief Justice Bobde and Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian
told petitioner- advocate CR Jaya Sukin that there is no research on the claims
which he has been making and asked him how his fundamental rights were
violated.
Sukin
while referring to data of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) and National
Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said that he has done his research and crime
graph has gone up in Uttar Pradesh.
“In
how many states have you studied the crime record? Have you studied crime
records of other states? What is your research of crime records in other
states? Show us on what basis you are saying this,” the bench said.
The
top court said that there is no research done by him on the claims he has been
making.
The
bench, while dismissing the plea said, “We will impose heavy cost on you if you
will argue further”.
Sukin,
who appeared in person in the hearing conducted through video conferencing,
alleged that unlawful and arbitrary killings including extrajudicial killings
are being perpetrated by police in Uttar Pradesh.
He
alleged that situation has arisen in the state in which the government of Uttar
Pradesh cannot be allowed to carry on in accordance with the provisions of the
Constitution.
“That
imposition of Article 356 of the Constitution in Uttar Pradesh is necessary to
save the Indian democracy and lives of 20 Crore people,” he claimed in his
petition.
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