PM Security Breach: SC Orders PHC To Keep All Records Safe

PM Security Breach: Supreme Court orders Punjab High Court to keep all records safe, next hearing will be held on Monday.

Supreme Court hearing today in the case of a security lapse during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab.

During the hearing, the CJI said that both the state and the center have formed committees, why not allow both to investigate.

On this, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that the Central Government committee is only investigating the lapse in security.

The Supreme Court said that we are serious about the security of the PM, the state and the center should consider their committee on their own.

The Supreme Court said that the Registrar of Punjab Haryana High Court has been ordered to secure the records. All the information of PM Modi’s route has been asked to be kept safe.

The court also asked the Punjab government, Punjab Police, SPG, and other agencies to provide necessary information to the Registrar General. NIA has also been asked to cooperate.

PM Security Breach:The matter will be heard again on Monday.

During the hearing, senior advocate Maninder Singh raised the matter of lapse in the security of the Prime Minister before the bench of Chief Justice NV Ramanna.

During the hearing, Maninder Singh said that this is not just a law and order issue but an issue under the SPG Act.

Maninder Singh said that this is a statutory responsibility. There can be no hesitation in this.

This is a national security issue, not just law and order and the state government has to comply at the statutory level.

He said that this is a very serious matter and there has been a huge lapse in the security of the Prime Minister.

The clear investigation is necessary for this matter, and action is also necessary against the guilty officials.

Singh said that the state government does not have the authority to conduct an inquiry in this matter or in particular the issue related to the SPG Act and the court should conduct an inquiry in this matter.

Canadian terrorist organization Sikh for Justice has also been discussed during the hearing.

Tushar Mehta on behalf of the Center also said that the lapse in the security of the PM, in which both the state government and the police administration were responsible, cannot be investigated by the state government.

It was said that the presence of NIA in the investigation is also necessary.

It was also said that Punjab Home Secretary himself is under investigation and suspicion, so how can he be part of the investigation team?

PM Security Breach: SG called the matter serious.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the bench that this rarest of the rare matter is very serious and should be treated on that basis.

He informed the bench about the incident of lapse in the security of the PM. He also said that the incident of security lapse has brought disrepute to the country at the international level.

Then Maninder Singh said that this is not a matter related to law and order, it is a very serious matter. There should be a high-level inquiry in this matter, but it should not be done by the state.

Lawyers’ voice organization filed public interest litigation.

Let us inform you that the Lawyer’s Voice organization has filed public interest litigation demanding a serious inquiry into the whole matter and action against the culprits.

Describing the lapse in the security of the Prime Minister as a serious matter.

SC has also sought a direction to the District Judge of Bathinda to collect all the documents related to the Prime Minister’s visit and present them before the Supreme Court at the earliest.

On Thursday, the petitioner demanded an early hearing on the matter.

Chief Justice NV Ramana asked the petitioner’s counsel Mandar Singh to hand over the copy of the petition to the state government and the matter would be heard as the first case on Friday.

PM Security Breach: The bench also included Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli.

The Punjab government, Chief Secretary Anirudh Tiwari, state DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyay, and the Union Home Ministry have been made parties in the petition.

It has also been demanded in the petition that the responsibility of the Punjab government and the state police should be fixed for the lapse in the security of  PM and action should be taken against the guilty.

It is known that on Wednesday, Prime Minister Modi had gone to address a rally and other programs in Punjab.

But due to the road blockage, his car was parked on the flyover for 15-20 minutes, and later he had to leave the tour and return.