Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Special Team Probe In Agnipath Protests
NDTV
Agnipath Protests: The PIL has been filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari, who also sought directions to the Centre and Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Haryana and Rajasthan governments to submit a status report on the violent protests.
A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the damage to public properties including that of railways and violent protests against the Centre's Agnipath scheme.
The PIL has been filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari, who also sought directions to the Centre and Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Haryana and Rajasthan governments to submit a status report on the violent protests.
Mr Tiwari in his plea also sought a direction to set up an expert committee under the chairmanship of retired top court judge to examine the scheme and its impact on national security and Army.
He further sought directions to the Centre and the states arrayed as parties to appoint claim commissioners under the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in its verdict of 2009 passed in a suo motu case initiated after incidents of damages to public properties.
