High Court directs Lokayukta to put proceedings on hold
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 19 2022:
The High Court of Manipur has directed the Lokayukta to put on hold the cases concerning MCWP (C) number 93 of 2022 pertaining to the MSPCL till May 23 .
Justice Ahanthem Bimol Singh of the High Court of Manipur passed the ruling after hearing M Rarry, counsel of the respondents representing the Lokayukta and H Debendra Government Advocate appearing for the State respondents.
During the hearing, counsel of the respondents, M Rarry placed before the Court an order dated May 17 passed by a Division Bench of the High Court wherein the order dated April 18 passed by the same Court has been set aside and remitting the said application before this Court for re-hearing on May 19 .
The counsel on behalf of the Lokayukta submitted that 'inadvertently, the registry of this Court did not list the said application along with these batch of writ petitions and accordingly a prayer has been made for taking up the writ petitions along with the said misc application on May 23' .
Till then the Lokayukta was directed by the High Court not to proceed with the case.