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2019 Supreme(SC) 1470
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Ranjan Gogoi, CJI., Sanjiv Khanna, J.
Tariq Adeeb - Appellant
Versus
Union Of India - Respondent
Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 60 of 2019
Decided On : 22-02-2019
Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv., Ms. Olivia Bang, Choudhary Ali Zia Kabir, Satya Mitra, Zafar Inayat, Advocates, for the Appellant; K.K. Venugopal, AG, Rajat Nair, Ankur Talwar, B.V. Balramdas, D.C. Raina, Advocate General, J&K, G.M. Kawoosa, Shoeb Alam, Advocates, for the Respondents
The court emphasized the importance of preventing acts of violence, discrimination, and other coercive acts against Kashmiris and other minorities in the wake of the terrorist attack dated 14.2.2019.
Headnote:
Nodal Officers - Prevention of Violence and Discrimination against Kashmiris - [Advisory dated 16.2.2019 of the Ministry of Home Affairs] - The court directed the Nodal Officers to take necessary steps to prevent acts of violence, discrimination, and other coercive acts against Kashmiris and other minorities in the wake of the terrorist attack dated 14.2.2019. The court also ordered wide publicity of the details of the Nodal Officers for prompt and timely action.
ORDER
1. On the oral prayer of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the States of Punjab and Maharashtra represented by their Chief Secretaries are impleaded as respondent nos. 10 and 11.
2. Issue notice to the respondents. Liberty is granted to serve the standing counsels of the States and the Union Territories.
3. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Attorney General for India and the learned Advocate General for the State of Jammu and Kashmir, we are of the view that the Nodal Officers (in addition to the Nodal Officers as may have already been appointed by the State of Jammu and Kashmir) as per the list placed by the learned Attorney General before this Court, details of which are extracted below, would take necessary steps to prevent acts of violence, discrimination and other coercive acts against Kashmiris (including students enrolled with the institutions in the respondent States and the Union Territories) and other minorities in the wake of the terrorist attack dated 14.2.2019.
| S.No. | Name of State/U.T. | Nodal Police Officer & Designation | Helpline No. | Telephone No. | Fax No. | | |||
| 1. | Delhi | Mr. Satish Golcha, Spl. Commr. of Police (Crime), Delhi. | 1093 or 100 | 011-23490206 | 011-23490346 | splcp-crime-dl@nic.in | |||
| 2. | Tamil Nadu | Thiru V. Baskaran, Asstt. Inspector General of Police (Law & Order), Chennai-4. | 044-28445028 (O) 9444396596 (Mobile) | 044-28447703 | tnaiglo@gmail.com | ||||
| 3. | Manipur | Mr. Sorokhaibam Gautam Singh, Superintendent of Police, CID(Special Branch), Imphal. | 0385-2450424 | 0385-2445149 | sorokhaibam.gautam@nic.in | ||||
| 4. | Daman & Diu | Dr. Eish Singhal, IPS, Superintendent of Police, Daaman-396210. | - | 0260-2250942 (O) 07567000602 (Mobile) | - | - | |||
| 5. | Himachal Pradesh | Shri Gurdev Sharma, Superintendent of Police, Law & Order, Shimla-2. | 0177-2621637 (O) 09418000246 (Mobile) | 0177-2626945, 2626936 | gurdevsharma7@gmail.com | ||||
| 6. | Sikkim | Asstt. Inspector General of Police, Police Headquarters, Gangtok. | 03592-202581 | 03592-221781 | aigspphq@sikkimnic.in | ||||
| 7. | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Shri Pramod Kumar Mishra, IPS, Superintendent of Police, Police Headquarters, UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Silvassa-396230. | 0260-2643022(O) | 0260-2643023 | sp-sil-dnh@nic.in | ||||
| 8. | Madhya Pradesh | Shri Sidharth Choudhary, Asstt. Inspector General, Special Branch (Security), Police Headquarters, Bhopal | 0755-2443549 (O) 9424594245 | 0755-2443651 | aigssb@mppolice.gov.in | ||||
| 9. | Assam | Smt. Indrani Baruah, IPS, Special Supdt. Of Police (CID), Office of the Addl. Director General of Police (CID), Assam: Guwahati. | 0361-2465414 9954106600 (Mobile) | 0361-2462480 | spcid@assampolice.govt.in | ||||
| 10. | Mizoram | Shri Joseph Lalchhuana, IPS, DIG(CID) Mizoram: Aizawl. | - | 0389-2333484 (O) | 0389-2333001 | josephlalchhuana@gmail.com | |||
| 11. | Tripura | Shri Uttam Kumar Majumdar, Deputy Inspector General of Police (S | |||||||
