IN RE: VIOLENCE IN LAKHIMPUR KHERI (U. P. ) LEADING TO LOSS OF LIFE vs .

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2021 Supreme(SC) 1146

N. V. RAMANA, SURYA KANT, HIMA KOHLI
IN RE: VIOLENCE IN LAKHIMPUR KHERI (U. P. ) LEADING TO LOSS OF LIFE – Appellant
Versus
. – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: By Courts Motion Mr. Shiv Kumar Tripathi, Adv., Mr. C.S. Panda, Adv., Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Maurya, Adv., Mr. Shiv Kumar Vats, Adv., Mr. Goverdhan Dass Aggarwal, Adv.
For the Respondent: Mr. Arun Bhardwaj, Sr. Adv., Mr. Ronak Karanpuria, AOR, Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma, Adv., Dr. A.P. Singh, Adv., Mr. V.P. Singh, Adv., Ms. Geeta Chauhan, Adv., Mr. Sadashiv, AOR, Mr. Harshvir Pratap Sharma, Sr. Adv., Ms. Astha Tyagi, AOR, Mr. Dinesh Chander Trehan, Adv., Mr. Vyom Chaturvedi, Adv., Mr. Harish Salve, Sr. Adv., Ms. Garima Prashad, AAG, UP Mr. Shantanu Singh, Adv., Mr. Akshay Chowdhary, Adv., Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR

ORDER :

The Court is convened through hybrid mode.

2. The present PIL arises in the background of an incident which took place in Tikunia in the Lakhimpur Kheri District of Uttar Pradesh, during the farmers’ protests against the Indian Agricultural Acts of 2020. On October 3rd 2021, several protesters had been blocking the road to restrict passage for the UP Deputy Chief Minister who was on his way to Banbirpur village. While standing and/or walking on the road, these protesters were rammed from behind by a Mahindra Thar SUV, and then run over by the same vehicle. Two other vehicles that were part of the same convoy also ran over those who had already been thrown to the ground and crushed by the first SUV. The incident resulted in 8 deaths and several suffered injuries. This Court was seized of the matter when two lawyers wrote to this Court seeking an independent and federal inquiry into the incident.

3. The matter is currently under investigation by the local police, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed, and some arrests have been made. Given the nascent stage of the investigation, we are consciously reluctant to make any observation on the merits of the case, as that

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2021 Supreme(SC) 1146

N. V. RAMANA, SURYA KANT, HIMA KOHLIIN RE: VIOLENCE IN LAKHIMPUR KHERI (U. P. ) LEADING TO LOSS OF LIFE – AppellantVersus. – Respondent

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N. V. RAMANA, SURYA KANT, HIMA KOHLI
IN RE: VIOLENCE IN LAKHIMPUR KHERI (U. P. ) LEADING TO LOSS OF LIFE – Appellant
Versus
. – Respondent