Dinganglung Gangmei vs Mutum Churamani Meetei

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2023 Supreme(SC) 723

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, J. B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA
Dinganglung Gangmei – Appellant
Versus
Mutum Churamani Meetei – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s):Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv. Mr. Lzafeer Ahmad B. F., AOR Ms. Cheryl D Souza, Adv. Ms. Suroor Mander, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Shivendra Pandey, Adv. Ms. Aayushi Mishra, Adv. Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Ms. Hetvi Patel, Sr. Adv. Ms. Hetvi Patel, Adv. Ms. Alana Golmei, Adv. Mr. Samuel Khobung, Adv. Mr. Nayab Gauhar, Adv. Mr. Kamei Kaoliangpou, Adv. Ms. Joicy, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Ms. Vrinda Grover, Adv. Ms. Devika Tulsiani, Adv. Ms. Mannat Tipnis, Adv. Mr. Soutik Banerjee, Adv. Ms. Akriti Chaubey, AOR Mr. Kunwar Aditya Singh, Adv. Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sapam Biswajit Meitei, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ahanthem Henry, Adv. Mr. Ahanthem Rohen Singh, Adv. Mr. David Ahongsangbam, Adv. Mr. Vivek Kumar, Adv. Mr. Mohan Singh, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Banju, AOR Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Adv. Ms. Tomthi Koijamnnganbi, Adv. Mr. Niraj Bobby Paonam, Adv. Mr. Preetam Shah, Adv. Mr. Vishal Prasad, AOR Mr. Javedur Rahman, AOR Petitioner-in-person Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anju Thomas, AOR Mr. Paras Nath, Adv. Mr. Robin Bhatt, Adv. Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv. Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. Mr. Pratyush Shrivastava, Adv. Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Hijam Lenin Singh, A.A.G. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Adv. Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Rai, Adv. Mr. Rohin Bhatt, Adv. Ms. Shobha Gupta, Adv. Mr. Aditya Ranjan, AOR Ms. Bijoylashmi Das, Adv. Ms. Ankita Gupta, Adv. Ms. Garvita Jain, Adv. Ms. Tarjana Rai, Adv. Ms. Jessy Kurian, Adv. Mr. Sanjay R Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ahantham Henry, Adv. Mr. Ahantham Rohen Singh, Adv. Mr. David Ahongsangbam, Adv. Mr. Vivek Kumar, Adv. Mr. Mohan Singh, Adv. Mr. Kumar Mihir, AOR Ms. Bansuri Swaraj, Adv. Mr. Siddhesh Shirish Kotwal, AOR Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv. Ms. Mahamaya Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Tejasvi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Meenakshi Chauhan, AOR Mr. Elangbam Premjit Singh, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kumar Gupta, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Anindita Mitra, AOR Mr. Satyajit Sarna, Adv. Ms. Remya, Adv. Mr. K. Raghabvacharyulu, Special PP Mr. Ranjeet Singh, AOR

JUDGMENT :

DHANANJAYA Y. CHANDRACHUD, CJI.

1. The State of Manipur has been besieged by sectarian strife since the first week of May 2023.

2. On 27 March 2023, the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Manipur issued directions in a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution¹[WP(C) No 229 of 2023] to the Government of Manipur directing it to respond to a communication dated 29 May 2013 of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in the Union Government by recommending the inclusion of the Meitei community in the Presidential List of Scheduled Tribes. The recommendation for including the community in the list of Scheduled Tribes was directed to be considered expeditiously within a stipulated time frame. The jurisdiction of this Court under Article 136 of the Constitution was invoked to challenge the order of the High Court principally on the ground that while exercising jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution the High Court cannot issue directions for the inclusion of a community in the list of Scheduled Tribes. The pleadings in the Special Leave Petition highlight th

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2023 Supreme(SC) 723

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, J. B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRADinganglung Gangmei – AppellantVersusMutum Churamani Meetei – Respondent

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D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, J. B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA
Dinganglung Gangmei – Appellant
Versus
Mutum Churamani Meetei – Respondent