Supreme Court of India

Extra Judicial Execution Victim Families Association (eevfam) & Anr. v. Union of India & Anr.

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Reported as [2016] 4 S.C.R. 909
Bench Madan B. Lokur and Uday Umesh Lalit JJ.
Decided 8 July 2016

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, there is no doubt that the organizations in Manipur that are mentioned above are not only terrorist organizations or terrorist gangs (as defined in Section 2(1) of the UAPA)3-1 but are unlawful associations, for they threaten the unity, integrity, security or sovereignty of India.

Judgment, page 50

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Constitution of India: Arts.32, 226 - Maintainability of the writ petition - Allegation in writ petition that fake encounters or extra judicial executions carried out by Manipur police and the armed forces of the Union - Held: In matters concerning gross violations of human rights, constitutional court should adopt an 'open door policy' - The instant case is not an ordinary case of a police complaint or a simple case of an FIR not being registered - This case involves allegations that the law enforcement authorities, that is, the Manipur Police along with the armed forces acting in aid of the

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