SC no to PIL for invoking MCOCA against Raj Thackeray
New Delhi, Nov 21: The Supreme Court on Friday declined
to entertain a petition seeking registration of a criminal
case under MCOCA against MNS chief Raj Thackeray for the his
party's hate campaign and violence against north Indians and
non-Marathis in Maharashtra.
"It is not our duty to pass orders for registering
cases," said a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan,
warning an NGO against filing petitions for registration of
cases under MCOCA (Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes
Act).
"Don't convert this court into police station," the
Bench, also comprising Justice P Sathasivan, said, expressing
its displeasure against the NGO, Yuva Shakti, for filing the
petition.
"How can we pass such type of directions," the Bench said
referring to the petition in which the NGO had also sought
that liability should be put on MNS and its chief for the
damage caused to public property during the violence.
The PIL had also sought a direction to the Election
Commission for de-recognising MNS as a political party.
Advocate Rakesh Kumar Singh said that the NGO was
approaching the apex court as the fall out of the violence was
not restricted to Maharashtra but had also spread to other
parts of the country.
He submitted that how can the apex court be silent
when a political party was encouraging and spearheading
violence against citizens, many of whom were students going to
Maharashtra to appear in competitive examinations.
Bureau Report
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