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Hausing recently gave an interview with journalist Karan Thapar on 'The Wire defaming the Metei community, after which a complaint was made against him for heightening communal enemity.
Supreme Court today refused to urgently Professor Kham Khan Suan Hausing's plea challenging summons issued to him by a district court in Imphal over statements against Meiteis.
Hausing, a professor at Hyderabad University, has also sought quashing of the criminal proceedings initiated against him for statements made in an interview which allegedly defamed the Meitei community and fueled communal violence in Manipur.
Notably, Hausing's plea was listed before a CJI DY Chandrachud led bench, but at the bench was unavailable today, Senior Advocate Anand Grover mentioned the plea before Justice SK Kaul led bench.
When Gover expressed some apprehension of a warrant being issue against his client, Justice Kaul assured him that the plea would be heard on Monday, July 31.
Chief Judicial Magistrate, Imphal East, Manipur, had issued summons to Hausing asking him to appear before it on July 28, 2023, in pursuance of the criminal complaint filed against him by Manihar Moirangthem Singh, a member of the Meitei Tribes Union (MTU).
Hausing has relied on Advocate Deeksha Dwivedi's case, who was recently granted interim protection after an FIR was registered against her by the Manipur Police for offences of sedition, conspiracy to wage war, etc.
It is further his case that on account of the situation prevailing in Manipur, there is an apprehension of real and imminent threat to his life if he travels to the state to answer the summons.
Recently, CJI DY Chandrachud had expressed deep concern over a video making the rounds wherein two women were seen paraded around naked in Manipur. "If the government does not take action, we will have to step in..", further remarked a visibly upset CJI.
Tension escalated in Manipur after the High Court had issued an order directing the Centre and the State governments to include the Meetei/Meitei community of the State in the Scheduled Tribe list of the Indian Constitution as a "tribe" of Manipur.
Case Title: Kham Khan Suan Hausing vs. The State Of Manipur
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