The Supreme Court was informed that governments of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh have filed their counter affidavits on Imam’s plea but no responses have been filed by Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. “We cannot pass interim orders without seeing the replies of other States,” a Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and V Ramasubramanian said. The counsel representing Assam sought time to file reply on the plea. Senior advocate Siddharth Dave, appearing for the petitioner, told the Court that all these cases lodged against Mr. Imam should be consolidated. On May 1, the Supreme Court had sought Delhi government’s reply on the plea.

Source: The Hindu June 19, 2020 07:57 UTC