NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Tripura High Court orders in May and June, seeking to examine the security cover given to Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and his family in Mumbai.
On behalf of the Centre which had moved the top court against the scrutiny of the threat perception ordered by the High Court, Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta told a Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Jamshed B Pardiwala that the High Court had no jurisdiction to a security given to the Ambanis in Mumbai.
The matter is likely to come up for hearing the next month.
Mehta had told the Bench on Monday that the Tripura High Court were that the Bombay High Court had rejected a similar petition. He said the Tripura HC had nothing to do with the PIL as it was beyond its jurisdiction.
The Centre submitted that the high court passed an order in a PIL filed by an individual person who had no locus standi in the matter and was just a meddlesome interloper, claiming himself to be a social activist and student by profession.
“It is respectfully submitted that in the above thoroughly misconceived, frivolous and motivated PIL petition, where no violation of any fundamental right was even pleaded, the Hon’ble High Court has sought to exercise its judicial review jurisdiction over a decision, which has been taken by trained experts on public order, individual and national security”
The Centre contended that it was further pointed out to the high court that, based on the threat report obtained by the security forces, ‘Z+’ category security was given to Mukesh Ambani in 2013 and ‘Y+’ category CRPF cover was given to Respondent Neeta Ambani in 2016. “It was also pointed out to the High Court that both the security covers to Respondents 2 & 3 were given on the basis of inputs and assessment report received from intelligence and investigation units and the expense for giving such security was also duly borne out by the said two Respondents”, added the Centre’s plea.
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