Chennai: confirm that the 2018 police who opened fire on anti-sterlite protesters in Tuticorin were scars on the face of our democracy, Madras High Court said citizens should not be fired on the orders of any company’s house.
“Also, the state must consider realistic quantum compensation for the good category, apart from other people who suffer injuries,” said the court on certain steps suggested by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), including increasing compensation to the family Dead and or hurt.
“If there is an indication that the shot is forced on behalf of any company, it must be overcome,” the first bench from the Chair of the Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P D Audikesavalu said on Monday.
The court then directed NHRC to report the steps taken to find logical conclusions with problems based on the Investigation Division report.
On the probe carried out by the CBI, the bench said: “The problem must be taken to the logical end, as soon as possible, to provide meaningful closure to him and the situation in which shots must be forced to fight unarmed citizens.
Must come out in the report.” The State was requested To play the role of real parents in providing counseling and psychiatric assistance to mourning family members, if necessary, the court added.
“The state must be seen with family and not enemies, despite whatever happens.
State needs to walk extra for such a purpose and the advocate-general learned to ensure that the right steps are taken to relieve the families of the victims’ families” said para judge.
His instructions were continued on the pill that was transferred by Henri Tiphagne’s right activist looking for directions to the NHRC to reopen the probe and to complete the investigation report.
Protests by locals against Vedanta Copper Unit Sterlite for fears of pollution peaked on May 22, 2018, which led to violence which resulted in 13 deaths in the shooting of the police.
Sterlite Case Police Featuring ‘Scars on Democracy’: Madras HC
