SC-appointed mediator in Ram Janmabhoomi case strikes Madras HC for police safety

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: Senior advocate and Supreme Court appointed mediator in Ram Janmabhoomi case Sriram Panchu on Monday moved the Madras High Court for restoration of the police safety supplied to him after an order of the apex court docket.

A petition filed by the senior lawyer, on this regard, got here up earlier than Justice N Sathish Kumar.

Directing the respondents to file a counter-affidavit contemplating the seriousness of the matter, the choose posted the petition to June 16 for listening to.

Senior counsel S Prabakharan, showing for Sriram Panchu, sought the court docket to cross crucial orders for bringing again the quilt of safety, which was withdrawn after suggestions of a reconstituted evaluation committee.

He contended that the altering conditions in elements of the nation, significantly the developments over the Gyanvapi and the Mathura points, the State should carry again the safety to the ex-mediator.

Moreover, of late, Panchu had begun to obtain threats to his life from sure quarters, Prabakharan added.

He stated that the safety cowl, which was supplied from 2019, was withdrawn in September, 2021.

The ex-mediator had submitted two representations to the involved authorities authorities however no motion was taken until now.