3 Sep 2023 5:38 AM GMT
The home of a lawyer representing Kuki Professor Kham Khan Suan Hausing before the Manipur High Court was vandalised by a mob. The home of Advocate Soiraisham Chitaranjan was attacked.
Following this, Chitarajan and three other lawyers - Victor Chongtham, Th. Zingo, and A Priyokumar Sharma - had to decide to not appear for Professor Huasing in the Manipur High Court. They filed a memo in the High Court on August 31 informing about their withdrawal from the case.
Huasing, a professor of Political Science at the University of Hyderabad, is facing a criminal case for allegedly making remarks against Meitei community in an interview. On August 14, the Supreme Court had granted him protection from coercive action for two weeks and asked him to approach the Manipur High Court for reliefs.
Senior Advocate Anand Grover, who represented the Professor before the Supreme Court and the High Court, told The Hindu that his instructing lawyers in Imphal had to withdraw from the case after they received threats.
"They were facing threats and vandalism and so the lawyers assisting decided to withdraw.”, Grover said.
Hausing told he Hindu, “First, they threatened the lawyers on Thursday. Then the office of one of the lawyers was vandalised on Friday and so they withdrew. “This is most unfortunate and goes against the principle of natural justice. It does not bode well for law and justice in the State.”
Image of vandalised house of Advocate Chitaranjan