ANGAMBA GONMEI v. STATE OF MANIPUR AND 12 OTHERS
Court: High Court of Manipur
Bench: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE AHANTHEM BIMOL SINGH
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Case summary
High Court of Manipur judgment dated 2024-10-24. ANGAMBA GONMEI v. STATE OF MANIPUR AND 12 OTHERS. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
Digitally signed by SHOUGRAKPAM IN. 54 & 55 SHOUGRAKPAM DEVANANDA DEVANANDA SINGH Date: 2024. 10. 24 13:52:36 SINGH +05'30' IN THE HIGH COURT OF MANIPUR AT IMPHAL WP(C) No. 983 of 2017 Shri Soihem Gonmei … Petitioner Vs. State of Manipur & ors. … Respondents With WP(C) No. 258 of 2022 B E F O R E HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AHANTHEM BIMOL SINGH O R D E R 24-10-2024 Heard Mr. Th. Ibohal, learned senior counsel assisted by Mr. LN Ngamba, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners; Mr. Th. Vashum, learned GA appearing for the official respondents and Mr. D. Julius Riamei, learned counsel appearing for some of the private respondents. It has been submitted at the bar by the counsel appearing for the parties that the issue involved in these writ petitions is about the Chiefship of the Tousang Village in Noney District.
It has also been submitted by the counsel appearing for the parties that in connection with the issue involved in these writ petitions, the parties have already approached the Supreme Court of India and subsequently, on the observation of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, the parties have ultimately filed Civil Suits in the competent Civil Court for deciding the issue as to who will be the rightful Chief of the said village and that the said Civil Suits are still pending. The learned counsel further submitted that as the issue raised in the present petitions is already pending for decision by a competent Civil Court, the present writ petitions may be closed by giving liberty to the parties to approach this court again as and when they are aggrieved by any order passed by the Civil Court. WP(C) No. 983 of 2017 & anr.
Contd…/- -2- In view of the submission made above, the present writ petitions are hereby closed by giving liberty to the parties to approach this court again as and when they are aggrieved by any order passed by the Civil Court as permissible under law. JUDGE Devananda WP(C) No. 983 of 2017 & anr. Contd…/-
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