2016 Jat agitation back in focus as HC seeks fresh status report from Haryana govt

Gupta informed the court that earlier hearings had narrowed the case to four principal areas:

1. Monitoring of the ongoing probe under senior IPS officer Amitabh Dhillon into cases registered during the violence;

2. Whether a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was required into allegations of sexual assault against women near Murthal during the agitation;

3. Monitoring of the CBI investigation into the breach of the Munak canal, which had disrupted water supply to Delhi; and

4. Scrutiny of the state’s move to withdraw criminal cases registered against agitators.

Gupta submitted that, with the passage of time, “many issues and disputes may have become infructuous,” and a consolidated, present-day picture was necessary before the bench could determine how the matter should proceed.

Taking note of this, the bench said the state must now provide a clear, updated account of investigation progress, closure reports, pending trials, government decisions on case withdrawal, and any developments in the Murthal and Munak canal matters since the court last examined the record in 2018.

The court said the summary placed by the state must first be vetted by the Amicus Curiae, who has been assisting the bench since the suo motu proceedings began in 2016, following media reports.

The matter will be taken up next week, after the vetted synopsis is filed.

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