Pinnacle court to listen to Centre’s plea against Tripura HC order on security cover to Ambani's

Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta said he wants the appeal to be heard urgently because the state supreme court has asked Home Ministry officials to look before it on June 28 with original records

The Supreme Court on June 27 agreed to listen to on June 28, a plea of the Centre challenging the Tripura supreme court orders on a PIL challenging grant of security cover to industrialist Mukesh Ambani and his relations in Mumbai.

A Vacation Bench of Justices Surya Kant and J.B. Pardiwala was told by Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta that the court has no jurisdiction to entertain the PIL because the regime has nothing to try to to with the safety cover provided to the Ambanis by the Centre on recommendation of the Maharashtra Government.

Mr. Mehta said he wants the appeal to be heard urgently because the judicature has asked Home Ministry officials to seem before it on June 28 with original records with relevance the threat perception to the Ambanis, and stated no more adjournment are granted.

The Tripura HC had on a PIL filed by one Bikash Saha had passed two interim orders on May 31 and summer solstice and had directed the Central Government to position the initial file maintained by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) regarding threat perception and assessment report of Ambani, his wife and kids on the premise of which security has been granted to them.