While expressing displeasure over the Nagaland Assembly passing a resolution to repeal the Municipal Act and resolving not to hold elections to the urban local bodies, the Supreme Court on Thursday said that the law of the land must be followed.

 

Stating that it respects the local sentiments, the apex court also asserted that authorities cannot let the law of the land ‘not prevail’ especially when there is nothing affecting the personal rights or personal laws.
The petition seeking 33 per cent reservation for women in the elections to urban local bodies in the state was heard by a bench of justices SK Kaul and A Amanullah.

 

It may be recalled that the top court had on 5 April stayed the 30 March notification of the State Election Commission cancelling till further orders the elections to the urban local bodies in Nagaland which were scheduled for 16 May after almost two decades.

 

During the hearing on Thursday, the bench observed it was not something ‘adverse’ to the interest of the state which is happening as the people will elect their representatives in the elections and viewed that the Centre has to find a solution in the matter.

 

The bench told the counsel appearing for Nagaland that it has given long enough rope to the state in the matter. ”We have given you a long rope. Don’t make it so long that you hang yourself,” it observed.
During the hearing, the bench asked the state’s counsel whether the government “succumb to the blackmail” if a section of a society has a contrary point of view on the issue.

 

“In the nutshell, the position is, you are not willing to implement the assurances given to the court on the right or wrong pretext that there are groups who don’t want it and you don’t want to go against them,” it said.
“We are sensitive to the issue in the state and therefore we gave time. There has to be some end to it,” the bench said, adding the state can’t keep the issue hanging.

 

The Centre had earlier told the top court that inter-ministerial discussions are on in pursuance to the apex court’s order seeking its stand on whether the constitutional scheme of one-third reservation for women in municipalities and town councils can be violated by the state of Nagaland.

 

In its April 17 order, the top court had noted that the “ingenious method” adopted to evade the undertaking given to the court earlier about holding the election has been the repeal of the Nagaland Municipal Act, 2001 itself.

 

It had also observed that in respect of the special provisions with respect of Nagaland under Article 371A of the Constitution, “nothing has so far emerged to advance a plea that religious or social practice of Nagas or Naga customary law and procedure denies the right of equality to women insofar as the participatory process is concerned in such elections.”

The matter has been listed for next hearing in July.

 

Mokokchung Times

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