A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said that a formal order to this effect will be passed shortly on setting up of the panel to which the DGP Chandigarh, IG of NIA and the Registrar General of Punjab and Haryana HC may be part.
A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli is likely to take up the plea filed by an organisation, Lawyers Voice.
PM Narendra Modi's security breach in Punjab has ensued a big tug of war between the State and the Union government. However, this is not the first such incident, such lapses have happened before as well.
Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had said there was a ‘major security lapse’ during the PM Narendra’s Modi’s recent Punjab visit.
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said ‘the deliberate criminal negligence during the visit of the world's popular and admired leader Narendra Modi has made the Congress a cowardly conspiracy clan’.
The Supreme Court on Friday heard a plea seeking further investigation into the alleged 'security breach' during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Punjab, terming the incident 'premediated'.
A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana also asked the counsel representing the Punjab and the central governments to ask the committees set up by them separately to probe the lapses during the visit of the prime minister to “hold their hands till Monday” when it will hear the plea next.
PM Modi Security Breach: The SPG Act allows constitution of an armed force to provide proximate security to the Prime Minister, former prime ministers and members of their immediate families.
The Prime Minister's convoy was blocked en route to a rally in Ferozepur in Punjab on Wednesday, leading to accusations of negligence against Punjab Police and the Charanjit Singh Channi government.
Who is responsible for the Prime Minister's security arrangements and what went wrong in Punjab? Here's what we know so far.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's convoy was trapped for nearly 20 minutes on a Punjab highway on Wednesday after protesting farmers blocked the PM's convoy en route to Ferozepur.
The video for the song, which has been composed by Meet Bros and features Asses Kaur, was shot in Punjab.
Top BJP leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah and party president J P Nadda, lashed out at the Congress, which is in power in the state, over the incident.
PM Narendra Modi's Punjab visit was cut short on Wednesday after a ‘major security lapse’, as he was stranded on a flyover for 20 minutes, due to a blockade by protesters. It prompted MHA to seek an immediate report from the state government.
PM Narendra Modi was scheduled to address rally in Punjab’s Ferozepur. However, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said ‘The PM has said that these programmes (inauguration) have been postponed’.
MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs) has sought detailed report from Punjab government over ‘major security lapse’ during PM Narendra Modi’s Punjab visit on Wednesday.
Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh also claimed his party’s alliance with the BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal-Sanyukt for the next year’s Assembly polls is in the national and state's interest.
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has launched a stern attack in his former party colleague Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday, while calling the later ‘traitor’.
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