SC Grants Permission to Professor Who Spoke on Manipur for Filing a Virtual Petition in HC
The Wire | 10 October 2023
Kham Khan Suan Hausing.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on October 9 (Monday) dismissed a transfer petition filed by Dr. Kham Khan Suan Hausing, professor of political science at the University of Hyderabad, and granted him permission to appear virtually in the Manipur high court.
The petition requested the relocation of a criminal petition from the Manipur high court to the Delhi high court.
The case was heard by a division bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M. Trivedi.
There are two criminal proceedings initiated in the state against Dr Hausing.
He had been charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code for giving an interview to The Wire. He had spoken on the crisis in Manipur.
On July 10, a second FIR was filed against him regarding his inclusion in the electoral roll of the Churachandpur assembly constituency in 2005 through fraudulent means.
On August 14, the Supreme Court granted him a two-week interim protection from arrest by the Manipur police.