Madhya Pradesh High Court seeks response from state government on action against Mohammed Ganja under NSA

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has sought the response of the State Government on a plea filed by Mohammed Ganja aka Hasnain Quaraishi challenging the action against him under the National Security Act (NSA). 

The Division Bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla issued notice to the state government to file reply in this regard within two weeks. 

The petition has been filed by Mohammad Hasnain alias Ganja, a resident of Damoh’s butcher Mohalla through Advocate Manoj Chaturvedi and Vijay Raghav Singh. The Counsel argued that arbitrary action has been taken against the petitioner. 

This case does not meet the criteria that is required for action under the NSA. The petitioner is not such a big criminal that because of him the security of the country is endangered or normal life is being severely affected, claimed the petitioner.

During the hearing, it was informed that Damoh Collector has taken action against the petitioner on December 14, 2020. The petitioner stated that 12 cases have been registered against him since 2007, of which he has been acquitted in 10 cases.  Only two cases are under consideration.

The Counsel further stated that the petitioner had not yet committed any such offence, due to which action under NSA should be taken against him.  

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After the initial hearing, the High Court issued a notice to the state government. The next hearing of the case will be held on January 13. During this time, the state will have to clear the concrete basis of the action of applying the NSA.