The PIL in Manipur High Court has been filed by Thongam Sanajaoba Singh and others. The State of Manipur and its Director, Municipal Administration, Housing &. Urban Development (MAHUD), filed Miscellaneous Case of PIL raising the issue of maintainability of the case.
The Supreme Court division bench after hearing the Sr Advocate Prashant Bhushan and Tushar Mehta ordered the petitioner to issue a public notice in at least two local newspaper returnable on 18 August.