Centre to file review petition in SC on Salwa Judum order

New Delhi: The Centre is all set to file a petition in the Supreme Court, asking it to review its judgement on disbanding of Salwa Judum as the order is likely affect the anti-Naxal operations. The government law officers are exploring the grounds on which the review petition will be filed this week and they have closeted with senior Home Ministry officials several times in past few days to discuss the issue, sources said. [caption id=“attachment_52922” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“An Indian tribesman carrying arrows in Dornapal in the central state of Chhattisgarh. Kamal Kishore/Reuters”] [/caption] The Centre is expected to contend before the apex court that its order disbanding and disarming tribals, deployed as Special Police Officers (SPOs), will not only affect anti-naxal operations but also fight against militants in Jammu and Kashmir as well as in the Northeast where similar sets of people were engaged by the state governments. “The review petition will be filed within this week or latest by next week,” a source said. Home Minister P Chidambaram recently had said that the apex court order will have bearing on the anti-naxal operations. PTI