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On Monday, the Supreme Court urged the development of a comprehensive plan to address violence against women in the conflict-torn state of Manipur and questioned how many FIRs had been filed in connection with such instances there since May.
Speaking on behalf of the government, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the bench presided over by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud that the central government had no issues with the supreme court supervising the probe into the Manipur violence.
A number of petitions pertaining to the violence in Manipur are currently being heard by the bench, which also includes justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra. The hearing is now taking place.
On July 20, the Supreme Court stated that it was "deeply disturbed" by the footage showing two women being paraded naked in conflict-torn Manipur, stating that it is "simply unacceptable in a constitutional democracy" to use women as weapons of violence.
The Manipur government and the Center were ordered to take immediate corrective, restorative, and preventive measures after a bench led by the chief justice of India took notice of the video. The bench also requested updates on the actions taken.
The investigation into a case involving two women being paraded naked in conflict-torn Manipur was moved to the CBI on July 27 by the Centre, which informed the highest court that it had "zero tolerance" for any crimes against women.
In an application submitted by its Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) pleaded with the top court to relocate the trial in the matter outside of Manipur so that it may be wrapped up in a timely way. So far, seven persons have been taken into custody in this investigation.
Since ethnic conflict erupted in the state on May 3 as a result of a "Tribal Solidarity March" organized in the hill districts to oppose the majority Meitei community's quest for Scheduled Tribe status, scores of people have been murdered and hundreds injured.
