SC names panel, to oversee CBI’s Manipur probe
The Supreme Court Monday disclosed that a three-member panel of former women High Court judges would be set-up to supervise the diverse aspects of rehabilitation work in strife-torn Manipur.
The apex court added that the Deputy National Security Advisor and ex-Mumbai top cop Dattatray Padsalgikar will oversee the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Manipur Police probe into cases registered in connection with the ethnic clashes in the state.
A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud revealed its broad outline on how the court intends to intervene to restore a “sense of confidence and faith in rule of law and build trust, faith and confidence” in the Northeast state. A formal order on the directions would be released Monday evening.
The court was hearing a suo-motu cognisance case, which it registered after the purported video of naked women being paraded in Manipur went viral. Later, many petitions were also filed asking for judicial intervention to normalise the situation.