It Is An Effort To ‘Restore Faith In Law’: Supreme Court As It Appoints Ex Maha DGP For Investigation Of Manipur Violence

Manipur Violence Update: Dattatrey Padsalgikar, an ex-DGP of Maharashtra, was appointed by the Supreme Court on Monday to direct police inquiries into incidents of ethnic violence in Manipur. The highest court declared that its goal is to restore people’s confidence and faith in the legal system. It was suggested that the CBI investigative team be expanded to include five or six deputy SP rank officers from other states to investigate the 11 rape and sexual assault cases, including the naked parade of two women.

Fresh Bench of judges to be formed

A committee of retired high court judges would be formed by the SC bench, which is chaired by CJI D Y Chandrachud, to oversee relief, rehabilitation, and the reconstruction of homes and places of worship. Former chief justice of the J&K high court Gita Mittal will preside over the planned three-person panel, which will also comprise former judges Shalini P Joshi and Asha Menon.

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Manipur Violence update In Supreme Court’s last hearing

Rajiv Singh, the state’s DGP, appeared in the court to respond to questions on the ethnic violence and the administration’s response so far. He also had to answer on the division of cases for efficient investigation. He had been summoned by the Supreme Court during the previous hearing.

The Manipur government had informed the Supreme Court that it will establish 6 separate SITs made up of top police officials for 6 districts to look into cases of violence, as well as a SIT made up entirely of female police officers to look into crimes against women.

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DGP and DIG to direct the investigations

The state’s DGP and DIG will oversee these investigations, according to Attorney General R Venkataramani and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s statements before the top court about the probe of ethnic clashes. They provided specifics of the government’s upcoming actions and noted that because of the state’s extremely delicate situation, any externally guided probe will not instill confidence.