India’s Supreme Court docket yesterday pulled up the Manipur police over the delay in submitting of the FIR after the horrific video of two tribal girls being paraded bare surfaced on Could 4.

A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud termed the violence in opposition to girls within the state as “horrendous” and mentioned that it doesn’t need the Manipur police to probe the Could 4 incident.

“The ladies proven in Manipur video have been handed over to rioting crowd by police, that is horrendous,” the court docket mentioned.

The bench, additionally comprising Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra, is listening to a batch of petitions regarding the violence in Manipur.

Earlier, through the listening to, Solicitor Normal Tushar Mehta, showing for the Centre, instructed a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud that the Union of India has no objection if the apex court docket displays the investigation into the Manipur violence.

On the outset, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, showing for the 2 girls who have been seen in a Could 4 video being paraded bare in Manipur, mentioned they’ve filed a petition within the matter.

CJI Chandrachud mentioned that violence in opposition to girls in Manipur is one thing that’s of “an unprecedented magnitude”.

When Advocate Bansuri Swaraj spoke about crimes in opposition to girls in West Bengal and Chhattisgarh, the CJI-led bench mentioned that we can not justify the incidents of Manipur by saying that “this and this occurred elsewhere.”