Manipur video: SC comes down heavily on Centre, state govt, says 'time running out, 3 months have gone' | Top quotes

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Manipur viral video which saw two Kuki Zo women being paraded naked by a mob of Meitei men has rocked the nation. The the sexual harassment that allegedly took place on 4 May came to limelight only in July, which then witnessed massive outrage.

Accusation against the Manipur authorities flew, where in it was alleged that the Manipur Police had delayed actions and so did the Chief Minister N Biren Singh led Manipur Government. The sexual harassment case also has become the latest flashpoint between the Opposition INDIA bloc and the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders who have accused each other of running away from discussion on crime against women in BJP and non-BJP ruled states.

The case was taken up in the Supreme Court on Monday by a bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra. The Supreme Court took cognisance of the development in the Manipur Viral Video case and directed expedited action on the ethnic violence crimes that took place in the violence stricken Manipur.

The Supreme Court also asked the Central and state government to inform them about how many people have been arrested in the viral video case so far. The SC also informed that it does not want the case to be handled by Manipur Police.

The top court called for evolving a broad mechanism to deal with violence against women and asked how many FIRs have been registered in such incidents in the state since May. The apex court has tasked the government to provide information on the following six factors -Break-up of cases, from the 6,000 FIRs filed -How many of them are zero FIRs -How many transferred to jurisdiction Police Station -How many people have been arrested so far -Status of legal aid to the