PIL in SC seeks independent panel headed by ex-apex court judge to probe incidents of sexual assault in Manipur
«Recently a video of Manipur got viral showing two ladies who were under capture of mob and were paraded in a disgraceful manner by disrobing them and were subjected to the sexual harassment. This entire incident shocked the nation.
»This matter pertaining to the violence, assault, sexual harassment, rape and riots have been prevailing over months in Manipur yet there has been no action from the Respondent No 1 (Union of India) or Respondent No 2 (Manipur government) in this regard", it said. The PIL said the independent expert committee should be asked to submit its report within four weeks and direction be issued for action against state agencies for dereliction of duty and not complying with the 2013 verdict of the apex court in Lalita Kumari case.
In its judgement in the Lalita Kumari case, the apex court has issued a set of guidelines to be followed by police including making it mandatory to register an FIR u/s 154 of the CrPC, if the information discloses the commission of a cognisable offence and no preliminary inquiry is permissible in such a situation. If the information does not disclose a cognisable offence but indicates the necessity for an inquiry, a preliminary inquiry may be conducted to ascertain whether information reveals any cognisable offence, the apex court had said.
Tiwari has also sought court's direction for a CBI probe into the violence in Manipur. The PIL said no preventive and corrective measures have been taken in the violence-scarred state where there was «violation of rule of law and Constitution» with no «recourse to justice».
It said the violence has made the life of the common people miserable. It claimed there was no intervention either by the Centre or the state government to stem the
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