SC proposes special courts for Manipur violence trials
The Supreme Court of India proposed setting up special courts to conduct day-to-day trials of criminal cases arising from the 2023 Manipur ethnic violence, while directing agencies to expeditiously complete investigations and ensure victims receive copies of chargesheets. The court allowed legal aid to access the chargesheets and instructed CBI and the state SIT to supply them within a week. It directed authorities to compile data on completed investigations and those still pending to determine the necessary number of special courts. It also ordered the Manipur High Court to review cases involving 30 missing persons and to file fresh status reports from the CBI, SIT, and the monitoring committee led by Dattatray Padsalgikar. The proceedings noted that more than 200 people were killed, hundreds injured, and thousands displaced since the unrest began in May 2023 over ST status for the Meitei community. The consensus across articles emphasizes urgency to speed up probes and deliver timely justice to victims.
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