It’s difficult to skirt an issue when it involves the Supreme Court, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Manipur. A two-judge bench of the apex court on 27 July pulled up CBI for delays in investigating extrajudicial killings in Manipur and in filing of charges. The judges became impatient when CBI’s representatives and counsel cited procedure and, again, when Verma mentioned that 14 people had been charged for their alleged roles in extrajudicial killings. The PIL alleged 1,528 extrajudicial killings between 1980 and 2011. Details of human rights violations and extrajudicial killings during that time are part of the PIL.

Source: Mint August 01, 2018 16:07 UTC