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- The Supreme Court has taken a stern view of more than 30 deaths in relief camps for internally displaced people in Manipur.
- A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant has directed the Manipur Chief Secretary to file an affidavit explaining the deaths, especially the unnatural ones.
- The court questioned why post-mortems were conducted in only 20 of the 34 deaths, and why compensation of just Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000 was paid for unnatural deaths.
- The court has ordered FIRs in all cases of unnatural death and asked the Manipur State Legal Services Authority to ensure fast investigations and the safety and dignity of camp residents.
- The deaths were flagged in reports by the Justice Gita Mittal committee and an IAS officer, making the affidavits and investigations important for accountability in the camps.
What to watch next
- The affidavit the Manipur Chief Secretary must file on the camp deaths, including why only 20 post-mortems were done.
- Whether the Manipur State Legal Services Authority files its status report and ensures FIRs and speedy probes in all unnatural death cases.
- Progress of the two special trial courts hearing CBI and NIA cases from the 2023 Manipur violence, where the CBI has probed 31 cases and filed final reports in 28.
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Named India · Manipur · Aishwarya Bhati · Central Bureau of Investigation · Dattatray Padsalgikar · Geeta Mittal · Joymalya Bagchi · Manipur State Legal Services Authority · National Investigation Agency · Supreme Court of India · Surya Kant · V Mohana
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