Commission of inquiry

7 Aug 2023

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In Dinganglung Gangmei v. Mutum Churamani Meetei, the Supreme Court constituted a committee of three former High Court judges, Justices Gita Mittal, Shalini Phansalkar Joshi and Asha Menon, to inquire into violence against women in Manipur from 4 May 2023 and to report on relief and rehabilitation. It appointed former Maharashtra DGP Dattatray Padsalgikar to supervise the CBI's investigation of the FIRs transferred to it and the state's investigation of the rest, and asked him to investigate allegations that some police officers colluded with perpetrators. The judgment records figures from the State of Manipur's status report of 1 August 2023 (see figures). [1]

• 6,523 FIRs registered as of 25 July 2023, said State of Manipur (status report to the Supreme Court) [1]
• 150 deaths between 3 May and 9 June 2023, said State of Manipur (status report to the Supreme Court) [1]
• 502 persons injured, said State of Manipur (status report to the Supreme Court) [1]
• 252 persons arrested in connection with the FIRs, said State of Manipur (status report to the Supreme Court) [1]
• 12,740 preventive arrests, said State of Manipur (status report to the Supreme Court) [1]

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