Zero tolerance towards crime against women: Govt in Supreme Court on Manipur video

Published on: 28 Jul 2023 at 10:57 AM

Published by: thefactnews

The Fact News Service

New Delhi, July 28

On the eve of the hearing on videos of violence against women in Manipur, the Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it had “zero tolerance towards any crime against women”.

In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said it wanted deterrent punishment for the culprits.

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The MHA told the top court that with the consent of the Manipur Government, it had taken a decision to entrust the probe into the video of sexual assault on two women to the CBI. It urged the top court to transfer the case to another state and order completion of trial within six months from the date of filing of a chargesheet.

The affidavit said the Centre considered the offences such as those captured in the video that had gone viral to be “too heinous”. It said justice should be seen to be done so that it had a deterrent effect throughout the nation with respect to crimes against women. A Bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud, which had on July 20 taken suo motu cognisance of a video of two women being paraded naked in Manipur will consider the MHA affidavit on Friday.