Keeping in mind the overall environment in Manipur and the need for ensuring a fair process of criminal justice administration, the SC transferred to Assam 27 cases with various offences, including the case of sexual assault of two women seen in a viral video being paraded naked.While passing directions, the top court had directed the Gauhati High Court chief justice to nominate one or more judicial officers to deal with the transferred cases. It also asked the state government to respond to the issue of release of funds for temporary and permanent housing as flagged by the judges’ panel.The top court is seized of a batch of pleas relating to the violence in Manipur between Meitei and Kuki communities.Also in top courtCentre given time for delimitation exerciseThe Supreme Court on Monday granted three months to the Centre for carrying out the delimitation exercise in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Assam. A bench headed by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna noted the request of Centre’s solicitor general Tushar Mehta, who sought some more time.Justice Bagchi takes oath as SC judgeChief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna on Monday administered the oath of office to Justice Joymalya Bagchi, a senior judge of the Calcutta High Court, as a Supreme Court judge. The CJI administered the oath to Justice Bagchi in the presence of other Supreme Court judges at a ceremony on the apex court premises.
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