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The Supreme Court said on Friday that trials in the cases that were transferred to the CBI will take place in Guwahati and asked that the Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court nominate judges who are conversant with one or more languages spoken in Manipur.

A month after a video of two tribal women being stripped naked in violence-hit Manipur went viral on social media, now another horrifying incident has come to light.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the Manipur government's status report on 6,523 FIRs points to an "absolute breakdown of the constitutional machinery" in the state since ethnic violence broke out at the beginning of May.

The Supreme Court directed the Manipur Director General of Police to be personally present in the Court in the next hearing and to be in a position to answer the questions of the Court.

Meghalaya Congress legislature party (CLP) leader Ronnie V Lyngdoh on Saturday hailed the order of the Supreme Court, which stayed the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the ‘Modi surname’ case.

The Supreme Court of India on Friday imposed an interim stay on the order of the Deputy Commissioner of East Jaiñtia Hills District in demolition of coke plants in East Jaintia Hills District.

Chandrachud said, "The incident is simply unacceptable. Using women as an instrument in an area of communal strife. Grossest of constitutional abuse. We are deeply disturbed by the videos which have emerged."

It may be mentioned here that besides the AIUDF, several other opposition parties in Assam have also raised objection to the delimitation process in the state.

The Supreme Court refused to hear the interlocutory application (IA) filed by the Manipur Tribal Forum on Tuesday alleging that even after the Centre’s assurances to this court, 70 tribals were killed in violence in the state.The Supreme Court refused to hear the interlocutory application (IA) filed by the Manipur Tribal Forum on Tuesday alleging that even after the Centre’s assurances to this court, 70 tribals were killed in violence in the state.