The Supreme Court ordered, “The nodal officers should also ensure that they maintain a database of all persons living in their respective relief camps.”
मणिपुर हिंसा: सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने राहत शिविरों की निगरानी, मुआवजा तय करने को 3 महिला जजों का पैनल बनाया
The Supreme Court has constituted a committee of three women judges to probe violence against women in Manipur, tasked with collecting information on such incidents as well as monitoring the relief situation. Setting up of camps and deciding on compensation to the victims.
CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra, in their judgment uploaded late on Thursday, asked the committee, comprising Justice Gita Mittal, former chief justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, retired judge of the Bombay High Court, Justice. Shalini Phansalkar Joshi and former Delhi High Court judge, Justice Asha Menon – will collect information from all available sources including personal meetings with survivors or their family members, local or community representatives, relief camps, FIRs or media reports.
The bench said that the purpose of constituting such a committee is to restore the faith of the community in the judicial system and secondly, to ensure that the rule of law is restored.
It asked the committee to submit a report on the steps needed to meet the needs of survivors of gender-based violence, and ensure that relief camps set up for displaced persons provide access to clean rations, basic medical care, essential products, free sanitary pads Be
The committee has been empowered to issue directions for appointment of nodal officers in relief camps and provision of toll-free helplines to provide updates on any investigation, missing persons and recovery of bodies.
The Supreme Court ordered, “The nodal officers should also ensure that they maintain a database of all persons living in their respective relief camps.”
The committee has been tasked with providing compensation and compensation to the victims of the violence. It has been empowered to issue directions to the State Legal Services Authority to ensure payment of compensation to all victims. “Where the victim has died, the next of kin should be identified for payment of compensation,” the apex court’s judgment said.
The committee may issue directions to the state government to settle the compensation for damage caused to the movable and immovable properties of the persons affected by the violence. It will submit its updated status report directly to the apex court on fortnightly basis
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