“Let us keep the petitioners aside and if something wrong has been done then let us look into it rather than protecting anyone,” the CJI said.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday perused a forensic report on authenticity of leaked audio clips alleging role of former Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh in the ethnic violence and asked the state government to file a fresh report relating to the probe.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar opened the sealed cover report of the Central Forensic Science Laboratorysubmitted by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and asked the law officer to seek instruction from the state officers on the investigation in the matter.
Mehta said: “The FSL report has been filed. We need a month to probe it.” The matter can be taken up by the Manipur High Court now as “peace is prevailing now and the probe can go on”, the law officer said.
“Let us keep the petitioners aside and if something wrong has been done then let us look into it rather than protecting anyone,” the CJI said.
After perusing the report, the CJI asked the law officer that he will have to speak to the officers about it. “The solicitor general to take fresh instructions on filing a fresh report after re-examination. Let it be relisted in the week commencing July 21, 2025,” the bench ordered.
When lawyer Prashant Bhushan, appearing for petitioner Kuki Organisation for Human Rights Trust said the probe relates to the former chief minister and it should be fair, the CJI said, “Now we have the President Rule there… it should not be a problem".
The CJI then adjourned the hearing on the plea of the petitioner.
