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In this editorial episode, Mr. Sujit Nair sheds light on the Supreme Court's hearing on the Manipur issue, during which the court made significant decisions and posed crucial questions. Mr. Nair emphasizes the following key points:
The Supreme Court questioned the delay in filing FIRs after the incident that occurred on May 4, as a Zero FIR was only filed on May 18. It raised concerns about what the police were doing during the 14-day gap and questioned the justification for the delay in registering the FIR.
The court expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that it took until June 21 to transfer the Zero FIR to the relevant police station. It questioned the need for the video to go viral before arrests were made in the case.
The court also raised concerns about the high number of FIRs (around 6000) and questioned how many of them were related to crimes against women. It highlighted the lack of data and facts on the number of cases in Manipur.
In response to the issue of violence against women, the court proposed setting up a committee of women judges, assisted by civil society, to ensure justice is delivered to the survivors.
The court rejected the notion of whataboutery and emphasized that the case in Manipur involved an unprecedented magnitude of violence against women in communal and sectarian clashes. It disapproved of justifying the incident by comparing it to crimes happening elsewhere.
The Supreme Court posed six direct questions to the Centre, demanding quick answers: a. Provide a detailed breakdown of all the cases in Manipur. b. Specify the number of Zero FIRs that were filed. c. State how many FIRs have been transferred to jurisdiction police stations. d. Provide the number of people arrested so far. e. Explain the status of legal aid provided to the arrested accused. f. State the number of Section 164 cases recorded thus far.
The court expects prompt responses to these questions within one day.
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https://linktr.ee/sujitnair
In this editorial episode, Mr. Sujit Nair sheds light on the Supreme Court's hearing on the Manipur issue, during which the court made significant decisions and posed crucial questions. Mr. Nair emphasizes the following key points:
The Supreme Court questioned the delay in filing FIRs after the incident that occurred on May 4, as a Zero FIR was only filed on May 18. It raised concerns about what the police were doing during the 14-day gap and questioned the justification for the delay in registering the FIR.
The court expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that it took until June 21 to transfer the Zero FIR to the relevant police station. It questioned the need for the video to go viral before arrests were made in the case.
The court also raised concerns about the high number of FIRs (around 6000) and questioned how many of them were related to crimes against women. It highlighted the lack of data and facts on the number of cases in Manipur.
In response to the issue of violence against women, the court proposed setting up a committee of women judges, assisted by civil society, to ensure justice is delivered to the survivors.
The court rejected the notion of whataboutery and emphasized that the case in Manipur involved an unprecedented magnitude of violence against women in communal and sectarian clashes. It disapproved of justifying the incident by comparing it to crimes happening elsewhere.
The Supreme Court posed six direct questions to the Centre, demanding quick answers: a. Provide a detailed breakdown of all the cases in Manipur. b. Specify the number of Zero FIRs that were filed. c. State how many FIRs have been transferred to jurisdiction police stations. d. Provide the number of people arrested so far. e. Explain the status of legal aid provided to the arrested accused. f. State the number of Section 164 cases recorded thus far.
The court expects prompt responses to these questions within one day.
#SupremeCourt #Manipur #CJIDYChandrachud #ManipurUnrest #MEITEI #KUKI #NBirenSingh #Opposition #HWNews #AmitShah #PMModi #SujitNair
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00:00 Namaskar, welcome to another episode of Editorial.
00:05 If you remember, 10 days back I did an editorial where I said that the Supreme Court should
00:12 be taking so-moto steps in Manipur.
00:15 Supreme Court should not just talk about Manipur, Supreme Court should act on Manipur.
00:22 As of now we see some actions, as of now we still see a lot of questions but some actions
00:27 that the Supreme Court intends to take on Manipur.
00:31 Let's discuss that, let's get right into the show.
00:37 In cases like Manipur where the central government seems to be quiet, the Prime Minister himself
00:44 seems to be quiet, the state government seems to be quiet, no actions taken, no precedence
00:50 rule imposed, that is the time when we expect the Supreme Judiciary, the Supreme Judiciary
00:57 body of India to intervene.
01:01 Therefore if you remember last 10 days back I had spoken about Supreme Court taking so-moto
01:06 action on Manipur.
01:08 Like I said, the Court should act on Manipur and not just talk about it.
01:14 Now the Court seems to have taken some action, though I wouldn't say that it is absolutely
01:22 bang on and this is what Manipur needed and all that but at least something is better
01:26 than nothing is what I would say.
01:27 While the Supreme Court seems to have a lot of questions, especially on delay of FIRs,
01:34 for instance, the Supreme Court specially spoke about the incident of 4th May and the
01:39 zero FIR of 18th May and wanted to know what the police is doing about it.
01:43 Very fair.
01:44 There can't be justification what stood in the way of registering FIRs.
01:48 Why are other FIRs not registered?
01:50 Asked the Court till 21st of June to transfer zero FIR to the concerned police station.
01:56 I will just give you a small synopsis on this zero FIR.
01:59 Earlier on what used to happen is the FIRs were normally filed in the jurisdiction of
02:04 where the crime took place.
02:05 So if the crime takes place in X place and the victim is staying in Y zone, then the
02:12 victim had to travel from Y to X and give the FIR and go to the police station and give
02:18 their FIRs there.
02:20 After certain reforms, the judiciary and the executive, both of them decided that there
02:25 will be something called a zero FIR.
02:27 Zero FIR is where the victim can go to any police station, any police station, especially
02:32 victim of sexual assault, crime against women, etc., they can go to any police station and
02:38 launch their FIR.
02:39 Now it is up to the police department to ensure that that particular FIR travels from the
02:44 police station where the victim has gone and given the FIR to the police station which
02:51 has the jurisdiction of that particular FIR.
02:53 So it is the job of the police and not the job of the victim.
02:56 The police will then inform the victim that that is the jurisdiction, the FIR has been
03:00 registered there, so you can now continue to follow up from that place.
03:03 This is how it happens.
03:04 Why did we wait for the video to go viral, for errors to be made?
03:09 I mean, this is, the whole world is asking.
03:12 Just imagine if that viral, that video would not have gone viral.
03:15 That video would not have gone viral, possibly everything still would have been the way it
03:21 is.
03:22 So the fact is, even the court asked, why did you wait for a video?
03:25 Did not you know that all these things were happening?
03:28 What I want to impress upon my viewers is, you see, what happens is, when there is a
03:35 riot like situation in a state, in a city, in a province, when there is a riot like situation,
03:41 the police is on 24/7 alert.
03:45 Technically speaking, and most often than not, our police department, most of them are
03:51 well trained police departments, even when a small incident happens, they are made aware
03:56 of that, they come to know about that through various sources, through local khabris of
04:01 theirs, through local informants of theirs, through their own local police stations, through
04:06 their beat marshals, through their entire system, they come to know about it.
04:11 An incident like this, just is unaware, police is unaware, police does not know about this,
04:17 is practically next to impossible.
04:20 And I am sure a lot of police officers will agree to me when I say this.
04:24 It is practically next to impossible.
04:26 I can understand in a peace situation where everything is onkidari and something happens
04:30 and it takes time for the police to know.
04:32 Even there the police is informed, the police gets information.
04:35 But theek hai, when it is absolutely peaceful situation, if there is some delay, I can still
04:39 understand that.
04:40 But in a situation like this, where it is a riot like situation and something of this
04:45 sort happens, the police not knowing about it is just next to impossible.
04:48 So the question that did it take a video to act is a very valid question.
04:54 Believe me, it is a very, very valid question.
04:56 Out of 6000 FIRs, how many crimes against women have been registered?
05:01 That is the question the court wanted to know.
05:03 Manipur does not have facts on the number of cases.
05:07 The court says, wait, your facts, you do not have the facts on the number of cases.
05:13 Again I go back to what I said before.
05:15 You see, the fact is that end of the day, when it comes to law enforcement agencies,
05:22 police force, they normally do have checks and balances of what happens in their jurisdiction.
05:29 Every police station, every beat has checks and balances of what happens in their police
05:35 station.
05:36 There is a process how they get information.
05:40 And this information travels very rapidly right up to their top boss, right up to their
05:45 top boss, right up to their top boss of the state, that is the Director General of Police
05:49 of the state.
05:50 It travels fast.
05:51 That is the process, that is the system of what police follows.
05:55 So all this happened and the police is not aware of it and the police has not taken any
06:00 action on it.
06:01 Police have no number, the number of cases that is actually happened, the number of cases
06:05 that is registered, if the cases are not registered, then the reason is not that the police did
06:09 not want to do it.
06:10 No, the reason possibly, the reason possibly is that the police did not want to do it.
06:15 That is the reason and that could be the reason is what I am saying.
06:19 That could be the reason.
06:20 And the chances are, it is not because the police did not want to register it, the chances
06:24 are the police was asked not to register it.
06:28 The chances are there was pressure put on the police not to register those cases.
06:32 More often than not, this is what happens.
06:34 So this is what the court also, court did not say this, but this is what the court I
06:39 think meant when they said this.
06:40 Now the court is going to monitor the following probe.
06:45 This one I like because the court is going to act.
06:49 All this were questions and answers.
06:50 This is where the court is going to act.
06:52 First, merely entrusting CBI and SIT is not enough, said the court.
06:58 Must ensure justice goes to the survivors doorstep.
07:02 This is what the court said.
07:04 And therefore, the court will constitute a committee of women judges.
07:07 This committee is to get assistance from the civil society.
07:11 So the court is going to put a women judge, a committee of women judges who will directly
07:16 relate to the civil society, common people and try and get justice to the doorstep.
07:23 I like this term and I like this action.
07:27 This is what is actually required.
07:29 Much more is required, but at least this is good for a start.
07:33 Now there are some again, some remarks which the court made.
07:36 The remark that they made is dealing with unprecedented magnitude of violence against
07:42 women or communal and sectarian clashes.
07:45 Crimes are happening against women in Bengal also.
07:48 But here the case is different.
07:51 We cannot justify what happened in Manipur by saying that what is happening elsewhere.
07:56 The court said, you know, stop your water pottery.
07:58 Whenever you ask what is happening in Manipur, what is happening in Rajasthan, what is happening
08:02 in West Bengal.
08:03 We are asking you what is happening in Manipur.
08:06 The citizen needs to know.
08:07 The court needs to know.
08:08 The people needs to know.
08:09 The media needs to know.
08:10 Whenever you have spoken about Manipur, you say what happened to Calcutta.
08:15 So that's what even the court questioned.
08:16 Said that don't get into water pottery.
08:18 You talk about what is happening in your area.
08:21 How are you dealing with the unprecedented magnitude of violence against women and communal
08:25 sectarian clashes.
08:26 That you decide.
08:27 Don't tell us what is happening in West Bengal.
08:30 The court also said, tell me what is your suggestion in Manipur case.
08:34 Are you saying protect all daughters of India or don't protect them at all?
08:38 What are you saying?
08:40 This is what we also asked.
08:41 Beti bachao.
08:42 What happened to beti bachao?
08:43 Is this how you are going to do beti bachao?
08:46 This is what the court asked.
08:47 So court also said don't talk water pottery.
08:50 When you talk Manipur, you are taking to West Bengal and Rajasthan.
08:54 Stop that.
08:55 Answer what is asked.
08:56 Manipur mein kya hua?
08:57 Are you going to protect the daughters or not?
08:59 This is what the court observed.
09:01 Now let me get into six questions that the Supreme Court asked before I conclude my editorial.
09:07 The six questions that Supreme Court asked is one, give a breakup of all cases in Manipur.
09:14 Two, how many zero FIRs?
09:17 Three, how many FIRs transferred to jurisdiction police station?
09:22 Which is what I explained to you.
09:24 Four, how many people have been arrested so far?
09:27 Fifth, status of legal aid to the arrested accused?
09:32 Sixth, how many 164 cases have been recorded so far?
09:37 And the answer has been demanded in one day.
09:41 So the government is supposed to answer by today.
09:44 Now this is what the court has asked.
09:46 So yes, there has been certain action taken by the court.
09:49 Fantastic.
09:50 It's not just about talking.
09:51 Now it is about asking questions and take acting.
09:55 But what I really would like the court to do is act more, get involved more.
10:01 You have to because the only authority who can get away, who can push for answers, who
10:07 can get answers without being confronted by zero response or without being confronted
10:14 by water batteries, the only body in this country who still can get answers is the judiciary.
10:21 The judiciary should act on this particular case.
10:23 The judiciary should act on this particular instance.
10:27 And that is the only hope that people have today.
10:30 So with that, I hope this process continues and till I see you next time, that is tomorrow
10:38 at 10.
10:39 Namaskar.
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