The cases will be heard in the special judge's court of the NIA and CBI, as well as the Chief Judicial Magistrate...
Digital Desk: The Gauhati High Court in Assam on Friday issued the appropriate guidelines to ensure the hearing of cases related to ethnic violence in Manipur, as per the earlier directives of the Supreme Court of India (SC).
This comes after the SC ruled on August 25 that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s criminal investigations into the ethnic violence in Manipur could be undertaken in Assam.
The cases will be heard in the special judge's court of the NIA and CBI, as well as the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court, Kamrup (metro), and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Kamrup (metro) in Guwahati, following the orders of the Gauhati High Court.
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Additionally, the Gauhati High Court will offer full cooperation when such cases are being heard.
On August 31, the Gauhati High Court issued a notification, stating, "Under the order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court dated 25.08.2023 passed in Special Leave Petition (Civil) Diary No. 19206/2023, Hon'ble the Chief Justice has been pleased to designate the following Courts to deal with the matters as indicated in the aforesaid order in respect of the cases which have been transferred to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for investigation in the online mode."
"The Presiding Officers of the above Courts are permitted to take the services of the interpreters, preferably from the staff of the Gauhati High Court or District Courts, who are conversant with the languages spoken in the state of Manipur," stated the notification.
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