The
Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the CBI not to proceed with recording the
statements during the day of women seen in a video being paraded naked in
Manipur, as it is scheduled to hear a batch of petitions on the issue at 2 pm.
A
bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud took note of the submissions by
lawyer Nizam Pasha, appearing for the women, that the CBI has asked them to
come and depose before it during the day.
Solicitor
General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre and the Manipur government, said
he was not aware of it.
"Just
ask them (CBI officials) to wait. We are going to take it at 2 pm today,"
said the bench which also comprised justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.
"I
will convey this," Mehta replied.
The
top court on Monday described as "horrendous" the video of two women
being paraded naked in Manipur amid reports that the police handed them over to
the rioting mob. It asked searching questions about delayed registration of the
FIR and mooted the idea of setting up a committee of retired judges or an SIT
to oversee the probe.