Manipur Violence Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court

SG Mehta: We can't find out everything in a day my lords...

CJI DY Chandrachud: The woman's statement says that she was handed over by the police to the mob. Have any arrests been made of the police? Did the DGP care to find out in all these months? What has he done? It is his duty. Did they interrogate the police officers?

SG Mehta: No, sorry. This is in these 11 cases. Otherwise 250 arrests have been made and 12000 arrest as preventive measures.

CJI DY Chandrachud: How many arrests have been there?

SG Mehta: 7 arrests.

CJI DY Chandrachud: In 6000 FIRs you have made 7 arrests?

CJI DY Chandrachud: What about the balance? Say about 50 go to CBI, what about the 5500 then? State police is incapable of investigating. There is no law and order left.

CJI: If the law and order machinery cannot protect the people, what happens to them?

SG Mehta: I am resisting myself from saying anything- why coordinated attacks happened etc- the moment we realised, we transferred to CBI.

CJI DY Chandrachud: Does it not point to the fact that there is a complete breakdown of law and order and machinery of the State?

CJI: This gives us the impression that from the beginning of May till the end of July there was no law. There was absolute breakdown of machinery that you could not even register FIR.

SG Mehta: This is not a justification but with the situation on ground was bad...

CJI DY Chandrachud: That means that the situation was so bad for two months that it was not conducive for FIRs. There was no law, you couldn't even register an FIR, police couldn't arrest.

CJI DY Chandrachud: Look at the way the investigation is so lethargic, FIRs are registered after so long, arrests not made, statements not recorded...