New Delhi: Concerned with the treatment of women in Manipur, the Supreme Court ruled that the state must take action to prevent mobs from using sexual assault as a means of establishing dominance over members of the other group.
The court also directed the three-judge panel it appointed to investigate the causes of the recent surge in female victimisation in Manipur, which began on May 4.
The panel, led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, said that sexual offences against women are totally intolerable and violate fundamental constitutional principles like equality before the law and individual freedom.—Inputs from Agncies