Supreme Court: Crimes against women in Manipur ‘unprecedented’ | India News

NEW DELHI: Saying atrocities committed against women in Manipur were of “unprecedented magnitude”, the Supreme Court said these could not be equated with such crimes reported from other parts of the country and declined to hear a plea seeking its intervention into similar incidents in West Bengal, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Kerala.

Appearing for two intervenors, lawyer and BJP leader Bansuri Swaraj said there were crimes against women in other states too and a mechanism should be devised which could be applicable everywhere. “The daughters of India need this, irrespective of the state they reside in,” Swaraj said.
“Are you for a moment saying that do something for all the daughters of India or don’t do anything for anybody at all?” a bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud asked. “Crimes against women take place all over the country. This is part of our social reality. Presently, we are dealing with something which is of unprecedented magnitude, namely crimes and perpetuation of violence against women in a situation of communal or sectarian strife of a nature which is taking place in Manipur. So, there is no gainsaying in the fact that there are crimes which are taking place against women in West Bengal as well.”