Furnish evidence corroborating claims: SC to Kuki body

ASKS FOR MATERIAL ON AUTHENTICITY OF MANIPUR CM'S AUDIO CLIPS

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday directed a Kuki organisation to produce material to indicate authenticity of some leaked audio clips on the basis of which it filed a plea seeking a court-monitored SIT probe into the alleged role of the Manipur Chief Minister in the ethnic violence.

A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra also said it has a duty as constitutional court and does not appreciate any attempt to brush things under the carpet. It asked advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for Kuki Organisation for Human Rights Trust (KOHUR), to place material on record to show credibility of the audio clips.

"Before the court can consider the submissions which have been made on the basis of an audio clip, we deem it appropriate to grant the petitioner to file before this court the material indicating the authenticity of the clips," the bench said.