The Supreme Court bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud on Monday constituted a three-member all-women judicial committee headed by former Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal to examine the probe being conducted by the CBI and the Manipur Police in relation to various incidents of violence in the northeastern state.

The committee will also comprise former judges Justices, Shalini Joshi and Asha Menon. The committee will have a broad-based function of examining the ongoing probes and suggesting remedial measures, compensation, and rehabilitation among other things.

“The broad outline is to use whatever in our power is to restore faith in rule of law. We will appoint a committee of 3 former HC judges. This committee of three judges will look at the investigation, relief, remedial measures, compensation and rehabilitation. It is a broad-based committee.. it will look at the relief camps (also),” the bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra said.

“We will not supplant the CBI since it is looking at it. But to ensure faith in rule of law.. we are not casting aspersion on CBI,” the bench added.

The apex court also decided to appoint former IPS Datta Padsalgikar to oversee the investigation and report back to the court.  “We have identified a former police officer who will head another layer of supervision who will report back to us. The former police officer will be Dattatray Padsalgikar,” the Court said.

With respect to the hierarchy in respect of both the CBI and SIT probe, the apex court said, “We are proposing to direct that there shall be 5 officers of rank at least DySP who will be brought into CBI from various states and we will ask the Director General of Police from the states where Hindi is spoken and have 5 officers to be brought on deputation to the CBI to oversee the investigation into these FIRs. These officers will also function within four corners of administrative set up of the CBI and will be supervised by joint director of CBI”.

“There will be about 42 SITs which will look at cases not transferred to CBI. One inspector from that state will also be brought in by MHA in those 42 SITs so that one officer outside the State is there in each of those cases. These 42 SITs should be supervised by 6 DIG Rank officers from outside the State of Manipur… each officer will oversee 6 SITs,” the court added.

The top court, however, refused to transfer trial in the cases to a state outside of Manipur.

The apex court was hearing a batch of pleas regarding Mnaiour violence, including the plea by two women who were seen in a video being paraded naked.