(Trigger Warning: Mentions of rape, sexual assault.)
“This is the grossest of human rights violation,” Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud said on Thursday, 20 July as it took suo motu cognisance of the video in which two Kuki women were paraded naked on 4 May amid ethnic conflict in Manipur.
Addressing the Attorney General for India R Venkataramani and Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta, as per Livelaw, the CJI said that they were deeply disturbed by the videos that have emerged of the incident.
“We are expressing our deep concern. It is time that the government really steps in and takes action. This is simply unacceptable".