The Court emphasized that it was dealing with an issue of extreme violence against women in the context of communal and sectarian violence in Manipur.
It acknowledged that crimes against women are occurring in West Bengal and other States as well, but emphasized that the situation in Manipur is different and could not be justified by comparing it to other incidents.
“We are dealing with something on unprecedented magnitude of violence against women in communal and sectarian violence. It cannot be gainsaid that crimes are happening against woman and in Bengal also. But here the case is different. We cannot justify what happened in Manipur by saying that this and this happened elsewhere,” CJI Chandrachud said.
Source: Barandbench
