Supreme Court heard case of leaked audio tapes purportedly of N Biren Singh
New Delhi:
The Supreme Court has sought a report from the government forensic laboratory CFSL on leaked audio tapes purportedly of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, who a petitioner of the Kuki tribes alleged instigated the Manipur violence.
At the beginning of the hearing today, Justice PV Sanjay Kumar asked whether he should recuse from the hearing as he recently attended a dinner hosted by the Manipur Chief Minister.
In response, the petitioner’s lawyer Prashant Bhushan said Justice Kumar need not recuse himself.
“No, not one bit,” Mr Bhushan told the two-judge bench also comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna.
Mr Bhushan, who represented the petitioner, Kuki Organisation for Human Rights Trust, said the non-profit Truth Labs has confirmed that 93 per cent of the audio tapes matched Mr Singh’s voice.
Truth Labs, set up in 2007, is India’s first non-government full-fledged forensic lab.