THE SUPREME Court on Friday delivered a split verdict on a plea seeking review of its order directing the constitution of an SIT comprising Hindu and Muslim police officers to probe an alleged murder during communal clashes in Akola, Maharashtra, in 2023.

While Justice Sanjay Kumar, who authored the earlier verdict delivered on September 11, dismissed the plea for review, Justice S C Sharma said the question of constitution of SIT on the basis of religious identity “requires consideration”.

On September 11, allowing an appeal by petitioner Mohammad Afzal Mohammad Sharif, the bench of Justices Kumar and Sharma ordered that “in these circumstances, we are of the opinion that this is a fit case to direct the Secretary, Home Ministry, Government of Maharashtra, to constitute a special invest

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