India, Feb. 3 -- The Supreme Court on Monday asked the authorities to produce the report of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory on purported audio tapes alleging Manipur chief minister Biren Singh's involvement in promoting ethnic violence in the state. The court asked the authorities to submit the document in a sealer cover.

A bench, comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar, passed the order in connection with a writ petition filed by the Kuki Organization for Human Rights Trust, reported Live Law.

The Kuki body had sought an independent probe into the audio tapes. The matter is likely to be taken up on March 24.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioner, claimed that a lab called "Tru...