Guwahati, March 20 -- The Supreme Court (SC) agreed on Tuesday to examine a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that accuses Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu of awarding government contracts to his family members.

The court instructed the state government to provide details about the beneficiaries and confirm whether it followed the proper process in awarding the contracts.

A bench consisting of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar, and Justice K.V. Viswanathan requested responses within five weeks from the union ministries of Home Affairs, Finance, and the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

The NGOs Save Mon Region Federation and Voluntary Arunachal Sena filed a PIL claiming that Khandu directed all govern...