The Supreme Court will on Wednesday pass an order on the appointment of retired judges to monitor the Lakhimpur Kheri violence probe.

A three-judge bench of the Apex Court, headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana and also comprising Justices Hima Kohli and Surya Kant, will pass the order.

The Supreme Court had earlier suggested former Punjab and Haryana High Court Judges – Justices Ranjit Singh/ Rakesh K Jain) to supervise the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into thr alleged Oct 3 Lakhimpur Kheri incident of mowing down of four farmers, lynching of three accused and murder of a journalist.

The Supreme Court will on Wednesday continue hearing the petitions seeking a CBI probe into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence wherein eight people had lost their lives, including farmers, who were allegedly mowed down by a four-wheeler belonging to Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni, in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district on Oct 3.

The apex court registered the petition, on its own, on the basis of letters written by two lawyers seeking investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the brutal incident.

The Lakhimpur Kheri alleged violence incident had happened, wherein 8 people had lost their lives, including farmers, who were allegedly mowed down by a four-wheeler belonging to Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni, in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district on Oct 3.