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As per the cause list uploaded on the apex court website, a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli would hear the matter. The matter has been listed as `violence in Lakhimpur Kheri (UP) leading to loss of life'.
The Supreme Court has taken a suo motu cognisance of Lakhimpur Kheri violence which claimed lives of eight people, including four farmers on Sunday. A bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli would take up the matter on Thursday.
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file a status report by tomorrow with details of those accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, in which eight including four farmers were killed on October 3.
The BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government told the Supreme Court that an SIT has been constituted and a single-member enquiry commission has been constituted, to also file a status report.
The matter will be heard again tomorrow, before which the Uttar Pradesh authorities are expected to file a status report.