SC seeks updated status report of Manipur violence by July 10
HY News
03 July, 2023 01:13 pm IST
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The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Manipur government to submit an updated status report on the ethnic violence in the state. The court will hear the case next on July 10.
The Bench stated the report should have details like “rehabilitation camps, law and order, recovery of arms etc.”
During the brief hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for the Centre and Manipur government told the apex court that the situation in the state is improving, “though slowly”. He said that apart from the civil police, Manipur rifles, companies of CAPF, 114 columns of Army and Manipur Commandos are there.
The Solicitor General said the status report will be ready by Friday. He added that there is an improvement in the situation and the curfew time has been reduced to five hours.
A Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, asked the Manipur government to submit the report by July 10, when the matter will be heard next. The court was hearing petitions about the Manipur violence, including a plea filed by an NGO seeking Army protection for the minority Kuki tribals and action against groups allegedly attacking them.
The hearing comes a day after the United Peoples' Front (UPF) and Kuki National Organisation (KNO), two umbrella Kuki organisations, have withdrawn roadblocks in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on National Highway 2. In a joint statement, the two organisations, which represent among others former militant groups that have signed suspension of operations pacts with the government, said the blockade on the highway has been lifted with immediate effect, following an appeal by Union home minister Amit Shah. The organisations said the home minister had shown “deep concern to restore peace and harmony” in the state.
More than 115 people have lost their lives and more than 45,000 people were displaced in ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur.
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