Six Supreme Court judges, headed by Justice BR Gavai, will visit various relief camps in Manipur on March 22 to oversee and strengthen legal and humanitarian support to the violence-affected communities. This step was taken by National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) on Tuesday evening, whose Executive Chairman is Justice Gavai.
During the visit there will be distribution of essential relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Further, a team of 25 specialised doctors from Chennai will conduct Medical Camps across all relief camps.
On August 1, 2023, the Supreme Court had said that there was an “absolute breakdown of constitutional machinery” in the state. Over 200 people were killed, several hundred injured and thousands displaced since ethnic violence broke out in the state on May 3, 2023, when a “tribal solidarity march” was organised in the hill districts to protest against the majority Meitei community’s demand for scheduled tribe status.
