The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Manipur
government to provide details in a sealed cover on the dwelling units and
properties burnt either fully or partially, and encroached upon during the
ethnic violence in the state.
The top court asked the state government to spell
out details of its actions taken against the culprits and the encroachers.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and
Justice Sanjay Kumar fixed the plea for hearing in the week commencing January
20.
In August last year, the top court had ordered the
setting up of a committee of three former women high court judges to oversee
relief and rehabilitation of victims and compensation to them besides asking
former Maharashtra police chief Dattatray Padsalgikar to monitor the probe in
criminal cases.
More than 160 people have been killed and several
hundred injured since ethnic violence first 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.