Supreme Court judge team meets displaced people in Manipur, inaugurates legal services camp
A team of Supreme Court judges headed by Justice B R Gavai on Saturday visited ethnic strife-torn Manipur's Churachandpur district and met internally displaced persons
- Churachandpur/Imphal
(Manipur) — A team of Supreme Court judges headed by Justice
B R Gavai on Saturday visited ethnic strife-torn Manipur's Churachandpur
district and met internally displaced persons, officials said.
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- They also virtually inaugurated a legal services camp, a
medical camp and a legal aid clinic from the Mini Secretariat at Lamka in the
district.
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- Upon their arrival, the team visited the Sadbhavana Mandap
relief centre and interacted with the internally displaced persons.
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- Apart from Justice Gavai, the team comprised Supreme Court
judges Vikram Nath, M M Sundresh and K V Vishwanathan.
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- Besides, Chief Justice of Manipur High Court, Justice D
Krishnakumar, and Justice Golmei Gaiphulshilu were also present.
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- Earlier in the day, the top court delegation was accorded a
warm welcome by the lawyers' fraternity of the state at Imphal airport.
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- More than 250 people have been killed and thousands rendered
homeless in ethnic violence between Imphal Valley-based Meiteis and adjoining
hills-based Kuki-Zo groups since May 2023.
