Top court's orders on Tuesday were based on the suggestions of the Justice Gita Mittal Committee, which was set up by SC to examine the humanitarian aspects of the ethnic violence in Manipur.
Leaders of AAP, AIFB, AITC, CPI, CPI(M), INC, JDU, NCP, RSP and SS (LBT), in a memorandum to Manipur Governor, Anusuiya Uikey, said that the ongoing conflict in Manipur has caused huge loss of lives, properties, and displacement of more than 60,000 people belonging to both the Meitei and Kuki communities.
A convoy of Manipur Police commandos drove into the India-Myanmar border town Moreh on Tuesday night following the killing of a senior officer by insurgents. The commandos, who were ambushed by insurgents, pressed on and reached the town at midnight.