Manipur violence news: Centre appoints Supreme Court judge as new head of panel probing Manipur ethnic violence | India News

New Delhi: The Center on Thursday appointed former Supreme Court judge Balbir Singh Chouhan as the new chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry to probe the communal violence that erupted in Manipur in May 2023. This follows the resignation of former Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ajay Lamba. With Justice Lamba’s resignation accepted from February 28, Justice Chauhan will take charge from March 1. In a gazette notification issued on Thursday, the home ministry said, “The terms of commission and other terms and conditions as notified in the main notification… dated June 4, 2023, as amended from time to time, shall remain unchanged.” commission, The communal violence led the Center to place Manipur under President’s Rule for almost a year. President’s rule was lifted last month and a popular government was installed in the state with Y Khemchand Singh as chief minister.