The Ministry of House Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday prolonged the deadline for the three-member judicial inquiry fee probing the continuing violence in Manipur and requested it to submit a report by Might 20, 2025.
In a gazette notification issued on December 4, the MHA stated, “In train of the powers conferred by part 3 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 (60 of 1952), the Central Authorities hereby makes the next modification within the notification of the Authorities of India within the Ministry of House Affairs quantity S.O. 2424 (E), dated June 4, 2023… The Fee shall submit its report back to the Central Authorities as quickly as doable however not later than Might 20, 2025.”
On June 4 final 12 months, the MHA appointed former Gauhati Excessive Court docket Chief Justice Ajai Lama (retired) because the chairman of the fee, which additionally included IAS Himanshu Shekhar (retired) and IPS Aloka Prabhakar (retired).
Within the earlier extension, the MHA gave the fee till November 20 to submit its report. Earlier, the MHA had directed the fee to submit its report inside six months from the primary date of its full sitting — November 20, 2023.
The MHA had stated the fee would examine a collection of occasions, together with the causes and unfold of violence and riots focusing on totally different communities, that began in Manipur on Might 3, 2023, and continued thereafter. The fee can also be probing whether or not there have been any lapses or dereliction of obligation on the a part of the state authorities.
