Manipur lawyers want ban on visit by Meitei SC judge lifted

The All Manipur Bar Association (AMBA) has urged its Churachandpur district counterpart to withdraw its directive barring a Meitei judge of the Supreme Court from visiting the Kuki-Zo-dominated area.

The appeal comes ahead of a visit by a six-member Supreme Court delegation, including Justices B R Gavai, Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, M M Sundresh, K V Vishwanathan and N Kotiswar Singh, to the violence-hit north-eastern state on Saturday. The delegation is set to distribute relief materials in Churachandpur, a district affected by ethnic violence.

Justice N Kotiswar Singh, who is part of the delegation, belongs to the Meitei community. The AMBA has called on the Churachandpur Bar Association to welcome the judge’s visit, stressing that it is not politically motivated.