Former Gauhati HC justice resigns as chairperson of panel probing Manipur violence
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Former Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ajai Lamba has resigned as the chairperson of the commission of inquiry probing the Manipur violence, a notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Thursday.
The Union government has appointed former Supreme Court judge Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan as the new chairperson with effect from Saturday, the notification added.
Ethnic clashes between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo-Hmar communities broke out in May 2023. Since then, at least 260 persons have been killed and more than 59,000 displaced. There were periodic upticks in violence in 2024 and 2025.
Lamba was appointed to head the panel to look into the violence on June 3, 2023. The reasons for his resignation were not immediately known.
The home ministry notification said that the terms of reference and other conditions of the commission remain unchanged.
Retired Indian Administrative Service officer Himanshu Shekhar Das and former Indian Police Service officer Aloka Prabhakar will continue as members of the commission, which is headquartered in Imphal.
The panel’s terms of reference include investigating the “causes and spread” of the violence, and the sequence of events leading to the clashes, Deccan Herald reported. It will also look into any “lapses or dereliction” of duty by authorities or individuals, and assess the adequacy of administrative measures taken to prevent...