The Supreme Court today extended the tenure of the 3-member committee headed by Justice Gita Mittal, which was constituted to oversee the humanitarian aspects of the Manipur ethnic violence incident, till July 2026.
The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi agreed to grant the extension.
Sr Advocate Vibha Makhija, the appearing for the Committee, informed the bench that the tenure of the committee had expired in July 2025. She added that so far, 42 reports on various aspects have been submitted by the committee from time to time, and more would be submitted soon.
Considering the same, the bench allowed the extension and passed the following order : “Continuation of the committee from July 2025 is regularised. The Committee is granted further time till 31st July 2026.”
The Justice Gita Mittal Committee was constituted by the Top Court in August 2023 to address the humanitarian concerns stemming from the ethnic clashes in Manipur.
The bench of CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra constituted the committee comprising – i. Justice Gita Mittal, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir; ii. Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi, former Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay; and iii. Justice Asha Menon, former Judge of the High Court of Delhi
The wide-ranging mandate of the committee includes the following key tasks : (1) Enquire into the nature of violence against women that occurred in the State of Manipur from 4 May 2023; (2) Submit a report to the Court on the steps required to meet the needs of the survivors including measures for dealing with rape trauma, providing social, economic, and psychological support, relief and rehabilitation in a time bound manner; (3)Ensure free and comprehensive medical and psychological care to survivors; (4) Ensure conditions of dignity in relief camps set up for displaced persons including suggestions for additional camps; (5) look into the disbursements of necessary compensations to victims of sexual assault, violence and next of kin.
Source: Live Law
