SC panel flags loss of essential documents of people in Manipur

Source: The post is based on the article “SC panel flags loss of essential documents of people in Manipur”  published in The Hindu on 22nd August 2023.

What is the News?

A committee led by former Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal appointed by the Supreme Court has submitted three reports regarding the situation in Manipur following recent violence.

About the committee on Manipur Violence:

The Supreme Court had set up a committee comprising three woman judges — J&K High Court’s former Chief Justice Gita Mittal, Bombay High Court’s retired judge Shalini Phansalkar Joshi and Delhi High Court’s former judge Asha Menon.

It had tasked the committee with collecting information related to violence against women in Manipur as well as monitoring the conditions at relief camps and deciding on compensation to victims. 

The committee has been entrusted with the payment of compensation and helping the victims of violence.

It has been mandated to submit its updated status report on a fortnightly basis directly to the Supreme Court.

What are the three reports submitted by the committee on Manipur?

The first report highlighted the loss of documents of Manipur citizens in the riots.This report calls for assistance in reconstruction of important documents such as Aadhaar cards etc for such citizens.

The second report called for the Manipur Victim Compensation scheme to be improved and updated bearing in mind the NALSA scheme.

— For instance, the Manipur Victim Compensation Scheme states that if benefits under other schemes have been received by a victim, no benefit shall be provided to such a person under the Manipur Victim Scheme.

The third report proposed the appointment of domain experts to facilitate its functioning.