NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday appointed former Supreme Court judge Balbir Singh Chauhan as the new chairperson of the commission of inquiry probing the ethnic violence that broke out in Manipur in May 2023. This follows resignation of the incumbent, former chief justice of Gauhati High Court Ajai Lamba.
Justice Chauhan will assume charge on March 1, consequent upon the acceptance of Justice Lamba's resignation with effect from February 28.
"The terms of reference and other conditions of the commission as notified in the principal notification...dated June 4, 2023, as amended from time to time, shall remain unchanged," the home ministry stated in a gazette notification issued on Thursday.
The commission,
The ethnic violence had led the Centre to place Manipur under President's rule for almost a year. President's rule was lifted last month and a popular govt installed in the state, with Y Khemchand Singh as chief minister.
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Bharti Jain is senior editor with The Times of India, New Delhi. ...
Read MoreBharti Jain is senior editor with The Times of India, New Delhi. She has been writing on security matters since 1996. Having covered the Union home ministry, security agencies, Election Commission and the ‘prime’ political beat, the Congress, for The Economic Times all these years, she moved to TOI in August 2012. Her repertoire of news stories delves into the whole gamut of issues related to terrorism and internal strife, besides probing strategic affairs in India’s neighbourhood.
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