The Supreme Court on September 6 sought a status report from the Manipur government on the recovery of arms “from all sources” made so far. The petitioners had alleged that weapons were plundered from the State armoury and used during the ethnic violence.
An affidavit filed by the Manipur Chief Secretary denied any outbreak of chickenpox or measles in the relief camps. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, for Manipur, said there was no scarcity of food or medicine in any of the nine relief camps.
The affidavit said the information presented by the counsel for the Justice Gita Mittal Committee about the scarcity of food and medicine and an outbreak of measles and chicken pox was unfounded. Senior advocate Meenakshi Arora, the counsel for the panel, suggested she would then recuse in the face of the aspersions made by the Manipur government on affidavit. However, the court observed that Ms. Arora was only acting as an officer of the court.
