New Delhi, March 5 -- The Manipur High Court has deleted the recommendation for granting Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to the Meitei community in an important judgment of March 27, 2023, saying the ruling was passed in "misconception of law". Meitei are 53 percent of the Manipur population and part of the Meitei community already is in Scheduled Caste (SC) or Other Backward Classes (OBC) status. The tribal youth of Manipur took out a protest march on May 3, 2023. Violent clashes between the Meitei and the Kuki-Zo have continued since then. Around 200 persons have been killed since then, hundreds injured and over 50,000 displaced.

Police and IRB armouries have been looted and clashes are continuing. The Army cannot recover the arms from Imp...