New Delhi, April 8 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Centre for "taking things lightly" as it flagged continuing discrimination faced by people from the north east region residing across the country.

A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K Vinod Chandran questioned the Central government for failing to convene meetings of a court-mandated monitoring committee every three months to address issues faced by people from north east.

The bench said, "We are not going to close this. Despite us keeping this matter pending, you (Centre) were taking things very lightly.... There is no doubt about it. After 15 December, you didn't hold a meeting till we asked you to hold one. You Union were supposed to hold it every three months."

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