Imphal, Nov. 13 -- The Centre has granted a seventh six-month extension to the Commission of Inquiry probing the 2023 Manipur ethnic violence, extending the deadline for submission of its report to May 20, 2027.

A Union Home Ministry gazette notification directed the three-member panel, currently headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan, to submit its findings as soon as possible, but no later than the revised deadline of May 20. The previous extension had set May 20 this year as the deadline for completing the report.

Constituted on June 4, 2023, following a recommendation from the Manipur government, the panel was initially headed by former Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ajai Lamba. Justice Chauhan took char...