India, Aug. 14 -- "You must be tired of fighting. Think of restoring peace and making roads and highways functional," the Supreme Court on Friday told the Kuki and Meitei communities who have been engaged in ethnic violence in Manipur for more than three years.

More than 260 people have been killed and thousands displaced since the ethnic violence broke out between the Imphal valley-based Meitei and neighbouring hills-based Kuki communities in May 2023.

A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana told both the ethnic groups that blocking of highways and roads was not going to serve anyone's interest and they must endeavour to open them.

"You must be tired of fighting. Both groups have suffered enough h...