SC Judge urges Manipuris to sit together with empathy to overcome ethnic problem

IMPHAL: Supreme Court judge, Justice N. Kotiswar Singh, who hails from Manipur, on Sunday, urged all concerned to sit together with a sense of empathy, sympathy, and fraternity to overcome the ongoing ethnic problem in the state.

Addressing a function here to mark the 12th-anniversary of the Manipur High Court, Justice Singh, who was the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh before he was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court on July 18 last year, said that he has witnessed the challenges in Jammu and Kashmir in view of the onslaught by inimical elements who are openly supporting secessionism.

“The situation in Manipur is not like that of Jammu and Kashmir. Any difficult situation... we would be able to overcome through dialogue and following the values of the constitution. The Constitution of India gives the guidance to deal with the challenges in difficult times,” said Justice Singh, who also served as the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court in 2020-21.

Noting that Manipur has always been a problem due to geographical distances, he said that since princely rule, the state has had a rich tradition and culture.

The apex court judge said that everyone must work to promote fraternity, unity and integrity. (IANS)

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