As Manipur has been the scene of ethnic violence since May 3, the Supreme Court has requested an update on the "situation on the ground" in the state.
The top court ordered the Manipur state administration to provide an "updated status report" outlining its progress on rehabilitation, recovering weapons, and enhancing the state's law and order situation.
The Manipur Tribal Forum's senior attorney Colin Gonsalves addressed the supreme court that "the situation in Manipur has worsened."
According to Gonsalves, a number of militant organisations openly advocate the eradication of indigenous people, particularly the tribal Kukis, the bulk of whom are Christians who reside in the mountainous regions.
Christian leaders claim that Hindu extremist organisations turned the unrest into a planned assault on the Kuki people, who are mostly Christians.
Some of the leaders who wished to remain anonymous told UCA News that the violent crowd "also destroyed Church-run schools, social centres, presbyteries, and other institutions in a targeted attack to erase the existence of Christianity in the hilly state,"
They continued, saying that government forces are "mute spectators" as Christians are killed and their institutions are destroyed.
The state would submit an updated progress report, according to the solicitor general.
The subject was then scheduled for hearing on July 10 by the court, which subsequently ordered the state to provide a new report.
Over 250 Christian Kuki churches have been burned down since the start of the conflict, and over 45,000 people are now residing in makeshift relief camps. Roughly 120 people have died as a result of the violence.
