After the situation worsened, the matter reached the Supreme Court, after which the Supreme Court termed the issue as a humanitarian crisis and asked the state and central government to make necessary arrangements in the relief camps. Also asked to file a status report. It may be noted that the All Tribal Students Union of Manipur organized a march to protest against the demand for Scheduled Tribe status to the Meitei community, after which the violence broke out. People of Meitei community also started descending on the road after which section 144 was imposed.