Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits and Sikhs | Supreme Court allows petitioner to make representation to Centre for SIT probe
The Hindu
"This is purely in the domain of the Executive," a Bench of Justices B. R. Gavai and C. T. Ravikumar observed orally.
The Supreme Court on September 2 gave petitioner 'We the Citizens', an NGO, the liberty to make a representation before the appropriate authorities, namely the Centre, for a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the reasons behind the alleged targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits and Sikhs in Kashmir in 1990, which led to their exodus from the Valley.
"This is purely in the domain of the Executive," a Bench of Justices B. R. Gavai and C. T. Ravikumar observed orally. The petitioner's lawyer admitted that his client has not made a representation before the government.
Kashmiri Pandits living on the edge
The lawyer said at the time the Ranbir Penal Code was in vogue, but the situation has changed since the abrogation of Article 370 and the Indian Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure Code was enforced now.
The plea has prayed that a SIT should be formed to identify those who 'aided and abetted the genocide' of the Hindu and Sikh communities in the erstwhile State between 1989-2003.
The plea stated that the police and other State machinery at the time were so influenced by the leadership of the ruling political parties that no legal action was taken against the perpetrators and masterminds of 'the religious killings and exodus'.
A number of first information reports registered at the time were not pursued to their logical conclusion even as it has been over 30 years since the 'ethnic cleansing', it has been contended.
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