The Supreme Court today dismissed the petition seeking a probe into the Pulwama and Uri attacks..The Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said that the Court was not inclined to hear the petition filed by Advocate Vineet Dhanda..Advocate Vineet Dhanda had filed a petition before the Supreme Court seeking a judicial probe into the terror attacks in Pulwama and Uri, which led to a high number of casualties in the security forces..The public interest litigation seeks directions to the government to constitute an inquiry commission to look into the lapses at the local level and to probe the role of Indian Nationals in the attacks. The petitioner had prayed that the inquiry commission be headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court..Over 40 people lost their lives after the terror attack in Pulwama on February 14, while as many as 19 soldiers had lost their lives in the Uri attack of September 18, 2016..Dhanda had sought the freezing of bank accounts of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), and a ban on the outfit from contesting elections. The petitioner also prayed for a detailed report of the action taken against the APHC to be submitted before the Court. A direction to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) to formally arrest, charge, and prosecute the Hurriyat leaders was also prayed for..Moreover, Dhanda in his petition sought for cultural ties with Pakistan to be cut off in the wake of the Pulwama attack. Action was also sought to be taken against the local youth from the State of Jammu and Kashmir “who attack the armed forces in any form.”.Read the petition:
The Supreme Court today dismissed the petition seeking a probe into the Pulwama and Uri attacks..The Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said that the Court was not inclined to hear the petition filed by Advocate Vineet Dhanda..Advocate Vineet Dhanda had filed a petition before the Supreme Court seeking a judicial probe into the terror attacks in Pulwama and Uri, which led to a high number of casualties in the security forces..The public interest litigation seeks directions to the government to constitute an inquiry commission to look into the lapses at the local level and to probe the role of Indian Nationals in the attacks. The petitioner had prayed that the inquiry commission be headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court..Over 40 people lost their lives after the terror attack in Pulwama on February 14, while as many as 19 soldiers had lost their lives in the Uri attack of September 18, 2016..Dhanda had sought the freezing of bank accounts of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), and a ban on the outfit from contesting elections. The petitioner also prayed for a detailed report of the action taken against the APHC to be submitted before the Court. A direction to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) to formally arrest, charge, and prosecute the Hurriyat leaders was also prayed for..Moreover, Dhanda in his petition sought for cultural ties with Pakistan to be cut off in the wake of the Pulwama attack. Action was also sought to be taken against the local youth from the State of Jammu and Kashmir “who attack the armed forces in any form.”.Read the petition:
