Jamia Millia Islamia case: SC asks petitioners to move High Court
Rajan Nath
December 17th 2019 01:57 PM --
Updated:
December 17th 2019 02:03 PM
Jamia Millia Islamia Violence: Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the petitioners to approach the High Court within the jurisdiction of incidents where protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) took place. The apex court said that concerned High Courts will be at liberty to appoint former judges of Supreme Court or High Court for the purpose of inquiry after hearing Centre and the respective States.
Indira Jaising said, "It is a cross state issue and needs a fact finding SIT. How can the court wash its hands of the issue? Court heard Telangana encounter case. We are asking for a similar order."
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To this, Chief Justice of India, Sharad Arvind Bobde said to the advocates of students that "The Telangana encounter case could be looked into by appointing a commission but in this case there is no committee that can look into it all over the country."
Therefore, the top court stated that "Having regard to the nature of the matter and the vast disputed area, we find it would be feasible to appoint a single committee to go into the matter in different states. This will entail collection of evidence from various states."
-PTC News