J&K&L High Court Orders Probe On Father’s Plea Alleging Killing Of Minor Son In Staged Encounter By Indian Army In 1995

Case: Abdul Rahim Shalla Vs Union Of India & Ors.

Coram: Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi

Case No.: OWP no. 1118/2015

Court Observation: “That the court is of the considered view that the reliefs sought for by the petitioner by the medium of the instant petition are not available to him for having raised the disputed questions of fact which cannot be gone into by this Court in its writ jurisdiction. However, taking note of the clear ambiguity in the stand of the respondent UT of J&K as regards the death or otherwise of petitioner’s son, and in order to ensure that the picture is unclouded, the matter is required to be enquired into”

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Killing Of Minor Son, Staged Encounter By Indian Army In 1995