SUPREME COURT’S DIRECTIONS AGAINST THE PETITIONERS ARE SHOCKING
Sarah Thanawala
-
2022-07-31 13:06
The Supreme Court’s judgment, in the case of Himanshu Kumar & Ors. versus State of Chhattisgarh &Ors., delivered on July 14 by a division bench comprising Justices A.M. Khanwilkar, who retired on Friday, and J.B. Pardiwala, has led to outrage. The bench dismissed the writ petition that alleged that the Chhattisgarh government and the paramilitary forces were responsible for the massacre of tribals in Dantewada district in 2009. The bench held that it does not warrant any further investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (‘CBI’) into the first information reports (‘FIRs’) filed by the petitioners, as prayed by them. The court relied on the chargesheets filed and the investigation conducted by the police, and observed that Naxalites alone were responsible for the massacre.