The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea seeking “probe and prosecution” of various persons, including separatist leader Yasin Malik, for offences including “killing” of 700 Kashmiri Pandits during the height of militancy in the Valley in 1989-90.
A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said that almost 27 years have passed and it will be very difficult to gather evidences in cases of “murder, arson and looting” which had led to migration of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley.
“You (petitioner) sat over it for last 27 years. Now tell us from where the evidence will come,” the bench said.
Advocate Vikas Padora, appearing for an organisation ‘Roots of Kashmir’, said Kashmiri Pandits were “forced” to leave the Valley and could not join the “investigation” and further submitted that the delay was there but neither the Centre nor the state government nor the judiciary took adequate note of it to do the needful.
The organisation has alleged that 215 FIRs had been lodged relating to the “killing” of over 700 Kashmiri Pandits and none of the cases have reached a logical conclusion.