SC directs juvenile justice committee to submit report on detention of children at J&K
New
Delhi,
Sep
20:
The
Supreme
Court
has
ordered
the
juvenile
justice
committee
of
the
Jammu
and
Kashmir
High
Court
to
inquire
into
allegations
of
detention
of
children.
The
court
said
that
it
wants
a
report
on
the
alleged
detentions
of
children
by
the
authorities
and
asked
the
committee
for
a
report
within
a
week.
Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi, while reacting to the allegation that the Jammu and Kashmir High Court is not accessible said that they had a conflicting report on that. We have a report from the Chief Justice of the High Court that does not support this allegation. However we have conflicting reports as well because the detention of children is involved. We we are directing the committee to prepare a report and submit the same before us within a week, the CJI also said.
On Monday the Supreme Court asked the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir authorities to see that normalcy is restored on a selective basis in the state while keeping in mind national interest
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A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices S A Bobde and S A Nazeer asked authorities to restore normal life in the Valley and ensure people have access to welfare facilities The court said the restoration will be on a selective basis keeping in mind national interests
The court asked the Centre to make all endeavours to restore normalcy in Kashmir as soon as possible and said that as the so-called shutdown is in the valley itself, then it can be dealt with by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court
The court's directions came on a plea by Anuradha Bhasin, Executive Editor of Kashmir Times seeking removal of communication restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir
Attorney
General
K
K
Venugopal,
appearing
for
the
Centre,
told
the
bench
that
not
a
single
bullet
has
been
fired
and
there
are
some
localised
restrictions
in
place,
adding
that
restrictions
have
been
lifted
in
over
88
per
cent
police
stations
in
Kashmir
division
He
told
the
bench
that
all
Kashmir-based
newspapers
were
running
and
the
government
had
been
offering
all
kinds
of
assistance
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He also said that TV channels like Doordarshan and others private ones along with FM networks are working in the state
The bench asked the Attorney General to put details of these steps taken on an affidavit.