Supreme Court refuses to re-open cases of killings of Kashmiri Pandits

Srinagar, July 24: The Supreme Court has refused to reopen 215 cases into the killings of Kashmiri Pandits during the 1989-90 unrest in the Valley, a media report said today.
The apex court refused to entertain a plea seeking re-probe and the trial of several persons, including Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik, for alleged offences against the Kashmiri Pandits during that period.
An apex court bench observed that it will be difficult to obtain evidence after 27 years, reported Indian Express.
A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said: “You (petitioner) sat over it for last 27 years. Now tell us from where the evidence will come.”
Appearing for the organisation ‘Roots of Kashmir’, Advocate Vikas Padora told the court that Kashmiri Pandits were forced to leave their homes in the Valley and could not join the subsequent investigations.