The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea seeking a probe into the killings of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf on Friday due to the unavailability of five judges as they are suffering from Covid-19.<\/p>\n
The plea sought a direction for setting up of an expert committee headed by a former apex court judge to investigate the April 15 killings.<\/p>\n
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, during the mentioning of cases, informed the lawyers that five judges of the apex court are suffering with Covid.<\/p>\n
“Since five judges are not available, some cases in which dates were given have not been listed. We will try to list this on Friday,” he said.<\/p>\n
Advocate Vishal Tiwari moved the apex court seeking an independent expert committee and also sought an inquiry into the 183 encounters that have taken place in Uttar Pradesh since 2017.<\/p>\n
Tiwari mentioned the plea for hearing on Monday before the bench, also comprising Justice P.S. Narasimha.<\/p>\n
Atiq and Ashraf Ahmed were shot dead on April 15 by three assailants, posing as journalists, while they were being escorted by police personnel to a medical college in Prayagraj for a check up.<\/p>\n
The plea sought guidelines to safeguard the rule of law by constituting an independent expert committee under the chairmanship of a former Supreme Court judge and also to inquire into the 183 encounters which had occurred since 2017 as stated by Uttar Pradesh Special Director General of Police (Law and Order).<\/p>\n
The petitioner also sought a probe into the murders under police custody and stressed that “such actions by police are a severe threat to democracy and rule of law and lead to police state”.<\/p>\n
The plea said extra judicial killings or fake police encounters do not have a place under the law and further argued that in a democratic society the police cannot be allowed to become a mode of delivering final justice, as the power of punishment is only vested in the judiciary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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