Hyderpora Encounter : Supreme Court Grants Urgent Listing For Plea To Exhume Body Of Amir Magre

The SLP challenging order dated June 3, 2022 was mentioned by Senior Advocate Anand Grover before the vacation bench of Justices CT Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia.

Urging the bench to list the matter urgently on Monday, Senior Counsel said, "Matter for urgent listing. This is a matter where the petitioner's son was killed in an encounter in Kashmir. The father is supporting the army. 4 people were buried and 2 allowed to be exhumed. Single judge allowed me to give me the remains of my son but the division bench stayed the order of the Single Judge. Every day the body lies on the earth. I must get the body and perform rituals. Your lordships may list it on Monday and allow me to take my chance."

Acceding to the Senior Counsel's request, the bench said, "Let it be on Monday."

The Division bench of Justice Ali Mohammad Magray and Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal stayed operation of judgment passed by Justice Sanjeev Kumar wherein he had directed the authorities to exhume the body of Ramban Youth, Amir Latif Magrey - one of the 4 persons killed in the controversial encounter and had also directed for paying 5 lakhs to his father if the body was highly putrefied and not in a state of delivery.

The Single Judge had also directed the respondents to make appropriate arrangements for transportation of the dead body to the village of the petitioner for burial in his native graveyard in accordance with the traditions, religious obligations and religious faith which the deceased professed during his lifetime provided it is in deliverable state.