Indian SC moved against illegal detention of Kashmiri children
Last updated on: 16 September,2019 04:49 pm
Petitioners have submitted that there have been certain reports specific to children in Kashmir.
NEW DELHI (Web Desk) – Child rights experts filed a petition in the Supreme Court of India against the illegal detention of children by Indian troops during the ongoing lockdown in the occupied Kashmir.
According to Kashmir Media Service, eminent child rights expert Enakshi Ganguly and Professor Shanta Sinha, first Chairperson of the National Commission for Child Rights (NCPCR) have filed the petition stating that there have been reports about the abduction of children by Indian forces’ personnel during house raids in Kashmir.
The petitioners have submitted that there have been certain reports specific to children, which describe violations that include loss of life and liberty and that the reports are serious enough to merit judicial review of the situation with respect to children and to enforce and monitor certain immediate corrective action.
The Supreme Court had earlier heard a bunch of petitions dealing with different aspects of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. While the petition filed by journalist Anuradha Bhasin alleged clampdown on press freedom in the Valley, other petitions pointed at the detentions of Kashmiri leaders and politicians along with regular citizens.