The Supreme Court on Friday posted in April the hearing of a plea filed by the mother of an Army officer seeking direction to the Centre to take immediate steps
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea by the mother of an Army officer, who, she claimed was lodged in a Pakistani jail for over 24 years, seeking direction to the Central government to take immediate measures for his .
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New Delhi, March 5
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a petition filed by the mother of an Army officer seeking direction to take immediate steps through
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday agreed to hear a plea filed by the mother of an Army officer seeking direction to the Centre to take immediate steps through diplomatic channel for repatriation of her son, who is lodged in jail in Pakistan for last over 23 years.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde issued notice and sought response from the Centre on the petition filed by 81-year-old Kamla Bhattacharjee, mother of Captain Sanjit Bhattacharjee, seeking directions to the authorities to intervene in the case on an “urgent humanitarian basis”.
The plea said the petitioner had received information that Sanjit, who was commissioned as an officer of Gorkha Rifles Regiment of Indian Army in August 1992, was lodged in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail.