J&K HC registers suo motu case for retrieval of Jammu's boy body from Pak

Jammu: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has registered a suo motu case over the bid to recover the body of a 20-year-old man from Pakistan after he was drowned in Chenab river.
A Bench of acting Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan and Justice Rajnesh Oswal issued notice to Union of India and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and granted one week to the Deputy Solicitor General of India Vishal Sharma to take instructions in the matter.
The Court decided to take suo motu cognizance after a public interest litigation (PIL) was moved in this regard.
The Court dismissed the PIL but the parents of the youth also made submissions in the matter pursuant to which it decided to register a suo motu case.
The parents claimed that their son Harsh Nagotra drowned in the Chenab river under mysterious circumstances and his body was found in Pakistan.
They requested the Court to pass directions to ensure that the body is returned from Pakistan for the conduct of last rites and other rituals.
"As the parents of deceased-Harsh Nagotra have projected their grievance before the Court and requested for early retrieval of their son's body from the Pakistan, therefore this PIL is not maintainable on the instance of petitioner Indu Bhushan Bali. As such, we are not inclined to entertain this PIL, and the same is accordingly dismissed. However, we take the suo-motu cognizance of the incident," the High Court said.
It directed the registry of the Court to register the case under the cause title ‘Court on its own motion vs. Union of India and others' and proceeded to issue notice to the Union Home Ministry, External Affairs Ministry and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The matter will be heard next on July 29.

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