3Photo© zeenews.india.comJ&K HC judges tell Supreme Court no minors detained in jails after Article 370 scrapped, terms allegations wrong
The Supreme Court on Friday said it was satisfied with the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Juvenile Justice Committee report saying no minors were under illegal detention in the region, PTI reported.
A bench headed by Justice NV Ramana said that it would not be proper if the court does not believe its own judges. They said four high court judges visited all the jails in Jammu and Kashmir and have clearly stated that no minors were under illegal detention after the Centre scrapped the erstwhile state’s special status under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution.
The top court was responding to a petition filed by child rights activists Enakshi Ganguly and Shanta Sinha, seeking a probe on the detention of minors since August 5. The petition had cited a number of media reports, including those by Scroll.in, The Washington Post, Caravan, Quint and TRT World. A committee chaired by Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, and composed of three other high court judges, was assigned by the Supreme Court to ascertain the veracity of the reports.