HC reopens 2003 Nadimarg Massacre case in which 24 Kashmiri Pandits were murdered by LeT terrorists
Op IndiaOn Friday, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court ordered the reopening of the case concerning the Nadimarg massacre in which 24 Kashmiri Pandits were brutally murdered in the Pulwama district. This is after the state government had issued an application seeking recall of an order which had dismissed a criminal revision petition in December 2011 which challenged a lower court order. High court has therefore allowed the application of state government seeking recall of an order which had dismissed a criminal revision petition in 2011, challenging a lower court order which had DENIED the prosecution to examine witnesses & materials related to Nadimarg massacre — LawBeat August 26, 2022 Justice Sanjay Dhar stated that the recognition of the court’s order dated December 21, 2011, by which the criminal review petition against a sessions judge’s order was rejected, will stand because it is within its authority to recall orders that are void in the eyes of the law. The Nadimarg massacre of 2003- On March 23, 2003, 24 Hindu Kashmiri Pandits in the village of Nadimarg in Pulwama District of Jammu and Kashmir were killed by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists.