Supreme Court To Hear PIL On Tourist Safety After Pahalgam Attack; Rejects Call For Judicial Probe

The Supreme Court is slated to listen to, on Monday, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) looking for enhanced security and safety measures for vacationers in hilly spaces and faraway locations, filed within the aftermath of the fatal April 22 terror assault in Jammu & Kashmir’s (J&Ok) Pahalgam, which claimed lives of 26 civilians, together with 25 vacationers and an area.  

As consistent with the causelist printed at the website online of the apex courtroom, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N.Ok Singh will listen the subject on May 5.

The petition stated that there exists a loss of protection programmes and pointers for vacationers and most of the people on save themselves when there’s a terrorist assault, get rapid lend a hand, and cover themselves when attacked.

It added that vacationers in Pahalgam had been a very simple goal for the terrorists as the ones blameless folks had been unarmed and with none safety.

“It is for the first time that the tourists have been targeted and in such large numbers they have been killed and injured. Now it has raised the question of safety and security of the people of the country who visit as tourists, mostly in hilly areas and valleys like Jammu and Kashmir,” the plea stated.

“Recent terrorist attacks have raised questions of the security of tourists visiting such remote places. In urban areas, it is difficult to attack as there is regular movement of police force,s but tourist destinations are geographically different where people can be targeted easily,” it added.

The PIL stressed out that the Centre and State governments should take steps to deploy good enough safety for the vacationers who talk over with faraway hilly spaces and valleys, particularly all the way through the summer time.

“The VIPs at all times stay below coverage all through the clock in our nation. When they cross, roads are blocked for voters. Numerous safety workforce are deployed of their safety, however the not unusual folks at all times endure,” it additional stated.

The best courtroom, on Thursday, declined to entertain a plea looking for the formation of a probe panel headed by way of a retired apex courtroom pass judgement on to research the fatal Pahalgam assault.

Slamming the PIL litigant, the Justice Surya Kant-led Bench stated that it could now not entertain any plea which might demoralise the rustic’s military.

“Be responsible before filing such a PIL. Since when have retired High Court or Supreme Court judges become experts in investigation? Since when have we (judges) gained the expertise of investigation? We only decide disputes. Please do not ask for these prayers (for investigation under supervision of a retired SC judge),” the apex courtroom stated.

“This is the crucial hour when each and every citizen of the country has joined hands to fight terrorism. Don’t make any prayers which could demoralise our forces. It is not acceptable to us! Look at the sensitivity of the issue,” it added.