New Delhi, Nov 10: Pelting of stones in Jammu and Kashmir is not a very ordinary action, the Supreme Court on Monday remarked while asking Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah to approach the NC government for obtaining his detention order.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Nath granted the NIA three weeks to respond to Shah’s fresh affidavit after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta pointed out newly mentioned facts and stressed his links with Pakistan-based terror networks.
Senior advocate Collin Gonsalves, appearing for Shah, submitted that his family was not given the detention order and he seeks series of detention orders passed since 1970.
Mehta opposed the submission and said the issue was not raised before the Delhi High Court.
“You ask the government to provide you the details. Why ask in bail proceedings? It’s over a 50 years,” the bench observed.
Gonsalves argued that Shah has been in jail for 39 years on a common charge namely speeches followed by stone pelting.
Justice Mehta then said, “Pelting of stones in this state is not a very ordinary action.” The top court had earlier refused to grant interim bail to Shah in a terror funding case.
It however, issued notice to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking its response within two weeks on Shah’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s June 1.
