Yasin Appears Without Orders, SC Shocked
New Delhi : The Supreme Court (SC) was on Friday shocked to see Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leader Yasin Malik appearing before it as there was no order passed by it seeking his appearance in person.
The Delhi Prisons Department said there was “prima facie lapse” on the part of some officials. The DG (Prisons) has ordered an inquiry into the security lapse.
As a Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Dipankar Datta expressed surprise over Malik’s physical appearance, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said there was no such order passed by the top court. Justice Datta chose to recuse from hearing.
Later, the Solicitor General wrote to Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla highlighting the “serious security lapse”. “A person with terrorist and secessionist background like Yasin Malik, who is not only a convict in a terror-funding case but has known connections with terror organisations in Pakistan, could have escaped, could have been forcibly taken away or killed,” Mehta wrote.
