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HC junks PIL seeking Probe into Killing of 39 Indians in Iraq
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking a detailed probe into alleged “lapses” of the Centre in saving 39 Indians, who were killed by ISIS in Iraq in 2014, saying such pleas deserve “condemnation” and have to be “strongly discouraged”.
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking a detailed probe into alleged “lapses” of the Centre in saving 39 Indians, who were killed by ISIS in Iraq in 2014, saying such pleas deserve “condemnation” and have to be “strongly discouraged”.
A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said the petition, by a lawyer, ignores the welfare, interest and sensitivities of the families of the victims as well as the need to ensure healthy international relations and diplomatic ties.
The court said the submissions made in the PIL by the lawyer, Mehmood Pracha, reflected “extreme insensitivity” to the tragedy that befell the 39 Indians and the devastation their family members would have undergone.
It further noted that the petition did not even refer to the elaborate steps, like getting DNA samples from the victims’ relatives and carrying out DNA profiling and matching, taken by the Indian and Iraqi authorities to establish the identities of the individual bodies.
“Thereby the petitioner is guilty of concealment of material facts,” the bench said and added “this writ petition in our view also is not guided by any motive of public interest.”
