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Supreme Court to hear PIL seeking protection of Kashmiri students on Friday

The plea alleged that students from Kashmir Valley are being attacked at different educational institutions across the country after the Pulwama terror attack and authorities concerned should be directed to take actions to stop such assaults.

Published on: Feb 21, 2019, 14:28:03 IST
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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Friday a PIL seeking a direction to authorities to protect Kashmiri students who are allegedly being attacked across the country in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror strike.

Kashmiri students from Dehradun, Ambala, Banur and Mohali leaving for Kashmir with help of Khalsa Aid at Gurudwara Sacha Dhan, Phase 3B1, in Mohali, Punjab on Tuesday. (Anil Dayal/HT Photo)
Kashmiri students from Dehradun, Ambala, Banur and Mohali leaving for Kashmir with help of Khalsa Aid at Gurudwara Sacha Dhan, Phase 3B1, in Mohali, Punjab on Tuesday. (Anil Dayal/HT Photo)

A bench, comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices L N Rao and Sanjiv Khanna, on Thursday took note of senior advocate Colin Gonsalves’ submission that the plea needed to be heard urgently as it relates to the safety and security of students.

The bench, which refused to list the plea for hearing on Thursday, however, assured Gonsalves that it will be listed for consideration on Friday.

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The plea alleged that students from Kashmir Valley are being attacked at different educational institutions across the country after the Pulwama terror attack and authorities concerned should be directed to take actions to stop such assaults.

Forty 40 CRPF personnel were killed in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on February 14, in a terror attack allegedly carried out by banned terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed.

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