Supreme Court of India

Himanshu Kumar and Others v. State of Chhattisgarh and Others

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Reported as [2022] 11 S.C.R. 724
Bench A. M. Khanwilkar and J. B. Pardiwala JJ.
Decided 14 July 2022

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the conditions laid down by this Court in the case of Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, West Bengal (supra) quoted earlier are not fulfilled.

Judgment, page 59

From the headnote

Criminal Law – Constitution of India – Article 32 – Petit ion seeking mandamus for re-investigation / further investigat ion – Two incidents of alleged brutal massacre of tribals in th ree villages in the State of Chhattisgarh – Case of the writ petiti oners that the Chhattisgarh Police, Special Police Officers (SPOs) , the activists of Salwa Judum (group of vigilantes sponsored by the Chhattisg arh Government) and the Paramilitary Forces consisting of the CRPF and the CoBRA Battalions were responsible for the alleged massacre – Whether any case was made out by the writ petitio ners for

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Of those, 2 referred to

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