New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday awarded compensation to three migrants from Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) who had been manhandled by police personnel on a peaceful protest march from Jammu and Kashmir to Delhi in 2007. A bench comprising justices A.K. Sikri and R.K. Agrawal directed for the compensation to be paid by the state within a period of two months. The petitioner, one of whom was the
general secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir Panthers Party espousing the cause of Jammu migrants who were forced to leave their homes between 1996-99 due to terrorist attacks, was compensated with Rs.2 lakh while the other two petitioners were awarded Rs.1 lakh each by the court.
While the petitioners were on their march to Delhi, they were beaten up and manhandled by police personnel when they reached Katra in J&K.
It had been alleged by the petitioners that lathi-charge by police personnel was in violation of their fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 19(1)(a) (freedom of speech and expression), 19(1)(b) (right to assemble peacefully) and 19(1)(c) (right to form associations/unions) of the Constitution.
The court held the police guilty of misconduct including torture and brutality.
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