Supreme Court asks Army to decide on the trial proceedings; Soldier killed in militant ambush; Police killed two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants; The J&K government to start functioning from Srinagar marking the opening of Durbar
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    • According to reports, the Supreme Court asked the Army authorities to decide within eight weeks whether its personnel accused of fake encounter killings in Jammu and Kashmir should be tried by court-martial proceedings or by regular criminal courts. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar said that if the Army authorities were not keen on court-martial proceedings, then the CBI can seek sanction from the Centre for prosecution of the Army officers. Supreme Court said the sanctions from the Centre are necessary for taking action against the eight Army officials allegedly involved in the Pathribal fake encounter.
    The Apex Court has granted the army eight weeks to decide which recourse it wishes to take to proceed against the accused. 1

    Meanwhile, reports noted that a soldier was killed when militants opened fire on an army patrol in the mountainous district police. According to a police officer, the militants fired upon an army patrol near Kulna village in Palmar area killing a soldier of Territorial Army Noor Hussain (Sena Medal recipient). 2

    According to reports, Army and Special Operation Group (SOG) of J&K Police claimed to have killed two local militants of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) in an encounter in Pattan area of north Kashmir district Baramulla. Giving the details of encounter, General Officer Commanding (GOC) Kilo Force, Major General Sarat Chand said that they got specific information about the movement of suspected militants in Nilllah village of Pattan. He said that a column of 29 Rashtriya Rifles and SOG went to the village and established a cordon of the area. 3

    In other developments, reports noted that the Jammu and Kashmir government will start functioning from Srinagar marking the opening of Durbar in the summer capital. The shifting of men and machinery, associated with the move, from Jammu to Srinagar was completed on May 6, 2012. The Durbar Move is more than a century-old practice under which the Civil Secretariat, the seat of the state government, functions six months each in Jammu and Srinagar. Kashmir-based government employees associated with the Civil Secretariat and other departments, which shift their base twice every year between the two capitals. 4

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