New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea filed by the Chhattisgarh government against the judicial commission's decision to not examine additional witnesses in the Jheeram Ghati Naxal attack case of 2013. The commission was set up to probe the case pertaining to the attack in which 29 people, including leaders of the State Congress, were killed.
A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan observed that the state government may have extended the tenure of the commission but the panel has closed the proceedings.
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"You wanted the expert witness to be examined but the commission did not agree. You may have extended commission's tenure but it has closed the proceedings," the bench, also comprising justices R S Reddy and M R Shah, said.
The State government had challenged the orders of the Chhattisgarh High Court dismissing its plea seeking direction to the Special Judicial Enquiry Commission to examine the additional witnesses in the case.
On May 25, 2013, Naxal had attacked a convoy of Congress leaders in Jheeram valley in Darbha area of Bastar district, killing 29 people, including then state Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel, former leader of opposition Mahendra Karma and former Union minister Vidyacharan Shukla.
PTI
