HC seeks Army jawan's death probe report from the Centre

Seeking the probe report into the death of Army jawan Ajay Kumar Tyagi by May 17, a division bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said, "Original records relating to investigation carried out by Indian Army into the death of the jawan to be produced before the court by the next date of hearing."

The bench was hearing the government's plea challenging the single judge's order directing Indian Army to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the widow of the deceased for removal of the jawan's kidney after his death.

The single judge had awarded the compensation on a plea by the jawan's widow seeking a fresh investigation into the death of her husband who had allegedly committed suicide in Jammu and Kashmir.

The court had said the removal of the jawan's organ could have gone unnoticed, were the second postmortem not conducted on his wife's suspicion about the nature of his death.

"The doctor who conducts the postmortem is expected to be a fair person as full faith is reposed on him by the family members. This faith is shattered by such instances," the court had said. (MORE) PTI PNM

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