The parents claimed that their son Harsh Nagotra drowned in the Chenab river under mysterious circumstances and his body was found in Pakistan.
They requested the Court to pass directions to ensure that the body is returned from Pakistan for the conduct of last rites and other rituals.
“As the parents of deceased-Harsh Nagotra have projected their grievance before the Court and requested for early retrieval of their son’s body from the Pakistan, therefore this PIL is not maintainable on the instance of petitioner Indu Bhushan Bali. As such, we are not inclined to entertain this PIL, and the same is accordingly dismissed. However, we take the suo-motu cognizance of the incident,” the High Court said.
It directed the registry of the Court to register the case under the cause title ‘Court on its own motion vs. Union of India and others’ and proceeded to issue notice to the Union Home Ministry, External Affairs Ministry and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Source: Barandbench
