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2020 Supreme(Gau) 722

MANOJIT BHUYAN, KALYAN RAI SURANA
Sabitri Brahma – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : K.R. Patgiri, C. Das and U. Choudhury
For the Respondents: S.C. Keyal, A.S.G.I., S.K. Medhi, C.G.C. and R. Dhar, Addl. Sr. G.A.

JUDGMENT :

Kalyan Rai Surana, J.

1. Heard Mr. K.R. Patgiri, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. S.C. Keyal, the A.S.G.I., and Mr. R. Dhar, Addl. Sr. Govt. Advocate for the respondents.

2. The petitioner has projected that her husband, namely, Ratneswar Brahma was killed by the Army and, as such, prayer for constituting a judicial enquiry and for awarding monetary compensation of Rs. 20.00 lakh has been made in this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.

3. The case projected by the petitioner, in brief, is that her husband was doing book-store business for his livelihood. On 26.06.2015 at about 10.30 p.m. some army personnel belonging to 7 Sikh Light Infantry (Sikh LI for short) Regiment stationed at Panbari Camp had picked up the petitioner for no reason. As her husband did not return home even by the next morning, the petitioner made search, but could not get any information. However, on 28.06.2015, the petitioner was informed that her husband was admitted in Lower Assam Hospital, Bongaigaon in a serious condition, where he was declared dead at about 3.00 p.m. Thereafter, the petitioner with other villagers came to the police station and accordingly,

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