“It amounts to judicial legislation and will have a deleterious effect on the Army fighting against all odds in difficult terrain,” Rohatgi told a bench of justices MB Loukur and UU Lalit. In July, the court had held that the alleged extra-judicial killings by the Army and Manipur police required a thorough probe. NHRC counsel Gopal Subramanium told the bench that the commission was ready to conduct the probe. Only the Centre has the right to conduct a probe to determine the truth. No question of recommendations (NHRC) being binding,” Rohatgi reiterated.

Source: Hindustan Times September 07, 2016 14:16 UTC