Neelkanth Ganjoo
The Honourable Mr. Justice Neelkanth Ganjoo | |
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| Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court | |
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| Died | Srinagar |
Neelkanth Ganjoo (killed on 4 November 1989) was a high court judge in Kashmir. In the late 1960s, as a sessions court judge, he had presided over the trial of JKLF founder Maqbool Bhat in the murder of police inspector Amar Chand in 1966. In August 1968,[1] he sentenced Bhat and one other to death.[2] This sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1982.[3]
In 1984, after JKLF cadres in Britain murdered diplomat Ravindra Mhatre,[4] Bhat's execution was carried out in Tihar jail. The same year, some militants bombed Ganjoo's house.[5][6]
On 4 November 1989,[7] a group of three people surrounded Ganjoo as he was in the Hari Singh Street market and shot him dead.[8] near the High Court in Srinagar.
Ganjoo was among the early Kashmiri Pandits killed by terrorists in Kashmir.[9][10]
References
- ^ Gh. Rasool Bhat (2015). "Social Background and Political Ideology of Maqbool Bhat" (PDF). Research Directions.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.deathpenaltyindia.com/executedprisoners/maqbool-bhat/
- ^ "BRITISH FIND THE BODY OF INDIAN DIPLOMAT WHO WAS ABDUCTED". The New York Times. 6 February 1984. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ Praveen Swami (2006). India, Pakistan and the secret jihad in Kashmir,. Routledge. p.157
- ^ "Kashmir: Distortions and Reality by Dinanath Raina". ikashmir.net. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ "Speculation over judge's killing". The Hindu. 7 December 2001. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Media on a Fai ride | The Asian Age". The Asian Age. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ "Kashmiri Pandits: The Forgotten Refugees - Fair Observer". Fair Observer. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ "Show is Over". www.kashmirlife.net. Retrieved 9 December 2015.