The Uttarakhand high court on Tuesday said that it won't dispose the public interest litigation regarding the last rites of those killed in the 2013 flash floods too soon and that the progress in the petition will happen step by step.
"I submitted the statement of higher officials of the state government which shows their ignorance about the disaster. The honourable high court told me to submit some suggestions regarding the problems in Kedar valley," said Ajay Gautam (42), the petitioner. The petition was attended by division bench of justices V K Bisht and Sarvesh Gupta.
The PIL was filed in June 2014 and it stated that bodies of the deceased lie decomposed and proper last rites have not been performed for thousands of people killed in the tragedy. The next hearing of the case is scheduled for June 22.
Earlier, the petitioner submitted a supplementary affidavit on March 24 stating that the responsible officials should be held accountable for deaths in June 2013 deluge. In 2014, the HC said DNA profiling of the bodies should be carried out so that it can be used to identify the deceased.
Wednesday 8 April 2015
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