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| Judicial commission has an onerous duty to discharge | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 19: Now that a retired judge of the Supreme Court has been nominated to head the judicial probe into the mysterious death of NC worker and high profile fixer Haji Yusuf who died in summer capital Srinagar on September 30, it can only be hoped the truth is finally unearthed and brought to public knowledge.
The death of the NC worker has rocked the political edifice of the State especially after it was revealed that the deceased had been acting as a conduit for obtaining aspirants high level political assignments, or at least, he claimed to be doing so for which huge sums of money exchanged hands in the State. It is also common knowledge that the circumstances those led to the death of the NC worker are still shrouded in a haze of mystery. Why had he to be called straight to the Chief Minister's residence when the allegations leveled against him were in the nature of a criminal fraud which should normally have been handled by the police? The commission of enquiry has a very sensitive duty to discharge. It has to work in the most impartial, judicial and unbiased manner so that the faith of the people which still stands shaken in the system is re-established. It is not a simple issue of investigating or probing an ordinary custodial death. It is a death that occurred in the wake of the person being summoned to the Chief Minister's residence where he was asked questions by no less than the Chief Minister himself. Whether or not something happened inside the Chief Minister's residence that had a direct bearing on the death of the deceased is a matter to be decided by the judicial commission. The Chief Minister has fulfilled his promise by appointing the commission of enquiry headed by a retired judge of the Apex Court. The integrity of the judge heading the judicial probe is above board. He has served on the bench at the highest level in the country and his judicial prudence, acumen and wisdom is something all of us must trust.
But, given the track record of the previous judicial commissions in the State, Justice (retired) H.S. Bedi has an onerous duty to discharge. He has to uphold the highest traditions of judicial impartiality. Even more than doing justice while completing his job within the specified period of six weeks, Justice (retired) H. S. Bedi has also to be seen as doing justice to the family of the deceased who more than anybody else have the first right to know why their breadwinner did not return home on that fateful day. All those persons who directly or indirectly have been connected with the incident are bound by civil duty and personal conscience to reveal whatever they know before the judicial commission. The judge does not hold a magic wand or the Alladin's Lamp. People of the Valley who might even believe they can throw some light on the circumstances connected with the death of the NC worker must come forward without fear or favour to help the commission reach the right conclusion. |
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