Buoyed With SC’s ‘Bulldozer Judgment’, Peoples’ Conference Mulls To Approach Apex Court To Challenge Police Verification System in J&K

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples’ Conference (JKPC), led by Sajad Lone, is preparing to file a petition in the Supreme Court, challenging the current police verification system in Jammu and Kashmir.

The party argues that this system imposes a “collective punishment” on entire families, citing the recent “bulldozer judgment” from the Supreme Court as the basis for their plea.

The “bulldozer judgment,” in which the Supreme Court ruled that demolishing homes as retribution for one family member’s actions constitutes a form of collective punishment, has inspired the JKPC’s legal approach.

“Encouraged by the Bulldozer Judgement where the Supreme Court clearly ruled that it is a collective punishment against the family, the @JKPCOfficial will approach the Supreme Court with a plea that the system of Police Verification on J&K is a more chronic and serious case of collective punishment against the family,” read a recent post on X (formerly Twitter) by the JKPC.

“That in the name of national security, the law of natural justice is violated.”

In a separate post, JKPC Chief Sajad Lone stated: “In the highlighted para, the Supreme Court calls it collective punishment against the family. An adverse police verification certificate because a relative has an adverse police record is also a collective punishment against the family. Kashmir specific Stone Age justice.”