US EditionTop court allows Yasin Malik to cross-examine witnesses via video conferencing
- The Supreme Court denied Yasin Malik's request for physical production but allowed him to cross-examine witnesses via video conferencing due to prohibitory orders from December 2024 regarding his movement outside Delhi.
- The court cited a December 2024 order that restricts Malik's movement outside the National Capital Territory of Delhi due to national security threats.
- Malik's cross-examination will occur in Tihar Jail, with the Supreme Court emphasizing that the ruling focused on the feasibility of video conferencing for witnessing testimony, not the merits of the ongoing trials against him.
- During the proceedings, Malik claimed he was unfairly labeled a terrorist, while the Solicitor General rejected this assertion, stating it was irrelevant.
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Top court allows Yasin Malik to cross-examine witnesses via video conferencing
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, while partly allowing the CBI's plea, overturned a Jammu trial court order that had directed Yasin Malik to be physically produced for cross-examination.
Supreme Court rejects Yasin Malik's plea for physical hearing, allows virtual cross-examination
The Supreme Court on Friday denied a request for the physical production of jailed Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik before a Jammu court but permitted him to cross-examine witnesses virtually in cases related to kidnapping and murder. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan cited a December 2024 order by the Centre under Section 303 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and the Unlawful Activities (…
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