The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the government’s response to a plea made by a woman whose husband, like many other Army personnel, are prisoners in Pakistan since the 1971 war.
A Bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud gave the Centre three weeks to reply to Jasbir Kaur, who argued that, like everyone, these prisoners of war (POWs) too have their fundamental right to life and dignity.
Ms. Kaur, who is the wife of Major Kanwaljit Singh, said the government should have ideally gone to the International Court of Justice to secure the prisoners’ release from the “torturous custody of Pakistan in violation of the Geneva Convention for Treatment of Prisoners of War”.
