Beyond Satluj politics, the 2011 Supreme Court ruling on Khalra’s killing

Satluj row: What legal records reveal about Jaswant Singh Khalra’s lifework, and murder

What was the press note Khalra had prepared, which later became key to a CBI probe into alleged illegal cremations of 'disappeared' people? How did Khalra's murder case proceed in court? We explain.

Beyond Satluj politics, the 2011 Supreme Court ruling on Khalra’s killing

New Delhi: Long before Satluj became the centre of a dispute over censorship, national security and Punjab’s history, the Supreme Court examined the evidence surrounding the abduction and killing of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra. In its November 4, 2011 judgment, a Bench of Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan dismissed appeals filed by five Punjab Police personnel and declined to interfere with their convictions and life sentences…