Overview
- Sub-Judge Sidhant Vaid directed SSP Reasi and the Bhawan SHO to file an action-taken report within two weeks, with the matter listed for October 30.
- Complainant Rohit Bali seeks FIRs under BNS Sections 105 and 106 against SMVDSB CEO Sachin Kumar Vaishya and other officials for alleged criminal negligence.
- The court recorded that the complainant followed BNSS procedures, submitting applications on August 28 to local police and on September 16 to the SSP Reasi.
- The case stems from the August 26 cloudburst-triggered landslide at Adhkuwari on the Vaishno Devi route, which reports say killed 34 or 35 pilgrims and injured others.
- A separate three-member administrative probe was constituted by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on August 29 to examine the causes of the tragedy.