Overview
- The Bhawan police station’s Action Taken Report told a Katra court that no cognizable offence has been established against Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board officials.
- The sub-judge took the ATR on record and scheduled arguments for December 6.
- The ATR notes that the final report of a three-member committee formed on August 29 by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha is still awaited.
- The complaint by Rohit Bali seeks an FIR under BNS Sections 105 and 106, alleging the yatra was not suspended despite weather advisories warning of heavy rain and possible cloudbursts.
- The August 26 cloudburst-triggered landslide near Adhkuwari killed more than 30 pilgrims, and the pilgrimage was suspended for 22 days.