Overview

• A two-judge bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta heard the case, allowed withdrawal of the PIL, and told petitioners to approach a High Court under Article 226.
• No judicial reassessment of compensation or rehabilitation scheme has been ordered to date.
• The petition sought fair reparation under Article 21, a commission to re-evaluate ex gratia awards, and housing, healthcare, and education support for survivors and victims’ families.
• Advocate Warisha Farasat argued most petitioners are poor farmers and cited precedents to justify Supreme Court intervention despite the long delay.
• According to the petition, families received Rs 5,000 per deceased relative and Rs 1,500 for two injured kin, while the 1983 Nellie massacre in Assam killed an estimated 1,800–2,000 people, mostly Bengali-speaking Muslims.