New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir government on tuesday was directed by Apex court to file its response on a plea alleging custodial torture of the Kathua case witness by August 27.
A SC bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud fixed the matter for further hearing in August 29.
The top court was hearing a plea by Talib Hussain, a key witness in the Kathua gang rape-and-murder case, alleging custodial torture by the state police in an alleged rape case lodged against him by his sister-in-law.