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The Supreme Court on Monday told the Army to not &amp;ldquo;play with the courts&amp;rdquo; and stop taking recourse to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to stall prosecution in the 2000 Pathribal encounter case in Jammu and Kashmir. The apex court asked the Army to come clean on whether they want to start court martial proceedings of eight officers accused of killing five persons in the encounter or let the criminal court go ahead and prosecute them.
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The ultimatum came even as the CBI accused the Army of trying to &amp;ldquo;bury&amp;rdquo; the case.
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Monday&amp;rsquo;s hearing saw the court accuse the Army of having never exercised the option to go for a court martial of the accused men and instead stalling prosecution by a criminal court by invoking AFSPA to declare immunity against prosecution.
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The case revolves around a &amp;ldquo;surgical&amp;rdquo; operation conducted in Pathribal on March 24, 2000 by the 7 Rashtriya Rifles and the local police, killing five men identified as Lashkar-e-Toiba militants. The Army claimed they were behind the massacre of 35 Sikhs outside a gurdwara at Chittisinghpora in South Kashmir.
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Local residents alleged that the five men had gone missing from the nearby villages of Brariangan, Halan and Anantnag. They alleged that the police and the Army had killed them in a fake encounter calling them &amp;ldquo;killers of Chittisinghpora&amp;rdquo;.
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After the CBI filed a chargesheet before the local magistrate indicting eight Army personnel for the &amp;ldquo;fake encounter&amp;rdquo;, the magistrate, in a written order, gave the Army the choice to either go for a court martial or leave it to the civil courts to initiate criminal proceedings against the accused.
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The Army then challenged the authority of the CBI to conduct an investigation, and said the chargesheet is void ab initio. Challenging the magistrate&amp;rsquo;s order, the Army invoked Section 6 of the AFSPA to claim that the CBI should have sought sanction before even venturing to investigate the men.
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Making it clear that the Army has dilly-dallied enough, a Bench of Justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar cautioned Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra to &amp;ldquo;take a stand now on whether you want to court martial them or not. Do not play with the courts&amp;rdquo;.
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&amp;ldquo;You are neither taking over the case under the Army Act for court martial nor are you allowing the proceedings under the criminal court to continue. This cannot go on. You are creating a situation in which nobody can proceed,&amp;rdquo; Justice Chauhan said.
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Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval, representing the CBI, said &amp;ldquo;they (army) are trying to bury the case. I am here to stop that from happening&amp;rdquo;. &amp;ldquo;None of the persons have been arrested, they are still in service,&amp;rdquo; Raval added.
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The court issued notices to the secretaries of Home Affairs and Defence to produce the file showing they had approached the Commanding Officer concerned and sought his opinion on a court martial. The court also told the secretaries to clarify whether sanction is required before a court martial. The next hearing is on February 3.
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March 24: Five days after unidentified gunmen killed 35 Sikhs in Chittisinghpora, local police and Army officers claim that five LeT members behind the attack were eliminated in a &amp;ldquo;surgical operation&amp;rdquo;.
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Locals say five men went missing from the nearby villages of Brariangan, Halan and Anantnag and allege that they were killed in a fake encounter. A judicial probe is ordered.
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April 3: Ten protesters killed in police firing, including relatives of the missing men. The then Farooq Abdullah government suspends Anantnag SSP Farooq Khan and an SHO, and orders exhumation of the bodies and DNA tests.
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April 6: A team of forensic experts exhume the bodies.
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Anantnag police exonerate Mohammad Yousuf Wagay, a milkman who was arrested and alleged to be the main link between the Chittisinghpora and the Pathribal encounter.
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April 9: Anantnag deputy commissioner, quoting the report submitted by the police&amp;rsquo;s special investigating team, admits that the five men were innocent and orders Rs 1 lakh as ex-gratia relief.
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After the CBI filed a chargesheet before the local magistrate indicting eight Army personnel for the &amp;ldquo;fake encounter&amp;rdquo;, the magistrate, in a written order, gave the Army the choice to either go for a court martial or leave it to the civil courts to initiate criminal proceedings against the accused.
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Making it clear that the Army has dilly-dallied enough, a Bench of Justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar cautioned Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra to &amp;ldquo;take a stand now on whether you want to court martial them or not. Do not play with the courts&amp;rdquo;.
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April 3: Ten protesters killed in police firing, including relatives of the missing men. The then Farooq Abdullah government suspends Anantnag SSP Farooq Khan and an SHO, and orders exhumation of the bodies and DNA tests.
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                <div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Supreme Court on Monday told the Army to not &ldquo;play with the courts&rdquo; and stop taking recourse to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to stall prosecution in the 2000 Pathribal encounter case in Jammu and Kashmir. The apex court asked the Army to come clean on whether they want to start court martial proceedings of eight officers accused of killing five persons in the encounter or let the criminal court go ahead and prosecute them.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The ultimatum came even as the CBI accused the Army of trying to &ldquo;bury&rdquo; the case.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Monday&rsquo;s hearing saw the court accuse the Army of having never exercised the option to go for a court martial of the accused men and instead stalling prosecution by a criminal court by invoking AFSPA to declare immunity against prosecution.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The case revolves around a &ldquo;surgical&rdquo; operation conducted in Pathribal on March 24, 2000 by the 7 Rashtriya Rifles and the local police, killing five men identified as Lashkar-e-Toiba militants. The Army claimed they were behind the massacre of 35 Sikhs outside a gurdwara at Chittisinghpora in South Kashmir.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Local residents alleged that the five men had gone missing from the nearby villages of Brariangan, Halan and Anantnag. They alleged that the police and the Army had killed them in a fake encounter calling them &ldquo;killers of Chittisinghpora&rdquo;.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">After the CBI filed a chargesheet before the local magistrate indicting eight Army personnel for the &ldquo;fake encounter&rdquo;, the magistrate, in a written order, gave the Army the choice to either go for a court martial or leave it to the civil courts to initiate criminal proceedings against the accused.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Army then challenged the authority of the CBI to conduct an investigation, and said the chargesheet is void ab initio. Challenging the magistrate&rsquo;s order, the Army invoked Section 6 of the AFSPA to claim that the CBI should have sought sanction before even venturing to investigate the men.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Making it clear that the Army has dilly-dallied enough, a Bench of Justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar cautioned Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra to &ldquo;take a stand now on whether you want to court martial them or not. Do not play with the courts&rdquo;.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;You are neither taking over the case under the Army Act for court martial nor are you allowing the proceedings under the criminal court to continue. This cannot go on. You are creating a situation in which nobody can proceed,&rdquo; Justice Chauhan said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval, representing the CBI, said &ldquo;they (army) are trying to bury the case. I am here to stop that from happening&rdquo;. &ldquo;None of the persons have been arrested, they are still in service,&rdquo; Raval added.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The court issued notices to the secretaries of Home Affairs and Defence to produce the file showing they had approached the Commanding Officer concerned and sought his opinion on a court martial. The court also told the secretaries to clarify whether sanction is required before a court martial. The next hearing is on February 3.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Timeline&nbsp;2000</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">March 24: Five days after unidentified gunmen killed 35 Sikhs in Chittisinghpora, local police and Army officers claim that five LeT members behind the attack were eliminated in a &ldquo;surgical operation&rdquo;.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Locals say five men went missing from the nearby villages of Brariangan, Halan and Anantnag and allege that they were killed in a fake encounter. A judicial probe is ordered.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">April 3: Ten protesters killed in police firing, including relatives of the missing men. The then Farooq Abdullah government suspends Anantnag SSP Farooq Khan and an SHO, and orders exhumation of the bodies and DNA tests.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">April 6: A team of forensic experts exhume the bodies.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Anantnag police exonerate Mohammad Yousuf Wagay, a milkman who was arrested and alleged to be the main link between the Chittisinghpora and the Pathribal encounter.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">2001</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">April 9: Anantnag deputy commissioner, quoting the report submitted by the police&rsquo;s special investigating team, admits that the five men were innocent and orders Rs 1 lakh as ex-gratia relief.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div>               </font>
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The Supreme Court on Monday told the Army to not &amp;ldquo;play with the courts&amp;rdquo; and stop taking recourse to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to stall prosecution in the 2000 Pathribal encounter case in Jammu and Kashmir. The apex court asked the Army to come clean on whether they want to start court martial proceedings of eight officers accused of killing five persons in the encounter or let the criminal court go ahead and prosecute them.
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The ultimatum came even as the CBI accused the Army of trying to &amp;ldquo;bury&amp;rdquo; the case.
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Monday&amp;rsquo;s hearing saw the court accuse the Army of having never exercised the option to go for a court martial of the accused men and instead stalling prosecution by a criminal court by invoking AFSPA to declare immunity against prosecution.
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The case revolves around a &amp;ldquo;surgical&amp;rdquo; operation conducted in Pathribal on March 24, 2000 by the 7 Rashtriya Rifles and the local police, killing five men identified as Lashkar-e-Toiba militants. The Army claimed they were behind the massacre of 35 Sikhs outside a gurdwara at Chittisinghpora in South Kashmir.
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Local residents alleged that the five men had gone missing from the nearby villages of Brariangan, Halan and Anantnag. They alleged that the police and the Army had killed them in a fake encounter calling them &amp;ldquo;killers of Chittisinghpora&amp;rdquo;.
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After the CBI filed a chargesheet before the local magistrate indicting eight Army personnel for the &amp;ldquo;fake encounter&amp;rdquo;, the magistrate, in a written order, gave the Army the choice to either go for a court martial or leave it to the civil courts to initiate criminal proceedings against the accused.
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The Army then challenged the authority of the CBI to conduct an investigation, and said the chargesheet is void ab initio. Challenging the magistrate&amp;rsquo;s order, the Army invoked Section 6 of the AFSPA to claim that the CBI should have sought sanction before even venturing to investigate the men.
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Making it clear that the Army has dilly-dallied enough, a Bench of Justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar cautioned Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra to &amp;ldquo;take a stand now on whether you want to court martial them or not. Do not play with the courts&amp;rdquo;.
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&amp;ldquo;You are neither taking over the case under the Army Act for court martial nor are you allowing the proceedings under the criminal court to continue. This cannot go on. You are creating a situation in which nobody can proceed,&amp;rdquo; Justice Chauhan said.
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Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval, representing the CBI, said &amp;ldquo;they (army) are trying to bury the case. I am here to stop that from happening&amp;rdquo;. &amp;ldquo;None of the persons have been arrested, they are still in service,&amp;rdquo; Raval added.
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The court issued notices to the secretaries of Home Affairs and Defence to produce the file showing they had approached the Commanding Officer concerned and sought his opinion on a court martial. The court also told the secretaries to clarify whether sanction is required before a court martial. The next hearing is on February 3.
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March 24: Five days after unidentified gunmen killed 35 Sikhs in Chittisinghpora, local police and Army officers claim that five LeT members behind the attack were eliminated in a &amp;ldquo;surgical operation&amp;rdquo;.
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Locals say five men went missing from the nearby villages of Brariangan, Halan and Anantnag and allege that they were killed in a fake encounter. A judicial probe is ordered.
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April 3: Ten protesters killed in police firing, including relatives of the missing men. The then Farooq Abdullah government suspends Anantnag SSP Farooq Khan and an SHO, and orders exhumation of the bodies and DNA tests.
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April 6: A team of forensic experts exhume the bodies.
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Anantnag police exonerate Mohammad Yousuf Wagay, a milkman who was arrested and alleged to be the main link between the Chittisinghpora and the Pathribal encounter.
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April 9: Anantnag deputy commissioner, quoting the report submitted by the police&amp;rsquo;s special investigating team, admits that the five men were innocent and orders Rs 1 lakh as ex-gratia relief.
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The Supreme Court on Monday told the Army to not &amp;ldquo;play with the courts&amp;rdquo; and stop taking recourse to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to stall prosecution in the 2000 Pathribal encounter case in Jammu and Kashmir. The apex court asked the Army to come clean on whether they want to start court martial proceedings of eight officers accused of killing five persons in the encounter or let the criminal court go ahead and prosecute them.
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The ultimatum came even as the CBI accused the Army of trying to &amp;ldquo;bury&amp;rdquo; the case.
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Monday&amp;rsquo;s hearing saw the court accuse the Army of having never exercised the option to go for a court martial of the accused men and instead stalling prosecution by a criminal court by invoking AFSPA to declare immunity against prosecution.
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The case revolves around a &amp;ldquo;surgical&amp;rdquo; operation conducted in Pathribal on March 24, 2000 by the 7 Rashtriya Rifles and the local police, killing five men identified as Lashkar-e-Toiba militants. The Army claimed they were behind the massacre of 35 Sikhs outside a gurdwara at Chittisinghpora in South Kashmir.
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Local residents alleged that the five men had gone missing from the nearby villages of Brariangan, Halan and Anantnag. They alleged that the police and the Army had killed them in a fake encounter calling them &amp;ldquo;killers of Chittisinghpora&amp;rdquo;.
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After the CBI filed a chargesheet before the local magistrate indicting eight Army personnel for the &amp;ldquo;fake encounter&amp;rdquo;, the magistrate, in a written order, gave the Army the choice to either go for a court martial or leave it to the civil courts to initiate criminal proceedings against the accused.
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The Army then challenged the authority of the CBI to conduct an investigation, and said the chargesheet is void ab initio. Challenging the magistrate&amp;rsquo;s order, the Army invoked Section 6 of the AFSPA to claim that the CBI should have sought sanction before even venturing to investigate the men.
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Making it clear that the Army has dilly-dallied enough, a Bench of Justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar cautioned Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra to &amp;ldquo;take a stand now on whether you want to court martial them or not. Do not play with the courts&amp;rdquo;.
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                <div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Supreme Court on Monday told the Army to not &ldquo;play with the courts&rdquo; and stop taking recourse to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to stall prosecution in the 2000 Pathribal encounter case in Jammu and Kashmir. The apex court asked the Army to come clean on whether they want to start court martial proceedings of eight officers accused of killing five persons in the encounter or let the criminal court go ahead and prosecute them.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The ultimatum came even as the CBI accused the Army of trying to &ldquo;bury&rdquo; the case.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Monday&rsquo;s hearing saw the court accuse the Army of having never exercised the option to go for a court martial of the accused men and instead stalling prosecution by a criminal court by invoking AFSPA to declare immunity against prosecution.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The case revolves around a &ldquo;surgical&rdquo; operation conducted in Pathribal on March 24, 2000 by the 7 Rashtriya Rifles and the local police, killing five men identified as Lashkar-e-Toiba militants. The Army claimed they were behind the massacre of 35 Sikhs outside a gurdwara at Chittisinghpora in South Kashmir.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Local residents alleged that the five men had gone missing from the nearby villages of Brariangan, Halan and Anantnag. They alleged that the police and the Army had killed them in a fake encounter calling them &ldquo;killers of Chittisinghpora&rdquo;.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">After the CBI filed a chargesheet before the local magistrate indicting eight Army personnel for the &ldquo;fake encounter&rdquo;, the magistrate, in a written order, gave the Army the choice to either go for a court martial or leave it to the civil courts to initiate criminal proceedings against the accused.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Army then challenged the authority of the CBI to conduct an investigation, and said the chargesheet is void ab initio. Challenging the magistrate&rsquo;s order, the Army invoked Section 6 of the AFSPA to claim that the CBI should have sought sanction before even venturing to investigate the men.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Making it clear that the Army has dilly-dallied enough, a Bench of Justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar cautioned Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra to &ldquo;take a stand now on whether you want to court martial them or not. Do not play with the courts&rdquo;.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;You are neither taking over the case under the Army Act for court martial nor are you allowing the proceedings under the criminal court to continue. This cannot go on. You are creating a situation in which nobody can proceed,&rdquo; Justice Chauhan said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval, representing the CBI, said &ldquo;they (army) are trying to bury the case. I am here to stop that from happening&rdquo;. &ldquo;None of the persons have been arrested, they are still in service,&rdquo; Raval added.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The court issued notices to the secretaries of Home Affairs and Defence to produce the file showing they had approached the Commanding Officer concerned and sought his opinion on a court martial. The court also told the secretaries to clarify whether sanction is required before a court martial. The next hearing is on February 3.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Timeline&nbsp;2000</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">March 24: Five days after unidentified gunmen killed 35 Sikhs in Chittisinghpora, local police and Army officers claim that five LeT members behind the attack were eliminated in a &ldquo;surgical operation&rdquo;.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Locals say five men went missing from the nearby villages of Brariangan, Halan and Anantnag and allege that they were killed in a fake encounter. A judicial probe is ordered.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">April 3: Ten protesters killed in police firing, including relatives of the missing men. The then Farooq Abdullah government suspends Anantnag SSP Farooq Khan and an SHO, and orders exhumation of the bodies and DNA tests.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">April 6: A team of forensic experts exhume the bodies.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Anantnag police exonerate Mohammad Yousuf Wagay, a milkman who was arrested and alleged to be the main link between the Chittisinghpora and the Pathribal encounter.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">2001</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">April 9: Anantnag deputy commissioner, quoting the report submitted by the police&rsquo;s special investigating team, admits that the five men were innocent and orders Rs 1 lakh as ex-gratia relief.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div>               </font>
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The Supreme Court on Monday told the Army to not &amp;ldquo;play with the courts&amp;rdquo; and stop taking recourse to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to stall prosecution in the 2000 Pathribal encounter case in Jammu and Kashmir. The apex court asked the Army to come clean on whether they want to start court martial proceedings of eight officers accused of killing five persons in the encounter or let the criminal court go ahead and prosecute them.
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The ultimatum came even as the CBI accused the Army of trying to &amp;ldquo;bury&amp;rdquo; the case.
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Monday&amp;rsquo;s hearing saw the court accuse the Army of having never exercised the option to go for a court martial of the accused men and instead stalling prosecution by a criminal court by invoking AFSPA to declare immunity against prosecution.
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The case revolves around a &amp;ldquo;surgical&amp;rdquo; operation conducted in Pathribal on March 24, 2000 by the 7 Rashtriya Rifles and the local police, killing five men identified as Lashkar-e-Toiba militants. The Army claimed they were behind the massacre of 35 Sikhs outside a gurdwara at Chittisinghpora in South Kashmir.
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Local residents alleged that the five men had gone missing from the nearby villages of Brariangan, Halan and Anantnag. They alleged that the police and the Army had killed them in a fake encounter calling them &amp;ldquo;killers of Chittisinghpora&amp;rdquo;.
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After the CBI filed a chargesheet before the local magistrate indicting eight Army personnel for the &amp;ldquo;fake encounter&amp;rdquo;, the magistrate, in a written order, gave the Army the choice to either go for a court martial or leave it to the civil courts to initiate criminal proceedings against the accused.
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The Army then challenged the authority of the CBI to conduct an investigation, and said the chargesheet is void ab initio. Challenging the magistrate&amp;rsquo;s order, the Army invoked Section 6 of the AFSPA to claim that the CBI should have sought sanction before even venturing to investigate the men.
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Making it clear that the Army has dilly-dallied enough, a Bench of Justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar cautioned Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra to &amp;ldquo;take a stand now on whether you want to court martial them or not. Do not play with the courts&amp;rdquo;.
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&amp;ldquo;You are neither taking over the case under the Army Act for court martial nor are you allowing the proceedings under the criminal court to continue. This cannot go on. You are creating a situation in which nobody can proceed,&amp;rdquo; Justice Chauhan said.
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Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval, representing the CBI, said &amp;ldquo;they (army) are trying to bury the case. I am here to stop that from happening&amp;rdquo;. &amp;ldquo;None of the persons have been arrested, they are still in service,&amp;rdquo; Raval added.
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The court issued notices to the secretaries of Home Affairs and Defence to produce the file showing they had approached the Commanding Officer concerned and sought his opinion on a court martial. The court also told the secretaries to clarify whether sanction is required before a court martial. The next hearing is on February 3.
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March 24: Five days after unidentified gunmen killed 35 Sikhs in Chittisinghpora, local police and Army officers claim that five LeT members behind the attack were eliminated in a &amp;ldquo;surgical operation&amp;rdquo;.
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Locals say five men went missing from the nearby villages of Brariangan, Halan and Anantnag and allege that they were killed in a fake encounter. A judicial probe is ordered.
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April 3: Ten protesters killed in police firing, including relatives of the missing men. The then Farooq Abdullah government suspends Anantnag SSP Farooq Khan and an SHO, and orders exhumation of the bodies and DNA tests.
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April 6: A team of forensic experts exhume the bodies.
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Anantnag police exonerate Mohammad Yousuf Wagay, a milkman who was arrested and alleged to be the main link between the Chittisinghpora and the Pathribal encounter.
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April 9: Anantnag deputy commissioner, quoting the report submitted by the police&amp;rsquo;s special investigating team, admits that the five men were innocent and orders Rs 1 lakh as ex-gratia relief.
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The Supreme Court on Monday told the Army to not &amp;ldquo;play with the courts&amp;rdquo; and stop taking recourse to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to stall prosecution in the 2000 Pathribal encounter case in Jammu and Kashmir. The apex court asked the Army to come clean on whether they want to start court martial proceedings of eight officers accused of killing five persons in the encounter or let the criminal court go ahead and prosecute them.
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The ultimatum came even as the CBI accused the Army of trying to &amp;ldquo;bury&amp;rdquo; the case.
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Monday&amp;rsquo;s hearing saw the court accuse the Army of having never exercised the option to go for a court martial of the accused men and instead stalling prosecution by a criminal court by invoking AFSPA to declare immunity against prosecution.
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The case revolves around a &amp;ldquo;surgical&amp;rdquo; operation conducted in Pathribal on March 24, 2000 by the 7 Rashtriya Rifles and the local police, killing five men identified as Lashkar-e-Toiba militants. The Army claimed they were behind the massacre of 35 Sikhs outside a gurdwara at Chittisinghpora in South Kashmir.
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Local residents alleged that the five men had gone missing from the nearby villages of Brariangan, Halan and Anantnag. They alleged that the police and the Army had killed them in a fake encounter calling them &amp;ldquo;killers of Chittisinghpora&amp;rdquo;.
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After the CBI filed a chargesheet before the local magistrate indicting eight Army personnel for the &amp;ldquo;fake encounter&amp;rdquo;, the magistrate, in a written order, gave the Army the choice to either go for a court martial or leave it to the civil courts to initiate criminal proceedings against the accused.
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The Army then challenged the authority of the CBI to conduct an investigation, and said the chargesheet is void ab initio. Challenging the magistrate&amp;rsquo;s order, the Army invoked Section 6 of the AFSPA to claim that the CBI should have sought sanction before even venturing to investigate the men.
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Making it clear that the Army has dilly-dallied enough, a Bench of Justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar cautioned Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra to &amp;ldquo;take a stand now on whether you want to court martial them or not. Do not play with the courts&amp;rdquo;.
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March 24: Five days after unidentified gunmen killed 35 Sikhs in Chittisinghpora, local police and Army officers claim that five LeT members behind the attack were eliminated in a &amp;ldquo;surgical operation&amp;rdquo;.
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April 3: Ten protesters killed in police firing, including relatives of the missing men. The then Farooq Abdullah government suspends Anantnag SSP Farooq Khan and an SHO, and orders exhumation of the bodies and DNA tests.
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                <div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Supreme Court on Monday told the Army to not &ldquo;play with the courts&rdquo; and stop taking recourse to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to stall prosecution in the 2000 Pathribal encounter case in Jammu and Kashmir. The apex court asked the Army to come clean on whether they want to start court martial proceedings of eight officers accused of killing five persons in the encounter or let the criminal court go ahead and prosecute them.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The ultimatum came even as the CBI accused the Army of trying to &ldquo;bury&rdquo; the case.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Monday&rsquo;s hearing saw the court accuse the Army of having never exercised the option to go for a court martial of the accused men and instead stalling prosecution by a criminal court by invoking AFSPA to declare immunity against prosecution.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The case revolves around a &ldquo;surgical&rdquo; operation conducted in Pathribal on March 24, 2000 by the 7 Rashtriya Rifles and the local police, killing five men identified as Lashkar-e-Toiba militants. The Army claimed they were behind the massacre of 35 Sikhs outside a gurdwara at Chittisinghpora in South Kashmir.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Local residents alleged that the five men had gone missing from the nearby villages of Brariangan, Halan and Anantnag. They alleged that the police and the Army had killed them in a fake encounter calling them &ldquo;killers of Chittisinghpora&rdquo;.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">After the CBI filed a chargesheet before the local magistrate indicting eight Army personnel for the &ldquo;fake encounter&rdquo;, the magistrate, in a written order, gave the Army the choice to either go for a court martial or leave it to the civil courts to initiate criminal proceedings against the accused.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Army then challenged the authority of the CBI to conduct an investigation, and said the chargesheet is void ab initio. Challenging the magistrate&rsquo;s order, the Army invoked Section 6 of the AFSPA to claim that the CBI should have sought sanction before even venturing to investigate the men.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Making it clear that the Army has dilly-dallied enough, a Bench of Justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar cautioned Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra to &ldquo;take a stand now on whether you want to court martial them or not. Do not play with the courts&rdquo;.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;You are neither taking over the case under the Army Act for court martial nor are you allowing the proceedings under the criminal court to continue. This cannot go on. You are creating a situation in which nobody can proceed,&rdquo; Justice Chauhan said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval, representing the CBI, said &ldquo;they (army) are trying to bury the case. I am here to stop that from happening&rdquo;. &ldquo;None of the persons have been arrested, they are still in service,&rdquo; Raval added.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The court issued notices to the secretaries of Home Affairs and Defence to produce the file showing they had approached the Commanding Officer concerned and sought his opinion on a court martial. The court also told the secretaries to clarify whether sanction is required before a court martial. The next hearing is on February 3.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Timeline&nbsp;2000</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">March 24: Five days after unidentified gunmen killed 35 Sikhs in Chittisinghpora, local police and Army officers claim that five LeT members behind the attack were eliminated in a &ldquo;surgical operation&rdquo;.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Locals say five men went missing from the nearby villages of Brariangan, Halan and Anantnag and allege that they were killed in a fake encounter. A judicial probe is ordered.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">April 3: Ten protesters killed in police firing, including relatives of the missing men. The then Farooq Abdullah government suspends Anantnag SSP Farooq Khan and an SHO, and orders exhumation of the bodies and DNA tests.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">April 6: A team of forensic experts exhume the bodies.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Anantnag police exonerate Mohammad Yousuf Wagay, a milkman who was arrested and alleged to be the main link between the Chittisinghpora and the Pathribal encounter.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">2001</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">April 9: Anantnag deputy commissioner, quoting the report submitted by the police&rsquo;s special investigating team, admits that the five men were innocent and orders Rs 1 lakh as ex-gratia relief.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div>               </font>
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The Supreme Court on Monday told the Army to not &ldquo;play with the courts&rdquo; and stop taking recourse to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to stall prosecution in the 2000 Pathribal encounter case in Jammu and Kashmir. The apex court asked the Army to come clean on whether they want to start court martial proceedings of eight officers accused of killing five persons in the encounter or let the criminal court go ahead and prosecute them.
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April 6: A team of forensic experts exhume the bodies.
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Anantnag police exonerate Mohammad Yousuf Wagay, a milkman who was arrested and alleged to be the main link between the Chittisinghpora and the Pathribal encounter.
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The Supreme Court on Monday told the Army to not &ldquo;play with the courts&rdquo; and stop taking recourse to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to stall prosecution in the 2000 Pathribal encounter case in Jammu and Kashmir. The apex court asked the Army to come clean on whether they want to start court martial proceedings of eight officers accused of killing five persons in the encounter or let the criminal court go ahead and prosecute them.
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The ultimatum came even as the CBI accused the Army of trying to &ldquo;bury&rdquo; the case.
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Monday&rsquo;s hearing saw the court accuse the Army of having never exercised the option to go for a court martial of the accused men and instead stalling prosecution by a criminal court by invoking AFSPA to declare immunity against prosecution.
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The case revolves around a &ldquo;surgical&rdquo; operation conducted in Pathribal on March 24, 2000 by the 7 Rashtriya Rifles and the local police, killing five men identified as Lashkar-e-Toiba militants. The Army claimed they were behind the massacre of 35 Sikhs outside a gurdwara at Chittisinghpora in South Kashmir.
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<br />
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Local residents alleged that the five men had gone missing from the nearby villages of Brariangan, Halan and Anantnag. They alleged that the police and the Army had killed them in a fake encounter calling them &ldquo;killers of Chittisinghpora&rdquo;.
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
<br />
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
After the CBI filed a chargesheet before the local magistrate indicting eight Army personnel for the &ldquo;fake encounter&rdquo;, the magistrate, in a written order, gave the Army the choice to either go for a court martial or leave it to the civil courts to initiate criminal proceedings against the accused.
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<div style="text-align: justify">
<br />
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The Army then challenged the authority of the CBI to conduct an investigation, and said the chargesheet is void ab initio. Challenging the magistrate&rsquo;s order, the Army invoked Section 6 of the AFSPA to claim that the CBI should have sought sanction before even venturing to investigate the men.
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
<br />
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Making it clear that the Army has dilly-dallied enough, a Bench of Justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar cautioned Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra to &ldquo;take a stand now on whether you want to court martial them or not. Do not play with the courts&rdquo;.
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<br />
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&ldquo;You are neither taking over the case under the Army Act for court martial nor are you allowing the proceedings under the criminal court to continue. This cannot go on. You are creating a situation in which nobody can proceed,&rdquo; Justice Chauhan said.
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<br />
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Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval, representing the CBI, said &ldquo;they (army) are trying to bury the case. I am here to stop that from happening&rdquo;. &ldquo;None of the persons have been arrested, they are still in service,&rdquo; Raval added.
</div>
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<br />
</div>
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The court issued notices to the secretaries of Home Affairs and Defence to produce the file showing they had approached the Commanding Officer concerned and sought his opinion on a court martial. The court also told the secretaries to clarify whether sanction is required before a court martial. The next hearing is on February 3.
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<em>Timeline&nbsp;2000</em>
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March 24: Five days after unidentified gunmen killed 35 Sikhs in Chittisinghpora, local police and Army officers claim that five LeT members behind the attack were eliminated in a &ldquo;surgical operation&rdquo;.
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<br />
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Locals say five men went missing from the nearby villages of Brariangan, Halan and Anantnag and allege that they were killed in a fake encounter. A judicial probe is ordered.
</div>
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<br />
</div>
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April 3: Ten protesters killed in police firing, including relatives of the missing men. The then Farooq Abdullah government suspends Anantnag SSP Farooq Khan and an SHO, and orders exhumation of the bodies and DNA tests.
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April 6: A team of forensic experts exhume the bodies.
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<br />
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Anantnag police exonerate Mohammad Yousuf Wagay, a milkman who was arrested and alleged to be the main link between the Chittisinghpora and the Pathribal encounter.
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2001
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April 9: Anantnag deputy commissioner, quoting the report submitted by the police&rsquo;s special investigating team, admits that the five men were innocent and orders Rs 1 lakh as ex-gratia relief.
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SC raps Army for stalling Pathribal case by Krishnadas Rajagopal

The Supreme Court on Monday told the Army to not “play with the courts” and stop taking recourse to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to stall prosecution in the 2000 Pathribal encounter case in Jammu and Kashmir. The apex court asked the Army to come clean on whether they want to start court martial proceedings of eight officers accused of killing five persons in the encounter or let the criminal court go ahead and prosecute them. The ultimatum came even as the CBI accused the Army of trying to “bury” the case. Monday’s hearing saw the court accuse the Army of having never exercised the option to go for a court martial of the accused men and instead stalling prosecution by a criminal court by invoking AFSPA to declare immunity against prosecution. The case revolves around a “surgical” operation conducted in Pathribal on March 24, 2000 by the 7 Rashtriya Rifles and the local police, killing five men identified as Lashkar-e-Toiba militants. The Army claimed they were behind the massacre of 35 Sikhs outside a gurdwara at Chittisinghpora in South Kashmir. Local residents alleged that the five men had gone missing from the nearby villages of Brariangan, Halan and Anantnag. They alleged that the police and the Army had killed them in a fake encounter calling them “killers of Chittisinghpora”. After the CBI filed a chargesheet before the local magistrate indicting eight Army personnel for the “fake encounter”, the magistrate, in a written order, gave the Army the choice to either go for a court martial or leave it to the civil courts to initiate criminal proceedings against the accused. The Army then challenged the authority of the CBI to conduct an investigation, and said the chargesheet is void ab initio. Challenging the magistrate’s order, the Army invoked Section 6 of the AFSPA to claim that the CBI should have sought sanction before even venturing to investigate the men. Making it clear that the Army has dilly-dallied enough, a Bench of Justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar cautioned Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra to “take a stand now on whether you want to court martial them or not. Do not play with the courts”. “You are neither taking over the case under the Army Act for court martial nor are you allowing the proceedings under the criminal court to continue. This cannot go on. You are creating a situation in which nobody can proceed,” Justice Chauhan said. Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval, representing the CBI, said “they (army) are trying to bury the case. I am here to stop that from happening”. “None of the persons have been arrested, they are still in service,” Raval added. The court issued notices to the secretaries of Home Affairs and Defence to produce the file showing they had approached the Commanding Officer concerned and sought his opinion on a court martial. The court also told the secretaries to clarify whether sanction is required before a court martial. The next hearing is on February 3. Timeline 2000 March 24: Five days after unidentified gunmen killed 35 Sikhs in Chittisinghpora, local police and Army officers claim that five LeT members behind the attack were eliminated in a “surgical operation”. Locals say five men went missing from the nearby villages of Brariangan, Halan and Anantnag and allege that they were killed in a fake encounter. A judicial probe is ordered. April 3: Ten protesters killed in police firing, including relatives of the missing men. The then Farooq Abdullah government suspends Anantnag SSP Farooq Khan and an SHO, and orders exhumation of the bodies and DNA tests. April 6: A team of forensic experts exhume the bodies. Anantnag police exonerate Mohammad Yousuf Wagay, a milkman who was arrested and alleged to be the main link between the Chittisinghpora and the Pathribal encounter. 2001 April 9: Anantnag deputy commissioner, quoting the report submitted by the police’s special investigating team, admits that the five men were innocent and orders Rs 1 lakh as ex-gratia relief.