Neelkanth Ganjoo

Neelkanth Ganjoo (Assassinated on 4 November 1989) was a high court judge in Kashmir.

The Honourable Mr. Justice
Neelkanth Ganjoo
Last known photo
Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court
Personal details
BornNeelkanth Ganjoo February 16, 1922
Died4 November 1989
Srinagar

About

In the late 1960s, as a sessions court judge, he had presided over the trial of JKLF founder Maqbool Bhat in the murder of police inspector Amar Chand in 1966. In August 1968,[1] he sentenced Bhat and one other to death.[2] This sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1982.

In 1984, after JKLF cadres in Britain murdered diplomat Ravindra Mhatre,[3] Bhat's execution was carried out in Tihar jail. The same year, some militants bombed Ganjoo's house.[4] On 4 November 1989,[5] three militants surrounded Ganjoo as he was in the Hari Singh Street market and shot him dead.[6] near the High Court in Srinagar.[7]

References
  1. Gh. Rasool Bhat (2015). "Social Background and Political Ideology of Maqbool Bhat" (PDF). Research Directions.
  2. "1976: Maqbool Bhat Arrested in Langate | Kashmir Reader". Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  3. "BRITISH FIND THE BODY OF INDIAN DIPLOMAT WHO WAS ABDUCTED". The New York Times. 6 February 1984. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  4. Praveen Swami (2006). India, Pakistan and the secret jihad in Kashmir. Routledge. p.157
  5. "Speculation over judge's killing". The Hindu. 7 December 2001. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  6. "Media on a Fai ride | The Asian Age". The Asian Age. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  7. "Show is Over". www.kashmirlife.net. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
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