Published on : 17 Oct 2025, 1:30 pm 2 min read

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday announced that former Supreme Court Justice BS Chauhan will inquire into the recent police action against protestors in Leh.

Justice Chauhan was a judge of the top court between 2009 and 2014. He had earlier been the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court and prior to that a judge of Allahabad and Rajasthan High Courts.

After retiring from the Supreme Court, he served as the chairperson of the Law Commission from 2016 to 2018. He later also headed the inquiry commission that cleared the Uttar Pradesh Police of wrongdoing in the alleged encounter killing of gangster Vikas Dubey.

In Leh, four men were killed and several wounded during a police action against the protestors demanding stat

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