New Delhi, May 28 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Assam State Human Rights Commission to inquire into all alleged incidents of extra-judicial killings in the state.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh use of excessive or unlawful force by public authorities in victim cannot be legitimised.

"This is a case of encounters in the state of Assam. The use of excessive or unlawful force by public authorities against a victim cannot be legitimised. We have held that just compilation of cases cannot lead to judicial directions as it may shield the guilty," the bench stated in its verdict.

Though the bench observed that a mere compilation of cases cannot lead to omnibus judicial directions, it acknowledged that the...