Jammu, Feb. 21 -- A division bench of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh, comprising chief justice Tashi Rabstan and Justice MA Chowdhary, will hear a contempt petition on April 22 for final consideration regarding death of 12 pilgrims and injuries to scores in a stampede at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi cave shrine on January 1, 2022.

Adjudicating the matter in the much publicised public interest litigation (PIL) followed by a contempt petition seeking disclosure of the three-member inquiry report, the division bench directed the registry to list the plea for April 22.

On January 1, 2022, lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha had marked a high-level probe to a three-member panel headed by the then home secretary, Shaleen Kabra. It had two other membe...