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The Judicial Inquiry Commission probing the Leh unit has extended the deadline for signaling statements and submitting grounds by 10 days, pursuing a ceremonial petition from the Leh Apex Body (LAB).
The three-member commission, headed by erstwhile Supreme Court justice B.S. Chauhan, was notified by the Ministry of Home Affairs connected October 17 to ascertain the circumstances that led to the superior instrumentality and bid concern successful Leh connected September 24, reappraisal the actions taken by constabulary during the situation, and measure the events resulting successful the nonaccomplishment of 4 lives, including a 1999 Kargil warfare veteran.
The clashes betwixt information forces and protesters — who were demanding Statehood and Sixth Schedule presumption for the Union territory Ladakh — near 4 civilians dormant and 90 injured, escalating a months-long agitation.
According to an bid issued connected Friday (November 28, 2025), the committee received a written petition connected November 27 from the co-chairman of LAB, seeking further time, citing that "many radical inactive privation to springiness their statements and taxable grounds earlier the commission".
"The archetypal deadline for filing statements was acceptable to expire connected November 28. The plea was placed earlier Justice Dr B S Chauhan, erstwhile Judge of the Supreme Court of India and caput of the Judicial Inquiry Commission, who considered the substance virtually", Mohan Singh Parihar, retired territory and sessions justice and judicial caput to the enquiry commission, said successful his order.
Justice Chauhan accepted the petition and granted an hold until December 8, enabling much individuals acquainted with the incidental to grounds their statements, the bid said.
The LAB is an amalgam of social, governmental and spiritual groups successful Ladakh spearheading an ongoing question for law safeguards for the region, demanding Statehood for Ladakh and inclusion nether the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.
