The Jammu Kashmir high court on Friday issued an order asking all courts in the erstwhile state to observe two minutes of silence on 30 January in memorial of those who sacrificed their lives for the freedom struggle of India.
In an official notice, accessed by The Kashmiriyat via order number 795 on 29th of January 2021, the high court in the order asked high courts and all subordinate courts to observe a 2-minute silence at 11 AM as a memoir.
The order read – ‘Two-minute silence should be observed on 30.01.2021 at 11:00 am as a mark of respect in the memory of those who sacrificed their lives during the struggle for India’s freedom by every – one in the High Court as well as in all subordinate Courts in the UTs of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh’.
Pertinently on the 13th of July, last year, for the first time since 1947, Kashmir martyr’s’ day was not observed at an official level in Jammu Kashmir.