Srinagar, Feb. 29 -- Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently issued notices to the Union and J&K governments in a cross-border shelling compensation case.

Fayaz Ahmad Awan, a resident of Sikokote village close to the Line of Control in Uri sector of Baramulla through his counsel Naveed Bukhtiyar filed a petition in the High Court seeking inclusion of victims who have lost property in cross border shelling in the already placed policy, which at present excludes them.

Prior to the ceasefire along the LoC in February 2021, Sikokote village for decades witnessed intense shelling and frequent casualties.

The petitioner informed the Court that he was from a downtrodden family and on the night of the February 23/24 in 2018 there was in...