Can't go to J&K, quiz witnesses virtually, SC tells Yasin Malik

Supreme Court on Friday directed that terror convict Yasin Malik will have to cross-examine witnesses through video conferencing from the Tihar jail in cases related to the assassination of Indian Air Force officials and the kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed in 1989. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan set aside a trial court order which had directed that Malik be physically be brought in Jammu for cross-examination. The court passed the order after ensuring that video conferencing facilities are put in place in Tihar as well as in trial court in Jammu.