By IRNA,
Islamabad : Pakistani Supreme Court on Friday took suo moto notice of flogging of young girl by Taliban in the restive-Swat valley, the Court officials said.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said that he would himself head an 8-member larger Bench of the apex court on April 6.
The court issued notices Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan and top officials in the North West Frontier Province to appear in person in the court.
Secretary, Ministry of Interior has also been directed to procure the victim (girl) and produce her before the Court on the date fixed.
The Chief Justice described the incident as a very cruel act, in violation of the fundamental rights and giving very bad name to the country. “The treatment is also in violation of Islamic norms and principles”.
He also ordered to produce the CD of the incident.
A mobile video show Taliban are flogging a 17-year girl, the video caused a controversy across the country.
Human rights groups criticized the punishment and some religious scholars said individuals are not allowed to punish people and only the state has such rights.
Spokesman for Tehreek-e-Taliban Swat, Haji Muslim Khan has defended flogging of a young girl by Taliban and said the girl should have deserved the punishment.
Muslim khan told the media that the act of Taliban was right and Punishment was necessary to the girl indulged in immoral acts. However, he said that the way of punishment was not correct.