The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on Kargil martyr Capt Saurabh Kalia's father's plea seeking its direction to the government for raising the case of his son's torture at the hands of Pakistan Army at the International Court of Justice. A bench headed by justice R M Lodha issued notice to the Centre and sought response within ten weeks on a petition filed by Captain Kalia's father, N K Kalia. The bench, sympathising with Kalia's agony, however, said that it would examine whether it can direct the government to raise this issue at the international forum before passing such an order.

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