In its seven-page order, a division bench comprising chief justice Barin ghosh and justice Mohammed Yaqoob Mir directed the CBI to submit a report on the findings by October 13.
Jammu and Kashmir high court has not imposed any ban on media coverage of the Shopian case involving alleged rape-cum-murder of two women and said it will continue to monitor the case until "such time the mystery is resolved".
In its seven-page order, a division bench comprising chief justice Barin Ghosh and justice Mohammed Yaqoob Mir directed the CBI to submit a report on the findings by October 13 on the process carried out for exhumation and autopsy of the two women.
"We direct this matter to be listed on October 13, 2009 only for the purpose of submission of report by the team of investigators appointed by the CBI confining only to the process of exhumation and autopsy," the order said.
Neelofar, 22, and her sister-in-law Aasiya, 17, were found dead in a stream at Shopian, 51km from here, on May 30 after which widespread protests threw life out of gear for nearly 50 days in the valley.
There was no mention in the order of any blanket ban imposed on media reporting the case. "We make it clear, that we do not want to know the details of autopsy carried out. We only want to know when and how consent was given for exhumation, when and how people of Shopian town were taken into confidence," the bench said.
On the CBI taking up the investigation, the court said "it has been reported to us that a new investigating team has been appointed, namely, CBI, to investigate the matter...They within 15 days time exhumed the dead bodies and conducted autopsy thereof, which we wanted the special investigating team to do much earlier."
The bench, however, said "it would be appropriate on our part not to conclude at this stage that the altered channel of investigation is not functioning properly."
Earlier during hearing, Kashmir Bar Council represented by Mian Abdul Qayoom had raised doubts over handing over of the case to the CBI and claimed it was an attempt by the state government to bury the heinous crime.
The Bar Association, which filed a PIL in the case, also told the court that it was no longer interested in pursuing the matter.
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