NEW DELHI ,27 April 2026 : On the third anniversary of the passing away of Jay Mala on 26 April, Prof. Bhim Singh’s wife and co-founder of National Panthers Party, a critical turning point has been reached in the legal battle for accountability. At Monday’s memorial service at the Press Club Jammu, organizers released new details regarding the ongoing criminal case, Ankit Love vs. SSP Jammu Police, et al, revealing a pattern of highly irregular delays and the withholding of forensic evidence.
In a significant escalation of the proceedings, the court on 16 April summoned the Jammu police leadership to appear and produce the original case diaries, SIT findings, CCTV and post-mortem report. This move follows a series of adjournments that have stalled the case for nearly three years. Previously the police in March 2025 issued a RTI refusal when the family had asked for the post mortem to be shared with them on the ground that “information, disclosure of which would prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security, strategic, scientific or economic interests.”
Since Jay Mala’s death on April 26, 2023, the health ministry and police have unconventionality refused to share the declassified post-mortem results with her son, Ankit Love, despite the report being completed on 16 August 2023. Legal experts at the memorial described this three-year blackout as a violation of fundamental rights and the standard criminal procedure.
The briefing highlighted the comprehensive court submission filed in June 2025, which laid out the evidence for an alleged assassination plot. The submission details included evidence of premeditated intent. Documents citing Jay Mala’s own recorded fears of a plot to assassinate her just weeks before her fatal head injury.
Evidence was submitted that showed immediately before and on the day of Jay Mala’s fatal injury, her personal bank accounts were looted and prior to that the home of Prof. Bhim Singh was burnt to the ground, and the land usurped.
The memorial ended with a call to action for the upcoming hearing on May 12, 2026. This hearing is expected to be a decisive moment, as the court had demanded that police finally present the evidence they have withheld since 2023.
“For three years, the system has used every available delay to keep the truth in the dark,” said Ankit Love during the memorial address. “The woman who won every case in the Supreme Court for the people of India is now being denied the basic dignity of a transparent investigation in her own home, Jammu. The summons for May 12 is a step toward ending this silence.”
Mala’s family and the National Panthers Party are calling on the international legal community and the press to observe the May 12 proceedings to ensure that the world’s only undefeated supreme court advocate finally receives the justice she spent her life fighting for.
The memorial carried profound historical weight, falling on a date of deep significance for the region and Mala’s family. April 26 also marked the anniversary of the death of Maharaja Hari Singh (1895–1961), the last ruling monarch of Jammu and Kashmir. On this same date, Jay Mala’s husband, Prof. Bhim Singh, survived his first assassination attempt. In a historic act of defiance, Prof. Bhim Singh scaled the Secretariat building to fly the flag at half-mast in honor of the Maharaja while police fired upon him, a moment that defined the family’s long-standing commitment to the identity and dignity of Jammu.
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