| 1. Neelkanth Ganjoo was an Indian judge at the Jammu and Kashmir high court who was murdered by JKLF terrorists on 4 November 1989. |
| 2. He was raised in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 3. Neelkanth Ganjoo presided over the trial of Maqbool Bhat in the late 1960s, resulting in Bhat's execution in 1984. |
| 4. Ganjoo retired in 1984. |
| 5. On 4 November 1989, he was fatally shot by three terrorists near the high court in Srinagar. |
| 6. His murder was announced on Radio Kashmir. |
| 7. His assassination was the second one of a prominent Kashmiri Pandit within a short period. |
| 8. Earlier in April 1984, Ganjoo’s residence was attacked with a bomb. |
| 9. His family was deeply affected by his assassination. |
| 10. In August 2023, the case of his murder was reopened by the State Investigation Agency of the Jammu and Kashmir Police. |
