Top Law News Pellet guns: SC asks JK lawyers’ body to respond to issues raised by the Centre April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association to respond to the issues raised by the Centre which defended the use of pellet guns to quell stone-pelting mobs in Kashmir valley, stressing that the lawyers’ body cannot take sides. The apex court sought the Bar’s response after the Centre explained […] Read more » Court featured JK lawyers' body to respond to issues raised by the Centre Law Legal News pellet guns Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘Consider effective alternative to pellet guns’ March 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today expressed concern over the pellet gun injuries suffered by minors who indulged in stone pelting in Jammu and Kashmir and asked the Centre to consider other effective means to quell the protests as it concerns “life and death”. It conceded that though the use of pellet guns by the security forces […] Read more » Court featured jummu and Kashmir Law Legal News pellet guns Supreme Court
Top Law News “More fatalities if pellet guns are banned” August 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The CRPF has informed Jammu and Kashmir High Court that if pellet guns are banned as a crowd control measure, its personnel will be forced to fire bullets in extreme situations, which can cause more fatalities. “In case, this (pellet gun) is withdrawn from the options available with the CRPF, CRPF personnel would have no […] Read more » (CRPF) Court featured Jammu and Kashmir High Court Law Legal News pellet guns