While reports emerged that government would curtail privileges of the separatists, CPI(M)'s Yechury had said that it was not true. A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday against government funding to Kashmiri separatists, alleging that they are misusing the money for anti-India activities. The Supreme Court will hear the plea on September 14. The Supreme Court asked the petitioner to number his petition before mentioning. The Supreme Couurt asked Sharma to number his petition, "To stop government funding of Jammu and Kashmir separatists and come back to mention it in court at 2 pm."

Source: dna September 08, 2016 08:46 UTC