Briefcase 1 National Panther Party leader filed plea seeking Governor's rule in Kashmir. Singh had filed a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to impose Governor's rule in the strife-torn state. The CJI told Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar who represented the Centre: "See Singh is a respected leader of Jammu and Kashmir and has always been fighting for civil liberty. The report said: "Curfew is in force only in certain areas of the three districts in the Valley. The SC said that in these 872 incidents, 42 civilians and two security personnel were killed, while 2,656 civilians and 3,783 security personnel were injured.

Source: India Today August 23, 2016 03:00 UTC