The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed contempt proceedings against top Kashmir police officers for failing to obey a court’s order to proceed against a DSP for allegedly gunning down a protester. The Supreme Court, however, gave them relief after the Jammu and Kashmir government said the officers were not given time to challenge the decision. The CJM granted bail to the two officers but told them to appear before the high court on Tuesday morning. A Srinagar court on Monday forwarded a request to the Jammu and Kashmir high court for contempt proceedings against Kashmir’s inspector general of police Syed Javaid Mujtiba Geelani and Srinagar top cop Amit Kumar for ignoring its order to register an FIR against deputy superintend of police Yasir Qadri. Over 50 people have been killed in the unrest in the Valley, where curfew continued for the 32nd day on Tuesday.

Source: Hindustan Times August 09, 2016 08:13 UTC