NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said it will ask the government not to use pellet guns in Jammu and Kashmir if there was no violence, no stone throwing and students return to classes.Asking leaders of the J&K High Court Bar Association to come forward with "positive suggestions" to diffuse the situation, Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said in such a situation they would ask the government not to use pellet guns. If you keep throwing stones, how will it work? "Justice Kaul told the counsel for the Bar Association that students have to get back to their colleges and universities. "Pointing to the road map for the talks, the Attorney General said there must be rule of law in the state, where a separatist campaign raging since 1989 has left thousands dead.

Source: Economic Times April 28, 2017 18:00 UTC