‘RISE IN VIOLATIONS’

UDHAMPUR: Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbag Singh on Friday said that there has been an increase of 50-60 per cent in ceasefire violations committed by Pakistan as compared to last year in the Union Territory. “If we compare with the last year, there is an increase of 50-60 per cent. Pakistan and its agencies aim to send more number of terrorists while they violate ceasefire,” he said.

contempt petition submitting that there is no information available in the public domain about whether the constitution of the special committee has been notified and whether it has conducted any meetings or passed any orders.

The MHA, however, told the court that the committee stood constituted by the May 11 order of the Supreme Court itself and no separate notification was required in this regard from the central government.

The special committee met on May 15 to review the restrictions and decided to obtain further inputs before taking any decision. It subsequently met on June 10 and decided not to relax the restrictions, the centre said.

“In view of the above, the contempt petition is misconceived and without any merit and is liable to be rejected”, the affidavit added.