New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked why youths aged 13 to 20 years were part of the protesting crowds in Jammu and Kashmir, and sough the assistance of members of the Srinagar bar in addressing the situation.
As Qayoom said that a time will come when there would be generation of blind people, the bench asked him to tell the best way to deal with the situation and assist the court for this purpose.
Chief Justice Khehar said that the issue was "very important" and the members of the bar being "educated and enlightened" can help in "devising the ways and means how it can be solved".
"This is a political issue, it has to be settled. You can't kill people, blind people, maim people," he said, telling the court that stone pelting takes place only when security forces chase the protesters.
But the court said: "This is not the way to look at the issue. You will say one thing, other side will say another thing. Focus on the totality of circumstances. You have to contribute to stop the mobs. Law must prevail on both the sides."
The lawyers' body had challenged a Jammu and Kashmir High Court order which said that it was entirely for security agencies to decide what kind of force was needed to be used in a given situation.
He also said that the security forces were looking into the use of some chemical mixed with that produces obnoxious smell to disperse the crowds.
Expressing his doubts on how much success these methods including lazier dazzlers and high intensity noise devises would have, he showed to the bench pictures of masked men attacking the security forces. He told the court that 100 security personnel were injured on the polling day in Kashmir.
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